DÜSSELDORF, 11 September 2025
LIVING TOGETHER | How much space does community need?
On 11 September, the JUNG Architecture Talks took place in Düsseldorf for the sixth time. The evening at the Künstlerverein Malkasten was held under the theme Living Together. We invited architects who are exploring different forms of communal living through their work.
Dionys Ottl of the Munich-based architecture office Hild und K presented, among other projects, the “Übernachtungsschutz Lotte-Branz-Straße” – a unique overnight shelter in Munich for homeless men, women, and children. From the Berlin office Meyer-Grohbruegge, we were pleased to welcome Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge. Her project at Kurfürstenstraße 142 in Berlin, realised together with Sam Chermayeff, has received multiple awards, including the Berlin Architecture Prize, the Polis Award, the DAM Prize, and the EUmies Award. Our third guest was Kristina Möhring. Together with Julian Möhring, she leads the Berlin-based architecture office FARLAND. In practice, research, and teaching, FARLAND pursues innovative approaches to housing.
The evening was moderated by Boris Schade-Bünsow, editor-in-chief of Bauwelt, Berlin.
Dionys Ottl of the Munich-based architecture office Hild und K presented, among other projects, the “Übernachtungsschutz Lotte-Branz-Straße” – a unique overnight shelter in Munich for homeless men, women, and children. From the Berlin office Meyer-Grohbruegge, we were pleased to welcome Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge. Her project at Kurfürstenstraße 142 in Berlin, realised together with Sam Chermayeff, has received multiple awards, including the Berlin Architecture Prize, the Polis Award, the DAM Prize, and the EUmies Award. Our third guest was Kristina Möhring. Together with Julian Möhring, she leads the Berlin-based architecture office FARLAND. In practice, research, and teaching, FARLAND pursues innovative approaches to housing.
The evening was moderated by Boris Schade-Bünsow, editor-in-chief of Bauwelt, Berlin.
Impressions
Photography: Tim Dornaus
DIONYS OTTL
HILD UND K, MUNICH
Dionys Ottl has led the architecture office Hild und K since 1998, together with Andreas Hild and, since 2011, Matthias Haber. The firm is supported by a highly dedicated team of staff with diverse qualifications and backgrounds – representing over twenty different countries and two major German cities: in addition to its headquarters in Munich, the office opened a branch in Berlin in 2012.
“The buildings designed by Hild und K never stand alone. They are responses to their specific context, to social issues, and – not only in existing structures – to history, which they integrate in a distinctly contemporary way. One might even say that these buildings enjoy communicating.”
www.hildundk.de
“The buildings designed by Hild und K never stand alone. They are responses to their specific context, to social issues, and – not only in existing structures – to history, which they integrate in a distinctly contemporary way. One might even say that these buildings enjoy communicating.”
www.hildundk.de
Image: © Wilfried Dechau
JOHANNA MEYER-GROHBRÜGGE
MEYER-GROHBRUEGGE, BERLIN
Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge worked for five years at the architecture office SANAA in Tokyo before founding Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff in 2010 and, in 2015, her current practice Meyer-Grohbruegge. Since 2021, she has been Professor of Design and Spatial Composition at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
“The Berlin-based architecture office Meyer-Grohbruegge looks for simple answers to complex questions through projects at a wide range of scales. The aim is to create relationships – between people, but also between people and the broader environment. The studio focuses on spatialising content that emerges in dialogue with clients.”
www.meyer-grohbruegge.com
“The Berlin-based architecture office Meyer-Grohbruegge looks for simple answers to complex questions through projects at a wide range of scales. The aim is to create relationships – between people, but also between people and the broader environment. The studio focuses on spatialising content that emerges in dialogue with clients.”
www.meyer-grohbruegge.com
Image: © Oliver Helbig
KRISTINA MÖHRING
FARLAND, BERLIN
Kristina Maria Möhring is an architect based in Berlin. She studied architecture at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Technical University of Berlin, with academic stays in Basel and Lisbon. From 2015 to 2018, she worked at various architecture offices in Berlin, including Brandlhuber+, where she focused on innovative approaches to housing. In 2021, she founded the office FARLAND together with Julian Möhring. Her practical work is closely linked to academia: since 2018, she has held a research position at the Chair of Urban Design at BTU Cottbus, and from autumn 2025, she will be teaching in the Studio Foundations at ETH Zurich.
“FARLAND sees specific conditions and challenges as opportunities. From these, the office develops tailor-made concepts that mediate between aesthetics, functional requirements, and often limited budgets. The design scope is carefully explored to position each project within a field of tension between poetry and pragmatism. Creating robust, long-lasting structures while ensuring adaptability to future change is a central concern – especially in terms of sustainable construction. Most of the projects deal with the transformation of existing structures – both in dense urban contexts and expansive rural settings.”
www.farland.eu
“FARLAND sees specific conditions and challenges as opportunities. From these, the office develops tailor-made concepts that mediate between aesthetics, functional requirements, and often limited budgets. The design scope is carefully explored to position each project within a field of tension between poetry and pragmatism. Creating robust, long-lasting structures while ensuring adaptability to future change is a central concern – especially in terms of sustainable construction. Most of the projects deal with the transformation of existing structures – both in dense urban contexts and expansive rural settings.”
www.farland.eu
Image: © FARLAND
MODERATION
The event was moderated by Boris Schade-Bünsow, editor-in-chief of the architecture magazine Bauwelt.
Bauwelt is a platform for analysis and commentary on issues in architecture and urban planning. As a publication focused on opinion and current trends, it derives its relevance from the critical discussion, evaluation, and contextualisation of contemporary developments in architecture, urbanism, and construction policy.
www.bauwelt.de
Bauwelt is a platform for analysis and commentary on issues in architecture and urban planning. As a publication focused on opinion and current trends, it derives its relevance from the critical discussion, evaluation, and contextualisation of contemporary developments in architecture, urbanism, and construction policy.
www.bauwelt.de
Image: © Jasmin Schuller
