In this design studio, which takes place as part of the HolzWerkHolz exhibition, students look at the topic of multi-storey timber construction in the inner city of Berlin using a case study in Berlin-Neukölln. Partners: Kaden Klingbeil Architekten, Berlin, TU Berlin, UdK Berlin, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, FH Aachen, TU München
Cinema of the Future 2012. New Strategies for a Neighbourhood Cinema.
In order to set forth a notion of the cinema as a platform for social interaction, students look at the Eiszeit Kino in the heart of Kreuzberg. Partners: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, University of Pennsylvania, TU Braunschweig
Cinema of the Future 2011. Can We? Make More Than A Cinema!
The studio explores how the arthouse cinema - an essential component of the cultural offerings of the city in the 80s and 90s - can achieve a new function and integration in both urban public space and community space. Partners: The Why Factory, TU Delft
TouchHouse. Smart Living – Communicating Surfaces
A workshop with kick-off symposium to conceptualise and visualise innovative approaches for the further development of energy-efficient, intelligent building control and to examine its premises and consequences with regard to architecture, urban space and human behaviour. Partners:Busch-Jaeger, Lüdenscheid
The Reading Gardens
The students approach two central subjects: the future of a library and the location of Tempelhof as a possible site. Partners: PBSA - Peter Behrens School of Architecture Düsseldorf
Re-act Lab: São Paulo Architecture Experiment
In a series of public lectures and discussions the studio introduced São Paulo's metropolitan area by revealing the contrasting morphologies and urban tissues, produced over time and addressed the critical role of everyday life in the experience of urban space. Partners: Secretaria Municipal de Habitação de São Paulo; S.L.U.M. Lab and GSAPP, Columbia University, New York; Escola da Cidade, São Paulo; TU Berlin; ETH Zurich; Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft; Doppelmayr; Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning; BMW; ARUP
Cinema of the Future 2010. Berlin Motion
The studio explores the notions of registration, representation and transformation of architectural space through motion media such as film/video and digital animation techniques. Students designed architectural solutions for specific locations throughout central Berlin. Partners: University of Applied Arts, Vienna
