studio erde.
office for anthropocene landscapes
04/25: Climate Campus Bundesstraße HH - Workshop Procedure with robertneun
Together with robertneun architekten, we took part in a collaborative workshop procedure (Werkstattverfahren) initiated by the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing and the University of Hamburg. The aim was to develop future scenarios for the Climate Campus Bundesstraße as part of the evolving university district between Von-Melle-Park and Bundesstraße.
The process brought together several international design teams to explore climate-oriented campus transformations through open dialogue and iterative design.
Our contribution focused on radical preservation, climate adaptation, and the spatial visibility of knowledge and material cycles. A central design tool was our large-scale working model, which allowed us to test spatial and ecological scenarios in direct relation to the existing urban fabric.
03/25: Publication from the “Climate Streets” workshop procedure now released by BUKEA
We’re excited to share first impressions from the “Climate Streets” study in Hamburg, now published by BUKEA. As part of this research and design process, we explored the transformation of Hartwicusstraße into a River-Park along the Wandse.
Our contribution reimagines the street as a climate-adaptive, socio-ecological corridor—integrating circular typologies, water reuse, and natural filtering systems to shape resilient urban landscapes.
04/25: Campus Pastoral - Construction Updates
The construction of our Campus Pastoral project in Berlin is in full progress. As part of the site’s sustainable surface design, we’re using porous clinker pavers in the parking areas and along transitional zones.
These pavers allow for on-site rainwater infiltration, supporting climate-adaptive drainage while offering a robust and locally rooted material.
They create a soft edge between the planted areas and the more formal paved surfaces, forming a tactile “carpet” that connects use, ecology, and material culture.
02/25: 1st Prize & Project Start for the new Benjamin Franklin Square in Mannheim!
With Benjamin Forum, we reimagine the urban square as a hybrid landscape—an interface where human and more-than-human systems converge.
Situated in the heart of the former Benjamin Franklin Village, the design responds to the site's layered history and frames public space as an active agent in times of climate transformation.
Rather than a fixed form, the square unfolds as a dynamic field—a climate-adaptive and socially inclusive forum shaped by water cycles, soil processes, and evolving patterns of use.
The project embraces the challenges of the Anthropocene by shifting from formal gestures to performative ecologies, creating space for encounter, negotiation, and ecological regeneration.
02/25: Wildwoods @Haus der Statistik! First interventions at the STADT.BÜHNE!
As part of our project STADT.BÜHNE at Haus der Statistik, the first Wildwoods intervention has been installed! In collaboration with artist Andreas Greiner and Lorberg tree nursery, we planted the first “unwanted” trees—those that fall outside commercial aesthetics due to irregular growth, asymmetrical trunks, or exposed roots.
Wildwoods proposes a radically different idea of urban vegetation: a forest of trees that don’t meet industry standards, yet gain new life and meaning as agents of biodiversity and social imagination.
With this act, we open the next chapter of the temporary public spaces at Haus der Statistik—activating overlooked traces, celebrating deviance, and rehearsing alternative futures in the urban forest.
10/24: 3rd Prize for the new village center of Böhringen together with bhundf
We are happy to announce that in collaboration with Birk Heilmeyer and Frenzel Architekten, we have been awarded the 3rd prize for our design of the new village center and square. Our vision aims to establish a vibrant, green, and ecological heart for the community.
The proposal includes a series of inviting landscape spaces, such as a flexible grove that descends to the revitalized river stream, and an intimate reading garden adjacent to the new library, which is housed in a charming shed structure. This garden flows into a cultural promenade that connects with the community center.
09/24: New Project in Paretz, Havel Landscape, together with Atelier Fanelsa
studio erde has been commissioned to design the outdoor spaces for the new firebrigade building in the historic village center of Paretz. The new building receives a biological facade crafted from reed structures. Building on this material concept and drawing inspiration from the Havel landscape and its anthropogenic transformations, the design process will investigate the aesthetics of grey-water filtration and its atmospheric qualities. The goal is to create a multifunctional and ecological space that seamlessly integrates with the surrounding landscape.
03/25: 2nd Prize for the residential high-rise at Rankstraße in Basel together with Waldrap AG!
The residential high-rise at Gleisdreieck Rank responds to the heterogeneous urban context in eastern Basel with its triangular footprint, creating a distinctive landmark along Grenzacherstrasse.
Shared community spaces connect every three floors into a vertical neighborhood. Wrap-around winter gardens extend the living spaces, act as a climatic buffer, and offer both high spatial quality and protection from noise. The project weaves together architecture and landscape, integrating the building into the site’s topography, planting structure, and open space system.
09/24: studio erde. is selected for the Test-Planning of the Schützenmatt in Olten, Switzerland
We are thrilled to announce that, in collaboration with Camponovo Baumgartner and Rombo, we have been selected as one of three teams to develop innovative urban design projects for the transformation of the Schützenmatt Areal in Olten. This distinctive area, situated between the historic city, the Aare River, the currently still canalized Dürren River and the SBB railway tracks, offers a captivating mix of structures and uses.
09/24: studio erde selected for international Landscape & Art competition "Urban Scene" in Orestad, Copenhagen
We are excited to announce that studio erde., in collaboration with MASU PLANNING and Studio Julius von Bismarck, has been selected for an international art and architecture competition in Ørestad, Copenhagen, alongside 4 other teams led by COBE, Snøhetta, and BIG. The project aims to revitalize the urban spaces around DR Koncerthuset, Bella Arena, and Royal Arena. The competition advances to the idea phase with a site visit in September, followed by the project phase beginning in January 2025. The winner will be announced in April 2025.
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08/24: studio erde is growing! Welcome Barbara and Václav!
We warmly welcome Barbara Herschel and Václav Suchan to our Berlin office! Barbara is an interdisciplinary architect specializing in systemic and sensory design strategies, especially involving water, seamlessly blending landscapes and architecture. Václav, a recent graduate from CTU Prague, joins us as an intern with experience in competitions and multiscalar landscape design. We’re excited to have them on board and look forward to their contributions!
07/24: Metabolic Machine - Recognition!
We have received a recognition together with stöbe architekten for our radically circular proposal for the new entrance building and square of the Grugapark in Essen, Germany - the square celebtrates the metabolic entaglements of the building with the exterior through a waste water treatment plant as central element of its design.
09/24: Violeta talks at Architekturforum Ost Schweiz
We are pleased to announce the participation of Violeta Burckhardt in the upcoming discussion series CHARACTER at the Architekturforum Ostschweiz on Monday, September 2, 2024, at 6:30 PM. The topic of the evening will be "constant – variable" and Violeta will discuss with Maria Conen, Architect, Zurich.​​
Join us for an engaging conversation!
07/24: Brunnenhof - 4th Prize in Zurich!
We are very happy to share that we won the 4th prize in the open competition for the Brunnenhof school extension in the heart of Zurich together with furrerjud architects - thanks for a wonderful collaboration!
06/24: SANDY - 1st Prize in Visp, Wallis!
We are very happy to share that we won the 1st prize in the open competition for the school campus in Visp together with dorsa + 820“ - we look forward to the project implementation - thanks again for a wonderful collaboration!
05/24: Kick Off Haus der Statistik
studio erde is commissioned for the design of the temporary and experimental public spaces for Haus der Statistik and Haus des Reisens right in the heart of Berlin – collaboration with R. Winogrond and BeL Architects
05/24: studio erde. is one of the most successful upcoming practices in 2023!
We were delighted to participate in a collaborative discussion and interview hosted by competitionline, alongside our colleagues from befriended offices. During the conversation, we explored the potentials and challenges of our profession, the role of competitions as experimental grounds, and our office's stance on promoting responsible and radical landscape architecture in the Anthropocene.
05/24: Project Start in Jüchen for the circular Forest City
We are happy to share that we got commissioned to further develop our proposal "Neu-Jüchen" together with octagon architekturkollektiv, after winning the first prize in in the international competition in 2023. We are very looking forward to the further planning process with the variety of stakeholders in the region of the Rheinisches Revier.
03/24: IHK Cologne, Project
Migrating Landscapes, Cologne - we are commissioned to design the open spaces for the IHK building in Cologne together with Schilling Architekten. Our project builds on the rich history of the site and development of Cologne and the role of plant trades throughout history, resulting in strong atmospheric and productive nature-cultures for the different spatial typologies of the campus.
01/24: Talk at the UDK Berlin
Talk at UDK Berlin – Violeta and Marcel gave a lecture and talk at the discursive dinner event at the UDK at the Chair of Building, Planning and Design Prof. M. Bader
04/24: Workshop OPEN EMBASSY, Bonn
We took part in an invited collaborative design workshop in Bonn together with David Chipperfield Architects for the re-development of the American Club into the Open Embassy – a project by the Montags-Stiftung
04/24: Lecture and Talk at the ETH
2 + 2 + 1 A Collective Discussion on the
Role of Landscape Architecture
Violeta gave a talk in the 2+2+1 Talks Series by the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, Prof. M. Voser. 2+2+1 launches the debate between practicing landscape architects, teachers and students, in search of new strategies and positions in landscape architecture.
01/24: 🥈🌱🔨 2nd Prize in Leipzig! Matthäikirchhof
studio erde. wins in collaboration with FAM Architekten the 2nd Prize in Leipzig for the Matthäikirchhof-Areal. Our project radically believes in the value of the existing built structures and public spaces and proposes a reinterpretation and circular transformation of the block structure as part of the old city logic of Leipzig. we therefore propose a processual framework of strategic interventions.
10/23: WORKSHOP Braunschweig -
CO-LIVING CAMPUS
Co-Living Workshop - Nature - In October 2023 we gave a week long design workshop at TU Braunschweig as part of the COLIVING campus. We speculated on new narratives on living in our anthropocene world! Thanks for having us!
11/23: DEAR EARTH, Hyperwerk Basel
The HyperWerk of the Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM) held a day of events on December 1st as part of the annual theme “Dear Earth.” The theme explores how societies benefiting from extractivism live with and on the earth, aiming to challenge and support the development of an attitude towards design work and processes. At 11 a.m., Kathryn Yusoff and Helen V. Pritchard, and at 2 p.m., Violeta Burckhardt and Marcel Troeger hold a lecture and discussion on their practice at “studio earth. office for anthropocene landscapes,” particularly their project in Jüchen.
7/23: OUTDOOR EXHIBITION WANDSE
Klimastraßen Werkstattverfahren
As part of our participation in the "Climate Streets" workshop organized by BUKEA Hamburg, Marcel led a design seminar aht the HCU Hamburg focused on polyphonic approaches to the street and riverscape of Hartwicusstraße along the Wandse. The seminar culminated in an outdoor exhibition featuring interactive infrastructure prototypes, presenting innovative narratives for the future of streetscapes.
Marcel took part in the interdiscplinary and explorative fieldtrip into the egyptian desert in Sinia initiated by the White City Center Tel Aviv / Liebling House, the Negev School of Architecture and HFBK Hamburg. The goal is to develop radical collaborative and cross-national projects in order to tackle climate resilience for cities and landscapes.
09/23: Field Trip to Urban Futures,
Israel-Egypt