February 2025

In light of the dynamic conditions in the construction industry, we have further developed our office structure via an open associate program and redistributed the strategic tasks: In addition to our five managing partners Cem Arat, Eberhard Becker, Dimitrios Kogios, Suna Konyalioglu and Markus Weismann and the associates Jana Melber, Raphael Dietz and Tamer Nasifoglu, who were already appointed in 2021, we added a further 13 associates to this group on January 1, 2025.

We are delighted that Hans Aescht, Angelika Babucke, Sabrina Bauer, Marie-Eve Beyer, Henriette Commichau, Alma Ibralic, Judith Kappes, Borbála Kata Kneip, Deborah Kunz, Marta Martinez, Philipp Maué, David Meurer and Achim Rosch will also be supporting us at a strategic level in future.

Their different qualifications in urban planning, architecture and process design complement each other and will be strengthened by the new roles and the associated knowledge brought into the office. In future, each of them will be responsible for a field of expertise that is relevant to the strategic direction of the office. These include the topics of sustainability, climate adaptation, digitalization and knowledge transfer. The diversity of the areas of expertise enables a multi-layered office structure that allows us to react more quickly and agilely to future issues.

December 2024

People and the environment are at the heart of our planning. This attitude is all the more important when it comes to the needs of people with disabilities. For example, in the further development of the Reutlingen district of Orschel-Hagen into an inclusive district, which will move closer to the Rappertshofen facility and thus support the lives of people with disabilities in the heart of society.

We are delighted that our design was awarded second prize in the second phase of the “Inclusive Rappertshofen district” competition. The central idea: to enable and promote participation and involvement through differentiated, communal gardens. The qualities of the Orschel-Hagen garden city are to be further developed in a contemporary and inclusive way.

According to the jury, a special feature of our work is “that its basic idea is user-oriented.” The protocol goes on to say: “In terms of climate protection and climate adaptation, the work receives many plus points (…) In addition, the authors deal intensively with the topics of sponge city and rainwater management. The work thus represents a clearly forward-looking basic concept.”

Many thanks to our urban design competition team for their impressive work!

Visualizations by MOKA STUDIO

December 2024

Three new bridges are to be built for the Günzburg State Garden Show in 2029, which will also serve to make the network of footpaths and cycle paths more attractive after the garden show. We are delighted that the designs we developed together with mayr ludescher for the “Three footbridges for the Günzburg State Garden Show” competition have been awarded two first prizes and one second prize!

The basic idea behind our designs for the Danube footbridge (1st prize), the Günz footbridge (1st prize) and the Kappelzipfel footbridge (2nd prize) is to integrate attractive structures with the character of an urban connection respectfully and sensitively into the high-quality natural environment of the Danube, the Günz and its banks.

The jury emphasized the “restrained, clear and elegant appearance and integration into the landscape” of the two winning designs.

Many thanks to our competition team and mayr ludescher for the successful cooperation!

November 2024

The areas between Janup and Löhrstraße in Herford’s Radewig district are currently partially derelict, which is why a sustainable quarter with a mixed use of housing, services and retail is now to be created there. We are delighted that our design for the “Urban development of the areas between Janup and Löhrstraße in Herford” has been awarded second prize and can now be revised.

November 2024

All good things come in threes! After our two multi-award-winning depots in Stuttgart, the green depot is currently being realised in Mannheim’s Feudenheim district according to our plans developed together with Koeber Landschaftsarchitektur for GBG Sonderimmobilien GmbH. In future, the functions of Mannheim’s four depots will be brought together here. The ground-breaking ceremony was held last week.
As with the other two depots we have realised, this one is also dedicated to sustainability. The buildings are being constructed using a timber-hybrid construction method. A largely CO_2-neutral energy supply is made possible by a district heating supply and the extensive use of PV systems on the extensively greened roofs of the administration building and the workshops.
The more functional spaces, such as garages and workshops, are organised directly in the courtyard. By slightly lowering the courtyard, the roofs appear to develop out of the landscape and merge with it. At the same time, this creates a natural visual and sound barrier. Meeting places, such as the canteen and changing rooms, are in turn designed to be clearly visible.