Just a few days until we meet in Hamburg for the 040x040 anniversary picnic. Today I want to share our preliminary schedule. Some things might still change, but this is about the plan to get excited for. Hit us up if you should have any questions.

Time What
Thursday, September 3
18:30 Welcome Dinner (Location TBA)
Friday, September 4
8:30 Check-In & Coffee
at SPACE by next.Media Hamburg
📍 Am Sandtorkai 27, 20457 Hamburg
9:00 Official Welcome
Welcome at SPACE & programme preview
9:15 Warm Up
Getting to know each other in a playful format
9:30 Breakfast and SPACE Lightning Talks
Meelo Care · Open Matter Studio
Breakfast kindly provided by SPACE
10:15 Transforming inner cities with Socialtecture + Q&A
Julia Erdmann (Socialtecture) brings the new cocktail of social life and architecture: insights from current inner-city projects and new recipes for learning, living and working in the city.
10:35 From parking garage to cooperative housing + Q&A
Björge Köhler shares the story of Gröninger Hof, a former inner-city parking garage where 550 cars once stood and around 90 households are planned to live in the future.
11:00 🚲 Transit SPACE → Baumwall
Grab your bike outside of SPACE · ~1 km, incl. Quick Stop at the former Gruner+Jahr building with a brief impulse by Julia Erdmann
📍 Baumwall 11, 20459 Hamburg
11:30 🚲 Transit Baumwall → Oberhafen via Gröninger Hof Fly-by
Quick detour stop at the Gröninger Hof site with background by Björge Köhler
11:45 Oberhafen Guided Tour
Guided by Ulrich Bildstein from Oberhafen 5+1 e.V.
📍 Stockmeyerstraße 43, 20457 Hamburg
12:45 🚲 Transit Oberhafen → foodlab (15 min)
13:00 Lunch at Foodlab & Intro foodlab
A lunch stop at Hamburg's foodlab, a coworking, event and test-kitchen space connecting food startups, entrepreneurs, community and industry networks.
📍 Überseeallee 10, 20457 Elbtorquartier
14:30 🚲 Transit foodlab → Lichtblick (30 min)
15:00 Site Visit – Lichtblick (60 min)
Lichtblick's Head of Brand Florian Schaar shares creative perspectives and insights on their FCSP rainbow solar project.
📍 Klostertor 1, 20097 Hamburg
16:00 🚲 Transit Site Visit → Hilldegarden / Feldstraßenbunker (30 min)
16:30 Hilldegarden e.V. – Site Visit (30 min)
Hilldegarden e.V. is the community-led association shaping the public green spaces on top of the St. Pauli bunker – exploring how a former wartime structure is being transformed into a place for urban nature, culture and community.
📍 Feldstraße 66, 20359 Hamburg
17:00 Rainbow Solar – Millerntor Stadium (15 min)
We ascend to the Green Bunker rooftop and take a peek at the FCSP×Lichtblick rainbow solar facility.
17:30 Postcard Moment
We individually wrap up the day's learnings, turn and face Malmö.
18:00 End of the 040x040 picnic