Dream – Play – Challenge

RKE

Co-creating change in the built environment

There is much courage in daring to dream (DPC 2024)

The Dream – Play – Challenge project is a series of events where concerned stakeholders can dream together into a truly sustainable future for our built environment. Together we playfully develop different processes of design and construction, and we challenge the architecture industry to get on board. 

    Project details

    Project lead Dr Sarah Riviere
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    Dream – Play – Challenge: Future of Sustainability 

    Participative Symposium as part of the Women in Architecture Festival 2025 

    Location: Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin 
    Date: 27th June, 2025 
    Time: 10:00–18:00 (CET) 

     

    Project team

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    Project lead - Dr Sarah Riviere

    Dr Sarah Riviere is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA UK) and the BDA-Berlin, and registered as an architect at the Architects Registration Board (ARB UK) and the Berliner Architektenkammer (AK-Berlin, DE). Her Berlin office (2004 – 2023) aimed to combine socially responsible architecture with ecological generosity, creating urban buildings specifically designed for the needs and wishes of local people, the wider environment, and for flexible long-term future use.

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    Co-organisers: 

    • Dr Wiltrud Simbürger 
    • Shivani Shankar Chakraborty, Berlin Architect 
    • Selen Sönmez, Berlin Architect  

    Coordinators:  

    Birgitte Tovborg Jensen and Franciska Nordset, Nordic Embassies of Berlin. 

    Partners

    Partners & Protagonists: 

    • Katarina Bonnevier, MYCKET, Sweden 
    • Dr Marianne Charitonidou, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece 
    • Professor Amy Kulper, UCL London, UK 
    • Teresa Keilhacker, President of the Berlin Chamber of Architects, Germany 
    • Sonja Lakić, CY-Cergy Paris Université, France 
    • Professor Jane Rendell, UCL London, UK 
    • Professor Jenni Reuter, Aalto University, Finland 
    • Associate Professor Anne Romme, KADK, Denmark 

    • Dr Susanne Schmitt, Research Institute for Sustainability, Helmholtz Center, Potsdam, Germany

    Funders

    Our project funders & sponsors include: 

    • The Falmouth University Early Researchers Initiative   
    • The German Lottery Fund 
    • The Nordic Council of Ministers
    • The Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin  
    • The Women in Architecture Festival 2021  
    • The Women in Architecture Festival 2025