Iowa State University & German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) | Urban Form & Urban Nature 2026
Students investigate Berlin’s urban fabric through the lens of climate, sustainability and computational design, exploring the relationship between urban form and nature. Partners: Iowa State University, German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
Iowa State University & German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) | Urban Form & Urban Nature
Students from Iowa State and GUtech Oman engage in international, multidisciplinary collaboration. The studio focuses on sustainable urban design and the assessment of environmental performance strategies across multiple scales within Berlin’s urban context. Partners: Iowa State University, German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech)
University of Sydney | The Centre for Repatriation of Aboriginal Material Culture
The studio is part of a multi-year project to explore approaches to sustainable design by addressing a building program that has relevance in both Australia and Germany. This year, we explore Designing with and on Country as a model for sustainable design that can be applied anywhere in the world. Partners:University of Sydney
Pratt Institute | Flughafen Berlin-Tegel
Pratt Berlin is an international summer intensive program that focuses on issues of urbanity, social entrepreneurship, and civic engagement.
Partners: Pratt Institute, Kunsthochschule Weißensee
Climate Change: What can Architecture Do?
Although climate change is the greatest challenge facing humankind today, we do not seem to be able to come to any international consensus on how to begin to mitigate the causes. This studio asks, what can architecture do? Partners: University of Technology Sydney
Pratt Berlin | RECONSIDERING TXL
An interdisciplinary group of students from Pratt Institute New York envisions alternative futures for the decommissioned (airport) Flughafen Tegel. The studies focus on the main terminal building’s unique capacity to flexibly adapt to transitory uses, allowing it to serve acute needs through initiatives of social entrepreneurship and civic engagement. Partners: Pratt Institute
Iowa State University | Highline Berlin
After two years of forced absence, Iowa State University continued their summer presence at ANCB with climate and environmentally conscious innovative housing projects along the Görlitzer Rail Line Park, an abandoned rail line as stimulating edge condition with exposed demising walls (Brandwände). Partners: Iowa State University
Iowa State University, City College New York & GUtech Oman | Berlin Glass Box
Students from the City College New York, German University of Technology in Oman and Iowa State University were challenged to design a building in Berlin meeting future climate demands in light of climate change. Partners: Iowa State University, City College New York and German University of Technology in Oman
Universidad Europea de Madrid | BERLIN AGRICULTURAL URBAN SITES_Tempelhofer Feld
Students from the Universidad Europea de Madrid are examining urban infrastructures and new inner peripheries for their potential in city naturalization and cyclical yield. Their work includes cycling through Berlin agricultural sites and developing urban devices to inform design strategies. Partners: Universidad Europea de Madrid
