TSPA

Category: Berlin

[:en]Central Studio-office space at former Graphisches Zentrum[:]

[:en]Dear Reader, As most of you might know, TSPA moved offices last May to the Grafisches Zentrum in Mitte/Kreuzberg. We love the space and are very happy here, and now look for co-renters to split the roughly 400 m². We would love the space to become a cluster of planners, thinkers and designers in […]

November 15, 2022
[:en]TSPA sucht eher früher als später eine/n Mitarbeiter*in/Praktikanten*innen[:de]TSPA sucht eher früher als später eine/n Mitarbeiter*in/Praktikanten*innen[:]

[:en]TSPA ist ein internationales Stadtplanungs- und Designbüro, das nachhaltige urbane Systeme für eine Welt im Wandel entwickelt. Unsere Aufgabe ist es, Umgebungen zu schaffen, die Ressourcen besser nutzen, die Artenvielfalt erhalten und eine hervorragende Lebensqualität bieten – für uns und künftige Generationen. Unser Team mit Sitz in Berlin, Deutschland, besteht aus talentierten Stadtplanern, Architekten, Stadt […]

November 10, 2022
[:en]JOIN OUR CO-WORKING SPACE[:]

[:en]Are you currently searching for a beautiful yet functional co-working space in vibrant Mitte/Kreuzberg? We’re renting out 1-6 tables in our spacious and lush office in Charlottenstraße 2, located in Graphisches Zentrum near Checkpoint Charlie. The idea is to start a creative cluster of the best creatives, planners, thinkers and designers – in the urbanism […]

November 4, 2022
[:en]Community needs oriented, solar energy powered hubs in rural Rwanda[:]

[:en]Earlier this year TSPA started an exciting partnership with The Pulse and Solarkiosks Solutions. These two Berlin Based companies, together with many other experts, are working towards an inspiring goal to to implement and operate a network of solar-powered rural centers in Rwanda. Each of the E-HUBB will combine fully integrated solar energy systems, retail […]

October 17, 2022
[:en]New headquarters: Charlottenstrasse 2[:]

[:en]We are back in Kreuzberg! We moved again and this time for real. Find us at Charlottenstraße 2 where, together with LABELS (Cee Cee Creative), we will create a space for creativity the way we love to do it: with plants and sketches. We will share more updates of this amazing space where we would […]

August 8, 2022
[:en]Strategy for public toilets: Data-driven planning for people centred smart cities.[:de]Strategie für öffentliche Toiletten: Datengestützte Planung für intelligente Städte, in denen der Mensch im Mittelpunkt steht.[:]

[:en]A smart city is not only a city full of screens and self-driving cars. It is a city that employs data to better allocate resources, cover needs, and make places more accessible for everyone. Public toilets are the best example of how using data helps to design people-centered smart cities. The European Commission defines a […]

December 1, 2021
[:en]Nature Based Solutions in the context of Data-Driven Urbanism[:]

[:en]Last Week, Thomas Stellmach presented in the Annual National Planning Conference Highlights in Chengdu the presentation Nature-Based Solutions in the context of Data-Driven Urbanism invited by Isocarp. We parted from two main premises: With all its effects, climate change is so familiar, from flooding, heat waves, melting polar caps caused by the man-made transformation of […]

October 6, 2021
[:en]Berlin City Strategy Framework moves towards its implementation[:de]Strategischen Rahmen für die Entwicklung einer neuen Berliner Smart City-Strategie[:]

[:en]This July the Berlin’s Strategic Smart City Framework was handed over to the Senate for its operationalisation and implementation phases, the framework is part of the “Smart Cities Model Projects,” supported by the Federal Ministry of Interior as part of Berlin City’s effort towards a Smart City Strategy.

September 22, 2021
[:en]Workshop at Creative Bureaucracy Festival[:de]Workshop bei Creative Bureaucracy Festival [:]

[:en]Thomas Stellmach will hold a workshop about Smart City Governance for Future Can bureaucracy be creative and innovative?? Often outdated structures leave no space to adopt change. The Creative Bureaucracy Festival creates a space to discuss current struggles and point out new directions. “The Creative Bureaucracy Festival celebrates outstanding innovation in the public sector and its contribution […]

September 11, 2021
[:en] Thomas Stellmach interviewed in Al Jazeera reportage “Berlin: unapologetically rebel”[:]

[:en]More than 20 years after the reunification, what shapes Berlin today? The news broadcaster Al Jazeera interviewed three Berliners, and one is our founder Thomas Stellmach, who experienced city changes in the post-wall ’90s and now understands current ongoing processes such as gentrification and recognises the importance of a vision for Berlin and Brandenburg’s future […]

July 19, 2021
[:en]TSPA moved![:de]TSPA ist umgezogen![:]

[:en]Since the beginning of July we relocated our office space. Together with our beloved plants and sketches we moved to the industrial side of the district of Charlottenburg. You can now find us at Quedlinburger Str. 11 10589 Berlin Germany Feel free to send us recommendations about the area or come and visit us for […]

July 13, 2021
[:en]City Scan powered by TSPA participated at the Greentech Festival[:]

[:en]Earlier this year, TSPA team started a new project – CityScan. An initiative for data-driven urbanism. We presented its first analysis at the Greentech Festival where we shared how the principles of sustainable urban planning combined with data can support the future of mobility planning. How does City Scan approaches data driven urbanism?

July 13, 2021
[:en]Recommendations for sustainable urbanization in Africa – Thomas Stellmach in the Bundestag[:de]Empfehlungen für nachhaltige Urbanisierung in Afrika – Thomas Stellmach im Bundestag[:ru]Recommendations for sustainable urbanization in Africa – Thomas Stellmach in the Bundestag[:]

[:en] “In my opinion, it is not expedient to try to stop urbanization in Africa. On the contrary, the focus should be on intervening in a steering manner to make it as sustainable as possible.” – Thomas Stellmach at the German Bundestag in late December, where he gave recommendations in the Committee on Economic Cooperation […]

January 7, 2021
[:en]Public Hearing in the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag[:de]Öffentliche Anhörung im Ausschuss für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung des Deutschen Bundestages[:]

[:en] There is exciting news: Today, Thomas Stellmach has been invited as an expert to a public hearing in the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag.

December 16, 2020
[:en]Thomas Stellmach presented “Digitisation, space and society” in ‘Smart City Berlin meets Smart Country Brandenburg'[:de]Thomas Stellmach das Thema Digitalisierung, Raum und Gesellschaft vorstellen zum ‘Smart City Berlin trifft Smart Country Brandenburg'[:]

[:en] Thomas Stellmach was invited to the’ Smart City Berlin meets Smart Country Brandenburg‘ an event from Smart City Berlin. Together with companies and networks, partners from the districts, counties and independent cities, our founder is taking part of the meet-up to exchange and deepen cross-border aspects. Thomas will present and discuss the topic of […]

December 9, 2020
[:en]Wrapping up Blankenburger Süden project[:]

[:en]Last October we were part of the final presentation for the city extension of Berlin in Blankenburger Süden, for which our participation has come to an end. We look back into some of the key moments of this project and how it enriched us. A year earlier, in October 2019 we were selected together with […]

October 5, 2020
[:en]Exhibition ‘Unfinished Metropolis. 100 years of urban development for (Greater) Berlin’ opening night[:de]Ausstellung ‘Unvollendete Metropole. 100 Jahre Städtebau für (Groß-)Berlin'[:]

[:en] A 100 years ago today Berlin became Greater Berlin and a giant city emerged increasing its territory from 66 to 878 square kilometres, and increasing its population form 1.9 to approximately 3.9 million inhabitants. TSPA and our partners Fabulism had the pleasure attend the opening event of the anniversary exhibition “Unfinished Metropolis: 100 Years […]

October 1, 2020
[:en]Project ‘Landscape of Differences’ published in monograph ‘Unfinished Metropolis'[:de]Projekt ‘Landschaft der Unterschiede’ veröffentlicht in der Monographie ‘Unvollendete Metropole'[:]

[:en] On October 1st, to mark the anniversary of establishment of Greater Berlin, Architekten- und Ingenieurverein zu Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. (AIV), together with Harald Bodenschatz, Benedikt Goebel, Christina Gräwe, Peter Lemburg, Marcus Nitschke, Wolfgang Schuster have prepared an exciting monographs “Unfinished Metropolis” While first volume presents history of 100 years of urban planning for Greater […]

September 30, 2020
[:en]Thomas Stellmach member of the Smart City Strategy Advisory Board with the Mayor of Berlin[:de]Thomas Stellmach wird jetzt als Beiratsmitglied die Smart City-Strategie für Berlin begleiten.[:]

[:en]Our founder and director Thomas Stellmach joined as a member of the advisory board set up by Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, to accompany the strategy development supported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior within the framework of the Smart City Call. We are honoured to be part of a process with other 15 […]

September 28, 2020
[:en]TSPA’s Humboldt Foundation fellow researcher presents in TEDx event: Cooperation in urban development[:de]TSPA-Forschungsstipendiat der Humboldt-Stiftung präsentiert in TEDx-Veranstaltung: Kooperation in der Stadtentwicklung[:]

[:en]Cooperation is a way to cope with complex urban issues. As a Humboldt Foundation and guest researcher at TSPA Aleksandra Katasonova will present some of her results exploring forms and effects of cooperation in urban development. Join her in the online Tedx event next Tuesday 29th of September at 11am. Register here: https://tedxkanzlerpark.online/…

September 24, 2020
[:en]Nature comes first in the south of Blankenburg![:de]Natur geht vor im Blankenburger Süden![:]

[:en]Earlier this year, TSPA together with our landscape architecture partner B+B finalised the framework planning for the development of Blankenburger Süden. And since this week the results of the framework plan development for the south of Blankenburg are visible to the public on the website of the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing. […]

July 21, 2020
[:en]Berlin-Brandenburg 2070 Competition Awards[:de]Preis für Berlin-Brandenburg 2070 Wettbewerb[:]

[:en]We are very happy to announce that TSPA was awarded amongst the best projects in the International Urban Design Ideas Competition for the future of Berlin-Brandenburg 2070. The project “Landscape of Differences” developed with Fabulism office was selected as 4th place winner amongst 55 international participants by the Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin-Brandenburg. The […]

July 16, 2020
[:en]TSPA opens its doors for the Day of Architecture[:de]TSPA öffnet seine Tür für den Tag der Architektur[:]

[:en]Last Saturday June 27th TSPA opened its doors for the Tag der Architektur (Day of Architecture) organised by the Architecture Chamber. After a convivial with drinks, our team presented some of our work and held a Q&A session. Here are some snapshots of the event. Thanks for everyone who joined us, we look forward to see […]

July 13, 2020
[:en]Open Doors Event – Day of Architecture 2020[:de]Tag der Architektur 2020[:]

[:en]This 27th of June TSPA will participate in the Day of Architecture with an open office! Come and join us to hear more about or projects and exchange points of view. We will present our work and hold a session of Q&A followed by a convivial with drinks. The event orgnaised by the Architecture Chamber […]

June 4, 2020
[:en]Another Academy Berlin Blog III: How to work together instead of against each other in city-making? [:]

[:en] It’s common for city actors to compete for the same flows, instead, could there be a model towards a joint action aiming for solutions that would benefit everyone? This is the third post of the series about cooperation in city-making which describes insights learned from the Berlin-based grassroots initiatives. We will continue to observe […]

May 25, 2020
[:en]Work platforms: Open source remote communication and basic office organisation strategies[:]

[:en] This is the fourth publication of the series “From work desks to work platforms” in which we share the strategies and tools that have helped us doing remote-work even before the Coronavirus Pandemic. Here we present two out of nine tools,Remote communication and basic office arrangement. 5. Keeping the Communication Going Video and Audio […]

May 11, 2020
[:en]Work platforms: Remote Presentations, Data Collection and Analysis[:]

[:en] This is the third publication of the series “From work desks to work platforms” in which we share the strategies and tools that have helped us doing remote-work even before the Coronavirus Pandemic. Here we present two out of nine tools, remote presentations, data collection and data analysis. 3. Showing Off: Presentations Presentations on […]

May 4, 2020
[:en]Work Platforms: Tools for Local and Remote File Sharing, Co-creating Documents and Discussing Ideas[:]

[:en] This is the second publication of the series “From work desks to work platforms” in which we share the strategies and tools that we have used doing remote-work even before the Coronavirus Pandemic. Here we present two of the nine tools we use. In the next posts we will share more. III. The Tools 1. […]

April 30, 2020
[:en]Autumn Academy Berlin Blog II: Cooperation, Self-organization, Self-governing[:]

[:en] This is the second post of a series exploring how different city actors could act together towards a good city in the organization of an Autumn Academy in Berlin. Follow us for more updates. Issues that modern cities are facing today are too big and complex for one actor or one sector to effectively […]

April 29, 2020
[:en]Autumn Academy Berlin: How Will We Act Together?[:]

[:en]In June 2019 the appointed Curator of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale Hashim Sarkis introduced the theme of the next year’s event “How will we live together?” where architects were invited to think of a new spatial contract in the context of widening political divides and growing economic inequalities. Today, the main premise remains the […]

April 15, 2020
[:en]TSPA Newsletter: 20 out of 20 [:]

[:en]Greetings from TSPA! We are very happy to start the end of the decade busy with very exciting projects and a growing team. We started this year feeling 20/20. Whether in Germany or overseas TSPA explored all of its capacities building climate resiliency, thinking of sustainable solutions, designing the neighbourhoods of the future and planning […]

January 29, 2020
Rapid planning workshop for Blankenburger Süden

[:en]Last week our team joined Bureau B+B in Amsterdam for an intensive design workshop. Together, we developed the concept of our design proposal for Blankenburger Süden, a 120 hectares urban development on the north edge of Berlin. The results of our collaboration provided ideas and images to develop a new structural and utilisation concept for the […]

December 9, 2019
[:en]Berlin’s largest extension site: TSPA & B+B selected for Blankenburger Süden process[:de]Berlins größte Stadterweiterung: TSPA und B+B für die Teilnahme am Werkstattverfahren Blankenburger Süden ausgewählt[:ru]Berlin’s largest extension site: TSPA & B+B selected for Blankenburger Süden process[:]

[:en]TSPA together with B+B has been selected as one of the teams that will form part of the cooperative workshop process in the development of Blankenburger Süden, Berlin largest urban expansion site. Starting in autumn 2019 and continuing until spring 2020, four teams will develop as many different test designs as possible for the planned new […]

November 7, 2019
Premio Berlino winner Valentina Travaglino shares her experiences with TSPA

On the 24th of January 2019, our dear colleague and Premio Berlino 2018 winner Valentina Travaglino shared her story of working with TSPA for the last 4 months. Presented at the Italian Institute of Culture (Istituto Italiano di Cultura Berlino), she shared her experiences and presented a status update of her work within TSPA. Premio […]

January 25, 2019
[:en]TSPA is a funding partner of the MakeCity.Berlin[:]

[:en]MakeCity.Berlin – is an international festival for architecture and urbanism. It is a platform to initiate changes for a better urban development in Berlin. This year, along the list of many other interesting practices and institutions from Berlin, TSPA became a funding partner of MakeCity.Berlin. It was a great opportunity to become more involved in […]

June 27, 2018
[:en]TSPA and Kollectiv Data started a new platform – City Scan [:]

[:en]TSPA and Kollectiv Data started platform to make spatial data more accessible. As cities are more and more pressured with the rapid changes, data analysis and data visualization can help to speed up knowledge transfer and cope with the upcoming being more informed and involved. CityScan is a platform founded with the aim of preparing geodata […]

June 1, 2018
BGMR & Sensitive urban landscapes

On April 14th, Berlin-based landscape office bgmr celebrated (more than) three decades of their existence. They invited Anna Bernegg of Urban Catalyst, Fritz Reusswig of PIK, Antje Stokman of HCU and Thomas Stellmach of TSPA to discuss the future of landscape urbanism. It was an interesting discussion – Happy birthday Bea, Undine, Dirk, Carlo!

April 16, 2018
[:en]Open Door – Day of Architecture 2018[:]

[:en]Visit us at ‘Tag der Architektur’ on June 23. Open door, interesting projects, lively discussions… and Vermouth drinks until we are out (the drinks). Also with mekado and cba, JCA and other partners. Traditionell steht das letzte Wochenende im Juni ganz im Zeichen der qualitätvollen Baukultur. Am 23. und 24. Juni findet zum 23. Mal […]

April 16, 2018
[:en]Podium discussion about gentrification in Berlin – Remmidemmi in Rummelsburg[:]

[:en]To discuss the current gentrification process in Berlin’s neighborhoods, Kilian Immobiliengruppe together with Stiftung Zukunf Berlin organized the panel discussion ‘Remmidemmi in Rummelsburg – HURRA, DIE GENTRIFIZIERER SIND DA!‘ The debates about the gentrification process in Rummelsburg – about one of the most attractive and overlooked neighborhoods in Berlin, took a place in the new artist/studio quarter Gaswerksiedlung. […]

February 22, 2018
[:en]Public Toilets for Berlin[:de]Öffentliche Toiletten für Berlin[:ru]Public rest rooms of Berlin[:]

[:en]The municipal planning department of Berlin – the Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt – has commissioned a consortium led by TSPA to develop a comprehensive plan for the the Berlin’s provision with public rest rooms. The project is intriguing, much more than we understood in the very first moment: How would a Toilet next to […]

December 21, 2017
[:en]TSPA co-founds housing cooperative urbancoopberlin. Winning competition for the Schöneberger Linse in Berlin[:]

[:en]Affordable housing, sustainable financing models, land leasehold models, intergenerational living, green architecture: these topics have in common that we promote them as planners and architects. They also have in common that they are more easily said than done. To see what can actually be done, TSPA founded the housing cooperative urbancoopberlin, together with SammlerUsinger, LIST […]

December 20, 2017
[:en]”Das Ziel ist eine Stadt, die für alle da ist…” – The article “Room to Live” in Berliner Wirtschaftsgespräche[:]

[:en]Das Ziel ist eine Stadt, die für alle da ist… (The aim is to build the city for everyone…) What does it mean to us, that nowadays we live in the apartments, that have so little to do with the way how we live in the city? How to tame the increasing lack of affordable […]

March 17, 2017
Berlin Design Sprint

[:en]What is a connected and autonomous vehicle? How do CAVS work and how can urban streets be reclaimed and reimagined through their introduction? Thomas is invited to the Berlin Design Sprint to answer these questions and discuss urban mobility. The event is organised by BuroHappold and will take place on Wednesday, January 18 at InnoZ Berlin. […]

January 17, 2017
MetroHUB workshop for Kampala & Entebbe in Berlin

In partnership with the government of Uganda, giz, UN-Habitat, and Pedro Ortiz, Thomas of TSPA will facilitate a workshop in Berlin to promote a compact, socially inclusive, integrated and connected system of cities in the Greater Kampala metropolitan region. The MetroHUB workshop approach will combine capacity development in planning, governance and finance aspects and with […]

January 11, 2017
Refugee City: Greening Camps – Midterm Reviews

[:en]Thomas is invited as guest critic to the Midterm Presentation of the Design Studio (October 2016 to February 2017) organised at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and the University of Petra (UoP) in Amman. The Presentation will take place on January 6, 2017 from 10am to 1pm at Technische Universität Berlin (TUB). The aim of the workshop is to […]

January 4, 2017
[:en]Urban Coop Berlin: Second Round for Cooperative Housing Project “Schöneberger Linse”[:de]Zweite Runde für urban coop berlin: Genossenschaftsbau Schöneberger Linse [:ru]Urban Coop Berlin: Second Round for Cooperative Housing Project “Schöneberger Linse”[:]

[:en]Urban coop berlin has been invited to the second round of the comprehensive concept selection process for the “Schöneberger Linse” in Berlin. The criteria for the final selection will be in particular innovative programme and architectural solutions, besides the usual commercial factors. Urban Coop Berlin, of which we are a member, will start to develop […]

December 21, 2016
[:en]Urban Coop Berlin stakeholder meeting[:de]Urban Coop Berlin Infoabend[:ru]Urban Coop Berlin stakeholder meeting[:]

[:en]Berlin’s housing stock becomes less and less affordable. Who doesn’t own an apartment yet, hasn’t got much room to move, speculation is rampant. We’re looking for new solutions. On Friday, October 14, we have shown as part of urban coop berlin, how alternative models can work: Als erste Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft für Wohnbaugenossenschaften in Berlin zeichnet sich das […]

November 30, 2016
[:en]Berlin Senate agrees on Urban Coop’s Policy Paper [:de]Koalitionsvertrag übernimmt unsere Forderungen für günstigen Wohnraum in Berlin[:ru]Berlin Senate agrees on Urban Coop’s Policy Paper [:]

[:en]In September 2016, urban coop berlin, together with TSPA, drafted policy recommendations for an affordable housing strategy in Berlin. The key recommendations are: • to issue state equity capital guarantees for low-income households to allow them to join housing cooperatives • to allocate state-owned land to housing associations using leasehold laws See our full policy […]

November 28, 2016
Was ist Städtebau des 21. Jahrhunderts?

Die Berliner Wirtschaftsgespräche, das interdisziplinäre Netzwerk Architekten für Architekten (AfA) und der Architekten- und Ingenieur-Verein zu Berlin (AIV) laden gemeinsam zur dritten Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Diskussionsreihe „StadtWertSchätzen: Positionen zu Stadtentwicklung – Architektur – Städtebau in Berlin 2016-2021“ ein. Wir werden am Mittwoch, 12.10.2016, um 19:00 die Frage “Was ist Städtebau des 21. Jahrhunderts (in […]

October 10, 2016