Subject to_change | Great Britain


Invitation to build a utopic Braunschweig
This is where Braunschweig is reinvented. Built with the creative ideas of visitors and the home sweet home cardboard building sets, a new miniature city will take residence in the freshly renovated atrium of the Städtisches Museum. You will finally get the once in a lifetime opportunity to build a villa on the banks of the Oker, realise a business idea on the Kohlmarkt or undertake the faithful restoration of a historical house in the old part of town. Homeowners are given a key along with their newly designed four walls. This entitles them to return whenever they want and watch the city grow. In addition to new buildings, new communities also emerge: latest news is posted on the notice board or broadcast by the local FM radio station, the postman delivers letters from new neighbours, and on the final day a street party is held and everyone celebrates together. With their home sweet home project, the English artist collaborative live art company Subject to_change have already re-created London, Los Angeles and Yokohama amongst others. In Braunschweig, their playful reflection of urban identity, planning and community will be developed in cooperation with students from the Department of the Architecture at the Technical University. At home sweet home, visitors of all ages can sample how we want to live in the future.

www.subjecttochange.org.uk

"There is something rather thrilling about watching an entire city mushroom in a room almost overnight - particularly when you are building it yourself." The Guardian

Subject to_change Abigail Conway & Lucy Hayhoe Production Manager Rob Pell-Walpole with Christoph Braun, Cylixe Füldner, Renke Niemann, Elisabeth Pernau, Paula Pohle, Susanne Rosenbohm, Katharina Schwab, Claudia Sonntag, Tracy Stiehl
Supported by the British Council