Power to Renovation: A Question of Value

HouseEurope! Student event – Film screening and discussion

17/03/2025, h. 18:30
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 16C, Aula 16C.0.3

HouseEurope! is the European Citizens‘ Initiative for new EU-laws to make renovation and transformation more easy, affordable and social. Because the demolition of existing buildings is as outdated as food waste, animal testing and single-use plastics. HouseEurope! collects 1 million signatures to make renovation the new norm.

Station.plus is the chair for architecture and storytelling at ETH Zurich. For the fourth time, the HouseEurope! is the semester topic at station.plus. As part of the course, students of station+ are travelling to the countries in which HouseEurope! was officially launched (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands). Organizing a student campaign event, e.g. a film screening, the goal is to exchange with fellow students all over Europe and raise awareness for transformation as a sustainable practice and the agency of architects.

“Power to Renovation: A Question of Values” is a documentary that follows experts from across Europe as they explain why demolishing buildings wastes homes, jobs, energy, and history. The film starts by showing the darker side of real estate speculation, then reveals how renovation and transformation are real alternatives, and how we can change our value system through activism and direct democracy.

Descrizione breve per social media: HouseEurope! is a European Citizens’ Initiative advocating for new EU laws to make renovation and transformation easier and more affordable. This student event features a screening of “Power to Renovation: A Question of Values”, followed by a discussion open to anyone interested in taking action.

The event is organized by students of the design studio “HouseEurope! Make it count” by station.plus at ETH Zurich in collaboration with students of Politecnico di Milano.

Responsabili

Francesca Zanotto, Matteo Poli