Presentation of the results of the 2026 Heritage Hackathon: The Future and Prospects of the Bad Waldsee Community Centre

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sat, 07 Nov
Hackathon (Hall 2, L23)

Short description

How can we successfully develop a concrete vision for an endangered listed building within a very short space of time?
At the 2026 Heritage Hackathon, experts from various disciplines will work alongside trade fair visitors on a real listed building: the Bad Waldsee Community Centre. Over the course of two days at the fair, different perspectives will be brought together and concrete approaches to its use, planning, funding and implementation will be developed.
The hackathon is deliberately designed as an open workshop format: anyone interested can join in at any time, contribute their knowledge and ideas, and work on the project alongside the participating experts. On Saturday, the results will be presented and discussed together.

Description

The Heritage Hackathon is conceived as an open workshop right in the heart of the trade fair. Rather than simply discussing the challenges involved in preserving existing buildings, we want to work together using the Bad Waldsee community centre (JPG, 13 MB) as a case study and bring together as many relevant perspectives as possible within a short space of time.

Over two days, the selected heritage building will be examined step by step from various angles.

In doing so, we expressly wish to harness the collective intelligence of the trade fair. The hackathon is not a closed, specialist event. Trade fair visitors, experts, students, tradespeople and anyone else interested are invited to drop by, contribute their ideas and share their perspectives.

Anyone wishing to participate more actively in the two-day workshop is welcome to contact us in advance or simply pop by the stand and get involved.

On Saturday, the approaches and results developed will be presented and discussed publicly. The aim is to highlight the potential that arises when different disciplines and stakeholders work together – rather than one after the other – to save a building.



Thursday, 5 November 2026

Table 1: Concept and Development

Table 2: Construction and Engineering

10:00 – 12:00: Context, requirements and strategic positioning, current status, building history and heritage protection

13:00 – 14:30: Usage concept and business model, building fabric, damage and renovation requirements

15:00 – 16:30: Spatial concept and floor plan, energy concept and building services

Friday, 6 November 2026

10:00 – 12:00: Organisation, stakeholders and funding model Preliminary cost estimate and action plan

13:00 – 14:30: Economic viability, funding and finance, specialist planning and structural feasibility

15:00 – 16:30: Communication, implementation and next steps, heritage assessment and overall technical evaluation

Saturday, 7 November 2026

All day: Presentation of results at the exhibition stand & presentation on the denkmal Campus stage.


You can find the full programme here (PDF, 56 kB) .

Organiser

Specialist partner

Speaker

Information about the program

  • Event Type

    Hackathon

  • Event Series

    Building in existing contexts, Heritage education and building culture education

  • Topics

    Digital Data Collection, BIM & AI, Building Conservation & Refurbishment

  • Language

    German

Event Location

Hackathon  (Hall 2, L23)