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Office Profile Partner: Anne NiehĂźser, Berlin Arne Hansen, Hanover Christian Moore, London Kirstin Bartels, Oslo Mareike Henschel, Salerno Martin Sobota, Rotterdam Nils Nolting, Hanover Nina Reckeweg, Berlin
CITYFĂ–RSTER architecture + urbanism is an international partnership of architects and urbanists. We have different competences and we love working together, with other architects, designers, engineers, project managers, marketeers and lawyers, depending on the project at hand. We like to collaborate and to be complemented. For this we have a broad network of specialists that can support us for every specific tasks.
Oliver Seidel, Hanover
CITYFĂ–RSTER deals with the city in all its dimensions
Sanna Richter, Berlin
and scales. We focus on the performative aspect of
Verena Brehm, Hanover
architecture and urban design. We want to bring the different parts together and form integrative systems. Systems that exist because their elements interact - just like ecosystems. Our projects are based on program, process and strategy. Our objective is to contribute to a sustainable build environment.
‘Forestry is concerned not with trees, but with how trees can serve people’ Jack C. Westoby (1913-88)
View from Cityförster’s first office
Philosphy The efficient use of energy and resources is an essential
2. Generating qualitative economic growth, where
aspect of sustainable building. We believe that a truly sus-
merit is valued by quality of life and not solely by
tainable design will need to go beyond these aspects. Our
capital gain: Durable increase of value rather than
idea of sustainable architecture and urbanism not only
short-sighted profiteering.
aims at the reduction of negative environmental impacts, but rather at maximizing positive effects onto our living environment.
More with less! Comparably to an ecological system the built environment
3. Strengthening social cohesion and fairness, ensuring integration, participation and unlimited access to all resources of a knowledge based society. 4. Developing cultural identity, not only to establish a feeling of affiliation, but also to create responsibility and commitment for one’s own living environment.
is based on the diversity and interaction of stakeholders,
5. Designing aesthetic elements in order to, over
activities and places. The design of and control over these
and above rational comprehension, establish a deep
systems should be based on a holistic approach, incorpo-
understanding for the requirements of our environ-
rating these 5 key aspects:
ment through sensual experiences.
1. To retain and develop a healthy environment,
Sustainable design not only leads to an increased func-
where nature and the built environment are under-
tional performance of architecture- in other words ef-
stood as a single entity- with the awareness that
ficiency- it also generates a multitude of positive effects:
human wellbeing is directly coupled to a function-
Architecture affects the way we live, work, play, meet and
ing ecosystem.
communicate. Architecture is not only an object of sustainable design but also a medium of sustainability itself.
Projects
NEW LANDS COMMISSION assignment: international competition ‘Headoffice New Lands Commission’, 1.prize year: 2010 location: Accra, Ghana program: 5.500m2 offices design team: Mareike Henschel, Martin Sobota cooperation: Atenastudio, 3TI Italia, Orthner Orthner Associates, Accra
The design for the landmark building of 5.500m2, housing the New Lands Commission will be a symbol of the new spirit of transparency and efficiency, bringing together the currently dispersed Land Sector Agencies. The building has an important symbolic impact due to the recent nationwide establishment of the land registry and is to represent a new All-Ghanaian identity. The design responds to local climatic and social parameters throughout all scales. All design-elements, from the urban setting out to the building’s shape and its materialization aim towards natural and sustainable performance, fulfilling several functions at the same time. The circulation system forms the core of the building, spiraling upwards between two rings of offices on different levels. By breaking the clear separation between floors this system provides a continuous movement, bringing the NLC together on one continuous floor, with a variety of perspectives in and throughout the building. The parametric design of the outer appearance of the building guaranties functional performance whilst allowing for aesthetic variation. The diamond-shaped bamboo panels all follow the lowest sun-angle providing shade and filtered natural light at the same time. Proposed view: circulation zone
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housing
petrol station
resident activity
OFFICE BUILDING OFFICE BUILDING
infiltration pond
GHANA SURVEY SCHOOL CAMPUS
public square
infiltration pond
cafe
survey school 1
PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE survey square NLC parking
public square
NLC support units
bus stop
NLC square
NEW LAND COMMISSION
cooling pool
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Visitors parking
PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTER “OLD COLONIAL”
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constructed wetland
bus stop
bench
public corner
Proposed view: Inner courtyard
Site plan military hospital
Kastellet Comprehensive School Competition & Realization Comprehensive school with special department for handicapped location: Oslo, Norway size: GFA 6730 m2 client: Oslo Kommune, Undervisningsbygg budget: ca. 14.000.000€ services rendered: stage / Lph 2-6 and 8 period: 2001 2004 completion: 9/2004 design team: K. Bartels cooperation: div.A arkitekter, Oslo awards: Competition 1. Prize, RIBA Prize 2006
The Kastellet comprehensive school is located in a suburban area of Oslo. The site slopes evenly from north to south and offers the opportunity to place the buildings on different levels creating a sense of place. The main building orientates itself along the western border and is seemingly pushed into the hill. The three subsidiary buildings step down parallel with the contours on three different levels, generating clearly defined outside spaces in-between. Those semiprivate spaces are again subdivided by balconies which belong to each unit. The south and west facades get their strong character from the vertical wooden sunscreen, creating the buildings’ uniform expression. The screen covers a glass facade allowing the view from the inside but still filtering the sun from the outside. The north and east facades are very reduced in their materiality: white render with long, narrow window stripes and stretches of black wooden boarding in the entrance areas. Set back areas create covered entrances for the different units and allow privacy to each unit’s doorway. Space between main and subsidiary buildings
Outdoor space between buildings, differentiated areas and design
Foyer
Sportshall
Collective yard
Site plan
Martin-Luther-School assignment: extension of music-oriented gymnasium with special focus on sustainability place Rimbach im Odenwald, Germany Size: 10.500m2 GFA client: Gebäudewirtschaft Kreis Bergstraße period: 2009 managing partners: Kirstin Bartels, Oliver Seidel, Verena Brehm cooperation: with transsolar KlimaEngineering, Stuttgart awards: Competition Purchase
Martin-Luther-School is an upper secondary school with a special focus on musical education. It houses about 1600 pupils. The extension of the existing building became necessary to adapt to contemporary didactic concepts and allow for all-day care. It contains classrooms, a natural science block, a canteen and a gymnasium. Our design translates the demands concerning resource efficiency and preservation in a sensual and sensible manner. The main climatic engine of the building is the shape of the building itself: ‚Solar-chimneys‘ foster natural ventilation and become a significant formal element. The expressive roofscape also emphasizes places inside the building – large roof lights extend the space upwards and provide particular light. During school hours these areas are open spaces to be appropriated by different age groups for independent learning. The building is conceived as a timber frame structure with a larch-wood cladding.
Model
Interior view atrium
South elevation
Climatic concept
Site plan
GREEN WAVE. Glitnir Bank Hq international competition: masterplan Kirkjusandur and new headquarter for Glitnir Bank location: Reykjavik, Iceland area: 5.5 ha masterplan, 14.500 m2 GFA offices client: Glitnir Bank hf. & Association of Icelandic Architects year: 2006/07 design team: A. Niehüser, O. Seidel, V. Brehm cooperation: Sebastian Meyer, Hargus Climate Engineering award: 2. prize
The design concept ‘Green Wave’ generates a holistic image and a characteristic coastal skyline for the site of Kirkjusandur in Reykjavik, Iceland. Two design principles characterize the appearance of all buildings: The dynamic shape of the wave as an aesthetic concept and the integration of green spaces as vital elements of functional and atmospheric quality. The new headquarters of Glitnir Bank, a nine-storey building addressing the prominent highway Sæbraut, will be the key figure for the future development. The elevated entrance plaza is secluded from public flow on ground level and sheltered from heavy winds coming from the shore. Open working spaces can be organised and subdivided flexibly. Winter gardens on each floor increase internal lighting, provide space for informal communication and create a comfortable atmosphere and climate. A decentralized ventilation system and a heating system based on geothermal energy are implemented, which are economic in maintenance, space-saving and highly energy efficient. The façade consists of tilted glass elements creating a “deep skin” that reflects natural and artificial light in different angles. Proposed view by night
Foyer
Floor plans levels 6 and 8
Ventilation system
Skyline
Site plan
Public Matters
Awards 2011 2010
2010 2009
2009 2009
2009 2008 2008 2008
2. Prize invited competition ‚Nordweststadt Frankfurt am Main‘ 1. Prize invited competition ‚New Lands Commission Building‘ Accra/Ghana with atenastudio and 3TI Italia 1. Prize Europan 10 ‚Red Ribbon‘ Heidelberg/D with UBERBAU and Marc Ryan 1. Prize invited competition ‚City Museum‘ extension and exhibition design Seesen/D with Karin Hutter/raumarbeit 1. Prize invited competition ‚Family Houses Ricklingen‘ Hanover/D 1. Prize invited competition ‚Pelikan Viertel - New Housing‘ Hanover/D with gruppe OMP Honorable mention competition ‚Extension of Martin-Luther-School‘ Rimbach/D 1. Prize invited competition ‚Park City‘ Masterplan Tirana/Albania 1. Prize Ideas Competition ‚Doppio Gioco‘ Urban strategy Torre di Palme/I 3. Prize international competition ‘Unique via Complementation’ development concept Øresund Region 2040, DK/S
2007 1. Prize international competition ‚Holistic Uniqueness‘ development concept Greater Helsinki 2050, Helsinki/Finland 2007 Honorable mention competition ‚Dellviertel‘ Duisburg/D 2007 2. Phase international competition ‘Living Steel. Hanging Gardens’ Wuhan/China residential prototype 2007 2. Prize international competition ‘Green Wave’ Masterplan Kirkjusandur + Headquarters Glitnir Bank, Reykjavik/Iceland 2006 Honorable mention by the foundation Living Cities ‚Hannover H2O‘, Hanover / D 2006 2. Prize international competition ‚Simplicity‘, ‚Rubber House‘ Almere/NL 2005 Honorable mension Europan 8, ‘In Fluxo’ Coimbra/Portugal 2005 1. Prize Europan 8 ‚Kalakukko‘ Kuopio/Finland 2005 1. Prize competition ‚‘art accumulated’, concept for the disposal of inoperable art in public space’, Hanover/D 2005 Honorable mention International competition ‚FAR 8‘ Shanghai/China 2004 Honorable mention by foundation Living Cities ‚Fenstertheater. Living in the city Hanover/D 2004 1. Prize Häuser Award 2004 ‚Fenstertheater‘ Living in the city Hanover/D
Exhibitions & Workshops 2011 2011
2010 2009
2009 2008 2008 2008 2008
2008 2008
‚Städtisches Museum Seesen‘ beim Tag der Architektur, Architectects Association Nds. Urban Futures 2050, Szenarioworkshop “future of european cities, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin & raumtaktik ‚Red Ribbon‘ at the Europan 10 exhibitions, a.o. AIT ArchitekturSalon Hamburg/D ‚Holistic Uniqueness’ at ‚Beyond Media 09. Visions‘ Architecture Festivale Florence/Italy 2. Standortkonferenz: Werkstatt TXL ‚Development of Airport Tegel‘ Berlin/D ‘Holistic Uniqueness’ at ARCHILAB 2008 Orléans/France ‚Hannover ID‘ Hanover ID‘ at the Science Night, Hanover/D ‚‚Architecture and climate change‘ HafenCity & IBA Workshop, Hamburg/D ‘Unique by Complementation’ at the Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen and the Design Center, Malmö/Sweden ‘Rubber House’ at the Architecture Center CASLa Almere/NL ‘Doppio Gioco’ for SaggiPaesaggi at Museum Cartiera Ascoli Piceno/Italy
2007 ‚Roman Holidays Biennale‘ 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam/NL 2007 ‚Young dutch architecture‘ DESIGNweek, Shanghai/China 2007 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam/NL 2007 ‘people‘s pillow’ Designmai, Berlin/D 2006 FAR architecture center, Shanghai/China 2006 ‚Spine & Loops‘ Hannover/D 2006 ‘Associative Design & Manufacturing’ BI Rotterdam, NL & Ljubljana, SLO 2005 ‘Vision Altstadt‘, BDA Workshop Hanover/D 2005 ‚Mirror Twins‘ at the National Gallery, Tirana/Albania 2005 ‚Mirror Twins‘ at the National Gallery, Tirana/Albania 2005 ‚Metanational Corporation‘ NAI Rotterdam/NL
Lectures 2012 ,Creativity in Teams’, Buisiness School Oslo, Oslo/N 2011 Urban Futures 2050 Conference Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin/D 2011 On the future of architectural practice, Federal Chamber of German Architects/D 2011 New Ways in large Urban Developments, Greenme Conference, Berlin/D 2011 Working as an international Network, Swedish Museum of Architecture, Stockholm 2010 ‚Enterprise philosophies‘ AiR foundation Rotterdam/NL 2010 Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung im Internat. Kontext, HCU, Hamburg/D 2010 ‚Masterplan vs. Masterminds?‘ University Kassel/D 2010 ‚A city is a forest - on architectural and urban systems‘ TKM college of Engineering, Kollam/India 2010 ‚Cityförster - network for architecture‘ Ulyanovsk/ RU 2010 Urban and Reginalplanning in the international context, HCU, Hamburg/D 2010 ‚Urban Development - Planning or Strategy ?‘ Handelsblatt Real Estate Conference Berlin/D 2010 ‚Process based Planningstrategies‘ Bauhaus Kolleg Dessau/D
2009 Position & Projects‘ Leibniz University Hannover/D 2009 ‚In Process‘ FH Bielefeld, Minden/D 2009 ‚Network for Architecture‘ FH Mainz/D 2008 ,Architectural Components‘ Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona/ES 2008 ‘Internationality - Strategy + Architecture’ Federal Chamber of Architects with NAX 2007 ‘City is forest’ Bauhaus University Weimar/D 2007 ‚Western Urbanism?‘ Aleppo/Syrien 2006 ‚Tirana Diaries‘ Berlage Institut, Rotterdam/NL 2004 ‘Day Off!’ concept + organization, international symposium, University Hanover/D
Academic engagement Leibniz Universität Hannover/D, Dept. for Urban Design and Planning Dept. Art and Architecture 20th | 21st Centuries University Kassel/D Dept. for Architectural Design Berlage Institute, Rotterdam/NL Academie voor Bouwkunst, Rotterdam/NL TU Delft/NL
Collaboration
mateununiverse Mate Steinforth - Motiongraphic Design
atenastudio
Orthner+Orthner Associates
architecture + urbanism, Rome
architectural practice based in Accra-Ghana
Anna Brinkmann
raumtaktik
Grafikdesign, Berlin
Carl Zillich
office from a better future unique creative work for print, web and new, Kopenhagen
architect und cultural building activist, Berlin
Stein + Schultz
div.A arkitekter, Oslo dysturb.net
Regional- and landscape planer
martin et al.’s mindscape on the visual, spatial & urban culture of the dutch architecture scene
interdisciplinary Think Tank
gruppe omp, Bremen
architecture & urbanism ‘designing systems’
Norddeutschlands beste aufstrebende Architekten
transsolar KlimaEngineering
landinsicht
High comfort ? Low impact
Strategic concepts and images for urbane landscapes
Thies Rätzke Fotografie, Hamburg 3TI progetti
lequick design delivers unique creative work for print, web and new media
LOLA Landscape Architects green delight, endlessness and phenomena, Rotterdam
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung susturb, Dominic Balmforth
Engineering Italy
Memberships
MAN MADE LAND
AKNDS Architektenkammer Niedersachsen/D Architects Registration Board/UK Förderverein Baukultur/D SBA Stichting Bureau Architectenregister/NL SRL - union of urban, regional and landscape planners RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects
Landschaftsarchitektur, Städtebau und Urban Design
German Sustainable Building Council
jbbug johannes böttger büro urbane gestalt landschaftsarchitekten lequick design
John Form graphics, products and concepts
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