HANNOVER, 5 June 2025
URBAN HOTSPOTS | Designing the accelerators of tomorrow’s cities
On 5 June 2025, we once again welcomed our guests to the JUNG Architecture Talks in Hannover. It was already the third time our event format took place in the capital of Lower Saxony, this year in close cooperation with the regional chapter of the BDA (Association of German Architects). The evening at the Calder Hall of the Sprengel Museum was held under the theme Urban Hotspots. Together with our guests, we explored the dynamics of today’s urban accelerators – stylish hotels, trendy bars and restaurants, cultural spaces, pop-ups, and co-working hubs.
A central question for the keynote presentations was: What will the city centre of the future look like? Joern Siebke of Studio Lux Berlin addressed this from a hospitality design perspective. Together with his wife and partner Adina Muncan-Siebke, he has been active in the field for over 20 years. For him, the interplay of materials and lighting is central to design. Julia Schneider of iam interior.architects.munich in Munich said, “Cheers to new ideas.” With her team, she creates visions, enhances what exists, develops spaces, and crafts identities – driven by passion and conviction. Last but not least, we welcomed Lukas Nobili of LNID, based in Bad Kreuznach. He prefers to work across disciplines and at the intersection of architecture, art, and design. His projects stand out through contemporary concepts and creative spatial solutions.
Following the presentations, we were pleased to welcome Tatjana Sabljo, chair of the BDA regional chapter of Lower Saxony, to the panel discussion. The evening was moderated by Jasmin Jouhar, an architecture and design journalist from Berlin.
A central question for the keynote presentations was: What will the city centre of the future look like? Joern Siebke of Studio Lux Berlin addressed this from a hospitality design perspective. Together with his wife and partner Adina Muncan-Siebke, he has been active in the field for over 20 years. For him, the interplay of materials and lighting is central to design. Julia Schneider of iam interior.architects.munich in Munich said, “Cheers to new ideas.” With her team, she creates visions, enhances what exists, develops spaces, and crafts identities – driven by passion and conviction. Last but not least, we welcomed Lukas Nobili of LNID, based in Bad Kreuznach. He prefers to work across disciplines and at the intersection of architecture, art, and design. His projects stand out through contemporary concepts and creative spatial solutions.
Following the presentations, we were pleased to welcome Tatjana Sabljo, chair of the BDA regional chapter of Lower Saxony, to the panel discussion. The evening was moderated by Jasmin Jouhar, an architecture and design journalist from Berlin.
Impressions
Photography: Tim Dornaus
JOERN SIEBKE
STUDIO LUX BERLIN, BERLIN
Joern Siebke is the founder of Studio Lux Berlin. The studio, established in 2011, specialises in hospitality design and has received with multiple awards. Together with his wife and partner, Adina Muncan-Siebke, Siebke leads an international team of designers. The foundation of the studio’s success lies not only in the partners’ backgrounds in landscape architecture, interior design, and lighting design, but also in the experience gained over more than 20 years through numerous collaborations with leading figures in hospitality design.
“Each project offers a new opportunity to create unique environments and atmospheres by reflecting on past experience and defining clear priorities together – always with a focus on people and their perception. The manipulation of the interplay between material and light is at the heart of the process.”
www.studioluxberlin.com
“Each project offers a new opportunity to create unique environments and atmospheres by reflecting on past experience and defining clear priorities together – always with a focus on people and their perception. The manipulation of the interplay between material and light is at the heart of the process.”
www.studioluxberlin.com
Image: © Studio Lux Berlin
JULIA SCHNEIDER
IAM INTERIOR.ARCHITECTS.MUNICH, MUNICH
Julia Schneider studied art history at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich before beginning her interior architecture studies at Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences in 1996, graduating in 2001 with a degree in engineering. During her studies, she gained experience at various architecture offices, including 1100 Architect in New York and Schmidhuber und Partner in Munich. In 2007, she established her own practice, atelier sv. In 2014, she founded iam interior.architects.munich, which she continues to lead successfully to this day.
“Architecture is, first and foremost, for people – as Charlotte Perriand once said. My approach to interior architecture follows this principle: spaces should not only impress aesthetically, but also create identity, foster encounters, and enrich people’s lives through sustainable and thoughtful design.”
www.interior-architects-munich.com
“Architecture is, first and foremost, for people – as Charlotte Perriand once said. My approach to interior architecture follows this principle: spaces should not only impress aesthetically, but also create identity, foster encounters, and enrich people’s lives through sustainable and thoughtful design.”
www.interior-architects-munich.com
Image: © iam interior.architects.munich
LUKAS NOBILI
LNID, BAD KREUZNACH
Founded in 2015 by Lukas Nobili, LNID sees itself as an interdisciplinary design studio with a particular focus on creating spaces, identities, and products. The studio operates at the intersection of architecture, interior architecture, product design, and visual communication – combining function, emotion, aesthetics, and craftsmanship. Its portfolio spans hospitality, retail, office, and private living and embraces any design challenge.
“We create spaces, identities, and products – focused on aesthetics and function. Our tools are people, the product, passion, and art. Our aim is to create the ultimate result for each project – tailored to the people and communities who live in and with it. We question rules and conventions, deconstruct them, and reassemble them in new ways. The challenge is always to find the thread that brings all disciplines into harmony.”
www.lukasnobili.com
“We create spaces, identities, and products – focused on aesthetics and function. Our tools are people, the product, passion, and art. Our aim is to create the ultimate result for each project – tailored to the people and communities who live in and with it. We question rules and conventions, deconstruct them, and reassemble them in new ways. The challenge is always to find the thread that brings all disciplines into harmony.”
www.lukasnobili.com
Image: © LNID
TATJANA SABLJO
BDA NIEDERSACHSEN, HANNOVER
Since 2024, Tatjana Sabljo has been chair of the BDA regional chapter of Lower Saxony. She is a professor of Contextual Design and Construction and heads the office SABLJO Architekten BDA. In addition, she serves as an advisory member of Hannover’s Urban Development and Building Committee and is a co-initiator of the urban experiment “aufhof,” located in a former department store.
www.bda-niedersachsen.de
www.bda-niedersachsen.de
Image: © Julian Martitz
MODERATION
The event was moderated by Berlin-based design and architecture journalist Jasmin Jouhar.
@jasminjouhar
@jasminjouhar
Image: © Jasmin Jouhar
