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Collective Design Process at Floating University Berlin As the land becomes liquid, an association inquires what to build, where to build, and how to build Water in Berlin is complicated to say the least. In parts of the city the groundwater is dropping. In other parts of the city the groundwater is rising and must be pumped out. Blue pipes, suspended in the air, flow through city streets, rescuing buildings and streets as the land becomes liquid

Collective Design Process at Floating University Berlin As the land becomes liquid, an association inquires what to build, where to build, and how to build Water in Berlin is complicated to say the least. In parts of the city the groundwater is dropping. In other parts of the city the groundwater is rising and must be pumped out. Blue pipes, suspended in the air, flow through city streets, rescuing buildings and streets as the land becomes liquid

Collective Design Process at Floating University Berlin

With the support of GRAFT Travel Grant, Katherine Ball travelled to Berlin this summer to perform public research in a polluted rainwater basin receiving the runoff from the former Tempelhof airport. This basin is the location of Floating University Berlin, an educational experiment that brings together neighborhood residents (including the local mosque, refugee camp, garden colony, and police station) with students and professors from universities across Europe. In this essay, Katherine Ball gives us insights to her concluded research.

Essay by Katherine Ball
7 MIN Read

TSB Station

TSB Station

New Mobility

The development of a city is inextricably linked to mobility - the movement of people and goods. The combination of zero-emission, low-noise mobility with profound digitalization and AI will have an enormous impact on the development of cities and rural areas, while new mobility concepts are likely to change our understanding of municipal spaces and infrastructures. In an interview with expert Stefan Liske, GRAFT discusses the mobility of the future.

Interview by GRAFT & Stefan Liske
23 MIN Read

Water Cay Resort

Stories are the Social Currency of the World

Hotels and residential buildings are two architectural typologies that cater to very similar fundamental human needs, on the one hand providing shelter and privacy and on the other acting as stages for social interaction. As boundaries between the private and public blur, we are seeing a transformation of residential typologies. But have apartment buildings been learning from hotels? Or is it the other way around, as the “home away from home” slogans of hotels around the world would have us believe?

Essay by Lars Krückberg, Thomas Willemeit, Wolfram Putz
8 MIN Read

Brooke Adams

Unbuilding Walls Travel Grant 2019

We’re happy to share the realized projects of our two TRAVEL GRANT 2019 winners: Brooke Adams’ UNBUILDING HERE and Antonio Giráldez López’ MORE THAN WALLS.

Essay by GRAFT
5 MIN Read

Collective Design Process at Floating University Berlin As the land becomes liquid, an association inquires what to build, where to build, and how to build Water in Berlin is complicated to say the least. In parts of the city the groundwater is dropping. In other parts of the city the groundwater is rising and must be pumped out. Blue pipes, suspended in the air, flow through city streets, rescuing buildings and streets as the land becomes liquid

Collective Design Process at Floating University Berlin

With the support of GRAFT Travel Grant, Katherine Ball travelled to Berlin this summer to perform public research in a polluted rainwater basin receiving the runoff from the former Tempelhof airport. This basin is the location of Floating University Berlin, an educational experiment that brings together neighborhood residents (including the local mosque, refugee camp, garden colony, and police station) with students and professors from universities across Europe. In this essay, Katherine Ball gives us insights to her concluded research.

Essay by Katherine Ball
7 MIN Read

TSB Station

New Mobility

The development of a city is inextricably linked to mobility - the movement of people and goods. The combination of zero-emission, low-noise mobility with profound digitalization and AI will have an enormous impact on the development of cities and rural areas, while new mobility concepts are likely to change our understanding of municipal spaces and infrastructures. In an interview with expert Stefan Liske, GRAFT discusses the mobility of the future.

Interview by GRAFT & Stefan Liske
23 MIN Read

healing architecture by graft

Healing Architecture

For many years GRAFT has been working intensively and also in cooperation with medical professionals and scientists on the topic of "Healing Architecture" and the question of how a carefully planned environment can contribute to health as well as accelerate recovery processes. We would like to present you some examples of projects planned and already realized by GRAFT, which are not only architecturally convincing, but also link the topics of building and health in a forward-looking way. Language: German

Essay by Thomas Willemeit
4 MIN Read

Futopolis: Die 4 Thesen der Trendstudie

Futopolis: Die 4 Thesen der Trendstudie

How urbanization affects cities and the countryside, what trends will shape urban planning and development, and what this means for society and the economy. Language: German

Essay by Lars Krückberg, Thomas Willemeit, Wolfram Putz
3 MIN Read