peek inside berlin's architecture studios, captured by marc goodwin / archmospheres

marc goodwin’s atlas of architectural atmospheres

architectural photographer marc goodwin has been documenting the atmospheres of various architecture firms around the world (see designboom’s previous coverage here, and here) in order to produce an online and print resource for the architecture community. after a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, goodwin, who runs photography studio archmospheres, is resuming work on the ‘atlas of architectural atmospheres’ by paying a visit to some of berlin’s finest architecture and design studios.

in his latest collection of images, goodwin invites viewers to take a peek inside a total of 13 studios, including those of barkow leibinger, graft, sauerbruch hutton, FAR frohn&rojas and more. take a look at a selection of the workplaces below, alongside information on the firms and their buildings.

barkow leibinger | see projects by barkow leibinger on designboom here

all images © marc goodwin / archmospheres

INSIDE 13 ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS IN BERLIN

full name of your company: barkow leibinger, berlin
year you moved into the studio: 1997
number of members of staff: currently 80
size (m2): around 1,400 sqm, spread over several floors
building’s former use: the building in the backyard of schillerstraße 94 was built between 1896-1897 by the berlin architect georg lewybarkow leibinger

graft | see projects by graft on designboom here

full name of your company: graft gesellschaft von architekten mbH
year you moved into the studio: 2007
number of members of staff: 90
size (m2): 2000
building’s former use: production of SOLEX carburetors

graft gesellschaft von architekten mbh

full name of your company: sauerbruch hutton
year you moved into the studio: 1991
number of members of staff: 140 aprox
size (m2): 1000 aprox
building’s former use: ensemble of historic barracks

sauerbruch hutton

FAR frohn&rojas | see projects by FAR frohn&rojas on designboom here

full name of your company: FAR frohn&rojas planungsgesellschaft mbH
year you moved into the studio: 2019
number of members of staff: 10
size (m2): 141
building’s former use: newly built

FAR frohn&rojas

JWA

full name of your company: jan wiese architekten GmbH, JWA berlin
year you moved into the studio: 2018
number of members of staff: 27 (office desgined for 30)
size (m2): 360 sqm (2 floors of 180 sqm)
building’s former use: it is a commercial building from the gründerzeit (industrialización), the exact original use is not knownJWA

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richter musikowski | full name of your company: richter musikowski architekten partGmbB | year you moved into the studio: 2015 | number of members of staff: 6 + 2 owners | size (m2): 85 | building's former use: newly built

karhard | full name of your company: studio karhard® | year you moved into the studio: 2010 | number of members of staff: 9 | size (m2): 150 | building's former use: it is and always has been a residential house

bundschuh | full name of your company: bundschuh architekten | year you moved into the studio: 2007 | number of members of staff: 9 | size (m2): 160 | building's former use: counselling center for young people who are difficult to bring up

bundschuh

christoph hesse | full name of your company: christoph hesse architects | year you moved into the studio: 2018 (berlin), 2010 (korbach) | number of members of staff: 2018 (berlin), 2010 (korbach) | size (m2): 100 sqm (berlin), 250 sqm (korbach) | building's former use: workshop (berlin), train station (korbach)

christoph hesse

tchoban voss | full name of your company: tchoban voss architekten GmbH | year you moved into the studio: 1995 | number of members of staff: total: 180, of which in berlin: 80 | size (m2): 840 | building's former use: the hackesche höfe were built in 1906/07 according to plans by the architect and building contractor kurt berndt as germany's largest residential and commercial courtyard complex

tchoban voss

jasper architects | full name of your company: jasper architects berlin | year you moved into the studio: 2017 | number of members of staff: 26 (worldwide) | size (m2): 80 (very roughly estimated) | building's former use: office

full name of your company: laboratory for visionary architecture berlin GmbH
year you moved into the studio: 2021
number of members of staff: 29
size (m2): 370 sqm, of which 170 sqm currently sublet
building’s former use: brewery – bottle store / canteen