Rurality, Cities and New Ecologies

14:45 - 15:15

La Centrale, Nuvola Lavazza

An interdisciplinary initiative that works across architecture, urban planning, and rural development to shape collective and inclusive futures.

Founded in 2021, Rurbane Realitäten is a Berlin-based, interdisciplinary initiative operating at the intersection of architecture, urban planning, and rural development.
They work collaboratively with communities and municipalities to reactivate vacant buildings and spaces —especially in rural areas— transforming them into vibrant cultural and communal hubs. Their approach is rooted in participatory design: multi-stage workshops guide residents in shaping shared places, ensuring projects respond to local context and collective needs.

Drawing on Ray Oldenburg’s concept of “Third Places,” Rurbane Realitäten emphasize social levelling and inclusivity across rural and urban contexts. Their work ranges from master’s theses on rural-urban dialogue to interventions like transforming community centres, creating digital storytelling spaces, and leading cultural forums such as “Der Zaun im Kopf,” an interactive performance exploring communal living futures.
Their ethos: lasting transformation emerges when local agency, ecological care, and creative design intersect to shape new, collective futures.

Berlin

Nelli Fritzler Co-Founder

Rurbane Realitäten

Nelli Fritzler co-founded Rurbane Realitäten in Berlin in 2021 with Anna Holzinger. Their work focuses on the design, facilitation, and critical analysis of processes of urban and rural transformation. She is a research fellow at Bauhaus University Weimar and is active as an independent speaker in the fields of art and culture.

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