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.

 

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.

 

vita

prof dr. nadine zinser-junghanns

 

2025        office renaming: ´space+ atelier´

2024        research semester: ´AI in architecture + design´,

                shanghai l CN

2022.       foundation: ´space+ lab´

2013        professorship for architecture + design TH Köln I D

2011-12   teaching assistant: institute for emerging technologies

                TU Munich I D

2011        office foundation: ´workbench21´

2008-11   phd ´architecture + transportation design´

                in cooperation with BMW

2006-11   teaching assistant: institute for architecture + design

                TU Munich I D

2003-05   junior architect: alfredo arribas I daniel modol I olga

                subiros I barcelona I E

2003        diploma in architecture TU Stuttgart I D

2002        internship: mgt architects I sydney I AU

2001        scholarship: academia di architettura I mendrisio I CH

97-2003   studies in architecture I TU Stuttgart I D

 

assistents

ma marcello bonon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

former assistents:

ma carolin schabbing

tutors

francis cüppers

metin adiyaman

alessio murrone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

former tutors:

birk stenkamp

fenja eesmann

kim nguyen

theo zenker

vincent weisbrod

rafael chroboczek