Giraffes, Telegraphs, and Hero of Alexandria – Urban Design by Narration
In this book, stories portray the production of our built environment, guided by three characters: Giraffes, Telegraphs, and Hero of Alexandria. Having developed its long neck to reach the leaves of high trees, the giraffe represents the vernacular approach to architecture, in which construction follows forces of nature. The telegraph, in contrast, embodies the modernist [more]
20/12/2022
Charter of Dubai – A Manifesto of Critical Urban Transformation
Authors and editors: Sabine Müller / Andreas Quednau / SMAQ
06/12/2021
Co-Designing the City: Architecture + Informal Intelligence
Finding the Edge, Dome Fountain, Safeguarding (all Mexico City)
12/07/2017
Hellwinkel Design Guidelines 1-3
City Quarter Hellwinkel, Wolfsburg (available as download) Publisher: City of Wolfsburg German 210 x 297 mm Design Guidelines 1: Overall concept and atmosphers Oktober 2015 85 pages Design Guidelines 2: Building blocks and typologies Oktober 2015 290 pages Design Guidelines 3: Public and private open spaces March 2016 170 pages Downloads: Design Guidelines 1: Overall [more]
30/03/2016
Architecture after Speculation – Bauhaus paperback No. 12
Spain’s speculative landscapes may be perceived as a test zone for a model of global urbanization that was introduced with neo-liberalization in the 1990s. The huge vacancy rate and the consumption of the landscape in the absence of users and low levels of demand testify to the dubiousness of a form of architectural production that [more]
03/12/2015
Niche Tactics: Generative Relationships Between Architecture and Site
BAD, Stuttgart, Germany in: Niche Tactics: Generative Relationships Between Architecture and Site Chapter 4: An Ecological Approach to the Picturesque Caroline O’Donnell 2015 Routledge, New York, pp. 82-84 Project: Bath – Stuttgart, Germany
22/07/2015
Hellwinkel Urban Masterplan
City Quarter Hellwinkel, Wolfsburg (available as download) Publisher: City of Wolfsburg – Baudezernat September 2014 130 pages Project: Hellwinkel City Quarter, Wolfsburg, Germany
30/09/2014
Arab Contemporary – Architecture & Identity
Ex-Palm, Charter of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21/02/2014
Creative Diagram in Landscape & Planning
BAD (bath), Bayrischer Bahnhof Leipzig, Dots&Loops, Inner City QuarterRegensburg, Campus Berlin-Buch, Cumulus, L.A.R.R. Bergen, Mixed Grains Krückau-Vormstegen, Magdeburg Science Harbour, Überhafen Hamburg, Xeritown, New City West Esslingen
19/04/2013
Ideas Changing – Europan Implementations 2008-2012
Cumulus, Oslo in: Ideas Changing – Europan Implementations 2008-2012. editor: Didier Rebois, 2012, Europan Europe, Paris, pp. 34-35 Project: Cumulus, Grorud Senter, Oslo
19/04/2012
Second Holcim Award – Sustainable Construction 2008/2009
Xeritown Responsive Urban Planning Strategy
01/01/2009
FollyDOCK: 45 ontwerpem voor Heijplaat / Rotterdam
Bath: Water Folly on the Dock / SMAQ Architecture
01/03/2007
