Between ecological responsibility, economic feasibility, and regulatory frameworks: How can the transformation of existing buildings be realistically implemented even under strained market conditions? Where do the limits lie—and where the benefits? Which strategies work at scale not only conceptually, but also financially, in planning terms, and politically?
The evening brings together perspectives from city administration, architecture, project development, and the capital side—united by the shared ambition to understand transformation not as a compromise, but as a productive future strategy rooted in history.
With Elisabeth Merk, City Councillor for Urban Planning, City of Munich
Søren Pihlmann, pihlmann architects, Copenhagen
Christian Meister, Hines
Marius Koch, Cerberus
Alexander Möll, Hines
and Nadin Heinich, plan A
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Image 1: Søren Pihlmann, pihlmann architects, photo: Lasse Dearman
Image 2,3,4: Build of Site, The Danish Pavilion, National Participation, La Biennale Architettura 2025, 19th International Architecture Exhibition, photo: Hampus Berndtson
Image 5,6,7: pihlmann architects, thoravej 29, 2025, photo: Hampus Berndtson
Image 8: pihlmann architects, thoravej 29, 2025, photo: Samuel Causse
Image 9: pihlmann architects, åben brewery, 2022, photo: Hampus Berndtson
