Too Hot! Scorching cities, new ideas

Owing to climate change, cities are getting ever hotter – with tangible consequences. Heat, drought, water scarcity, and flooding, all make it clear how urgently urbanspaces need to be rethought and redesigned. Since cities cause the lion’s share of CO₂ emissions they also bear a
special responsibility in this regard – for example, when converting infrastructure and public spaces. Many of them seek to become climate-neutral over the next 15 years. What does that mean for the future, for planning, architecture, and life in cities?

Too Hot presents examples from 13 European cities with different climates, ranging from small towns to metropolises. They are all responding to the climate crisis, and they are all taking concrete measures for climate protection and adaptation; the spectrum ranges from built
projects or strategic planning to civil society initiatives. The exhibition visualizes the very many different shapes this change can take and outlines the social issues and debates on public policy that go hand in hand with it.

Curatorial team: Katharina Böttger, Jonas Malzahn, Mathias Schnell (studio central)

Press Tour: Thu, June 18, 2026, 1 p.m.
Opening: Fr, June 19, 2026, 7 p.m., DAM Auditorium
Exhibition: Sat, June 20,  2026 – February 7, 2027

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Press photos – available royalty-free for one-time, purely editorial use in direct context and for the duration of the TOO HOT exhibition through February 7, 2027, provided the author is credited.