At paläon – Research and Experience Center Schöningen Spears, the architectural landmark’s making of is displayed. Plans, models, and concepts that have been submitted to the competition in 2012 are presented in an exhibition that runs until September 30th, 2018.
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2018

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Modular building is still a hot topic. Philip Norman Peterson gives a follow-up to his talk from last year, focusing on the by now nearly finished container student housing project Frankie & Johnny (in German).

Architecture department lead Volker Mau is invited to the eco2friendly day, a summit where experts from various fields talk about different aspects of sustainability. He presents his view on sustainable architecture and illustrates his thoughts with projects.

The ceremony of the prestigious awards for marketing and architecture is on. Tristan Kobler has been a member of the jury and gives a laudatory speech for on of the selected projects.

Philip Norman Peterson joins an experts’ panel about retail architecture in Tbilisi. In this summit that is hosted by information platform Heinze, he presents retail projects such as Westside shopping mall, shopping and business center INSIDE, Swisscom Business Campus and leisure hub Colorful Zone, and discusses with other professionals.

Tristan Kobler is invited as a speaker to Creative Zurich Wednesday to talk about parasite architecture, and its respective challenges and opportunities, and how they shape society. Redensification project ELLI will be examined more closely as an example of a special kind of parasite architecture.
Following the speeches, Tristan Kobler and the other invited speakers, Tanja Trampe, Gudrun Ongania, and Ueli Ansorge, discuss in a panel how high quality growth is possible that is also sustainable.

MakeCity is a city-wide international festival for architecture and urban alternatives, spanning over 17 days and featuring over 120 events: exhibitions, workshops, urban tours and studio talks, along with 9 days of conference programme at the festival centre.
As a founding partner, the Berlin studio will be part of it. The festival takes place from June 14 to July 1, 2018 in different locations in Berlin; a detailed programme is coming soon.

The permanent exhibition at Alpinarium Galtür "At The Very Top — Stories About Galtür and the World" is expanded by the history of Gentiana Punctata L. in Galtür; occasion of the expansion is the recognition of Galtür's tradition of collecting and processing of spotted gentian as UNESCO cultural heritage. Special topic sections such as "The Plant and the Medicine" and "History and Tradition" shed light on the significance and value of the rare plant. Content and design carry on the current exhibition's style.

Tristan Kobler is invited to the panel discussion "The Added Value of Art and Architecture". The event celebrates also the release of a book about the same topic, published by competition commission for art and architecture WEKO of visarte Zentralschweiz.
The panel assembles people from various fields: Art, art collecting, politics, urban planning, and architecture. Apart from professional attitudes, participants in the panel are asked to express personal opinions.

As part of the MakeCity festival, the nearly finished container-built student housing project Frankie & Johnny can be visited on a guided tour. Another tour takes place June 19th, 2018, at 1 pm.
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As part of the MakeCity festival, the nearly finished container-built student housing project Frankie & Johnny can be visited on a guided tour. Another tour takes place June 18th, 2018, at 1 pm.
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Barbara Holzer is a member of the jury who awards this year’s DETAIL prize. The jury meets to select the winners.

Tristan Kobler speaks to MA students about his personal approach to exhibition design. The talk is part of a university lecture series at the design department of the FH Dortmund, but it is also open to the public.

The third workshop of RAW site development is on; the event is open to the public.

As part of their Curated Studies program, professor Barbara Holzer and Tanja Kullack have gathered in collaboration with IBA Thuringia during winter semester 2017/18 more than 120 students of Peter Behrens School of Arts (PBSA) in the town of Apolda. The state of Thuringia presents the thinking space called "STADTLAND" for the studios.
More than 100 options for Apolda and Thuringia have been developed — starting from local acupunctions that trigger shifts of context by minimal interventions to visions for metropoles of the future. The Exhibition Design Institute of University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf has created by analysing the students' concepts, drafts, and visions the exhibition "Spielstädte! 100+ Options for the Future of Thuringia".

Museum Friedland has held an architectural competition for a visitor, media and documentation center, in which Barbara Holzer was a member of the jury. The competition entries are presented at the museum until September 23rd, 2018, as well as on their website.

On the LimmatSpot site, the building shell is finished; an occasion to celebrate for everyone involved in the project!

Barbara Holzer will be a speaker at Architecture and Planning Day 2018, hosted by AIT Dialog and ACO Academy.

The association for management and economy, maneco, invites to a panel discussion. Tristan Kobler and other experts talk about the ways new shopping habits shape buildings.

The third edition of Open House is on in Zurich! The festival presents free access to more than 100 buildings and many guided tours on the weekend of September 29th and 30th, 2018. Some visits require a reservation.

The first topical exhibition in the new building of Kunsthalle Mannheim sheds light on the economy's impact on the arts by presenting classical modern art from the 1920s and 1930s, focussing on the German Weimar Republic, the Soviet Union and the United States.
Free-standing wall units partition the three connecting rooms of the exhibition's historic part. See-through moments and juxtapositions keep refreshing perspectives and correlations of the thematically clustered art works. A color scheme that resonates with the spirit of the time has inspired a background of geometrical panels in bold hues and highlights selected exhibits. Few media installations provide background information of pivotal social developments such as the emergence of the modern metropolis in the early 20th century; an axial "trail" provides the exhibition's chronologic and contextualising backbone.
A spatial graphic design derived from Gustavs Klucis' work Dynamic City connects the historic and the contemporary part of the exhibition and welcomes visitors in the foyer of Kunsthalle Mannheim.

The ceremony of the German Steel Construction Award is embedded in this year’s Day of Steel Construction ("Tag der Stahl.Architektur") in Duisburg. Student housing project Frankie & Johnny has been among the winners.

The special exhibition on the complex entanglements of gender and violence at the Military History Museum in Dresden runs until October 30th, 2018.

A new permanent exhibition is opened at the former Bank of Germany building, which is positioned in correspondence with the dome. The exhibition design consciously takes up elements of the dome's architecture and establishes spatial connections to the graves of Otto and Editha in the Dome. The colours of the ottonian frescos and codices has influenced the scenography, a source of inspiration also for the architecture back then, as has come to light as work proceeded.

At belektro trade fair in Berlin as part of the architectural program DIALOG HOCH 4, a forum about future living formats takes place. Therein, Philip Norman Peterson will present the student housing project Frankie & Johnny (in German).

This year's congress of DAB (Deutsches Architektenblatt) focuses on different kinds of material. As an example for concrete construction, Barbara Holzer presents residential building and studio ELLI, for which prefabricated concrete elements have been used.

In the course of the development of the RAW area everybody interested is invited to join an inspection of the site and following workshop discussion with the focus on open space qualities.
Meeting point for the site inspection is at gate 2, opposite of Revalerstrasse 10. The workshop takes place at artistic space Urban Spree.

The winner at the Wolfsburg Award for urban vision 2018 and other nominated submissions will be presented in a public ceremony. Tristan Kobler, who was this year's guest jury member, will give a speech.

The completed building will be officially handed over to the client. Fulfilling the brief of designing a hospital for elderly patients, a four-story geriatric hospital building offering a total of 300 beds as well as extensive facilities has been completed. The volume and height of the new building are designed to harmonize with the building height of the neighboring residential area and surround a protected central space with plenty of greenery. The recesses in the building lend form to its bulk and thus reference the surrounding urban fabric.

The RAW experts gather for a closing discussion.

Barbara Holzer is invited to hold a lecture at Bologna's YAC Academy. Within the program "Architecture for Wellness", she presents the wellness area of the Westside shopping and experience center, which she has designed for Daniel Libeskind. For participants only.

The steering committee gathers for a closing discussion.
2019

Join Philip Norman Peterson on a tour for professionals through the maze of the Bau 2019. Visitors will discover the unlimited possibilities of the façade. They can bring all of the issues that seem to limit potential for their façades and the group will journey to discover the solutions (in English.)

Tristan Kobler is invited as a speaker to the Exhibition Design Congress. The theme "Exhibiting the Future" was the challenge he faced, when he created the DASA exhibition unit New Working Worlds, which presents potential scenarios of work in the next decades.

The exhibition "Einfach Zürich" (Simply Zurich) deals with yesterday and today of city and canton. Events, developments, personalities and specialities are presented in three both visually and narratively surprisingly-different appointed rooms. In a light manner, the show offers much background information as well as unexpected insights. Concept, content & scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen and Heller Enterprises.
(Participation in the vernissage for invited guests only, the official opening being on February 2nd, 2019)

How does art react to economic mechanisms? What answers can art provide for the ensuing social upheavals?
These questions will be addressed by the large special exhibition "Constructing the World: Art and Economy". The historical part with art from the 1920/1930ies can be viewed at the Kunsthalle Mannheim until February 3d, 2019.
Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen.
(The second part of the exhibition with contemporary works of art is extended until March 3, 2019)

"Prison" deals with many different topics by way of meanungful and unconventional scenography: confinement, detention conditions, exclusion, but also reintegration and the role of the judiciary. The exhibition is realized in cooperation with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, the Musée des Confluences in Lyon and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden. Scenography by Holzer Kobler Architekturen.

The new hospital complex "Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER" offers one of the most modern and innovative geriatric health centers in Switzerland. It unites the departments of acute geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry and rehabilitation under one roof.
Learn about the new building of "Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER": Open house is from 10 to 17 o'clock.

Henri Laurens (1885–1954) is regarded as one of the most influential French sculptors of the first half of the 20th century. The monographic exhibition at the Kunsthalle Mannheim will show his works from March 1 until June 16. Selected sculptures from Laurens’ early and mature artistic periods as well as drawings, collages and prints will be presented. A participative workbench and studio representations will draw attention to Laurens’ creative process.
Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Grafic Design: 2xGoldstein
Curator: Dr. Ulrike Lorenz in cooperation with the Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen.
Exhibition funded by the H.W. & J. Hector Foundation.

Outside of Zurich, the "LimmatSpot" presents itself as a new urban development area in Spreitenbach. The multifunctional building complex of more than 50'000 sqm encompasses a large array of spaces for service providers, retailers, gastronomy and offices, 195 apartments in numerous different segments and a multiplex movie theater with 9 halls. The moving-in period to begin in mid-February 2019.

At the panel „Think Radical!“ Tristan Kobler gives a lecture about „Zurich needs urban densification! Zurich needs tower blocks!“
This year’s architekturSCHWEIZ 19 presents itself from 7th to 10th March as an architecture festival with pop-up museum, conference and film screenings.

The Sigmund Freud University Vienna launched its new faculty building in January 2019, housing the faculties for medicine and law. It provides space for 1,400 students. The official inauguration will take place on March 8, 2019. (Participation on application)

Barbara Holzer gives a lecture on concepts of new working environments and their architectural and design requirements. The title of the symposium is "Everything is possible: Work and research – rethinking new environments".

In connection with her activity as juror of the "Design that Educates Awards", Barbara Holzer will speak about the impact that architecture and design have on social education.

The new permanent exhibition at the Bauhaus-Museum in Weimar presents the treasures of the world's oldest Bauhaus collection. It links the history of the Bauhaus to discussions about contemporary living conditions. Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen.
(Participation in the vernissage for invited guests, the official opening weekend is on April 6/7, 2019)

In Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, where the different activities of the Bauhaus reached their pinnacle, the members of this avant-gardistic school constructed a number of visionary buildings that were restored or partially reconstructed for the anniversary year of the Bauhaus. They are now accessible to visitors.
In their creative interpretation of the residential properties and studios Holzer Kobler Architekturen centers on the spatial and atmospheric perception of the buildings as such. The scenography presents a modular, extensible orientation and communications system, based on filmic mediation. The reopening will take place on 18 April 2019.

People live under a spell, animals can speak, all wishes become true, space and time are blurred. We all know this type of tale that is part of the cultural memory of every human group. The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève addresses the cosmos of European fairy tales in its new exhibition; wondrous, familiar and at the same time a bit frightening. In eight very atmospheric fairytale-zones the stories can be experienced with all senses. The vernissage is on the 16th of May 2019, 6 pm (open to the public). The exhibition ends on the 5th of January 2020.
Curator: Federica Tamarozzi. Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen.

On the outskirts of St. Gallen, the new "Schlösslipark" is being built. Its architecture is characterized by a hybrid element construction, in which the wooden lamellar structure of the façades elegantly fits into the landscape. In addition to 60 spacious 2.5-4.5-room apartments, one of the 5 buildings encompasses a small commercial area. A topping out ceremony will be held for having placed the last beam of the buildings.
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Especially in metropolitan regions, affordable housing is required on short notice and in great quantities. New concepts are needed.
Philip Norman Peterson will speak about "Difference and Iteration: Modular Construction Techniques today".

Henri Laurens (1885–1954) is regarded as one of the most influential French sculptors of the first half of the 20th century. The monographic exhibition at the Kunsthalle Mannheim will show his works from March 1 until June 16. Selected sculptures from Laurens’ early and mature artistic periods as well as drawings, collages and prints will be presented. A participative workbench and studio representations will draw attention to Laurens’ creative process.
Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Grafic Design: 2xGoldstein
Curator: Dr. Ulrike Lorenz in cooperation with the Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen.
Exhibition funded by the H.W. & J. Hector Foundation.

"Prison" deals with life behind bars – with the themes confinement, detention conditions, exclusion, but also reintegration and the role of the judiciary. A manifold scenography explores the inside and outside of prisons in a colorful and positivistic manner. Historical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological aspects of incarceration reveal the ambiguous reality of detention, they break down stereotypes and raise the possibility of alternatives to authoritarian and antiquated punitive systems.
"Prison" was produced by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (MICR) in partnership with the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (MDC) and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden (DHMD). The exhibition will close on August 18, 2019, at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva. The reopening at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon is on October 19, 2019.

As part of the Hegel 2020 project, Holzer Kobler Architekturen is responsible for the scenographic redesign of the Museum Hegel-Haus in Stuttgart on the occasion of the 250th birthday of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
The show "Update Hegel 2020" in the foyer of the museum provides a first insight into the redesign concept. There will be an introduction with a panel discussion on September 12th at 7:00 pm on which Simone Haar will participate.

Ludwig van Beethoven's birthplace is a charismatic venue for classical music enthusiasts from all over the world. The building houses the world’s largest and manifold Beethoven-collection. The redesigned permanent exhibition in the composer’s house of birth is created in a way that makes life and work of this outstanding artistic personality both a sensual and intellectual experience.
The opening of the permanent exhibition is scheduled for September 16, 2019.
Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen. Grafic design: 2xGoldstein. Media design: TheGreenEyl.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated French painter, graphic artist and sculptor Henri Matisse, the Kunsthalle Mannheim presents "Inspiration Matisse", a special exhibition that opens on the 27th of September 2019.
The scenography reflects on Matisse’ innovative mastery of color, form, surface, figure and space through a design that is oriented on his ideas of balance, pureness and tranquility.

"Prison" deals with life behind bars – with confinement, detention conditions, exclusion, but also reintegration and the role of the judiciary. A manifold scenography explores the inside and outside of prisons in a colorful and positivistic manner. Historical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological aspects of incarceration reveal the ambiguous reality of detention, they break down stereotypes and raise the possibility of alternatives to authoritarian and antiquated punitive systems. Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen.
The exhibition is produced by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (MICR) in partnership with the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (MDC) and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden (DHMD). After being presented in Geneva, it will be shown at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon from 18. October 2019 until 26. July 2020. The reopening at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum will be on 25. September 2020.

On October 24, 2019, Tristan Kobler will be giving a lecture about the design and realisation processes of the scenography projects of Holzer Kobler Architekturen.

On Monday, November 4, 2019, Barbara Holzer (Holzer Kobler Architekturen), Dirk E. Hebel (Architect, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Markus Freitag (Co-founder of FREITAG, Zurich) discuss in the course of the event series "Temporary" at the Architektur Forum Ostschweiz. The debate is moderated by Barbara Bleisch (Philosopher, Zurich). Put up for discussion are the use of resources, new cycles of recyclable fraction and potential solutions.

At the concluding panel on Thursday, Nov. 7, invited experts Barbara Holzer (Zurich, Berlin), Charles Landry (London), Paul Spies (Berlin) and Volker Staab (Berlin) discuss findings and outlook, led by moderator Joos van den Dool (Tubingen, Potsdam). The panel discussion will start at 6:30pm.

As part of an architectural event at the GRIMMWELT Kassel, Simone Haar will talk about the exhibition concept and design of the museum and other projects by Holzer Kobler Architekturen.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the art of tattooing began to flourish in the Western world. One of the most prominent protagonists was Christian Warlich (1891-1964), a tattoo artist in Hamburg, who gained international recognition as the "King of Tattoo Artists". The Museum for Hamburg History, that owns the world's largest collection of Warlich’s objects, is now dedicating an exhibition to this icon, designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen.The exhibition honors Warlich's oeuvre as "everyday"-art. They are pictures for life: present always and everywhere.
The opening ceremony is on Tuesday 26 November 2019 at 7 p.m. The exhibition will run from 27 November 2019 to 25 May 2020.

Tristan Kobler participates as jury member at the Golden Trezzini Awards for Architecture and Design in St. Petersburg (Russia). The Awards are taking place since 2018, called after Domenico Trezzini (1670—1734), the first architect of St. Petersburg and a native of Switzerland. The Awards Ceremony will take place on the 27th of November at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersberg.

On 7 December 2019 at 10:30pm 3sat will broadcast the documentary "Kunst hoch 2" about Barbara Holzer and Tristan Kobler. The six-part documentary series portrays well-known "artist couples". The current series tells of the first encounters between the two architects Barbara Holzer and Tristan Kobler and how their shared passion for the design of space and emptiness developed.

On 17 December 2019 Beethoven's birthplace invites as a prelude of the Beethoven anniversary year in 2020 to an open day and presents "The new Beethoven House": The redesigned, experience-driven permanent exhibition, expanded exhibit spaces, a treasury of original manuscripts, new visitors service center with shop, dressing rooms, café and educational facilities. The official opening will take place on the evening of 16 December.
Design of exhibition and public areas: Holzer Kobler Architekturen. Grafic design: 2xGoldstein. Media design: TheGreenEyl. Light Design: Lichtvision Design Berlin.
2020

Barbara Holzer will speak at the AIT-Dialogue lectures VIELFALT / DIVERSITY, which will take place as part of the interior.architecture.hospitality EXPO during Heimtextil in Frankfurt/Main. The lecture platform addresses architects, interior designers and experts with an interest in the field of hospitality. Barbara Holzer's lecture during the panel "Urban Places for Living in Transition" will deal with "Urban Discourses":
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 14:00 - 17:15 in Hall 4.2

As part of the "walking dialogues", a program conceived by AIT-Dialogue, Simone Haar leads a tour through the Domotex 2020 trade fair to present and discuss special exhibitor highlights with a focus on questions of sustainability.

About ten years ago, Holzer Kobler Architekturen designed a futuristic-looking exhibition space for the focusTerra exhibition in the listed old building of the ETH Zurich at Sonneggstrasse 5. The renovation and update of the exhibition is nearing completion.
focusTerra will be accessible from 19 February 2020.

Barbara Holzer participates as jury member at the "Design that Educates Awards 2020“. The projects of the winners will be exhibited during the "Architecture in Foyer 2020" conference at the Solarlux Campus in Melle (Germany) on April 23–24, 2020.

The "BrauKunstHaus" (Art Gallery of Brewing) | Zillertal Bier in Zell am Ziller (AT) is now open to the public. The exhibition revolves around the questions "How is beer made?" and "What does beer do to us?" Unique is the way the multimedia exhibition is intertwined with the brewery in terms of content and space.

The main attraction of the 4th State of Saxony Exhibition focuses on the history of industrialisation and its influence on the work- and everyday life of the inhabitants of the region. In the Audi-Bau Zwickau, a former assembly hall specially remodelled into a temporary museum, the task of finishing the exhibition is in full swing. Exhibition scenography and design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen. The exhibition will be opened on 11 July and will run until 31 December 2020.
Based on a exhibition tour in 6 chapters, the visitors in the 2,500 m² exhibition hall are taken on a journey through five centuries of Saxon industry-culture history. By way of over 500 unique exhibits, a broad cultural and historical panorama unfolds: From the legendary beginnings of mining in the Renaissance period and the already early on internationally connected textile industries of the 18th and 19th centuries, through the phase of high industrialisation, the catastrophes of the First and Second World War, right up to the time of the GDR, the exhibition – curated by the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden under the direction of Thomas Spring –, gives us a look at the present time and also opens up perspectives of the future of the Free State of Saxony.

On the occasion of the first virtual Heinze ArchitecTOUR, Simone Haar and Volker Mau will speak on the topic of "The Challenge of a Pandemic" and provide insights into new concepts from urban planning to product design.

On August 11, 2020, "FUNNY MONEY. Money in Caricatures" opens at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna. The new temporary topical exhibition presents itself in a "fragmented" showcase structure offering a wide variety of caricatures with insights into the subject areas: money – currency – economy. Exhibition: In cooperation with WGA ZT GmbH. Graphic Design: 2xGoldstein.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Museum Hegel-Haus in Stuttgart shines in new splendour. In the house where the great thinker was born, a newly designed permanent exhibition shows his many different facets. In addition to his original manuscripts, Hegel's personality and his extensive oeuvre are highlighted, amongst others, by way of interactive encounters.
The design of the exhibition focuses on various aspects. On the one hand, the house itself can be seen as an artefact in its own right, integrating and emphasising the meandering exhibition furnishings. With its minimalistic, contemporary design, it works as a means of mediation allowing the room to unfold auratically by keeping distance to the walls.
Furthermore, the meandering allows parallels to Hegel's work in terms of content by way of its filigree, sketch-like contours running through the room: only by changing the perspective of the viewer or his movements in the room do its contents become accessible and the furniture can be perceived in its entirety. Texts become legible, pictures complete and exhibits visible from all sides. This interaction subtly illustrates one of the core ideas of Hegel's dialectic: thesis – antithesis – synthesis.

From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa: in five sections the exhibition explores the different conceptions and strategies of their rule of a selection of imperial personalities in their domains in the Rhine region over five centuries. The exhibition levels are structured by way of floor-to-ceiling walls, thereby creating their own spatial composition of the rooms and a new rhythm for this tour through the Landesmuseum Mainz (DE).
The strong colors of the scenography create a unique atmosphere for each section, in order to symbolize the character and creativity of the individual potentate, at the same time providing attractive surfaces for the presentation of the precious objects. As an additional means of communication, informative graphic elements and illustrated short films lead the visitors through life and world events in the Middle Ages. A background soundtrack produces a mystical atmosphere, thereby shaping the exhibition experience of the visitors in a very subtle way.
The exhibition in the Landesmuseum Mainz (D) is open from September 9, 2020 to April 18, 2021.
Partners: team stratenwerth, tweaklab, 2xGoldstein

On September 22, 2020, the foundation stone will be laid for the implementation of the master plan developed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen for the Sartorius Quarter in Göttingen.
With addresses by the Lord Mayor of Göttingen, Rolf-Georg Köhler, the constructors and building principals, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, CEO of Sartorius AG, and Christoph Kleiner, managing partner of Hamburg Team, as well as Tristan Kobler, the project in Göttingen North will officially be sent on its way, four years after the competition for the master plan had been decided.

"In Jail. On deprivation of freedom" deals with life behind bars – with confinement, detention conditions, exclusion, but also reintegration and the role of the judiciary. A manifold scenography explores the inside and outside of prisons in a colorful and positivistic manner. Historical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological aspects of incarceration reveal the ambiguous reality of detention, they break down stereotypes and raise the possibility of alternatives to authoritarian and antiquated punitive systems.
The exhibition was realised in a trinational cooperation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (MICR), the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (MDC) and the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden (DHMD). The curators of the three museums, Isabel Dzierson, Marianne Rigaud-Roy and Sandra Sunier, have jointly developed the concept, the design was created by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. After its presentation in Geneva (February 5 – August 18, 2019), the exhibition was shown at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon from October 18, 2019 to July 26, 2020. It will open at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden on September 26, 2020 and can be seen until May 31, 2021.

The project on Lindower Strasse in Berlin, designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen and zweikant architekturen from Cologne, is ready for occupancy. With its concise timber construction, the building makes an important contribution to contemporary, ecological construction. From Monday, 12. Oct. 2020, our Berlin office will find a new "home" in it.
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Our current telephone numbers remain the same. During the relocation phase from 8 to 13 October 2020 we can only be reached in urgent cases.
We are looking forward to welcoming you soon at the new location.

With the exhibition "Difficult Heritage. The Linden-Museum and Württemberg in Colonialism" the Linden-Museum takes a look at its own history with regard to colonialism and post-colonial issues. Conceived as a summary exhibition of works, it focuses on the process of coming to terms with history through a conscious shifting of perspectives. This basic concept is taken up by the exhibition design. Numerous modules with different creative approaches to the topic are distributed around stands and open fragmentary exhibitions in the rooms of the museum. Empty spaces and breaks in the scenography demonstrate the complexity of dealing with this cultural heritage. At each station, participation is encouraged as well as opportunities for in-depth research and discussion.
Exhibition design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen Zurich/Berlin | Graphic design: 2xGoldstein
Note: The exhibition cannot be opened as planned at the end of November 2020. The new date will be announced in due time.

The Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace links the reconstructed historic architecture with a cosmopolitan, forward-looking agenda. The building’s corporate design coupled with a timeless, straightforward and adaptable orientation system uses striking means to create highly contemporary locations with a strong identity. The building’s corporate design includes the design of a guidance and orientation system, the public spaces, the language library, the auditorium and the Humboldt-Universität’s exhibition area.
The Humboldt Forum opens – digitally for now. On December 16 at 7 pm.
2021

Am 16. Februar 2021 sprechen Barbara Holzer, Gesa Rohwedder (Head of Hospitality bei Drees & Sommer) und Peter Ippolito (Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Ippolito Fleitz Group) unter dem Motto „Emotion und Funktion“ über „Die Tiefe der Oberfläche“.
Auf den Veranstaltungen der neuen Reihe „Dialog nach 6“ diskutieren internationale Gäste je eine Fragestellung der Baukultur und beleuchten diese in Kurzvorträgen.

With the exhibition "Difficult Heritage. The Linden-Museum and Württemberg in Colonialism. A Workshop Exhibition" the Linden-Museum takes a look at its own history with regard to colonialism and post-colonial issues. Conceived as a summary exhibition of works, it focuses on the process of coming to terms with history through a conscious shifting of perspectives. This basic concept is taken up by the exhibition design. Numerous modules with different creative approaches to the topic are distributed around stands and open fragmentary exhibitions in the rooms of the museum. Empty spaces and breaks in the scenography demonstrate the complexity of dealing with this cultural heritage. At each station, participation is encouraged as well as opportunities for in-depth research and discussion. The exhibition runs from 16 March 2021 to 8 May 2022.
Exhibition design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen Zurich/Berlin; Graphic design: 2xGoldstein

On 21 April 2021, the new Parcours Rousseau will open on the first floor of the recently renovated birthplace of Jean-Jacques Rousseau – im Maison de Rousseau & de la Littérature in Geneva.
The exhibition design uses an atmospheric setting to experience Rousseau with his lively and deep mind as a musician, thinker, writer and scholar. Rousseau is not only the great writer who rejuvenated the French language and made it sing like no one before him. As the founder of ethnology and anthropology, precursor of deep ecology, he is the first thinker of nascent modernity. Recognizing its contradictions, he was a whistle-blower.

Volker Mau will participate at the Architecture & Design Network as panelist in the event about the Future of the German Architectural Market. The Network is dedicated to promoting and advancing the architecture and design industry across the countries of the EMEA region.
This year's event will take place on 9/10 June 2021.
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Volker Mau will participate at the Architecture & Design Network as panelist in the event about the Future of the German Architectural Market. The Network is dedicated to promoting and advancing the architecture and design industry across the countries of the EMEA region.
This year's event will take place on 9/10 June 2021.

On 21 April 2021, the new Parcours Rousseau will open on the first floor of the recently renovated birthplace of Jean-Jacques Rousseau – in La Maison de Rousseau & de la Littérature in Geneva.
The exhibition design uses an atmospheric setting to experience Rousseau with his lively and deep mind as a musician, thinker, writer and scholar. Rousseau is not only the great writer who rejuvenated the French language and made it sing like no one before him. As the founder of ethnology and anthropology, precursor of deep ecology, he is the first thinker of nascent modernity. Recognizing its contradictions, he was a whistle-blower.

Professor Barbara Holzer teaches together with Professor Tanja Kullack and Prof. Markus Pasing the curated study "The Vertical Village" at the Peter Behrens School of Arts | Master Architecture and Interior Design. An existing high-rise residential building with commercial base from the 1970s is to become a pilot project for transformation through upcycling | reprogramming | rethinking – a hybrid building complex for which living, working, leisure and retreat will be reimagined.

The cubature and design of the five buildings of the Schlösslipark development fit harmoniously into the neighbouring St. Gallen Bruggen district, a residential area with a high quality of life and a strong connection to the landscape. For an optimal environmental compatibility, the modular construction was designed and realised on the basis of the Minergie standard.
On 12 Oct. 2021, the winners and recognitions will be announced.

From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa: in five sections the exhibition explores the different conceptions and strategies of their rule of a selection of imperial personalities in their domains in the Rhine region over five centuries.
The strong colors of the scenography create a unique atmosphere for each section, in order to symbolize the character and creativity of the individual potentate, at the same time providing attractive surfaces for the presentation of the precious objects. As an additional means of communication, informative graphic elements and illustrated short films lead the visitors through life and world events in the Middle Ages.
The exhibition in the Landesmuseum Mainz (D) has been extended until June 13 2021.
Partners: team stratenwerth, tweaklab, 2xGoldstein

With the exhibition "Difficult Heritage. The Linden-Museum and Württemberg in Colonialism. A Workshop Exhibition" the Linden-Museum takes a look at its own history with regard to colonialism and post-colonial issues. Conceived as a summary exhibition of works, it focuses on the process of coming to terms with history through a conscious shifting of perspectives. This basic concept is taken up by the exhibition design. Numerous modules with different creative approaches to the topic are distributed around stands and open fragmentary exhibitions in the rooms of the museum. Empty spaces and breaks in the scenography demonstrate the complexity of dealing with this cultural heritage. At each station, participation is encouraged as well as opportunities for in-depth research and discussion. The exhibition runs from 16 March 2021 to 8 May 2022.
Exhibition design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen Zurich/Berlin; Graphic design: 2xGoldstein

The Life Science Factory in Göttingen's Nordstadt is part of the newly emerging Sartorius Quarter, for which the masterplan by Holzer Kobler Architekturen provides the framework of urban planning. The architecture of the Life Science Factory building is based on the central idea of this start-up centre, which is to offer newly founded life science and research companies a home in a contemporary environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, to promote exchange among the research groups and thus to enable synergies as an investment in the future. The building is equipped with a spacious entrance hall with lounge meeting zones and event areas on the ground floor, and with laboratory spaces (WetLabs), a prototyping workshop (Makerspace), open coworking offices and versatile event space on three other floors. The topping-out ceremony takes place in Mid-March 2021.

The 4th Saxony State Exhibition "Boom. 500 Jahre Industriekultur Sachsen" has migrated to the web and can be explored virtually. Enjoy!
Client: Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
Exhibition Design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Graphic Design: 2xGoldstein

On 16 February 2021, Barbara Holzer, Gesa Rohwedder (Head of Hospitality at Drees & Sommer) and Peter Ippolito (Managing Partner of the Ippolito Fleitz Group) will talk about "The Depth of the Surface" under the motto "Emotion and Function".
At each of the AIT-Dialogue events in the new "Dialogue after 6" series, international guests are discussing one specific aspect of building culture and illuminate it in short lectures.

PRISON has received an Honorable Mention: IDA Awards 2020 in the category Interior Design!
Congratulation to all participants and partners!
The exhibition was produced by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (MICR) in partnership with the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (MDC) and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden (DHMD).
Still to visit at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden (after the end of lockdown)!

Public notice of building application of the project Hofmatt. The planed development Hofmatt in Menziken (CH) combines the requirements and standards of contemporary living in owner-occupied apartments with an adequate and sustainable construction method utilizing modules prefabricated off site.
Client: Steiner AG

*** Swiss Architects Building of the Year ***
https://www.swiss-architects.com/en/building-of-the-year
Deadline: 31. January 2021
The University Hospital for Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation Felix Platter in Basel is one of the leading centers for scientifically based geriatric medicine and rehabilitation in Switzerland. The new hospital complex offers one of the most modern and innovative Swiss geriatric health centers. It combines expertise in acute geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry and rehabilitation in one single facility.
In their joint planning of the new hospital Holzer Kobler Architekturen GmbH and wörner traxler richter planungsgesellschaft mbh laid great value on the special needs of elderly patients and their prolonged hospitalisation. In addition, they worked on the energy efficiency of the buildings and hospital operations as well as an integration of the neighborhood districts.

The building application for the Baumgartenhof will be submitted shortly. In an attractive location near Adliswil railway station, the project heralds the transformation of the development structure. The master plan connects various plots of land and replaces the existing individual buildings with a neighbourhood development designed and networked with courtyards. The development will include apartments in the low to medium price segment and commercial space.
Client: Immo Valoris AG c/o Varioserv AG; Construction management: ADT INNOVA Construction AG; Landscape architecture: Heinrich Landschaftsarchitektur

Dear customers, partners and friends
Over the turn of the year we are taking a short break.
Our offices will be closed from Monday, 21 Dec. 20 til 3 Jan. 21.
We will be back on 4 Jan. 21.
The team of Holzer Kobler Architekturen wishes you all a good start into the New Year!

The Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace links the reconstructed historic architecture with a cosmopolitan, forward-looking agenda. The building’s corporate design coupled with a timeless, straightforward and adaptable orientation system uses striking means to create highly contemporary locations with a strong identity. The building’s corporate design includes the design of a guidance and orientation system, the public spaces, the language library, the auditorium and the Humboldt-Universität’s exhibition area.
The Humboldt Forum opens – digitally for now. On December 16 at 7 pm.

Speaking Shell, the cooperation project with Sinai Landschaftsarchitekten, wins 1st prize in the competition for the visitor center for the Old Jewish Cemetery "auf dem Judensand“.
The state capital Mainz (DE) together with the SchUM sites Speyer, Worms and Mainz as well as their communities apply for the recognition of the Old Jewish Cemetery as UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tender for the competition to redesign the cemetery was about creating a communicating shell and making the cemetery a significant, inviting place of remembrance and faith as a visitor center.

With the exhibition "Difficult Heritage. The Linden-Museum and Württemberg in Colonialism" the Linden-Museum takes a look at its own history with regard to colonialism and post-colonial issues. Conceived as a summary exhibition of works, it focuses on the process of coming to terms with history through a conscious shifting of perspectives. This basic concept is taken up by the exhibition design. Numerous modules with different creative approaches to the topic are distributed around stands and open fragmentary exhibitions in the rooms of the museum. Empty spaces and breaks in the scenography demonstrate the complexity of dealing with this cultural heritage. At each station, participation is encouraged as well as opportunities for in-depth research and discussion.
Exhibition design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen Zurich/Berlin | Graphic design: 2xGoldstein
Note: The exhibition cannot be opened as planned at the end of November 2020. The new date will be announced in due time.

Tristan Kobler participates again as jury member at the Golden Trezzini Awards for Architecture and Design in St. Petersburg (Russia). The Awards are taking place since 2018, called after Domenico Trezzini (1670—1734), the first architect of St. Petersburg and a native of Switzerland. The Awards Ceremony will take place on December 1, 2020, at Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersberg.

We are delighted that ELLI has been shortlisted by the jury of the Heinze ArchitektenAWARD 2020.

We are delighted to announce that Prison has won the Architecture MasterPrize™ 2020 in the category Interior Design – Exhibition.

It takes us great pleasure to announce that Design Hostel has received the Second Award in ACD Awards 2020 | Rethinking the Future in the category Hospitality!

Messestrasse II is Winner of the DNA Paris Design Award 2020 in the category Architecture: Education and Sports. The new building of the Sigmund Freud University Vienna that has been constructed in the neighbouring plot to the existing building of the Sigmund Freud University Campus Messestrasse – also planned by Holzer Kobler Architekturen – provides ideal environment and learning conditions for students of medicine, dentistry and law. The spatial organisation of Messestrasse II as well as the academic and medical infrastructure correspond to the international standards and demands of current university buildings. Wrapped in a golden metal façade, the sculptural building interacts with the existing University campus and fits harmoniously, yet distinctively, into the neighbourhood.

Professor Barbara Holzer teaches together with Professor Tanja Kullack the curated study "Bonner Straße Köln" at the Peter Behrens School of Arts | Master Architecture and Interior Design.

The project on Lindower Strasse in Berlin, designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen and zweikant architekturen from Cologne, is ready for occupancy. With its concise timber construction, the building makes an important contribution to contemporary, ecological construction. From Monday, 12. Oct. 2020, our Berlin office will find a new "home" in it.
Holzer Kobler Architekturen Berlin GmbH
Lindower Straße 19, D–13347 Berlin
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Our current telephone numbers remain the same. During the relocation phase from 8 to 13 October 2020 we can only be reached in urgent cases.
We are looking forward to welcoming you soon at the new location.

The project "Dreieck Bahnhof-Bernstrasse-Kreuzstrasse" in Zollikofen is a prerequisite for a new, active and mixed district by way of developing and increasing the density of the area. Its architectural concept with its various possible usages promises comfortable living, room for retreat, work, living and meeting spaces.
The modular construction and the proposed assembly system are based on the idea of sustainability as well as economical prefabrication and allows an easy replacement of individual facade elements. The generously planned pergolas and roof terraces provide social meeting points and high-quality lounges for the residents. Due to its open structure and integrative qualities, the densified and modernised building ensemble forms a vital element in the development of the entire district.

"In Jail. On deprivation of freedom" deals with life behind bars – with confinement, detention conditions, exclusion, but also reintegration and the role of the judiciary. A manifold scenography explores the inside and outside of prisons in a colorful and positivistic manner. Historical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological aspects of incarceration reveal the ambiguous reality of detention, they break down stereotypes and raise the possibility of alternatives to authoritarian and antiquated punitive systems.
The exhibition was realised in a trinational cooperation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (MICR), the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (MDC) and the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden (DHMD). The curators of the three museums, Isabel Dzierson, Marianne Rigaud-Roy and Sandra Sunier, have jointly developed the concept, the design was created by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. After its presentation in Geneva (February 5 – August 18, 2019), the exhibition was shown at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon from October 18, 2019 to July 26, 2020. It will open at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden on September 26, 2020 and can be seen until May 31, 2021.

On September 22, 2020, the foundation stone was laid for the implementation of the master plan developed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen for the Sartorius Quarter in Göttingen.
With addresses by the Lord Mayor of Göttingen, Rolf-Georg Köhler, the constructors and building principals, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, CEO of Sartorius AG, and Christoph Kleiner, managing partner of Hamburg Team, as well as Tristan Kobler, the project in Göttingen North was officially sent on its way, four years after the competition for the master plan had been decided.

From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa: in five sections the exhibition explores the different conceptions and strategies of their rule of a selection of imperial personalities in their domains in the Rhine region over five centuries. The exhibition levels are structured by way of floor-to-ceiling walls, thereby creating their own spatial composition of the rooms and a new rhythm for this tour through the Landesmuseum Mainz (DE).
The strong colors of the scenography create a unique atmosphere for each section, in order to symbolize the character and creativity of the individual potentate, at the same time providing attractive surfaces for the presentation of the precious objects. As an additional means of communication, informative graphic elements and illustrated short films lead the visitors through life and world events in the Middle Ages. A background soundtrack produces a mystical atmosphere, thereby shaping the exhibition experience of the visitors in a very subtle way.
The exhibition in the Landesmuseum Mainz (D) is open from September 9, 2020 to April 18, 2021.
Partners: team stratenwerth, tweaklab, 2xGoldstein

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Museum Hegel-Haus in Stuttgart shines in new splendour. In the house where the great thinker was born, a newly designed permanent exhibition shows his many different facets. In addition to his original manuscripts, Hegel's personality and his extensive oeuvre are highlighted, amongst others, by way of interactive encounters.
The design of the exhibition focuses on various aspects. On the one hand, the house itself can be seen as an artefact in its own right, integrating and emphasising the meandering exhibition furnishings. With its minimalistic, contemporary design, it works as a means of mediation allowing the room to unfold auratically by keeping distance to the walls.
Furthermore, the meandering allows parallels to Hegel's work in terms of content by way of its filigree, sketch-like contours running through the room: only by changing the perspective of the viewer or his movements in the room do its contents become accessible and the furniture can be perceived in its entirety. Texts become legible, pictures complete and exhibits visible from all sides. This interaction subtly illustrates one of the core ideas of Hegel's dialectic: thesis – antithesis – synthesis.

On August 11, 2020, "FUNNY MONEY. Money in Caricatures" opens at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna. The new temporary topical exhibition presents itself in a "fragmented" showcase structure offering a wide variety of caricatures with insights into the subject areas: money – currency – economy. Exhibition: In cooperation with WGA ZT GmbH. Graphic Design: 2xGoldstein.