10/01/2012
lecture

We are part of the University of Wuppertal's lecture series DI18. So on Tuesday, January 10th, 18.00 h, Holger is going to speculate on the seeming dichotomy of the playful and the rigorous in architectural design. Please feel free to visit the presentation at Campus Haspel (lecture hall HD 24).

02/01/2012
happy new year everyone

one fine day wishes a happy new year and that we all manage to make this world a bit better.

14/12/2011
europan 11. almere

...finally a first glimpse on our competition-entry for Europan 11 online.

30/10/2011
haus /\ heading for construction

One of our recent projects is about to go into construction phase. The house is a collaboration of Darmstadt based Dussling+Müller Architekten and us. More to come...

07/10/2011
treehugger at heinzearchitektenaward

We have sent the treehugger to heinzearchitektenaward - and would be grateful for any support here.

01/10/2011
professorship at bergische universität wuppertal

Since October,1st, Holger holds a professorship for architectural rendering techniques and design at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. More to come soon.

23/08/2011
fhtproxy. koblenz

We have recently opened a small exhibition with student work of the University of Applied Sciences, Trier, at the "treehugger"-pavilion in Koblenz. The projects are on show until Sunday, August 28th. So you need to hurry up in case you want to see it. Otherwise please have a look at our weblog.

21/07/2011
master computational design and construction. detmold

If you are interested in digital design methodology please have a look at the "master computational design and construction" [MCDC] that has recently been initiated by Prof. Marco Hemmerling at the University of Applied Sciences in Detmold. Next to being involved in the master's setup we have helped on the design of "sparkler", a small exercise on computer aided manufacturing processes.

20/07/2011
treehugger pavilion at buga 2011. koblenz

During the past months our treehugger-pavilion has been widely published.You can find it online at (a.o) baunetz, designboom, architonic, architizer, archdaily, evolo, frame-mag, aeccafe, e-architect, as well as in diverse magazines: bauwelt (D), adato (LU), C3 (KR), frame (NL), ecologik (F), maru (KR), archiworld (KR), architecture+culture (KR), der zuschnitt (AT) or DAI (D).

01/07/2011
we have moved (again)

We have moved (again) and rented a fabulous space at Schloßstraße 1 in Düsseldorf. Please feel free to visit us at our new "scene of action"...

15/04/2011
treehugger pavilion at buga 2011. koblenz

The past months have been very busy - so busy that we even didn't find the time to upate our website. But finally the pavilion at Koblenz's national garden exhibition has opened this week... and appears to be packed with people. We will show a bunch of images soon - until then the project weblog should suffice.

14/04/2011
lectures in spring

We have been invited for two lectures this spring. The first to come is at Städelschule's Architecture Class, Frankfurt am Main [14.04.2011, 19:00]. The second one will be part of Kassel University's sub.40 series and will happen on May, 31st at "Kellerwerkbar". Many thanks to Johan and Jan for the invitations.

22/11/2010
renovation on its way

The refurbishment of a 90sqm appartement in Duesseldorf has recently started. If all goes well we will finalize construction in February 2011.

01/11/2010
3rd prize at "Germany-India - infinite opportunities"-competition.

We have won the third prize at the "Germany-India - infinite opportunities"-competition. Cheers!

14/09/2010
lectures during fall

During this fall Holger is going to lecture at a couple of occasions: 29.09.10, 19:00 at diyda, Koeln /// 08.10.10, 19:00 at the annual10, MSA, Muenster /// 05.11.10 at the carpenter's conference, Koblenz /// 06.11.10 at chamber of skilled crafts, Koblenz /// and 07.12.10 at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund. Please feel cordially invited.

10/09/2010
westarch vernissage

Finally our "piece" for the WESTARCH-exhibition is done... and is made of, some 40 folded steel-elements, 300 screws, two beamers, hours of work of two enthusiastic architects, and the engaged lasercutting, folding, and varnishing done at the chamber of skilled crafts in Koblenz..

25/08/2010
tree top walk in gemuenden

We are happy to announce that we have won the first prize in an invited competition for a tree top walk in Gemuenden, Germany.

07/07/2010
staedelschule

Holger had a fantastic day at the staedelschule's first year final presentations. Many greetings and thanks to Johan Bettum for the invitation.

22/06/2010
westarch

one fine day is going to be part of a group exhibition taking place at Ludwigforum in Aachen, Germany, from September 12th until November 14th. Around 30 young offices from the Netherlands, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia are part of the show and we are looking forward to have a fantastic time there... Thanks to Marc and Jan of modulorbeat for inviting us.

30/04/2010
adato: die jungen wilden

one fine day has been featured in adato-magazine, Luxembourg. If interested you can find the article here.

30/04/2010
hand-in of tree-top-walk competition entry

Today we have submitted our entry for an invited competition for a tree-top-walk in Gemuenden, Rheinland-Pfalz. Stay tuned for details to be published soon...

25/03/2010
presentation of treehugger-pavilion in koblenz

After six months of development we have presented the preliminary design of a pavillon in Koblenz. "treehugger" is a research project done with students of our department digital design at the University of Applied Sciences, Trier. More in the "projects"-section.

Next to a workshop on integral design strategies Holger gave a lecture at Istanbul Technical University/Istanbul's Building Information Center (YEM). Please check our university-weblog as well.

14/01/2010
honorably mentioned

Our competition-entry for the exporeal 2010 stand of Germany's Architects Chamber got honorably mentioned. Cheers.

30/10/2009
...to come

First thoughts on a - still - secret thingy...

We have been invited by Wolf Mangelsdorf of Buro Happold to join him for this year's Design Modelling Symposium. Thus we are looking forward to some magnificent days in Berlin.

We have moved back to Germany. For the time being you will find us at one of the most beautiful streets of Duesseldorf if you want.

01/08/2009
prototectonics

Our friend Asterios Agkathidis of a3lab.org recently published a book on "Modular structures in design an architecture" for which we have contributed an essay on "prototectonics".

02/07/2009
digital matters seminars, trier, D

Please visit www.digitalmatters.de for the upcoming seminars on digital modelling and algorithmic procedures. We offer two three-day seminars from July 15th until 17th, 2009. Additional information at www.toolboxtrier.wordpress.com as well.

26/06/2009
digital matters conference, trier, D

Please check our website www.digitalmatters.de as well. On June 26th, 2009, we are going to have a fantastic conference on digital design and materialisation technology in Trier. Please feel cordially invited.