Working on Common Ground

A 100-day laboratory on eco-urban learning and making developed in the site of the former Brick Factory in Prishtina. Kicked off with a two-week summer school, the programme was conceived and implemented in collaboration with collectives from Kosovo, the region and further afield.

The laboratory relates stories it unearthed on site - whether social, political, economic or ecological - to contemporary challenges, such as decontamination, conservation, circular and regenerative economies, sustainable building, mobility and climate care. People of all ages and backgrounds were invited to join in the many activities including archaeology, exploring, mapping and storytelling, building, gardening, swimming, cooking and eating.

Text by Catherine Nichols

A project by and with raumlaborberlin in collaboration with local and international collectives, developed within the Manifesta 14 in Prishtina, Kosovo