This month saw the publication of the latest issue of the architecture magazine ARCH+, which is considered to be a defining discourse in the German-speaking world and beyond. Entitled "Urban Redevelopment: Schools of Transformation", it is dedicated to the transformational potential of the spatial practices of universities. Long ridiculed as ivory towers, they are now once again taking center stage as agents of social change. Against the backdrop of structural change, they are demonstrating their power to act where traditional politics, planning and market logic reach their limits.