Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius

Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius, 2011

Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (born April 8, 1968 in Stuttgart ) is a German performing architect from Berlin .

Life

Foerster-Baldenius grew up in Hamburg , studied architecture in Berlin and Copenhagen , founded the Institute for Applied Architecture in Berlin in 1997 and has been a member of the raumlaborberlin family of architects since 1999 , which contributed to the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice were represented.

He has lived and worked in Berlin since 1989 and is the father of two children.

Teaching

2010/11 Professor of Architecture at the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design Prague (VSUP)
2011/12 guest lecturer at the Kunsthochschule Weißensee , master's degree in spatial strategies

He led various workshops and seminars

ZHdK Zurich (Style & Design)
FH Dortmund (architecture)
HCU Hamburg (architecture)
TU Berlin (architecture)
HU Berlin (Ethnology)
international forum of the 50th Theatertreffen (2013)

He integrated teaching formats as part of the projects

DolmuschXpress (2008),
People's Palace `Der Berg´ (2007)
The big world exhibition 2012 - The World Is Not Fair

raumlaborberlin

raumlabor berlin is a network collective of eight Berlin architects that has existed since 1999. Project-related teams are supplemented with external partners and specialists depending on the task. The collective works across genres and in an interdisciplinary manner in the areas of architecture, urban planning, art and performance . The main focus of raumlaborberlin is urban transformations and the relationship between public and private space. Artistic and architectural interventions serve as tools for communication and process design at the interface between culture and planning.

raumlaborberlin are: Francesco Apuzzo , Markus Bader, Frauke Gerstenberg , Andrea Hofmann , Jan Liesegang , Christof Mayer , Matthias Rick and Axel Timm .

Projects on behalf of / in cooperation with

theatre

Münchner Kammerspiele , among others with Matthias Lilienthal Shabby-shabby Apartments , autumn 2015
Freiburg Theater
Roundhouse Mülheim / Ruhr
Theater Bochum
Cologne theater
City Theater Heidelberg
Nationaltheater Mannheim , including Hotel Shabbyshabby 2014
Thalia Theater Halle / Saale
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Sophiensaele / Berlin
HAU / Berlin
Camp nail factory / Hamburg
Theater an der Parkaue / Berlin
Festspielhaus St.Pölten
Comedie de Caen

Cultural institutions

German Hygiene Museum Dresden
Academy of Arts / Berlin
Aedes Gallery / Berlin
House of World Cultures / Berlin
Art space Kreuzberg / Bethanien / Berlin
ZKM Karlsruhe
Kunsthaus Bregenz
0047 / Oslo
Pavilion Suisse / Paris
Rostock Cultural Office
Art associations in Wolfsburg, Freiburg, Heidelberg
New Society for Fine Arts / Berlin
Liverpool Biennial 09
Shanghai Biennale 12
Biennale for Contemporary Art 06
Venice Architecture Biennale (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Goethe-Institut Moscow, New York, Paris, Buenos Aires, Beijing

Architecture centers

Pavillon de l'Arsenal Paris
German Architecture Center / Berlin
Architecture Forum Upper Austria
Bauhaus Dessau
Storefront for Art and Architecture / New York
IBA Saxony-Anhalt 2010 2010 Saxony-Anhalt

Festivals

Styrian autumn 06/08/09 / Graz
100 ° Berlin
Club Transmediale / Berlin
Wonder of the prairie / Mannheim
Theater of the World / Halle Saale
X apartments
72 hours of urban action
Theatertreffen 50

European capitals of culture

Copenhagen 1996
Graz 2003
Marseille Provence 2013

Political commitment

Since 2011 he has been the federal treasurer of the alternative mountain party, the "ÜberPartei" , which campaigns for the occupation and temporary use of vacant buildings, as well as the "recapture of public space".

Awards

Together with Manuel Castells, he was the winner of the Erich Schelling Architecture Prize in 2004, although he says he has not built a single house yet. His office, raumlaborberlin , ranks 79th in the top 100 of BauNetz's national architects and offices rankings .