About
The Database of Hope is a publicly accessible educational network of projects which show the possibility of Doing Things Otherwise. It is intended to act as a point of departure for new research and practice projects and collaborations.
Much important work has been done to make us aware that we live in a time of multiple crises, a new geological epoch even. Let us now take the next step together to collectively do something about it: let’s figure out how to act in this reality, let’s adapt our approaches and let’s do things otherwise to effectively respond to the crises we have been made aware of.
Adapting to life in the Anthropocene is uncharted territory for all of us and to make things more difficult, a lack of knowledge sharing means we often cannot meaningfully build on the experiences of others – this results in doubled and wasted efforts to affect meaningful change. Through the Database of Hope we wish to establish a new avenue of sharing, because information made accessible can become the knowledge of many.
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To turn awareness into action, we want to show the possibility of Doing Things Otherwise. Through the Database of Hope, we share people, projects, ideas and more who dare to demonstrate a positively different approach to issues ranging from the climate crisis to social inequality and beyond.
Team
Aurelia Goldlücke is an architecture student currently enrolled at Technische Universität Wien. She has previously studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Technische Universität Braunschweig.
Lion Henri Tautz is an architecture and critical urbanisms student currently enrolled at Universität Basel. He has previously studied at Universität Wien and University College London.
Authorship
As you browse, it is important you keep in mind that we are not attempting to create a definitive account of the topics at hand. This collection of entries reflects our personal desire to make existing information accessible to a wider audience and it necessarily reflects our own bias. We intend for the Database of Hope to act as a catalyst, for it to be used as a waypoint on your journey and it should always be supplemented with further research as well as a critical and reflective attitude. To help us expand the range of voices represented we encourage you to submit content to be added to the Database.
Submit
We want to grow the Database beyond our own personal repository of interesting projects. Adapting to life in the Anthropocene is uncharted territory for all of us and to make things more difficult, a lack of knowledge sharing means we often cannot meaningfully build on the experiences of others – this results in doubled and wasted efforts to affect meaningful change. To enable others to build on our experiences, it is critical we share the information we hold. We encourage you to help us grow by sharing your ideas or knowledge with us or submitting content to be added to the Database.
Work in Progress
The Database of Hope is a work in progress: there are a lot of things we are working on concurrently, and most are not finished. Excuse the mess and feel free to join us on this never-ending journey. WIP is where we keep you updated about recent work, changes, and new features, so check it out.
Acknowledgements
It is important to us we give credit where credit is due. On our growing list of gratitude, we want to acknowledge:
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Chris Rapley for the idea for a website collecting positive examples of climate action, which came about in a lecture.
Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger for the lecture series in which the idea for this project arose.
Tatjana Schneider for her relentless efforts to show students and the architectural community at large that it is possible to Do Things Otherwise.
Atlas of Places for inspiration regarding the style and the general idea of the website.
Copyright
Fair Use. This site is for educational purpose only. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us at databaseofhope@gmail.com.