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studio erde

- office for anthropocene landscapes

studio erde [german for soil, earth or planet] is a critical and innovative landscape office based in Berlin and Zurich. We stand for a truly responsible landscape architecture in the Anthropocene, which is characterized by a planetary and at the same time specific and earthly design attitude. The focus of our work is the examination of the complexity of urbanized landscapes and territories and its design reaction to it - studio erde therefore moves at the intersection of landscape architecture, ecology, art and urban design.

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The project spectrum ranges from the development of territorial strategies, speculative project ideas and narratives, object planning and artistic installations. We are always on the lookout for new forms of expression and experiments of alternative aesthetics and atmospheres towards a

Baukunst for and in the Anthropocene.

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We consider landscapes as multidimensional structures made up of overlapping layers of time and material, in the interaction of human and non-human actors. For us, every spatial task means decoding and uncovering of the various material cycles and socio-ecological systems. We explore the specificity of a place, by developing and staging wonderfully strange landscapes full of contradictions, networks of diverse life forms, material processes and sensual atmospheres and surprises.

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studio erde believes in the power of a collaborative approach and working in networks with different disciplines, actors and institutes, in order to develop innovative design responses to the intertwined challenges in our Anthropocene world.

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Marcel Tröger, director of studio erde_berlin, is a Landscape Architect and Urban Designer (TU Berlin and ENSP Versailles). He is recipient of numerous awards in international planning and idea competitions, such as the LILA 2022 Award for Young Professionals, the Schinkel- and Lenné-Prize at the Europan 16. Before founding studio erde, Marcel was working for internationally acclaimed landscape architectural offices (Vogt Landscape and as project leader at bgmr Landscape Architects) on multidimensional strategies and design projects, as visiting lecturer for design studios at the TU Berlin and the BTU Cottbus and as jury member and guescrit at different universities. Marcel recently joined the HCU Hamburg as Lecturer and Researcher, working on his PHD on

"Principles for a Baukunst of the Anthropocene".

Violeta Burckhardt, director of studio erde_zurich, is a landscape architect, urban designer and curator. Violeta's work revolves around research-driven projects, exploring the intersection of theory and practice. Along with her experience in landscape and architecture, she has also delved into film and art production, curated cultural events as part of VOGT Landscape Architects, and co-designed exhibitions at prestigious venues like Sci-Arc, Harvard, and the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. Violeta is also a published author, co-writing the book "Paradise Now: Die Neuen Grenzen des Gartens" with Günther Vogt. She holds a position as a scientific research assistant at the Elli Mosayebi Professorship within the Architecture Department at ETH Zürich. Her role encompasses academic research and teaching, focusing on the notions of durability and ecological thinking in building practices.

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studio erde. berlin

marcel troeger 

registered landscape architect

member akb & bdla

karl-kunger-str. 63

12435 berlin

+49-17620792563

info@studio-erde.com

studio erde. zurich

violeta burckhardt

landscape architect,

urban designer and curator

schlossgasse 5

8003 zurich

+49 174 9790539

zh@studio-erde.com

*image by julius von bismarck

current and former team members studio erde.

gabriel jacobs - gabriel@studio-erde.com

barbara herschel - barbara@studio-erde.com

václav suchan - vaclav@studio-erde.com

jonas möller

bertha chen

Competitions & Awards

Latest Projetcs 

1st Prize - open competition for a school extension and campus, Schulhaus am Sand, Visp, Wallis together with

with dorsa + 8´20

1st Prize - international urban design & landscape competition Jüchen-Süd; Tagebau Garzweiler  

with octagon architekturkollektiv

2nd Prize - open competition for the Re-Development of the Matthäikirchhof, Leipzig with FAM architects 

 

1st Prize - experimental temporary open space of Haus der Statistik & Haus des Reisens -  with r- winogrond & BeL Architects

1st and 3rd Prize: KIW-Quartier & Schaumagazin, Schwerin, together kollektiv b.

1st Prize: Schulhaus Gelterkinden, Switzerland, together with atelier amont 

1st Prize (Prize Group) Integration of Noise Protection into the city of Düsseldorf - team with I. Vetter, M. Howard, Eisat & A. Lundqvist

1st Prize - "more than a bridge" - invited competition with knippers helbig and gustav düsing architects

2nd Prize Werkhof Areal, Schaffhausen - with

J. Wäckerlin, Tamino Kuny 

 

2nd Prize Transformation and Extension of the Adlergarten, Winterthur with Buero Krucker

 

LILA 2022 Award for Young Professionals

2nd Prize karst.marke rhumequelle - landmark competition by AKN 

2nd Prize / Runner-Up EUROPAN 16 - Schwäbisch Gmünd - Germany  - with m. fay

3rd Prize: Schulhaus Männedorf, Switzerland, together with D. Burgy & C. Caccia

4th Prize: Schulhaus Brunnenhof, Zurich, together with

furrerjud architekten 

Honorable Mentions:

orangerie grugapark, essen - with stöbe architekten

liebig höfe, aachen - with BeL sozietät für architektur

extension of the maxxi museum and campus, rome.      - with gustav düsing & max hacke

​tallin architecture bienale vision competition, lasnamäe - with magnus hehlke

Idea Competitions / 1st Prices: 

Peter-Joseph-Lenné Preis, 2016

Schinkel Competition - Schinkelpreis 2021

Schlaun Competition Urban Design, 2017 

Show Garden Eichenzell and bdla Prize

Idea Competition Europlatz Heppenheim

Competition bdla. Grüne Bühne 2016

 

*studio erde is happy to work with new collaborators and on new projects

 to reshape our anthropocene world together and to create beautiful strange places*

Cooperations

aia awareness in art  /  buero krucker   /  BeL Sozietät für Architektur   /  bfm architects  /  t. baecker   /   haascookzemmerich

/   gustav düsing  /  8000.agency  /   robin winogrond   /   stoebe architects   /   tamino kuny & julian wäckerlin  /  kollektiv b

chipperfield architects   /  atelier amont   /    field Stations  /   afn architekten  /  max hacke architects   /    /   eisat GmbH   /  

/   octagon architekturkollektiv /   kawaharakrause    /    magnus hehlke   /    FAM architekten /   j. v. bismarck  /  transsolar

/   schilling architekten /  raphael volkmer design  /  sergison bates architects  /   studio malta  / knippers helbig

projektbüro city  /  dorsa architects  / 8´20 /  bauteilen  /  gruppe 030  /  forward  / furrerjud architekten /  stoebe architekten

Clients

City of Heilbronn, Department of Public SpaceWollhaus Square, Heilbronn- PreDesign ///   BUKEA Hamburg   /// Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen, Berlin  // Campus Pastorale: Erzbistum Berlin & KAS Berlin // City of Schwäbisch Gmünd – Western City Entrance // Lilien.Acker, 2018- Royal Garden Show, Execution and Construction, 2018 // Design Europlatz, 2018- City of Heppenheim, realization 2021 //  Kunstkommision Düsseldorf, Stadt Düsseldorf  // Citizen Park Triebisch, City of Meißen - Concept for the Construction, 2021 // Zweckverband Landfolge Garzweiler. // IHK Köln  // Design Build Project, „Mandara” Assiut, Egypt, UN Habitat/TU Berlin

Zurich, Switzerland

1st prize - "more than a bridge" - invited competition with knippers helbig and gustav düsing architects!

Gundelsheim, Germany 

2023-24

SANDY - school extension and campus, Visp, Wallis - 1st prize together with dorsa + 8´20

NEUJÜCHEN - a forest city for the the open mining mining pit of garzweiler

-1st price, team with octagon architekturkollektiv. 

Jüchen, Rheinisches Revier, Germany 

Open Spaces for the IHK Köln

Concept Studies for the Maria Ablaß Platz

with Schilling Architects

Köln, Germany 

campus pastorale - transformation of a former monastery area into an inclusive and climate adaptive campus- cooper. with afn architects - LP 1-9

(LP 6-8 in cooperation with Beissert Henge LA)

Berlin, Germany 

tableau sauvage - co-production of a temporary landscape intervention at wilder platz, zurich - together with v. burckhardt & aia

Visp, Switzerland 

Mikro-Landscapes - art installation for Mobiliar Insurances - cooperation with J. v. Bismarck

Bern, Switzerland 

Collaborative Workshop on "Climate Streets" - adaption concepts for the Hartwicusstraße

Hamburg, Germany 

1st prize - cooperative workshop for the temporary open space of Haus der Statistik & Haus des Reisens - cooperation with r- winogrond & BeL

Berlin, Germany 

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