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Over two years, the Living Library fostered practice-based learning focused on locally sourced raw materials, experimental making, and sustainable production. Through colloquia, workshops, and field trips, materials were harvested, examined, activated, and ultimately returned to the soil. Its processes and outcomes unfolded across a website, a physical archive, and an open access publication.
Head of project, Coordinator
Julia Ihls
Material curator
Fara Peluso
Digital curators
Pleun van Dijk and Jaap Knevel
Coordination assistant
Lilith Stumpf
Material curation assistants
Luzia Holzbach, Benjamin Kaltenbach
Digital curation assistants
Cornelia Herzog, Pauline Kuch, Sebastian Schilbach
Network
Graphic Designer (Open Access Publication)
Severin Geißler
Additional programming
Simon Knebl
Makers
Freia Achenbach, Atelier Schaft, Vik Bayer and Michael Reindel, Verena Brom, Prof. Filipa César, Nina Flaitz, Loana Flores, Simon Gehring, Nina Havermans, Liene Kazaka, Florian Knöbl, Carolin Schelkle, Hannah Segerkrantz
Experts
BAFA Hanf GmbH, Börner & Vogel GbR, Markus Bier, Reiner Dick, Seilwerk Paul Dittus GmbH, Martin Damm, Fiber Engineering GmbH, Friedrich Feldmann GmbH, Forstamt Karlsruhe, Furnierwerk Bühl GmbH, Theodor Hellinger, Jülg ökologischer Holzbau GmbH, Komzet Bau Bühl, Eva-Maria Lopez, Franziska Müller-Reissmann, Prof. Tereza Ruller, Scheck-in Center Karlsruhe, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Dario Schmid, Urbane Gärten Karlsruhe, Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro, Zentrum Holzbau Schwarzwald