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How do the most diverse functions combine to form a lively ensemble? In the best case, the answer is spaces with their own quality of stay, spaces that themselves invite people to meet and exchange ideas. The design for the new DFB campus in Frankfurt a. M. developed an all-connecting boulevard from this idea. It unites and, where necessary, separates administration and research, areas for visitors and retreat zones for athletes, public spaces and sports fields integrated into the architecture. The look at the new building is accompanied by a conversation with Prof. Dr. Dr. Markus Raab, sports psychologist at the German Sport University in Cologne, about goals, emotions, teamwork and missed penalties.

Also: a review of AachenMünchener’s 2010 headquarters, which succeeded in fitting corporate concerns into the city and adding unexpected functions thanks to its spatial concept.

Curious? Digital edition at www.kwa.ac under PUBLICATIONS. (Newspaper only available in german)

The Corporate Headquarters project in Baden-Württemberg is part of the exhibition “The New Together”, which will be held at the Scuola Grande di Misericordia in Venice from May 20 to July 30, 2023. The initiative aims to explore, through the projects of 140 international architectural firms, how the design of the spaces in which we live is evolving to meet the needs of the new era in which we live.

Curation: Luca Molinari and Simona Finessi. Organization: Casa Platform.

For more information about the event, visit www.platformarchitecture.it

Our team will guide you through the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Aachen (ETM) in the context of the Open Architecture Day, on Saturday 17.06. at 14:15-15:15 pm and 16:15-17:15 pm.

Meeting point: Otto-Blumenthal-Str. 4, main entrance under the big canopy: 14:00 and 16:00 hrs.

We are looking forward to your attendance!

Photo: Jens Kirchner

“How can sustainability succeed along the construction value chain?”

On the issue, the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Construction Industry Association of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rhineland Westphalia Housing and Real Estate Association (VdW RW) are holding a joint specialist event on June 12 at Van der Valk Hotel Airport Düsseldorf.

 

The event will take place from 09:00 am to 04:30 pm, registration here.

 

In the context of the exhibition “Grazer Schule, Stil & Wert eines Phänomens” (Graz School, Style & Value of a Phenomenon), Kilian Kada’s short lecture “sozial-digital-grün” (social-digital-green) uses project examples to present the transformation from existing buildings into contemporary architecture, including the Komische Oper Berlin.

The building stock is an important witness of past epochs and a repository of valuable material. Preserving existing buildings, discovering hidden potential through careful analysis and reprogramming them positively thanks to careful conversion or additions has always been the intended task of identity-conscious architecture. The use of so-called grey energy becomes all the more relevant due to the pressing issues of climate change.

Lecture by Kilian Kada on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 19h00 at HDA – Haus der Architektur in Graz. More information about the event here…

dialogical and circular – keynote by Kilian Kada on April 20, 2023 at BAU – Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems

Planning sustainable buildings is complex. Many project participants have to be involved, partly convinced, many aspects have to be considered and weighed. Especially the increasing feasibility of the depot idea – to preserve raw materials in the building and make them usable again later – often still surprises.

The urgent questions of climate change are finally taking the building industry into focus. The future viability of a building is not only in a complex relationship with social, economic, political issues, but also with technical, ecological and cultural ones.

In his presentation on April 20, 2023 from 14h00 to 14h30, Kilian Kada, illuminates issues of circular construction and the careful use of increasingly scarce building materials. (Keynote in german)

Further information available on www.bau-muenchen.com