15 November 2022

Ideas Crossing Borders: GRAFT lecture at Design Network Hub

Successful international cooperation is crucial for solving global problems, achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and other challenges. We need the knowledge and skills of many who think and create together. Different cultural backgrounds and perspectives that feed into solutions and ideas are the strength of such projects. The German Design Museum Foundation therefore invites you to the "Ideas crossing borders" conference on 15 November 2022.

Among the expected guests and speakers will be GRAFT founding partner Lars Krueckeberg, Kimia Amir-Moazami (Young Designers Circle, World Design Organization), Samson Malaki and Kyesubire Greigg (Design Kenya Society), Marie Kuter (International Committee of the Red Cross), Lilac Osanjo (University of Nairobi), Mona Mijthab (Mosan; Zurich University of the Arts), Julia Kostial (German Design Museum Foundation) and Lutz Dietzold (German Design Council).
The event will be moderated in English by writer and architectural designer James Taylor-Foster.

The event will be held in English and in a hybrid format on site in Berlin and digitally at the same time.
When? 15 November 2022, 1 PM - 5 PM CET + Aperitivo
Where? Alte Münze (Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin) OR digitally via livestream.
Participation is free of charge.
For more information please click here!

04 November 2022

GRAFT keynote at PresseSCHAU in Vienna

From November 4 to 6, the second edition of the Presse-SCHAU will take place in the Marx Halle in Vienna. On 5,000 sqm the fair presents exhibitors from the fields of interior design, jewelry, design and mobility. The accompanying program is dedicated in this year's topic "The future of design". GRAFT founding partner Wolfram Putz will give a keynote on the panel "Architecture & Open Space" on November 4, at 4 p.m.. Other speakers include the architect Max Dudler, Michaela Freisinger (Vitra), Lisa Nett (13&9 Design, INNOCAD architecture) and Oliver Bertram (teamgnesda). More info can be found here!

27 October 2022

GRAFT lectures and award win at hospitalconcepts congress

GRAFT founding partner Thomas Willemeit particpates at this year's hospitalconcepts congress in Berlin as speaker and award winner.
Under the motto "Ahead of us the future! The hospital of tomorrow: humane, digital, climate-friendly" the two-day congress stands for an interdisciplinary exchange between physicians and planners. In two different sessions, Thomas Willemeit presents the intensive care units "Parametric Dreamdesign" at Charité, which are the basis of a research program developed by GRAFT in cooperation with medical professionals at Charité.

The project is also awarded the special prize "Impact + Cooperation Architecture & Health" of the hospitalconcepts Awards. The jury praised the project's lasting influence on the redesign of intensive care units and their implementation in planning and construction practice.

Hospitalconcepts Kongress
Octobre 27.-28., 2022
Novotel Berlin am Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 106-108, 10623 Berlin

25 October 2022

Sustainable Architecture - Urban Myth or the Real Deal? GRAFT lecture at Bene Online Expert Talk

Given the increasing environmental awareness of our society, it is not surprising that sustainable architecture continues to grow in popularity. For the next Bene Online Expert Talk on October 25, GRAFT founding partner Thomas Willemeit will explain our approach to sustainable architecture during THE WORK NOW. OFFICE exhibition in Cologne.

You can register for the webinar here!
When? Tuesday, October 25, 2pm CET

24 October 2022

GRAFT lecture at Rotary Club Remscheid

Tonight GRAFT founding partner Thomas Willemeit will speak at the Rotary Club in Remscheid. The lecture will outline his career, as well as the most important design tasks of GRAFT.

20 October 2022

GRAFT lecture at Zak World of Façades

GRAFT founding partner Lars Krückeberg present his lecture "Faces of Architecture. Creating Urban Identity" at this year's Zak World of Façades conference in Berlin on October 20.

Zak World of Façades, an international conference series on façade design & engineering, that has attracted over 29,000+ delegates from over 30 countries so far.

Time: Oktober 20, 2022, 9.30 am
Location: Titanic Chaussee Berlin, Chausseestraße 30, 10115 Berlin

07 October 2022

Seezeitlodge wins award for "best location" at the Wellness Heaven Award 2023

Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa wins award for "best location" of a wellness hotel at the Wellness Heaven Award 2023! The users of the digital hospitality guide "Wellness Heaven" selected their favorites from 99 nominated wellness hotels in five categories. According to the guide, the hotels are primarily located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. More than 100,000 votes were cast online between October 1, 2021 and September 15, 2022. Our project Seezeitlodge has come first in the "Location & Surroundings" category!
The hotel is beautifully set in nature and overlooks a serene lake from a wooded headland. GRAFT's design aims to capture and enrich the character of the site. Moreover, the building figure is a product of the surrounding topography. The hotel connects the realm of the forest with the vastness of the lake, mediating between land and water.

06 October 2022

Exhibition symposium at Architektur Galerie Berlin with GRAFT founding partner Thomas Willemeit

Today at 6pm, GRAFT founder Thomas Willemeit will be part of the symposium "Architecture between Optimism and Truth" at Architektur Galerie Berlin! We are looking forward to a stimulating conversation in the setting of the exhibition "Hotel Iveria - The City and the Tower".

6PM: Opening
Welcome: Ulrich Müller (Architektur Galerie Berlin)
Introduction and moderation: Irina Kurtishvili (Curator)

6.15PM - 7PM: Architecture and Urbanism
Thomas Willemeit (GRAFT Architects)
Katharina Ritter (Az W Architecture Center Vienna)
Stephan Wackwitz (writer)

7.30PM - 8.15PM: Culture and Society
Zaal Andronikashvili (Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, Berlin)
Tinatin Gurgenidze (TAB Tbilisi Architecture Biennial)
Nikolaus von Twickel (Editor at the Center for Liberal Modernism)

For more information please click here!

30 September 2022

GRAFT founder Lars Krückeberg participates at kitchen talk at Aedes Berlin

Within the exhibition LOCAL & TRANSCULTURAL by PLAYZE architects at the Aedes Architecture Forum Berlin, the "What's Cooking? On Transcultural Spaces" Kitchen Talk will take place on Friday, September 30. GRAFT founding partner Lars Krückeberg joins PLAYZE partners Marc Schmit and Pascal Bergar as well as three further guests to discuss how the work of architectural practices in an international context can succeed despite current global circumstances.

Please register here: Eventbrite

What's Cooking?: On Transcultural Spaces
Kitchen talk in the exhibition of PLAYZE architects at Aedes Architecture Forum
Time: Friday, September 30 2022, 6.30 pm
Location: Aedes Architecture Forum, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin

29 September 2022

GRAFT founding partner Wolfram Putz in trialogue with Richard David Precht at Roma Campus

GRAFT founding partner Wolfram Putz will talk to philosopher Richard David Precht and Dr. Alexander Rieck (LAVA/Fraunhofer Institute) at the Roma Campus podium discussion in Burgau on September 29. The talk with the title "How will we live together?" is part of the series about liveable architecture named "Biennale meets Roma" concerning topics about the future of the built environment.

Click here for more information.

Time: Wednesday, September 29, entry 5:30 pm, start 6:30 pm
Location: ROMA FORUM, Industriestraße 36, 89331 Burgau