Germany

The Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital is a large hospital facility and the largest hospital in the "Mittlerer Oberrhein" region and a teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg. Every year, around 185,000 outpatients and over 63,000 inpatients are treated in the hospital by around 4,300 employees. However, due to the increased number of staff and treatments as well as an infrastructure that is no longer up to date, extensive structural changes are also planned for the coming years. Caption It is planned to erect a new helicopter landing platform as a free-standing structure on the open space in front of the building. The element of the current competition relates to the development of the bridge connection between the helicopter platf... More

CSMM – architecture matters is continuing its recent growth streak. To meet the demands for more flexibility in the workplace, the architecture and consulting firm opened a brand-new Dusseldorf branch office. The CSMM team has created a smart yet stylish design for its 300-square-meter office in the city’s Medienhafen district. The result is a true “place of possibility” designed to inspire staff with its communal areas for collaboration and its retreat spaces for concentration. Thanks to the flexible and variable layout, the design meets growing demands for more agile work practices and creates an optimal work environment. The addition of a desk-sharing scheme allows for more effective use of the office space and mo... More

-The wave shaped superstructure should be 350 meters long providing the noise protection. - Attractive landscape connection between Oberkassel and the banks of Rhine.  -The building offers added value to the city, gastronomy, art and offices. STRUCTURELAB ARCHITEKTEN The CENTRUM GROUP develops new vision with STRUCTURELAB ARCHITECTS and brings Oberkassel neighborhood closer to Rhine. The traffic behind the Rheinknie bridge should disappear under the cover with the design of STL, creating more spaces for gastronomy, art and relaxation. STRUCTURELAB ARCHITEKTEN The 350 meter long superstructure of the ramp can also fulfill more functions, that’s how the green roof seemlessly fits in the riverside landscape. The pedest... More

For the Munich-based FitTech startup Freeletics, our team developed an identity-creating visionary New Work concept that includes spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation, rooms for informal encounters and socializing, as well as lecture and sports areas. The company’s offices cover a large part of the M4 building of the "Die Macherei" quarter: on more than 6,500 square meters, indoor and outdoor sprint tracks, training areas, a communal kitchen and a flexible open workspace represent the Freeletics lifestyle. Gleb Polovnykov Gleb Polovnykov Servicesbrief & evaluation, site survey, capacity planning,space allocation programme, occupancy planning, office concept, colour & material concept, project budget &... More

DMAA’s design for the new headquarters of Sparkasse Bremen emerged from an invited competition for the development of a site, which is close to Bremen University – at the junction between Universitätsallee and the motorway access road – and offered few clues to designers regarding the shaping of the urban context and the building morphology. Piet Niemann The seemingly reserved, standalone building volume defines the location through the inviting gesture of its transparent base, which opens to its surroundings on three sides in the form of full-height glazing. The building makes a major contribution to the improvement of the adjacent open spaces as well as becoming an urban meeting place in itself, thanks to its... More

An international biotechnology group commissioned CSMM to design and plan the interiors of its German headquarters. The brief was to create a new representative office with the values of the group and its workplace culture as the guiding principle. Gleb Polovnykov Gleb Polovnykov   As part of a broader change management process, the team from CSMM worked with the staff to develop a concept for the space that was an ideal fit for their workflows and their individual requirements. Gleb Polovnykov Gleb Polovnykov We built on the corporate culture already evident at the Group’s other locations around the world and transformed the one and two-person offices in the existing property into an open-plan, communicati... More

For CSMM, the “Hub & Home” model is the future of workplace design. So, they took the opportunity to make their own office into a three-dimensional calling card and set out to produce an architectural rendering of the creative process itself. They transformed the loft space in Werk 3 into the model for a new way of working using a variety of different spatial scenarios that allow each individual to work in his or her own way.  Eva Jünger In 2016, as the firm’s headcount continued to grow, CSMM moved into a new office space in Werk 3 in Munich’s Werksviertel district. The 700-square-metre loft in a former factory building proved to be the perfect blank canvas to put their own design ideas into prac... More

Department stores, once the „cathedrals of retail“, have become problematic urban zones due to the rapidly increasing volume of online retail. As an alternative to the monoliths that were mostly built in the 60s to 80s of the last century, new concepts with small-scale structures are needed that allow the broadest possible mix of flexible uses in addition to traditional retail and give the ideal of urban diversity a contemporary form.In place of the former Karstadt building, the NEUmarkt Bielefeld project proposes an ensemble of 4 differently formed structures grouped around a covered market place. The open arcades, oriented towards the market place, provide a zoned and well-tempered transition between the areas of public use an... More

A Quarter Sets its Course for the FutureGuiding Principle – Diversity:Entries to competitions that form part of IBA 27 should combine high architectural quality, experimental building methods and social and ecological aspects.This concept envisages a dynamic, socially-mixed urban quarter that offers high-quality design to a range of user groups while retaining the existing trees.The design seeks to create a transition between the area of small-scale detached houses to the north and the large-scale, high-rise development to the south, while combining these two typologies with the help of an esplanade that crosses the district from east to west.The urban quality of this esplanade enables it to act as both the entrance to the quarter and... More