A screening of selected Video Essays on the Energy Future of Warsaw

In the late summer of 2022 students of the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture (CH) documented the current energy landscape of Warsaw and imagined ways for its transition towards a carbon free future. The fragmented quality of the city fabric, its strong infrastructural imprint and its continuing reliance on fossil energy make it an intriguing object of study. Building upon emblematic ethnographic descriptions of urban ecologies by Boyarsky and Banham, student groups of two developed their take on the energy ecologies found in the city of Warsaw in the format of a Video Essay.

The introduction by Prof. Roesler to the notion of Energy Landscapes will be followed by a screening of selected Video Essays. The evening concludes with a discussion on Warsaw’s energy future among invited guests and the audience.

Guests:

• Dr. Adam Przywara (Université de Fribourg)
• Monika Konrad (Head of municipal planning Warsaw)
• Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis (CENTRALA)

Seminar Tutors:

• Prof. Dr. Sascha Roesler
• Julian Raffetseder

Students:

• Bassotti Gloria & Vestita Francesco
• Baudet Henri & Beşir Sibel
• Brendlé Titien & Perkowski Karol
• Chierico Luigi & Rellstab Justin
• Contini Sofia & Orsatti Jan
• Dal Maso Matilde & Palczynski Lukasz
• Ferrario Anna & Trombetta Maria
• Fuellemann Gauthier & Sermaxhaj Denis
• Karpinski Kacper & Orsi Davide