Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Berlin 
Techno Booth

The Berlin Techno Booth Competition is part of Bee Breeders’ Small Scale Architecture Appreciation Movement showcasing small projects that contain big ideas. Designers were tasked with proposing a temporary structure that, in light of the ongoing pandemic, could accommodate a single dancer, allowing them to dance and enjoy Berlin’s techno music in a socially-distanced fashion. The only constraint was that the structure has a maximum area of 4 m2.

Berlin club culture is a bedrock to the techno music establishment. Venues that were once locales for illegal raves have transformed into popular businesses known internationally for showcasing original interpretations of techno.

As with the majority of social venues around the world, techno clubs and raves have been forced by governments to shut their doors over the past two years in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus. This competition was a light-hearted initiative to generate new ideas for activating the streets of Berlin with techno music. While there were no specific requirements for design submissions, participants were encouraged to express their creativity through thoughtful and innovative design ideas.

Bee Breeders worked with an outstanding international jury of architects and street artists: Jürgen Mayer H., founding partner of Berlin-based J.MAYER.H und Partner; AKUT, Berlin-based urban contemporary artist and photographer; Dan Dorocic, member of design & architecture collective ON/OFF; Gonzalo Lopez, PhD candidate at Polytechnic University of Madrid and partner of knitknot architecture; Kerim Miskavi, architect and founder of Istanbul-based MAS – Miskavi Architecture Studio; Nicolas Sterling, and Elke Sterling-Presser, co-founders and Directors of Sterling Presser Architects and Engineers in Berlin.

Bee Breeders and its jury panel would like to thank all the designers that participated in this competition.

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Jürgen Mayer H

founding partner of J.MAYER.H und Partner

Germany

Nicolas Sterling

Co Founder and Director, Sterling Presser Architects and Engineers

Germany

Elke Sterling-Presser

Co Founder and Director, Sterling Presser Architects and Engineers

Germany

Falk Lehmann aka AKUT

urban contemporary artist and photographer

Germany

Dan Dorocic

designer ON/OFF

Germany

Kerim Miskavi

Miskavi Architecture Studio - MAS

Turkey

Gonzalo Lopez

knitknot architecture

USA

1st Prize Winner +
BB STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Re-Unite

Actively participating in competitions helps to broaden the mind and understand architecture from different perspectives. As students, it is particularly important because we easily stick to thinking in one way which is taught at school.

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Authors
Zhifei Liang
Hantao Li
Yingqi Li
Country
United Kingdom
+176 points Buildner University Rankings

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

SNB-F1

Participating in architectural competitions is an opportunity to look back at our practice and philosophy. It showcases our work and the way we think.
 As students, we can escape from scholar or corporate projects. It gives us the freedom to venture into our very own obsessions.
 It sharpens the way we draw by testing alternative ways of representing architecture.
 Participating in architectural competitions is also constantly questioning urban and social problematics while seeking for the simplest answer. It is the chance for radical ideas.

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Authors
Tevi Allan Mensah
Eugenie Palau
Country
France

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

Invisible Bodies

It was our first collective participation in an architecture competition and, to be honest, we were only looking for a reason to work together on a project.

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Authors
Anna Morawek
Jannis Block
Laura Kettler
Country
Germany

BB GREEN AWARD

Project name

Tanzblock

I enjoy the creative freedom that competitions give, as well as the diverse range of settings and scenarios that competitions can expose me to.

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University
Author
Jackson Gaylord
Country
United States
+72 points Buildner University Rankings

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Tesoro

Authors
Joel Perez
Guido Picasso
Ignacio Cuenca
Manuel Bianchi
Country
Argentina
Project name

UNSTABLE RHYTHMS

Authors
Jessica Castellanos Espinosa
Andrés Forero Pinzón

Country
Colombia
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

Techl

Authors
Fabian De vriendt
Arnout Stevens
Mathias Spiessens
Country
Belgium
Project name

EINZELGÄNGER

University
Universität Kassel
Authors
Clemens Rapp
Fridtjof Schmidt
David leander Kaiser
Tim-henrik Ehmer
Country
Germany
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

The Ina Kraviz

Project name

BOOTH CITY SILENCE

Shortlisted projects

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UNTZ UNTZ

Lukasz Harat
Aleksandra Kopeć
Poland

UNSTABLE RHYTHMS

Jessica Castellanos Espinosa
Andrés Forero Pinzón


Centro de Informatica CIPSA

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Colombia

TechnU

Martino Pezzolla
Manuel Piscioneri
Italy

SNB-F1

Tevi Allan Mensah
Eugenie Palau

France

The Berlin Box, The club for one

Moser Nicolas
Ha Quang anh
Duong Van khanh
Switzerland

hawting's booth

Stanislav Titov
Olga Fomina
Russian Federation

Exquisite Techno

Miles Wagner
Carola Migliore

Reality Is_

United Kingdom

Tekno in your head

Mauricio Valdes
Enrique Espinosa
Mexico

The Ina Kraviz

Xinyi Ma
Shuang Feng

Southern California Institute of Architecture

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
United States

The infinity Box

Camille Garel
Switzerland

Re-Unite

Zhifei Liang
Hantao Li
Yingqi Li

Architectural Association School of Architecture

+176 points Buildner University Rankings!
United Kingdom

Die Techno - Kabine

Patricio Martínez
Mexico

Tanzblock

Jackson Gaylord
United States

Squat Kollektiv

Tuur Pluijmen
Esteban Cuenca

Genoom.io

Netherlands

EINZELGÄNGER

Clemens Rapp
Fridtjof Schmidt
David leander Kaiser
Tim-henrik Ehmer
Germany

TECHNOLITH

Eduardo Diglio
Eleonora Mannelli
Italy

BOOTH CITY SILENCE

Giorgia Martella

NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Italy

Forgotten Dreams

David Villegas
Paula Castel griño
Mexico

Te(ch)mple

Burak Bakö
Ensar Kaya
Germany

Berlin Techno Net

Paulo Matos
Gabriel Mateus
Portugal

spotlight

Nassim Brouri

akken

France

MULTITUDE

Niklas Nalbach
Gilles Muller
Austria

Techno ring

Weronika Kozak
Natalia Torbiarczyk
Natalia Szyszko
Jakub Chrząstek
Poland

The Lanterns

Lisa Montanari
Stefano Camedda
Italy

TechnoPump

Tjasa Plavec
Urška Uršič
Rok Bozic
Katja Orehek
Slovenia

Invisible Bodies

Anna Morawek
Jannis Block
Laura Kettler
Germany

MASQUERADE

Adam Ghadi-delgado
Gabriela Hébert
Canada

4dRoom

Andrea Bosio
Filippo Serra
Italy

#BackInTheGroove

Melike Beşik
Yağmur ceren Atay
Turkey

SHIFTING THE BODERLINE

Leon Donald
Syirr Saripin
United Kingdom

YZY.TECH BOOTH

Amanda Machado
Brazil

Autonomous Techno Booth

Anca-maria Tudor
Andra Panait
Tudor sabin Lulciuc
Maria-Alexandra Dumitriu
Romania

SHAPING MOVEMENT

Miguel Prados sánchez
Manuel Prados sánchez
Spain

Aura Troupe

Brian Tien
Canada

Womb

Sandra Palau palacio
Covadonga Cueto-felgueroso junquera
Anamaria Crisan
Germany

Latent Bodies

Jean Jaminet
Josh Myers
United States

Tesoro

Joel Perez
Guido Picasso
Ignacio Cuenca
Manuel Bianchi
Argentina

Techl

Fabian De vriendt
Arnout Stevens
Mathias Spiessens
Belgium

BUBBLE

Alex Kolar
United Kingdom