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Groundbreaking Ceremony at Landesgartenschau 2024 in Wangen im Allgäu
Today we celebrated groundbreaking ceremony for lookout tower and fibre pavilion at Landesgartenschau 2024 Wangen im Allgäu
Lookout Tower at Landesgartenschau 2024 in Wangen im Allgäu
Construction work on the foundations for the lookout tower has begun. We are looking forward to this exciting project.
HygroShell at the Chicago Architecture Biennial 5
HygroShell was installed at the Thompson Center for the Chicago Architecture Biennial 5. The photo shows the members of the team respresenting the Univerity of Stuttgart at the opnening on November 1st 2023. From right: Dylan Wood, Achim Menges, Kenryo Takahashi, Jan Knippers. For more information see HygroShell
Pioneers’ Award 2021 – Jan Knippers
This prestigious award by the Spatial Structures Research Centre of University of Surrey honors those who have made significant contributions in the field of spatial structures.
Texoversum takes off
Immediately after receiving the building permit, the groundbreaking ceremony for the start of construction of the Texoversum was held on January 26, 2021. Among others with: Prof. Dr. Hendrik Brumme, Lord Mayor Thomas Keck, Dr. Wolfgang Epp, Prof. Dr. Jochen Strähle, Südwesttextil President Bodo Th. Bölzle, Andreas Hölting and Alexander Leisner. (from left to right)
IASS 2020/21
The International Conference on Spatial Structures IASS 2020/21 at the University of Surrey has published an interview with Jan Knippers on their YouTube channel. Find the link here
Texoversum – New Education and Innovation Centre for the Textile Association Südwesttextil, Reutlingen
Texoversum, an education, research and innovation centre for the cross-cutting technology of textiles, is being established on the campus of Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences. Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten, Menges Scheffler Architekten and Jan Knippers Ingenieure are responsible for the design as a team. They were awarded first prize in the related design competition and subsequently commissioned with the realisation of the building comprising almost 3,000 square metre of space for different user groups.
Harvard University bike shelter completed!
First Snaphot of our little Bike Shelter at Harvard Science Complex at Cambridge, MA. More photos will follow in autumn. Architect: Behnisch Architekten. Timber Construction: Blumer Lehmnann AG
GERMAN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
WINNER: GERMAN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
We are very proud that our project BUGA WOOD PAVILION has won the GERMAN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD in the category Digitalization / Architecture. The prize is Europe’s most prestigious award in the field of sustainable development.
More information: https://www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de/wettbewerbe/sonderpreis-digitalisierung/nominierte-sonderpreis-digitalisierung/architektur/buga-holzpavillon/?fbclid=IwAR0KMwh-X79WpH7cCdDoxXPGRU_V_5-zTOB9ic33-R4b4fseHsS7WWvgJus