BERLIN - Acanthus Architects

BERLIN
Acanthus Conference 23rd -25th April 2010
ACANTHUS CONFERENCE BERLIN: GENERAL PROGRAMME
1. Friday hotel check in: 15:00 onward
Ibis Berlin am Potsdamer Platz, 4 Anhalter Strasse, Berlin B-10963.
Nearest S- Bahnhof is Anhalter Bahnhof on lines S1, S2, S25
Nearest U-Bahnhof (tube station) is Kochstrasse on line U6, this is the most convenient line from Tegel
Airport.
Those staying extra nights will be presented with an invoice by the hotel on checking out, please
have your credit card ready!
2. Friday Tour: Neues Museum 16:00 – 17:30
Rendezvous at the Gruppenkasse pavilion (group booking pavilion) near the bridge on Burgstrasse.
Nearest U- Bahnhof is Friedrichstrasse on line U6, just 3 stops from the hotel.
Collect €10 per head & buy a group entrance ticket, these have already been reserved.
One person to volunteer to pay €97.50 for the guide which Acanthus will reimburse them later.
Meet guide in foyer on level UG/level 0 @ 16:15.
3. Friday Tour: Reichstag 18:30 – 20:00
Rendezvous at the Reichstag north entrance on Paul-Lobe-Allee.
Nearest U-Bahnhof is Bundestag on the new line U55. Get the S-Bahn S5, S7, S9 & change on to U55
@ Hauptbahnhof . Or get on the S-Bahn S2, S25 & change on to U55 @ Unter den Linden.
Don’t forget to bring your passport!
4. Friday Acanthus Directors AGM/Board meeting: 18:00 – 19.30
Bar/Restaurant, Hotel Ibis Berlin am Potsdamer Platz.
5. Friday evening informal drinks: 19:30 onward
Brauhaus GEORGBRAEU on a riverside road called Spreeufer in the Nikolaiviertel (Nicolai quarter).
Nearest U-Bahnhof is Spittelmarkt on line U2. From the hotel walk to Potsdamerplatz for the U2. From
Spittelmarkt follow Gertraudenstrasse over two river bridges then turn left.
Next nearest U-Bahnhof/S-Bahnhof is Alexanderplatz on several lines, follow Rathausstrasse to the
river and turn left.
This option is advisory rather than mandatory, food will not be provided by Acanthus.
Bring your blue voucher for a complimentary greetings drink from Michael Poretta, Acanthus LW
(look out for the blue Acanthus logo)
6. Saturday Acanthus Architects conference 09:15 onward, see following page for details.
Auditorium of the Grimm Centrum Bibliothek (library) of the Humboldt Universitaet.
No.1 Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse, corner of Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse/Universitaet strasse and
Dorotheenstrasse.
Nearest U-Bahnhof is Friedrichstrasse on line U6, just 3 stops from the hotel.
7. Saturday Tour: Neues Museum 16:00 – 17:30
Details as Friday Tour.
8. Saturday Tour: Reichstag 17.00 - 18.30
Details as Friday Tour.
9. Saturday evening drinks reception & dinner: 19:30 – 23:00
Rrestaurant Josty in the Sony Centre, Potsdamerstrasse.
Walk from the hotel or nearest U-bahnhof is Potsdamerplatz on line U2.
Take an opportunity to look in the Historischer Fruestuecksaal which is in an adjacent part of the
complex.
10. Sunday: Check out of hotel after breakfast.
Self guided tours: Berlin is a wonderful city, take a stroll & see the sights!
SATURDAY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Grimm Centrum bibliothek (library) of the Humboldt Universtaet.
09:15 - 10:00
Welcome in the library by Eric Hills & Michael Freude, Acanthus LW.
This is our only opportunity to view the new main reading room by Max Dudler as it is a
working library during the day on Saturdays. Then move through to Auditorium.
10:00 -10:40
Rebuilding Stadt Schloss: Frau Analie Schoen from SenStadt.
10:40 - 11:20
Coffee in the Auditorium provided by the Humboldt Universtat caterer.
11:20 - 12:00
Jean-Marc Abcarius from abcarius + burns architecture design.
12:00 - 12:40
Laura Fogarasi-Ludloff and Jens Ludloff from ludloff + ludloff architekten.
12:40 - 13:00
Q & A session chaired by Eric Hills & Michael Freude, Acanthus LW.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch at Restaurant Cum Laude, just across the road from the University.
14:00 - 14:40
Lena Kleinheinz & Martin Ostermann from magma architecture.
14:40 - 15:30
Berlin Tempelhof Airport site regeneration:
Herr Dr. Roland Puettmann-Holgado from SenStadt.
Berlin Tegel Airport site regeneration: Frau Karen Hiort from SenStadt.
15:30 - 15:45
Q & A session chaired by Eric Hills & Michael Freude, Acanthus LW.
15:45
Conference closes
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
1. Frau Analie Schoen, Frau Karen Hiort and Herr Dr. Roland Puettmann-Holgado
All from Senstadt.
“SenStadt” is an acronym for Senatsverwaltung fur Stadtentwicklung which translates in to English as
the Senate Department for Urban Development.
SenStadt is a State Ministry based in Berlin with a broad remit. Responsible for Urban Development,
planning, construction, social integration, housing, transport, urban planning, culture,
communication, heritage, town planning, urban renewal, space planning, traffic, geotechnical
information, civil engineering, monuments, forests, nature, landscape, etc.
The head of SenStadt is The Senator for Urban Development Ingeborg Junge-Reyer.
http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/index_en.shtml
2. Jean-Marc Abcarius from abcarius + burns architecture.
Jean-Marc Abcarius was born and grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his architectural
studies at the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville and worked professionally in offices in Paris,
New York and Berlin. He began teaching at the Technical University of Berlin in 1993.
The office of abcarius + burns architecture design was founded in 1996 and the architects have
lived since 1990 in Berlin. Both partners are currently Visiting Professors for Architecture and Design at
the Lebanese-American University in Beirut.
http://www.abcariusburns.de/00_data_en/selected_projects.htm
3. Laura Fogarasi-Ludloff and Jens Ludloff from ludloff + ludloff architekten
Laura Fogarasi-Ludloff
2010 ludloff + ludloff is Haeuser Award winner for HausF.
2007 Founded ludloff + ludloff architekten.
2004-2007 Architect in office Anderhalten Architekten, Berlin.
2003-2004 Architect in office David Chipperfield Architekten, Berlin.
1994-1998 Collaboration in office Ortner & Ortner, Berlin.
1994-1995 Collaboration in office Josef P. Kleihues, Duelmen.
Jens Ludloff
2010 ludloff + ludloff is Haeuser Award winner for HausF.
2007 Founded ludloff + ludloff architekten.
2004-2007 Director of Sauerbruch Hutton Architekte.
1999-2004 Partner in Sauerbruch Hutton Architekte.
1995-1998 Architect in office Sauerbruch Hutton Architekte.
http://www.ludloffludloff.de/
4. Lena Kleinheinz and Martin Ostermann from magma architecture.
Lena Kleinheinz, born in Roskilde, Denmark.
2009 Visiting Professor at Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design.
2008 Contractworld Award.
2008 Teaching position at TU Munich.
2007 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture.
2003 Founded magma architecture.
2000 - 2002 Project Manager at d-case for Heimatfabrik Exhibition on the Swiss Expo 02.
1999 Master of Science Architectural History, Bartlett School of Architecture, London.
Martin Ostermann born in Springfield, Ohio, USA.
2008 Contractworld Award.
2007 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture.
2003 Founded magma architecture.
2003 Teaching position at TU Cottbus.
1997 – 2003 Project Architect at Studio Daniel Libeskind.
1997 Graduate Design Diploma, Architectural Association, London.
Magma architecture operates on the borderline between architecture, design and
communication. The Berlin based architecture and exhibition design practice implements an
experimental design approach and a playful handling of programmes, materials and geometries.
Characteristic for magma spaces are their surprising and multisensual, stimulating qualities.
http://www.magmaarchitecture.com/flash_de.html
ACANTHUS PRACTICES NEWS 2009 - 2010
Acanthus Architects df
Since the Acanthus Conference in Edinburgh in 2009 we have remained extremely busy with student
housing projects in Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh as well as Aberdeen.
We have a new junior high school on site in the Shetlands, being constructed with another Danish
contractor, Pihl UK Ltd.
Also we are appointed by Aberdeen University to design and build new student accommodation on
their campus. A major new domestic development at the locations of some existing farm buildings on a
spectacular site in central Aberdeenshire. We have been appointed to build a new headquarter office
for ACE Engineering – leading winch manufacturer and module fabricator located in rural
Aberdeenshire – the office is for 120 people. Elsewhere we have conservation works in Aberdeenshire
and City of Aberdeen.
In 2009 we were joined by graduates Kirsten Hamilton and Claire Bonner, both of whom are extremely
busy on a variety of projects in education, conservation, new high quality houses and minor domestic
works on listed buildings.
We have thankfully remained insulated from the recession for the last few years and aim to maintain it
that way with a strategic marketing plan and effective QA which benefits our clients and all who we
come into contact with. We remain committed to and value the Acanthus network.
Ferguson Mann
Left: Westwood – a new private house.
Centre left: Clifton Suspension Bridge – repairs.
Centre right: Templebridge, Bristol – 22 new apartments and ground floor business space.
Right: Cargo, Millbay, Plymouth: 134 apartments and ground floor business space.
Acanthus LW
Less is the new more
2009 -10 has been as for many a difficult year. Turnover has reduced, and all unnecessary expenditure
cut.Salaries have reduced, and a small number of redundancies have been forced to maintain viability.
The practice has been fortunate in having ongoing long-term infrastructure projects for Tubelines at
Green Park and London Underground at Tottenham Court Road and securing new work on the Crossrail
Project at Pudding Mill Lane.Our new London Overground station at Haggerston has enhanced our
reputation and will officially open on May 23rd.
After a quiet 2009, our Housing teams have reported increased activity in both private and public
sectors culminating in winning a new design framework with Berkely Homes.
Some of our most interesting work has been carried out on Health and Education Projects as
exemplified by modular systems buildings for four secondary school sites and sustainable designs for a
new classroom block at Strand on the Green Infants School. Conservation projects include the
restoration and adaptive re-use of Hertford Brewery for Sainsbury’s, while our Landscape team
continues to support all sectors.
The outlook remains uncertain for the year ahead, however we take pride in having carried out some of
our best work and rejoined the AJ100 list over the past year.
Richard Gibson
Harbour House:
Renovation of the old Harbour Masters office in the centre of Lerwick and construction of Public Toilets
which are within the site of the Listed Building.
The office is now being used by 2011 Tall Ships organisers.
Quoys Housing Scheme:
Construction of 34 dwelling for Hjaltland Housing Association in Lerwick
Grantfield Housing Scheme:
Construction of 16 flats for Hjaltland Housing Association in Lerwick on the site of a fish factory. The
development forms a curved terrace that adds definition to the street.
Acanthus Holden
Roch Castle:
The Grade 1 listed, 13th century, Roch Castle is proposed to be converted into a luxury corporate
retreat for the Retreats Group. The project value is approximately £2.2 million and will include full
renovation of the castle including extensive internal works with new floor and roof structures, restoration
of the exterior and a new bespoke sunroom extension. After obtaining listed building consent in spring
2009, works on site are progressing well, with completion of the project expected in 2011.
Twr y Felin:
Originally a windmill, Twr y Felin is a Grade II listed building which was extended around 1910. The
building is located in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on the outskirts of St Davids. Acanthus
Holden Architects have recently received planning permission and listed building consent to provide a
5* luxury hotel. Work is now progressing on the detailed design information.
Acanthus WSM
Left (2 images): Porter’s Lodge Interpretation Centre, Fountains Abbey, Ripon.
Winner: White Rose Architecture “Conservation Award”
Public Interpretation Centre set within the 13th century listed ruins of Porter’s Lodge within Fountains
Abbey World Heritage site and national significant Schedule Ancient Monument.
Centre left: Cambridge Grove Hull.
Planning application submission for 65 dwellings incorporating apartments, bungalows and family
housing on redevelopment site forming initial phase of urban regeneration programme for east Hull.
Centre right: Water Tower, Renfrew Road, Lambeth.
Planning approval for conversion, alteration and extension of the Grade II Listed water tower to form a
single house within previously approved larger residential redevelopment site of a former
workhouse/hospital site.
Right: Globe Works, Cliveland Street, Birmingham.
Planning approval for 456 student bed accommodation including studios and cluster flats with 50 seat
auditorium, library, gym and communal bar.
Simpson & Brown
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum:
The construction of the new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum for the National Trust for Scotland started on
site in February 2009. The green Douglas-fir structure of the café area and the timber panels have been
erected and the sedum roof is currently being installed. Opening is due on Saint Andrew’s Day 2010.
The all timber building was designed along sound environmental lines incorporating a host of sustainable
features which include a sedum roof, a labyrinth ventilation system and the use of Scottish timber.
The museum is part of a larger project aimed at enhancing links throughout the Alloway heritage site.
Cruiksfield House:
Cruiksfield House is a 19th century, B-Listed country house set in 43 acres of ground and farmland,
consisting of the main house with steading and outbuildings to the north.
The house has been altered and added to many times.Most of this work has been piecemeal and has
resulted in a building with very confused circulation and dead windowless space at its centre. Externally
the house has also suffered from poor and unsympathetic repairs. Internally the house was in better
condition with many original features surviving intact.
Addyman archaeology produced a Historic Building Assessment, which informed the feasibility study,
detailing our proposals for alteration and repair of the house and associated outbuildings. It presented a
holistic approach to the repair and alteration of the complex.
This project is currently on site, and is scheduled for completion in September 2010.
Robert Hutson Architects
Work for the Practice has become London centred over the last year, illustrations highlight ongoing work
at Northumberland House with the project management role in the completion of the public spaces.
At Tavistock Place our project for The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - the £5.5m first
Phase of which is drawing to a close. The office is now embarking on a feasibility study for the second
phase with an estimated construction figure of £15m, this element is intended to proceed to a Planning
Application this year.
Our ongoing commissions for The University of Westminster continue with a joint use proposal for 200
student bedrooms combined with a new Church and Youth Foyer project in Lambeth.
We are also about to commence on the conversion and refurbishment of a Lutyens Building in Central
London, which will bring with it its own particular challenges and opportunities.
USEFUL WEBSITES
Hotel:
http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3752-ibis-berlin-potsdamer-platz/index.shtml
Neues Museum
http://www.neues-museum.de/
Reichstag
http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/index.html
Friday evening informal drinks
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Saturday conference venue
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Saturday evening drinks reception & dinner venue:
http://www.josty-berlin.de/