The curators Sarah Dorkenwald and Karianne Fogelberg / UnDesignUnit explore the multilayered relationships between people and nature in the city and its surroundings. Different fields like design, art and architecture are brought together, these selected contemporary positions create different forms of coexistance. They include the Rathausgalerie, which used to be a cashier's hall where the city and its citizens paid their fees.

In the place where payments were once made to the city, they invite visitors to reflect on the question: “What is nature worth to me?”

In the context of climate change and biodiversity, new fee models can be playfully devised and discussed. Visitors can join in at a ticket booth and a game board and explore the themes of the exhibition in greater depth.

Selected positions will be shown by, among others, Judith Egger, Ute Heim, Verena Hägler & Nicola Reiter, Adrien Missika, Office for Micro Climate Cultivation, Kat Petroschkat, Raumlabor, Studio Animal Aided Design und Studio Ossidiana.

With their Munich-based studio UnDesignUnit, Sarah Dorkenwald and Karianne Fogelberg investigate design processes as catalysts for sustainable social transformation. Together, they develop new discursive and participatory formats and exhibitions to convey complex contemporary issues and make them tangible. In doing so, they draw on skills and methods from design and design theory, combining them with other disciplines and forms of knowledge.

At the opening of the exhibition on September 26, 2025, 7 pm, City Councilor David Süß, on behalf of the Lord Mayor, and Nina Oswald, Department of Arts and Culture, will speak.

The event will be translated into German sign language.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a program in German, English and German sign language. Admission to the exhibition is free.

The project is funded by the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich and the Coordination office for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Munich.