Events
A çekçek’s-length examines Istanbul’s waste(picking) landscapes, focusing on the çekçek—a hand-pulled cart central to waste pickers’ labor—and their marginalization in urban society. Using methods like (auto)ethnography, participant observation,…
The project imagines accommodation for refugees on the Balkan route that is temporary but can still be appropriated by the residents.
„Landscape of Memory“ looks at Irpin – a town on the outskirts of Kyjiw – and develops ideas for its future reconstruction, with the regeneration of the neighbouring…
“The New Suburban” deals with sites of war destruction in the residential area of Saltivka in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The project aims to restore an ecosystem that was destroyed after the bombing of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
“Bioasis” investigates the possibilities for regenerating sites of intensive agriculture in Almería (Spain).
„Tidal Institute“ deals with coastal erosion and flooding on South Holland’s shore in the Netherlands.
„Cybernetic Forest Habitat“ envisions future scenarios for a declining forest in Grünheide (Brandenburg) with the help of a generative configuration tool.
The project aims to reverse desertification in Caltanissetta (Sicily) through principles of sustainable agriculture.
The project envisions a regenerative management of the Aukštumala Peatlands in Lithuania.
The project deals with the open-cast coal mine Garzweiler II in the west of Germany.
The project deals with the phenomenon of forced migration from Africa to Europe. For the exemplary site on Lampedusa, Italy the authors propose a rescue center on international…
The project deals with the phenomenon of rapid urbanization and its effects on natural environments. In order to contain further urban expansion the authors propose a programmed pathway combined…
The project deals with the phenomenon of illegal mining through the case study of the mineral mica. The authors propose a shift of the income source from mica…
The project deals with the phenomenon of soil erosion due to intensifying droughts in arid regions. For the exemplary site in Amhara, Ethiopia the authors propose a cooperatively…
The project deals with the phenomenon of flooding. For the constantly threatened settlement in Kalabogi, Bangladesh the authors introduce a set of combinable water platforms for different programs…
The project deals with the phenomenon of deserts as diverse and complex eco-systems. For the exemplary neighborhood in the periphery of Swakopmund, Namibia the authors propose a set…
Coexistence of Cultures Felix Exton-Smith, Ömer Faruk Demir, Aleksandra Shymanskaya, Salimeh Rasouli
Fostering a new multicultural quarter in the center of Mediaspree. Arriving at YAAM feels like stepping out of normal Berlin and into a multicultural autonomous zone that is…
The future brings fear and uncertainty as a consequence of global capitalism, consumerism and climate crisis. Lack of belonging and the loss of oneself in the generic environment…
Living beings and space have a reciprocal relationship. Life is confined by space, yet life simultaneously alters space. We humans are the only species that has made its…
The sense of belonging that we get from a place is determined by the way it opens itself for appropriation. When a project lacks of spaces that foster…
We approached the influence of education in the working environment through its potentiality to creat a hybrid condition that is revealed in between working and educating processes. How…
Everyone leaves, if they need to, if they can, or if they have to. (Luiselli, 2019) Movement is an inherent trait of life. To abandon and transgress, to…
The great potential of a University campus which is located in a central area of the city is to create an interface between science and citizens. The Centre…
Placed on top of existing facilities on the Schleusen-Insel, and in close proximity to the Umlaufttank designed by Ludwig Leo in the 70s, the Laboratory embodies the research…
For many students combining family life with academic work represents a challenge. What if day care and research activity would be arranged in close proximity? The Hybrid Kita…
“Types of Assembly” is expanding the scope of typological investigations in order to detect the underlying mechanisms leading to assemblies in space—its collective rituals, political movements, spiritual dimensions,…
Exploring the Spaces Between our Frames The proliferation and growing sophistication of perceptual modes is increasingly shifting the way we relate. As illusive as space, time, and…
The Frame of the Loom gives the Warp its tension. This forms a quality for the Weaver to interpret. Decisions of the pattern are dependant on the choice…
In current times of political schism and polarisation, specific groups on opposite ends are very vocal; yet they remain isolated. Confrontation and discussion are propellers for social development…
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± is a library, a hybrid library, a non-library, a generic object with defined moments and shaped by its surrounding. It is defined by the organization of the…
TORRI DELL´ACQUA It is a research and design project focused on the typology of Watertowers in Northern Italy. 206 of them have been analysed and geolocalized on a…
A hybrid building like THC requires a variety of typological approaches. In order to design the maximum of different spatial experiences, THC has been developed through a multidimensional…
THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE WINTER SEMESTER 2024/25 BEGINS ON 01.04.2024 AND ENDS ON 15.05.2024. THE KVV OF THE SUMMER SEMESTER 2024 CAN BE FOUND HERE! M-ARCH-T…
The City Administration of Berlin is planning to transform the area around the city hall of Tempelhof district. Its bases were developed in an open dialogue between citizens,…
Gedächtnis der Arktis – Ein Archiv auf Spitzbergen
TRANSFORMATION GLEICH FLEXIBEL is a documentation and investigation of selected buildings around the Moritzplatz regarding to their durability / longevity as well as their transformations / conversions –…
Since its reopening in 2006, Lido became Kreuzbergs Rock-Indie-Electro-Pop living room. The Equlido (Lido´s new extension) understands the importance and function of a well integrated and accepted life…
XXS Bricolage requires no less than a keen eye on the urban space. The goal of this work is to bring the secular architecture into the architectural discourse….
The project takes on the program of the planned construction on the northern fringes of Mauerpark and proposes an alternative on the publicly owned Helmuth Jahn Sportpark (Berlin…
The housing crises has led to city planing focusing on residential densification. Urban Noise aims to generate small and well integrated spaces for cultural production, for they are…
Idea Store No 5The aim of this diploma project was to investigate the new building typology mediatheques and to design a so-called Idea Store for London. In the East London borough Tower Hamlets various population groups live densely together,…
The thesis is based on the research project “STRATEGIES FOR THE BUILD“ by Guestprofessor Matthias Ballestrem of TU Berlin, which deals with the strategies for the preservation and…
This Master’s dissertation examines the typological developing process and the complexity of space appropriation of a polyvalent room inside the 19th century tenement house in Berlin: the “Berliner…
The project offers a new approach for the densification of modern cities. Instead of closing the block, the building volume follows the contour of an empty site, providing…
Observing given data concerning the development of the Berlin housing market, present and future demographic change and the underlying mechanisms of a seemingly endlessly growing, product neutral company…
On the backdrop of migration scenarios the UD program of the ADIP program investigated diverse housing typologies from international context. Under the categories ’solitaire’, ‚cluster‘ and ’street&courtyard’ exemplerary…
On the backdrop of migration scenarios the UD program of the ADIP program investigated diverse housing typologies from international context. Under the categories ’solitaire’, ‚cluster‘ and ’street&courtyard’ exemplerary…
On the backdrop of migration scenarios the UD program of the ADIP program investigated diverse housing typologies from international context. Under the categories ’solitaire’, ‚cluster‘ and ’street&courtyard’ exemplerary…
On the backdrop of migration scenarios the UD program of the ADIP program investigated diverse housing typologies from international context. Under the categories ’solitaire’, ‚cluster‘ and ’street&courtyard’ exemplerary…
On the backdrop of migration scenarios the UD program of the ADIP program investigated diverse housing typologies from international context. Under the categories ’solitaire’, ‚cluster‘ and ’street&courtyard’ exemplerary…
The study investigates the morphological development of Barcelona as a special case of European urban planning. With a focus on the aspects of “grid”, “block”, “texture” and “density”,…
This study is an approach to the utilisation of algorithmic techniques within the architectural design process. The computer will not be used as a drawing aid, but as…