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[:en]Proposal for Ecocity in Sakhalin is awarded with the 3rd place[:ru]Ecopolis. Concept for a new city in the Sakhalin region[:]

[:en] We are excited to share that our proposal for an international competition “Ecopolis. Concept for a new city in the Sakhalin region” was awarded with 3rd prize. Together with Wowhaus , Nomura Research Institute , and the Scientific Research Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, TSPA developed a concept for […]

December 16, 2021
[:en]Density and mixed-use: Innovative approaches to redensification in German and American cities[:de]Dichte und Nutzungsmischung: Innovative Ansätze der Nachverdichtung in deutschen und amerikanischen Städten[:]

[:en] Innovative, diverse, livable, and sustainable is how we want our cities to grow; this requires a sustainable and resilient redensification strategy. The project “Density & Mixed-Use: Innovative Approaches to Redensification in German and American Cities” aims to support networks between German and U.S. municipalities to explore (new) tools in both countries for building density. […]

December 14, 2021
[:en]Project Campus Winnenden is shortlisted proposal for IBA’27 [:]

[:en] Campus Winnenden – Proposal for the Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 (IBA’27). Winnenden Urban Neighbourhood This year TSPA started with an exciting task: we developed a project proposal for the International Building Exhibition for Stuttgart region -IBA’27. Our project “Campus Winnenden” has been shortlisted among the selected projects. IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart, aims to make the Stuttgart […]

March 1, 2021
[:en]TSPA comes back to Russia. Strogino River Embankment Design Competition[:ru]TSPA kommt zurück nach Russland. Strogino River Embampment Design Wettbewerb[:]

[:en]Strogino River Embankment Design Competition, organised by Moscow City Architecture Committee, is focused on developing the right bank of the River Moskva in the Strogino district. TSPA, together with our partners WOWHAUS, was selected to take a part in the next competition round. Strogino River Embankment Design Competition, organised by Moscow City Architecture Committee, is […]

October 29, 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]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]From Work Desks to Work Platforms[:]

[:en] This is the first publication of a series in which we will share the strategies and tools that have worked for us in our experience with remote working. The next publications will which tools we use and how we use them. How to work remotely without dropping the pencil. Authors: Aleksandra Katasonova, Filippo Imberti, […]

April 27, 2020
[:en]Toilet provision in Düsseldorf: district needs in a city wide strategy. [:]

[:en]Public toilets in a city are relevant since they tackle a basic need. Everyone in a city, visitors, inhabitants, young and old will eventually have to use a restroom. Currently, TSPA works together with Zebralog in the provision of a city-wide strategy for the provision of toilets in the city of Düsseldorf. This ongoing project […]

February 13, 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
[:en]Chemnitz Project Group Meeting[:]

[:en]This 4th and 5th of November TSPA presented the current state of the city vision developing in the city of Chemnitz as part to Chemnitz-Strategie 2040 through workshops and meetings with the current project group and the city administration.

November 6, 2019
EcoCity Wonosobo

Today, on October 7 TSPA and Berim discuss the Eco-City Wonosobo concept with the city team on Central Java. The ambition is to integrate a green-blue network, waste-to-energy-systems, a better and more walkable street network, improved water management with rain gardens plus a sustainable economy district. Way to go!

October 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
Plano Estrutura Urbana Sussundenga

[:en]Defining a structural plan for a city often is the solution to a resilient and sustainable future, especially in the regions that aim to predict the unpredictable. A structural plan is a framework to guide the development of the area by defining its upcoming demands and identifying key features that will influence the future. As […]

July 9, 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
Nampula City Development Strategy Framework

[:en]Nampula is Mozambique’s second largest urban centre and considered the ‘capital’ of northern region. It is also one of the economically most dynamic cities of the country due to its location in the centre of Nampula Province – the most populous and prosperous of Mozambique – in the heartland of highly productive agricultural areas, at […]

December 12, 2017
Oppo

[:en]TSPA participated in the Opportunity Space design-build competition organised by the a Van Alen institute. The task was challenging multidisciplinary teams to propose a temporary, mobile structure that will support economic opportunity and social inclusion in Malmö, Sweden. Our entry OPPO is an inflatable, helium filled balloon of translucent polyurethane, in the shape of a torus. Due to […]

December 9, 2017
Kiev Urban Actions

[:en]British Council Ukraine and the Goethe-Institut, in partnership with CANactions, launched a programme to identify, support and implement innovative urban development projects that seek to reinvigorate post-industrial, mid-sized cities across the Ukraine through the cultural and creative industries. The programme recognises the importance of supporting communities which are working together to address common urban issues. […]

July 25, 2017
[: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
Krasnoyarsk: here we come!

TSPA started to work on a major development in Krasnoyarsk, third largest city in Siberia, together with proektdevelopment. The 1300 ha site right on the city edge and surrounded by stunning forests, mountains and wild taiga, will develop into a green mixed use neighbourhood that reflects the demand for more sustainable living models in the capital […]

June 20, 2016
Kiev Workshop: Art Zavod Platforma & CANactions Results

[:en]TSPA’s workshop at Kiev’s CANactions School for Urban Studies in Kiev reimagined a former industrial area as a creative cluster. The motto of the workshop — ‘from research to proposal’ — turned out to be very real: The site’s owner was sufficiently impressed by the results that he committed to continue the cooperation and to […]

October 27, 2015
Done that: A new centre for Naberezhnye Chelny

We have completed the strategic masterplan for the new heart of Naberezhnye Chelny. See the project!. Construction will commence in 2016.

October 20, 2015
UN-Habitat Urban Planning and Design Branch Portfolio released

[:en]UN Habitat is the United Nations programme which aims to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. For almost 40 years, UN-Habitat has worked worldwide, focusing on building a brighter future for villages, towns, and cities of all sizes. Thomas (TSPA) has supported UN-Habitat since 2012, […]

July 17, 2015
TSPA to design 73ha city extension in Russia

TSPA has been selected by Talan to design 73 ha of mixed and dense city in the heart of Naberezhnye Chelny in the western part of Russia. The city is one of the largest planned towns in the world related to vehicle production: the Kamaz plant itself is the largest vehicle factory in the world. […]

March 26, 2015
The Density Syndicate, Cape TownThe Density Syndicate, Cape TownThe Density Syndicate, Cape Town

The results of our contribution as part of INTI’s density syndicate will be displayed at the Density Syndicate conference in Cape Town on November 3, 2014. We have developed a sustainable densification strategy based on the existing mixed and vibrant qualities along the Voortrekker road corridor. Find the full project presentation here.The results of our […]

November 2, 2014
Netzwertstadt – Final Presentation for Metropole Ruhr Strategic VisionNetzwertstadt – Final Presentation for Metropole Ruhr Strategic VisionNetzwertstadt – Final Presentation for Metropole Ruhr Strategic Vision

Together with InD and BGMR, we’ll present our project ‘Netzwertstadt’, a strategic vision for the development of the Ruhrgebiet in Duisburg-Nord on 16 and 17 October as part of the 3rd future forum of the RVR. See more on the site of the RVR.

October 16, 2013