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ZWANZIG JAHRE
Newspaper No. 18/2019

kadawittfeldarchitektur feiert Geburtstag. Perfekte Ausrede für einen kleinen Rück- und Ausblick. Und dafür, die Architekten einmal selbst zu Wort kommen zu lassen. Dabei geht es um Gebautes, vor allem aber um Haltungen, Wünsche, Arbeitsweisen: Wie entsteht Architektur? Welche Rolle spielt der Dialog zwischen allen Beteiligten, wie weit prägen eigene Überzeugungen den Entwurf für andere? Und was bedeutet all dies für das Miteinander im eigenen Büro? Hinzu treten Interviews mit Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann, Präsidentin der Bundesarchitektenkammer, und Dr. Riklef Rambow, Professor für Architekturkommunikation, über Baukultur und Architektenschaft sowie die Erwartungen an Stadt und Architektur durch die Öffentlichkeit. Ein Bogen quer über Projekte und die Einflüsse, die darauf einwirken, subjektiv aus der Sicht von kadawittfeldarchitektur, mit Dank an Partner und Freunde für die Begleitung und mit Vorfreude auf Nächstes.

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ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY

Last Friday, September 6 2019 , the new CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED ONCOLOGY of the University Hospital Cologne was officially opened in the presence of the prime minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, numerous scientists, doctors, sponsors and patients.
kadawittfeldarchitektur is responsible for the facade design of Germany's largest outpatient building for cancer patients.

The CIO is located at the centre of the densely built university campus and can therefore not be perceived as a whole by passers-by. In order to nevertheless create a visual identity, two large format images adorn the new building’s facades. Each illustration is composed of several shades of a single colour and resembles a simplified canopy of leaves. The two primary colours, red and green, pick up hues from the surrounding environment.
Like in a so-called tabula scalata, the images are divided into vertical strips and applied to the different sides of full-height exterior louvers.
The red image is visible on one louver surface, the green image on the other. The illustrations have been applied to the four facade surfaces in such a way that the building appears in a single hue when seen from opposite corners; the colour changes as you walk past. The metallic coating of the louvers reflects the surroundings. The effects of the changing colours and shimmering reflections are a memorable experience for passers-by. ???? by Jürgen Schmidt Fotografie
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Read our contribution to the publication My Bauhaus 100 Architects on the 100th Anniversary of a Myth published at Edition DETAIL
Appeal to the future
Much of what surrounds us in everyday life has a bit of Bauhaus to it. We can sense its aim to break with the existing to create a more just world, for it to literally take shape. Unfortunately, the term "Bauhaus" has also been to market cars, furniture and, yes, architecture. Banal, functional buildings are often praised as "timeless" or "functional" in the sense of the Bauhaus idea, even if they are its glaring opposite. The Bauhaus propagated the inter-disciplinarity of composition, the quality of craftsmanship and the democratization of design. A design plan without the slightest too much or too little requires a high degree of dedication, time and the brain power of all involved in its development.
But the aesthetic quality of a building does not lie in reduction alone -something that today is all too often elevated to dogma. For all its practicality, at its core the Bauhaus strove for beauty; for the sculptural power and playful elegance of form. 1 hope that its sensuality, multidimensionality and love of experimentation will spark again. Let's not see Bauhaus as a label for a style, but as a mission to continue its interdisciplinary approach, to remain relevant and think about the future of society.
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Grand opening ceremony Halle 12 Messe Frankfurt ????
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