space+

studio for architecture + design

space+ studio explores innovative design processes for real, virtual, and hybrid spaces—from initial concepts to potential realization. our aim is to create meaningful atmospheres that frame human perception and interaction with the environment. drawing on inspiration and technology from other design disciplines, space+ studio seeks new approaches at the intersection of real and virtual spatial design.

space+ studio enables students to develop strategies for designing spaces across analog and digital realms. through process-oriented, adaptive, and participatory methods, students learn to turn abstract ideas into spatial experiences.

space+ studio fosters methodological knowledge through both experimental and theoretical formats—‘learning by doing’ and ‘design by research’. students use analog, digital, and hybrid tools to realize and communicate their concepts, engaging in hybrid spatial research within the affiliated space+ lab.

vita

prof. dr nadine zinser-junghanns

since 2013 l TH Köln - Professorship for Architecture + Design 

2024 l TH Köln - Teaching Award 2024 - Hybride Raumforschung MA

2024 l Shanghai - Research Semester - AI in architecture + design

2021 l TH Köln - space+ lab - Foundation

2011 l Munich - space+ atelier - Foundation (former workbench21)

2005-12 l TU Munich - Res. Asstnt Inst. for Emerging Technologies

2011 l TU Munich - PHD Architecture + Transportation Design

2005-11 l TU Munich - Res. Asstnt. Inst. for Architecture + Productdesign

2003-05 l Barcelona Alfredo Arribas, Daniel Modol, Olga Subiros - Architect

2002 l Sydney - FMGT Architects - Junior Architect

2001 l Mendrisio - Academia di Architettura - Scholarship

97-2003 l TU Stuttgart - Studies in Architecture - Diploma

gestaltung - 6 thesis

gestaltung ist haltung

it is fundamental for all designers to take position. we do not navigate in an empty space, but are anchored in a certain epoch with its specific factors. we have to position ourselves in the field of design and always reflect on what we do, why, how and for whom we are designing.

gestaltung is political

designers can act politically with their work. if we face the important questions from real life, design can not only be design, but also a transformer for existing political structures and  processes. public space in particular serves as a creative field for the fabric of society.

gestaltung is chance

existing archetypes can be reconsidered and changed depending on the type of its design. this can provoke new behaviors or even new livestyles. new spacial configurations can turn things upside down and enforce to reflect on ones own existence.

gestaltung is creativity

design is a creative activity. we invent, reject and are always looking for innovation, originality, the right size and atractive aesthetics. design is the greatest joy and fulfillment - paired with restlessness and suffer at the same time.

gestaltung is passion

the driving force for good design is the inner urge to work creatively. passion restlessly searches for the inner soul of the framework made of reason and rules.

gestaltung is poetry

good design tells a story. while the poet puts the essential and beautiful into words, the designer chooses form as his language. the initially abstract poetic idea becomes a narrative object.

assistents

ma marcello bonon

former assistents:

ma carolin schabbing

ma sabina priese

tutors

francis cüppers

metin adiyaman

alessio murrone

former tutors:

birk stenkamp

fenja eesmann

kim nguyen

theo zenker

vincent weisbrod

rafael chroboczek