The Bodenlabor Kalk (2024-2025) was an open, collaborative living lab bringing together residents of Köln-Kalk to care for neglected soil at a former factory and learn about soil ecosystems.
The Bodenlabor hosted public weekly work days, work parties, and a series of workshops led by soil experts, where the community could gather to learn about soil. Meanwhile, we worked towards rehabilitating a plot of contaminated soil in the neighborhood.
The Bodenlabor Kalk was implemented as a part of a master’s thesis in Integrated Design Research at the KISD @ TH Köln.