Hallway in the gearbox principle („Schaltgetriebewohnen“) as a specific, open form of nucleus living
October 2025
Design together with Yanik Wagner

Upcoming Talks
6th October 2025, AJA TUM, Munich
3rd November 2025, Zukunftsraum, Aachen

Videowohnen
September 2025
The Chair of Housing at RWTH and film based research has launched a new platform featuring documentary films about housing projects.

Upcoming Lecture 
„Ein Haus …“
FH Muttenz, 30th September 2025

2,7 m²
„Wohnflächenlimit“ reloaded
June 2025 
The more you give, the more you get.

Upcoming Lectures / Exhibition
Stuttgart, May 23rd
Berlin, June 21st 
Kottgeisering, June 26th

Never demolish – better to redesign
June 2025
Future aspiration vs. reality (=demolition). Therefore: No terraces – no competition entry.

Form of Living and Owning
April 2025
If you can’t get away from capitalism and property – take this: 50/50 Living.

Holzbauatlas DE
April 2025
Relaunch Holzbauatlas DE including our project Turnhalle Haiming

No Corridor – Corridor
March 2025
Search for corridors: Nucleus living (Nukleuswohnen) in existing buildings.

Gearbox principle
February 2025
While cars are switching to e-motors without (m)any gears, housing could switch to the gearbox principle …

Guide to the OP-OP Method
11th October 2024
Why are we working so little on our own projects right now? … that’s why … among other things …

Architektur und Stoffkreislauf
27th June 2024
RPTU Kaiserslautern

Since the slogan „Resist if you can“ / „Leistet Widerstand, wenn ihr könnt“ seems to be a slogan that can be used by historical revisionists such as „Architektur Rebellion“, we would like to clarify that this is not what we mean. We, at least, believe that resistance in the spirit of enlightenment and modernity is what is needed today and not resistance in the sense of a return to a supposed former ideal world. 

Gemeinsam für die Bauwende
15th May 2024
online

Radikale Symbiosen
1st February 2024
Supercrit at TU Wien – Hochbau + Entwerfen

Neue Freiheit im Wohnen?
September 2023
Article published in Scheidewege – Schriften für Skepsis und Kritik, Ed. by Jean-Pierre Wils, Image: Christine Hahnel, RWTH

Hollein Calling – Architectural Dialogues
September 2023
Exhibition and publication curated / edited by Theresa Krenn, Benni Eder and Lorenzo di Chiffre.
Our ambivalent-toxic project in Berlin included.

Widerstand im Wohnungsbau
1st August 2023
Podcast / Interview by Kerstin Kuhnekath

Upcoming Lectures / Talks / Exhibition
16th September 2023 Wohnprojektetag Aachen
21st September 2023 Hollein Calling, Architekturzentrum Wien
21st September 2023 Wege zur Bauwende, RPTU, Kaiserslautern Landau
29th September 2023 Deutscher Architekt*innentag, Berlin

Neubau ist nicht die Antwort
30th April 2023
„Essay und Diskurs“ – Talk with Marietta Schwarz

Enough prohibitions –
ALLOW LIMITS!
Our idea of „Wohnflächenlimit“ is published in the BDA magazine > die architekt and discussed in > Monopol.
Photo: Project of Thilo Preuß and Clemens Urban, RWTH Aachen

Wohnflächenlimit
14th January 2023
Interview on Deutschlandfunk Kultur by Marietta Schwarz

Upcoming Lectures / Talks etc.
31st August 2022. BDA Aachen / Pop-Up Campus Aachen
6th September 2022. ZHAW Winterthur
17th October 2022. BSA Ostschweiz / St. Gallen
3rd December 2022. BDA. Berliner Gespräch

Job offer
25th May 2022. Searching for an Architect – for more informations please click here.

Call it Nukleuswohnen
19th May 2022. Perlimanery design for a housing project in Haiming with very flexible flats and a corridor for living.

Palazzo Re-Use
September 2022. Summer school in Winterthur. Application deadline for students: 31th May 2022.

Dinosaur Junior goes RWTH
8th April 2022. Florian Fischer will head a bachelor’s studio in Aachen that focuses on the redesign of single-family homes.

Altötting
28th February. Na hraně banality. Bytový dům v Altöttingu. Published in the czech magazine „era21“.

RWTH Aachen
Open positions: Scientific Assistants at Professorship „Wohnbau und Grundlagen des Entwerfens“ at RWTH Aachen. Start of the positions Summer 2022. For detailed job description please visit this website.

metso’metso
18th January 2022. Join and register for the new experimental housing project „metso’metso“ and the planning process OP-OD of KOOPERATIVE GROSSSTADT. 

Upcoming Lectures / Talks
18th January 2022. acatech, Munich
10th September 2021. Stiftung Baukultur Thüringen

GEGEN DIE AUTORITÄT
13th July 2021. The third and last trial in our Master Studio „Aesthetics and Morals – Justice Building“ at TUM – with HERMANN CZECH as an expert.

Upcoming Crits, Lecture, Exhibition
3rd June 2021. ETHZ Diploma Critique
16th June 2021. Uni Stuttgart
14th July 2021. HDA Graz

GEGEN DIE FORM
18th May 2021. The first trial in our Master Studio „Aesthetics and Morals – Justice Building“ at TUM – with Peter Bauer and Dietrich Erben as experts.

ALLES ANDERE – Summer at TUM
Dinosaur Junior /  Dinosaurier junior (BA)
Architektur und Moral (MA) + Der Prozess (Seminar-MA)

March 2021 – Korrekturen
GAM Lectures 2021 – TU Graz

ALLES IN ALLEM – Final Reviews TUM.
Guests: Gabu Heindl, Alex Lehnerer, Thomas Padmanabhan, Claudio Schneider, Michaela Türtscher. Feel welcome to join us.

Upcoming Lectures, Crits, Talks etc.
29th January 2021. RWTH Aachen
29th January 2021. IUBH Hamburg
28th January 2021. TU Wien
21st January 2021. RWTH Aachen

Crit and Lecture Prague
11th/12th January 2021. AVU Prag

December 2020 – Before Sunset
Just in time for winter: Sun shading is completed in Goldern.
Photography by Sebastian Schels

ALLES IN ALLEM
During the winter semester 20/21 we are teaching two design studios at TUM.

Oberschneiding
The Fun of Joy II. 09/2020

October 2020
Our office moved to SAN RIEMO – the first realized building of KOOPERATIVE GROSSSTADT eG.
Architects: Summacumfemmer & Büro Greb

Schorndorf
The Fun of Joy I. 10/2020

Recent Lectures, Crits etc.
18th December 2020. AVU Prag
12th November 2020. HSLU Luzern
02nd October 2020. TU Wien

Places to Enjoy
Tokio Hotel, Loitsche, Goldern – ein Beitrag für die Bauwelt 

Final Reviews TU München
21th July 2020. Reem Almannai and Florian Fischer will be guest critics at the final reviews of Studio Summacumfemmer

Weilheim – almost ten years ago
in cooperation with Sebastian Multerer

Steinwiesen
Sorry, nothing to announce.

Goldern (exterior) – still almost finished
Photography by Sebastian Schels

Stadt aus Glas – one year ago
Some impressions and perhaps challenges

Goldern (interior) – practically finished
Photography by Sebastian Schels

DAS100 – IBA Thüringen
Workshop with Students. > Booklet.

Cooperative Housing Landshut
Study 2019 together with Neumeister & Paringer

Haiming
„Rereviews“ on Baunetz and Zuschnitt.

Altötting
Photography by Sebastian Schels

Almost finished …
Photography by Sebastian Schels

Upcoming Lectures / Talks
24th March 2020 TU Braunschweig
30th January 2020 RWTH Aachen
17th January 2020 TU Wien
18th December Universität Hannover
20th November FHNW Muttenz
17th October London Barbican
9th October Apolda IBA

Altötting
July 2019. The construction site is running.

Mehring
July 2019. The construction site is running.

Am Waldmeisterweg
09th July 2019. A short review by us on Lütjens Padmanabhan’s housing project at Waldmeisterweg.

Freihampton – Public Jury
12th July 2019. Join us in the second public jury of Kooperative Grossstadt’s second project / open competition Freihampton.

Final Reviews TU München
24th July 2019. Reem Almannai will be guest critic at the final reviews of Prof. Benedikt Boucsein

Final Reviews TU München
29th July 2019. Florian Fischer will be guest critic at the final reviews of Prof. Benedikt Boucsein

Upcoming lectures
16th July 2019 TU Dortmund
2nd July 2019 TU Kaiserslautern
19th June 2019 TU Darmstadt
12th June 2019 TH Nürnberg

Recent lectures
23rd May 2019 Ingolstadt
7th May 2019 TU Braunschweig
4th May 2019 Akademie Tutzing 
7th February 2019 EPF Lausanne
23th January 2019 Uni Kassel
16th January 2019 KIT Karlsruhe

»Stadt aus Glas«
13th February 2019. Final crit in our studio at Uni Kassel.
Guests: Anne Femmer, Leipzig / Hermann Schnöll, Salzburg

Photos Berlin …

»Stadt aus Glas«
14th December 2018. Interim crit in our studio at Uni Kassel.

»Stadt aus Glas«
16th October 2018. Semester project at Uni Kassel.

»Verdichtung und Vermittlung«
5th October 2018. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published in the current issue of swiss magazine „werk, bauen + wohnen“.

»Unscharf«
3rd September 2018. Archithese on the work of some bavarian architects.

Lecture Dresden
16th May 2018. Lecture within the lecture series „Spannweiten“ at TU Dresden.

»Rollentausch«
26th April 2018. Interview about the activities of KOOPERATIVE GROSSSTADT eG.

Final Reviews Weimar
6th February 2018. Florian Fischer is guest critic at the final reviews of Prof. Verena von Beckerath.

»DAM Preis 2018«
26th January 2018. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is part of the publication and exhibition.

RWTH Aachen
25th January 2018. Conference Contribution to „Identität der Architektur – Material“.

»La Vele di Scampia«
19th December 2017. Florian Fischer is guest critic at the chair of Prof. Sophie Wolfrum at TU München.

Lecture Coburg
5th December 2017. Lecture within the lecture series „Dienstagsreihe“ at Hochschule Coburg.

Upcoming  lectures
5th December 2017 HS Coburg
19th December 2017 TU München
15th January 2018 Uni Stuttgart
25th January 2018 RWTH Aachen

werk, bauen + wohnen
6th October 2017. Talk on Munich.

Goldern
September 2017. The construction site is running.

»Kontrasternas konstruktion«
August 2017. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published in the swedish magazine Tidskriften Rum.

Studio Conen Sigl
17th July 2017. Reem Almannai is guest critic at the final reviews of Studio Conen Sigl at TU München.

Lecture Munich
29th June 2017. Lecture by Reem Almannai within the seminar „Sammlung Münchner Baumeister“ at TU München.

Lecture Weimar
13th June 2017. Lecture within the lecture series „Horizonte“ at Bauhaus Universität Weimar.

»Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2017«
23rd May 2017. Award for our project Turnhalle Haiming.

»Etwas Dorfromantik«
3rd May 2017. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published in the current issue of german magazine „Bauwelt“.

»Turnhalle Haiming«
30th March 2017. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published in the current issue of german magazine „Baumeister“.

»Graue Häuser ohne Kompromisse«
28th February 2017. Our competition entry „Der kleine Elefant“ is published on baunetz.de and afasiaarchzine.com

»Der kleine Elefant«
22th February 2017. We took part at the open competition „DAS100 Wohnhaus für Studierende in Weimar“.

„Constructive Debate“ in Frankfurt
11th/12th February 2017. Florian Fischer moderates a debate of young german architects at DAM Frankfurt.

Final Reviews TU Darmstadt
1st February 2017. Florian Fischer is guest critic at the final reviews of Prof. Elli Mosayebi TU Darmstadt.

Studio Conen Sigl
19th December 2016. Reem Almannai is guest critic at the interim crit of Studio Conen Sigl at TU München.

»Turnhalle Haiming«
15th December 2016. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published on archdaily.com

Pfad der Dämmerung #13
14th December 2016. New issue of Florian Fischer’s column on baumeister.de

»Ambivalenz im Nebelidyll«
13th December 2016. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published on baunetz.de

»Wooden trusses pattern walls of prefabricated sports hall«
11th December 2016. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published on dezeen.com

»Genial banal« (?)
8th December 2016. Our project Turnhalle Haiming is published on designlines.de