Bernd Schmutz Architekten

Works have started for the renovation and conversion of several historic rooms in the large country house from 1853. The spaces which had been renovated in the 60s will be brought back to their original status and building fabric. Insulation will be installed discretely as a new lining on walls and soffits to improve energy efficiency but also to add new architectural elements in order to enhance the character of the interiors.

Invitation as guest critic to the final crit of Peter St John and Rod Heyes’ Unit 12 at London Metropolitan University. The unit explored industrial structures and the potential of the ‘Mixed City’ on Fish Island, London. Photo by David Grandorge, CSTJ Lycée Hotelier Lille.

The display table designed with Frank Joachim Wössner and Eva-Maria Stadelmann for the artists RYBN is part of the exhibition ‘Nervous Systems’ at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, curated by Anselm Franke, Stephanie Hankey and Marek Tuszynski. The table is featured in the publication by Spector Books. Photo: Laura Fiorio. Exhibition from 11.3.16 – 9.5.16.

Local interventions in the 7 participating cities for ‘Actopolis’ have started, e.g. with ‘The Soft Power Lectures’ / South’ in Athens. The outcome of the programmes undertaken throughout the year will form part of the exhibition designed in collaboration with Eva-Maria Stadelmann and Frank Joachim Wössner for Goethe Institut/Urbane Künste Ruhr. Image: Actopolis.

The exhibition ‘Exo-Evolution’ curated by Peter Weibel with the display architecture designed in collaboration with Eva-Maria Stadelmann and Frank Joachim Wössner has opened on 31.10.15 at ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe and will run until 28.02.16. The exhibition opening has been featured with a report in the German prime time news “Tagesschau” on 30.10.15. Image: ZKM/Pinar Yoldas.