Exhibition: Voices from a Transforming River

Dates: March 12 - April 3, 2022
Place: Market 9 gallery. KLIO Linz am Rhein.

Students: by Diogo Gomes Costa, Emine Ay?e Karaarslan, Ivan Dmitrievich Badiarov, Kasra Karami, Lun Lam Kwok, Mahdi Panjehpour, Malan Ilangarathna Ilangarathnage, Maria Vavoule, Maryam Rasheed, Melsida Babayan, Michel Da Silva Ferreira, Mohammed Zanboa, Selin Sarikaya, Shui Mei Chan, Siranuysh Martirosyan, Vanessa Peresi, Aisha Shah.

Lecturers:
University of Luxembourg | Florian Hertweck, Markus Miessen, César Reyes Nájera and
Trier University of Applied Sciences | Robert Thum, Marion Goerdt

Exhibition billboard. Numamerino Studio

The exhibition in Linz am Rhein was addressed to a non technical audience.The structure of architecture projects were adapted to the general public, journalists, and politicians. The main narrative highlighted the ecological value of the valley, the dynamics of the river that naturally floods, and the historical relationship of human-made urban development with the river in particular and the valley in general. A video projection with material from the students' project set a series of “What if…” questions, inviting the public to imagine what if our relationship with the river changes. What if instead of dominating it, we give its space to be free. The proposals from the students included: New urban hybrid public areas, buildings with different programs, the use of urban wetlands, the introduction of buffer riparian zones, and new housing and infrastructural typologies.

Historical map of Ahr Valley, showing a superimpose of the current buildings in the historic context.

Map of soil and human interactions, displaying the commuting routes and the different soil textures underneath.

Students preparing the gallery for the exhibition.

The model of Ahr Valley was made by a collaboration of the students of the University of Luxembourg and architecture students of the University of Trier.