re-fulfilment centre
beyond demolition
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idle water
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das wilde bauen
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under the bridge
oberhammer
a (siegen) learning space
ivry’s pier
kandylakia
craftmanship campus
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extraordinary standards
the collected building
fiktion
documentary of spaces
ko(r)nversion
embracing uncertainty
who cares?
zwischenhaus
concrete operations
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house of desires
leipziger allerlei
parasite
zeitdokument
data center
how many rooms you need?
anonynums sculture
rooms of curiosities
neues kösk
on what a shodow falls
post auto mobile
random access memories
panorama
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kosmos der dinge
superparkmarkt
archifiktion
herberge am grimselpass
kraft und licht
wandelhalle nord
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upcyclinghof
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atelierhaus
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kimberly rahn,  toni bethäuser
joshua delissen
max bender
lucy wang
christian sternhagen
thilo preuß, clemens urban
kaya liffler, paula scheibke
kaya liffler, paula scheibke
matthias walbröl
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christian sternhagen
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mathis bergmann, jonas könig
emily bardenz, finn gredel, kian matine leander lentner
marlene koßmann
dao le
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lina etzkornlorena cirillo
vitus michel, levin arnold
lina etzkorn
lukas frenzel
eva beule, gerda callista, melissa enriquez, katharina glorius, franziska wilkleander lentner, marlene koßmann
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finn marcelli
marlene koßmann
felix piel
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mathis bergmann
lina etzkorn
felix piel, fabian jäger
jonathan burkard, yannic kohnen
jonas könig, paul stockhausen
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jonathan burkard
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concrete operations 
In the north of Gent, squeezed between a freight yard and a 4-lane traffic road, surrounded by heavy industry and towering out over its surroundings are two high-rise buildings in distress.They were built in 1968 and intended as a constellation of 10 buildings and supporting amenities. A new urban district conceived with all the modernistic intent that was driving housing estate development at the time… Now it stands out as strange bodies in a depleted corner of Gent.

These two buildings on the Afrikalaan in Gent represent a widely spread residential typology in Flanders and beyond: the high-rise buildings from the 1960s and 1970s.Many of these residential towers are now entering a phase of transition: a transition of living quality and a transition of energy. In the tallest of the two buildings there are 224 living units, owned by 220 different owners. A lot of them are in a precarious financial situation and hence lack the means to join in the highly needed transition. 

Therefore, this project takes a closer look into the possibilities as well as boundaries of the structural framework within the social setting. How can a minimal transformation unlock the maximum quality of space?  How can we delete spatial incoherence by adding new elements to the structure? The rigid bulkhead construction becomes fluid through a playful way of exploring new possibilities within a physical model that can be assembled and dismantled. It can be understood as a way of “reverse engineering” – throughout the change of spatial parameters new structures arise creating tension between the old and new. 
The sensible approach encourages to continue and value the existing structure as a physical framework that still left with surprises..