What convinced you to join the hej.build Architecture Advisory Board?
For a transformation towards a construction industry fit for the climate, we need more circular processes and products in practice. I would like companies to understand better how we as architects use circular products and specify them in tenders. I see the hej.build Architecture Advisory Board as an effective interface here, so that in future there can be a greater variety of circular and reused products.
What is most on your mind at the moment in architecture, interior architecture or building products?
I work in the field of circular design and construction. I’m particularly interested in scaling up circular construction. How can we take circular construction from small, experimental projects to a large scale?
What does good architecture/interior architecture mean to you?
For me, good architecture creates moving spatial moments out of a need or out of constraints. Good architecture can also draw particular value and beauty from the current challenges associated with the growing scarcity of resources.
Is there a current highlight or an all-time favourite project?
The Morland project in Paris, which I had the privilege of leading for David Chipperfield Architects, reveals exciting dimensions, from transforming existing buildings to greywater recycling. For the first time, the project opened my eyes to the current complexity of dealing with reused building components, which the practice Encore Heureux was to embed in the design at the time. I use what I learnt from it in my current practice at LXSY, which has long been setting new standards for sustainable design, as with Impact Hub Berlin at CRCLR-House in Berlin-Neukölln.
Is there a question you would have liked to ask yourself?
How about: how did you first come across the topic of »sustainable design & planning«?
Questions about the environmental impact of our building practice were brought to me with great seriousness and vehemence by young members of my design teams. I’m glad I paid attention to this dialogue, so that with LXSY, at the forefront of circular construction, I can now help to set new standards. Architect is a liberal profession, and for me that also implies an obligation towards society and the environment. Living up to this every day fulfils me.
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Which topic is keeping you busy right now?
Tell us briefly which building products it’s about and what you want to achieve. We’ll get back to you with an initial assessment. We often start with our »Day One« workshop: a day at your premises, where marketing, sales and senior management set priorities together.