Tradition and Progress

23/08/2019Stephan Schütz at the JUNG Architecture Talks in Singapur

On 28 August, Stephan Schütz, Partner at gmp, will give a lecture on the theme of tradition and progress at the "JUNG Architecture Talks" event in Singapur.

Concepts of Contemporary Construction and Urban Planning

21/08/2019A panel discussion with Volkwin Marg in Worpswede

On 21 August, Volkwin Marg will be a guest in the Theater Hall of the Alte Molkerei in Worpswede. He is one of five panelists in the discussion, "Concepts of contemporary building and urban planning" - with a focus on specific challenges in the near and long-term future.

Sustainable Building - Towards a New Normal

14/08/2019Lecture by Urs Wedekind about the German House in Ho Chi Min City

On Tuesday, August 20, the DGNB e.V. and the Hamburg Chamber of Architects invite you to the event "Sustainable Building - Towards a New Normal" (in german). As one of the speakers, Urs Wedekind, Associate Director - DGBN Auditor at gmp, will present the German House in Ho Chi Minh City. The practical example shows how certification can help with the planning and construction of a sustainable house for the future.

Exhibition Opening in Dresden

14/08/2019Results of the Academy for Architectural Culture Spring Workshop 2019

The aac spring workshop was focused on the Japanische Palais—the last element in Dresden’s museum landscape that still requires refurbishment. Under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz, the students developed designs that open the building towards Neustadt and the River Elbe, and convert the Japanische Palais into a “working collection” in which the general public is involved in the process of artistic creation. From August 15 the results will be shown in an exhibition in Dresden.

JUNG Architecture Talks in Freiburg

02/07/2019Bernd Gossmann on modular construction

The 14th edition of the JUNG Architecture Talks in Freiburg on 11 July, 2019 is devoted to the topic "Modular + Serious". Bernd Gossmann, associate partner at gmp, is part of the panel and will talk about his experiences with the planning of a temporary school building in modular timber construction in Frankfurt's Westend.

Choreography of the masses. Architecture as art for society

27/06/2019Volkwin Marg at the Bucerius Kunst Forum

Volkwin Marg speaks at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg on Tuesday evening. In his lecture he discussed the opportunities and challenges of his work.

Exhibition: Architecture x Fashion - A Dialogue

17/06/2019Jubilee exhibition "20 years gmp in China"

On Friday, 28 June 2019, the exhibition “Architecture x Fashion - A Dialogue” will open as part of Hamburg's Architecture Summer 2019. This exhibition runs until 12 July, 2019.

Venue

Barlach Halle K

Klosterwall 13

20095 Hamburg

Exhibtion "DAM Preis 2019"

02/05/2019Stephan Schütz speaks at the vernissage at the Zentrum für Baukultur Sachsen

On Thursday, 2 May 2019, the "DAM Preis 2019" exhibition by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum will open at the Zentrum für Baukultur Sachsen (ZfBK) in Dresden.

The Changing Perspectives: 20 Years of Architecture in China

04/04/2019Stephan Schütz at the Mercator Institute for China Studies

Stephan Schütz will be guest at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin tomorrow evening. In a talk with Claudia Wessling, Head of Publications at MERICS, he shares experiences from 20 years of building in China.

"Palimpsest"

27/03/2019Lecture by Prof. José Gutierrez Marquez, Bruno Fioretti Marquez

As part of the upcoming aac spring workshop, Prof. José Gutierrez Marquez, co-founder of the architecture studio Bruno Fioretti Marquez (Berlin), will give a talk on "Palimpsest" on 27 March at 7 pm. The event is free of charge. Pre-registration is kindly requested.

"The Rjjks and others“

21/03/2019Lecture by Antonio Cruz, Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

Architect Antonio Cruz, co-founder of Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, is giving a talk on 21 March as part of the upcoming aac spring workshop "Japanisches Palais. The Art Cabinet as a Working Collection" in Hamburg. One of the topics addressed during his lecture will be the project New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

"Talking things“

21/03/2019Lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c. HG Merz

On 21 March at 7 pm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c. HG Merz, founder and Managing Director of hg merz architects (Stuttgart), will open the lecture series of this year's aac spring workshop "Japanisches Palais. The Art Cabinet as a Working Collection" under the guidance of Meinhard von Gerkan and

Stephan Schütz. The event is free of charge. Pre-registration is kindly requested.

Buildings & Projects in Kazakhstan and China

04/02/2019The New Silk Road. Volkwin Marg as a guest at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

On 4 February, Volkwin Marg will speak at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce about gmp construction projects in Kazakhstan and China at the event The New Silk Road. Among the further guests of the meeting rank Professor Dr. Karl Pilny, Folker Hellmeyer, Professor Dr. Joachim Nagel, Hendrik Wehlen and Alen Jangozin.

"Planning in Two Worlds"

11/01/2019Volkmar Sievers holds a lecture at BAU 2019

In his 30-minute lecture, Volkmar Sievers introduces the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the headquarters of the Hengdian Group in Hangzhou, as well as the door handle that was used in both projects.

„Meaning: the Guiding Principle of Architecture“

03/12/2018Meinhard von Gerkan at Tongji University, Shanghai

In his lecture, gmp founding partner Meinhard von Gerkan is providing a look behind the scenes of his architectural project as well as the philosophy that has shaped his work since the beginning.

Pfisterer and Gossmann hold lecture at SCHULBAU

23/11/2018"Temporary school campus Frankfurt in wood modular construction"

Markus Pfisterer and Bernd Gossmann will present the school campus Miquelallee Frankfurt am Main, designed in modular timber construction, on the second day of SCHULBAU.

ARCHITECTOUR through Saxony-Anhalt: Stadthalle Magdeburg

14/11/2018Christian Hellmund at the Kick-Off to the "Grand Tour - 100 Modern Buildings"

On the occasion of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, Christian Hellmund presents the Magdeburger Stadthalle at the theme evening of Saxony-Anhalt's Chamber of Architects.

“Made in Germany - designed by gmp”

08/11/2018Nikolaus Goetze gives lecture at Tongji University

In the context of his "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" Nikolaus Goetze deals in this lecture with gmp projects in Germany - from door handles to airports.

Work reports "Bauen im Kontext“

07/11/2018Nicolas Pomränke gives lecture at hochschule 21

On 7 November, Nicolas Pomränke, associate partner at gmp, will give a lecture as part of the lecture series "Bauen im Kontext" at hochschule 21 in Buxtehude.

"Designing with prefabricated Modules“

01/11/2018Johann v. Mansberg at FENESTRATION BAU CHINA

On November 2, Johann von Mansberg, Director at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair workshop in Beijing on the sustainability aspect of prefabricated buildings.

“From functional Buildings to Architecture – Creating Working Environments in Industrial Parks”

29/10/2018S. Rewolle at FENESTRATION BAU CHINA

On Friday, 2 November, Stephan Rewolle, associat partner at gmp, will give a lecture at the FENESTRATION BAU China 2018 trade fair, adressing the question of how high-quality working environments can be created in industrial areas.

"Architecture of Mobility"

24/10/2018Nikolaus Goetze gives a lecture at Harvard University

On Wednesday, 24 October, gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will give a lecture on mobility as part of the Master in Design Engineering program, a collaborative degree program between the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Guest professorship at Tongji University

10/10/2018Inaugural lecture by Nikolaus Goetze

In the winter semester 2018/2019 Nikolaus Goetze will take over the "Li Dehua & Luo Xiaowei Guest Professorship" as the Chair of Architectural Design at Tongji University in Shanghai. In his inaugural lecture on 10 October, he dealt with how museums can be designed in the future.

Meet us at Expo Real 2018

08/10/2018gmp at the International Trade Fair for Property and Investment

Every year, the international real estate industry meets in Munich: gmp will also be present at Expo Real, which takes place from 8 to 10 October 2018. For a personal appointment, contacts from the Hamburg and Berlin offices will be available in Hall B2, Stand 430 on both days of the fair.

Urs Wedekind at the Conference on Advanced Building Skins in Bern

02/10/2018„Facade design in foreign markets – First double skin facade in Vietnam”

When the 13th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins takes place in Bern (Switzerland) on 1 and 2 October, gmp will also be represented: Urs Wedekind, Associate Director at gmp, will talk about "Facade design in foreign markets - First double skin facade in Vietnam" at 10:45 am on 2 October.

Stephan Schütz at the Super Tall Building Summit in Shenzhen

27/09/2018“Contraction and Relaxation – New Spatial Concepts for Headquarters Architecture”

“Contraction and Relaxation – New Spatial Concepts for Headquarters Architecture” – that is the title of the lecture on 27th September by gmp partner Stephan Schütz on the occasion of the 2nd Super Tall Building Industry International Summit, which is scheduled to be held on 27-28 September in Shenzhen, China.

“Modular Building – A Temporary Concert Hall”

20/09/2018Christian Hellmund at DETAIL's lecture series in Munich

The sixth edition of DETAIL's lecture series, "The Future of Building", on 20 September in Munich will focus on modular building. In his lecture at the symposium, Dipl.-Ing architect Christian Hellmund, Director at gmp, will talk about the Gasteig Interim, for which gmp has recently been awarded the contract.

"Tensile Membrane Structures in Stadion Building"

13/09/2018Sara Taberner Bonastre at the VII Latin American Symposium on Tensile Architecture in Lima

On 13. September, Sara Taberner Bonastre (gmp) will be part of at the VII. Latin American Symposium on Tensile Architecture in the capital of Peru. Her presentation will showcase relevant projects from the gmp portfolio.

"Energy Efficiency in Transportation Structures - Demands and Reality"

06/09/2018Hans-Joachim Paap at the Stiebel-Eltron Dialogue on the Evolution of Architecture

On 6 September, the 10th "Stiebel-Eltron Dialogue on the Evolution of Architecture" will take place in the space of BER Airport, at which Hans-Joachim Paap will give a lecture on the topic “Energy Efficiency in Transportation Structures - Demands and Reality”.

„Green Building in Vietnam”

25/08/2018Nikolaus Goetze at the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2018

The project Deutsches Haus by gmp in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City is the first DGNB-certified building in Vietnam. In a lecture by gmp partner Nikolaus Geotze next Saturday and a photo exhibition during the Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2018 taking place from 25 August to 1 September at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, visitors can learn more about the building.

„Building bridges – Brücken bauen“

27/06/2018Markus Pfisterer at the International Baukultur Days 2018

Under the headline "Building Bridges - Brücken bauen ", experts from all over the world will meet from 26 to 28 June for the International Baukultur Days 2018 in Venice. Markus Pfisterer, Associate Partner at gmp, will be presenting bridge constructions from the gmp portfolio in a Pecha Kucha format as part of closing panel on 27 June.

"Museum in Motion"

21/06/2018Nikolaus Goetze at the symposium in the Kunsthalle Mannheim

The recently reopened Kunsthalle Mannheim considers itself as a "museum in motion". The new building is conceived as a 'city in the city'. On the occasion of the synposium "The Museum of the Future", gmp partner Nikolaus Goetze will be giving a tour of the house on 21 June, explaining the architecture, together with the team of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

“Architectural Appearance and Acoustic Demands”

14/06/2018Nicolas Pomränke at the “Architecture and Acoustics” Conference in Vilnius

On 14 June, Nicolas Pomränke, associate partner of gmp, will be part of the "Architecture and Acoustics" conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. His contribution focuses on the relationship between architectural appearance and the acoustic demands of a building based on the examples of the Kulturpalast Dresden, Neues Tempodrom Berlin and Qingdao Grand Theater (China).

Stephan Rewolle at the 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference

30/05/2018SOHO Fuxing Plaza among the award finalists

SOHO Fuxing Plaza (Shanghai, China) by gmp was announced recently by CTBUH as a Finalist project for the Tall + Urban Innovation Conference Awards, in the category of Urban Habitat. Stephan Rewolle, associate partner of gmp, will give a presentation together with the director of design from SOHO China, Yang Yicheng, on the conference in Chicago on May 31st.

"Building the City of Tomorrow – the Chinese perspective. Challenges and solutions of urban development in China”

14/05/2018Magdalene Weiss in Shanghai

Magdalene Weiss, assoziierte Partnerin bei gmp, ist Teil des Panels beim International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in Shanghai, welches am 15. Mai in den Räumlichkeiten der Tongji Universität in Shanghai stattfindet.

New Stadium Krasnodar, Russia

24/04/2018Markus Pfisterer at the World Stadium Congress 2018 in Amsterdam

Markus Pfisterer, associate partner at gmp, will be speaking at the World Stadium Congress 2018 in Amsterdam, taking place from 7-9 May. The monumental stadium project by gmp in Krasnodar, Russia will be the focus of various panel discussions with other high profile speakers of the international architecture scene.

Healing Architecture 2004-2017

07/05/2018Volkwin Marg at AIT-Architektursalon Hamburg

"Can architecture heal?" This question is the subject of a new exhibitionat the AIT-Architektursalon Hamburg from 9 to 31 May 2018, showing buildings from the fields of health, nursing, teaching, and research. The book "Healing Architecture" of the same name will be presented at the vernissage on 8 May, where gmp founding partner Volkwin Marg will be speaking about international projects by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects.

"Meaning as Credo of Architecture"

23/04/2018Meinhard von Gerkan at Industrieclub Sachsen, Dresden

The reconstruction of the Kulturpalast Dresden will soon be celebrating its first anniversary. In recognition thereof, the Industrieclub Sachsen has invited the gmp founding partner Meinhard von Gerkan to give a lecture on 24th April providing a look behind the scenes of this architectural project as well as the philosophy that has shaped his work since the beginning.

gmp at UrbanLab #3 in Berlin

22/04/2018Indo-German Perspectives on Future Cities

Smart Cities, innovative forms of mobility and the challenges of city planning in the future – these are the topics of the third edition of IGSI UrbanLab from 23 to 27 April in Berlin, which has extended an invitation to international experts. Once again, gmp is part of this conference, which provides a knowledge transfer and networking opportunities, especially between Germany and India.

Wu Wei in Zhuhai

03/04/2018Active House Summit: Architecture and Sustainability

In a lecture on 3 April at “The 14th International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo”, Wu Wei talks about Architecture and Sustainability. A number of projects are taken as example for the approach of gmp relating to the subject matter.

Volkwin Marg on NDR

30/03/2018Theme of program: “Zurück in die 80er in Hamburg"

On Friday, (30 March) the NDR will be broadcasting a new episode of “Nordtour”, including a feature with Volkwin Marg. Theme of the program is “Zurück in die 80er in Hamburg”.

Magdalene Weiss in Shanghai

22/03/2018Transparency – translucency – transition: Modern building skins as space between interior and exterior

Magdalene Weiss, Associate Partner at gmp, will be speaking at the “2018 complicated façade innovative design and construction“ conference in Shanghai. Other high profile speakers of the international architecture scene participating at the event are, among others, Peng Huijun (Norman Foster) and Zhu Yue (SOM).

Stephan Schütz at Bücherbogen Berlin

06/03/2018Day of Action Communicating Architecture

As part of the Day of Action Communicating Architecture at Bücherbogen in Berlin on 14 March at 6 pm, the topic of brutalism and post-war modernism will be discussed in a panel debate. Participating in the panel discussion is gmp partner Stephan Schütz, who will be speaking about the Kulturpalast Dresden in a separate lecture beforehand.

Volkwin Marg at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin

04/03/2018Symposium on Technical Building Services

At the symposium on building technology on 5 March 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, it is all about the exchange of practical experience: By invitation of academy members Stefan Polónyi and Klaus Bolling, gmp’s founding partner Volkwin Marg will report on the construction planning processes during major projects.

Architects' Slam with Robert Friedrichs

06/02/2018SCHULBAU 2018 – International Salon and Trade Fair for Educational Building Industry

What does a good school building have to fulfill? The participants of the architects‘ slam will be asked about this question on 7 February as part of the trade fair SCHULBAU 2018 at the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona. The gmp architect Robert Friedrichs will illustrate his recent experience in the planning of a new building for the Gyula Trebitsch School in Hamburg-Tonndorf.

Lecture by Stephan Schütz

31/01/2018JUNG Architekturgespräche with focus on building culture

The term "Baukultur" (building culture) becomes the central concept of the discussion: On 1 February, starting at 6.30 pm, at the 13th edition of the JUNG Architekturgespräche in Munich, well-known speakers from the architecture scene will focus on the question of creating a livable environment. Among them is also Stephan Schütz, partner at gmp. A subsequent get-together invites you to a professional exchange.

gmp x ICICLE

25/01/2018Industrial Buildings in an Urban Context

In the last two decades a number of industrial architecture projects have been realized by gmp in China. They all are creating a whole new character for landscapes and urban areas. With the title “Industrial Buildings in an Urban Context”, a new publication impressively illustrates this approach. The book launch on 26 January in Shanghai is accompanied by an exhibition, featuring the esthetics and functional design in architecture and fashion.

Volkwin Marg at the Forum Politik und Wirtschaft

24/01/2018Choreography of the Masses. Stadiums as sociopolitical instrument

As part of a lecture at the NORDAKADEMIE, Hochschule der Wirtschaft in Elmshorn, Volkwin Marg will speak about the "Choreography of the Masses" on 25 January, starting at 5.30 pm. Thus, the gmp founding partner and architect of significant, international stadiums reflects on these from the fields of politics and business.