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07.06.2010 # Hannover City 2020 +
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12.04.2010 # Competition Gürzenich-Quartier
ASTOC Architects & Planners win the first prize in an invited design competition for a new office and commercial building in Cologne....more

23.03.2010 # Shared Space – Exhibition in Graz
The architectural museum "Haus der Architektur, Graz" will show the exhibition "Shared Space - Prospects for a new culture of public space." Five years ago, ASTOC Architects & Planners developed and realised the first Shared Space project in Germany (in the small town Bohmte, near Osnabrück). ...more

17.03.2010 # Masterplan Gateway Gardens
The Cologne office ASTOC Architects & Planners presented the master plan for the Gateway Gardens area at Frankfurt Airport. Gateway Gardens as a part of Frankfurt Airport City is a special location that impresses due to its attractive zoning mix as well as the excellent connecting links to the re ...more

17.03.2010 # Die ökologische Stadt
Exhibition "Die ökologische Stadt" / Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf. With its 35 ha of surface area, the “Neuen Düsseldorfer Stadtquartiere” (New Düsseldorf Urban Quarter) constitutes the largest urban development in the city of Düsseldorf. The reutilization of the yard of the former freight rail offers ...more

10.03.2010 # Klimahäuser Haulander Weg, Hamburg
Competition / Workshop proceeding, 3. Prize ASTOC Architects & Planners, Cologne in collaboration with RMP Stephan Lenzen Landschaftsarchitekten, Paul Wurth Umwelttechnik and WTM Engineers won a third prize in the competition „Klimahäuser Haulander Weg“ for IBA Hamburg. ...more

01.03.2010 # Hamburg Holzhafen under construction
Following to a competition held in 1994, five residential, office, and commercial buildings were planned and realized at Hamburg’s Holzhafen. Three of these buildings lie directly along the Elbe River. In a first phase the office building East was realised from 2000 to 2003. Currently, the second ...more

22.02.2010 # Masterplan Emscher-Zukunft
Two current exhibitions thematise the development of the New Emscher valley under various aspects. The Emscher Future master plan defines the vision for this urban and landscape development. As an adaptable, flexible and responsive planning platform it serves to promote dialogue between everyone ...more

21.02.2010 # Science Port Magdeburg
International Competition, 2. Prize ASTOC Architects & Planners, Cologne and bgmr Landscape Architects, Berlin/Leipzig won the second prize in an international competition for the new sci­ence port in Magde­burg. The state cap­i­tal Magde­burg has worked con­sis­tent­ly to­wards achiev­ing s ...more


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04.01.2010 # groundbreaking ceremony
The new year begins with a groundbreaking ceremony for the extension of the monastery in Duisburg-Hamborn on 04.01.2010. Initial situation In contrast to other monasteries in Germany, the Premonstratensian Abbey in Duisburg-Hamborn suffers from acute space shortages. Its membership has risen sha ...more

14.12.2009 # Series on Ecological Urbanism
Lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Ingo Kanehl, MBA. On 12/14/2009 Ingo Kanehl will present a lecture centering on two recent projects: HafenCity Hamburg and Berlin Heidestrasse. The lecture is titled „Ecological Urbanism - a european perspective on a global issue”. 12/14/2009 6:30 Kansas City Design ...more

13.11.2009 # STADT WEITER BAUEN
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26.10.2009 # Solar mobility and infrastructure
The symposium "Solar mobility and infrastructure" will be held in Paderborn on second of November. Professor Oliver Hall gives a lecture on "Urban Planning and solar mobility". Location: CENTROSOLAR AG Otto-Stadler-Strasse 23b 33100 Paderborn Fon: 05251 500500 Fax.: 05251 5005010 ...more

09.10.2009 # Verzinkerpreis 2009
Verzinkerpreis 2009 - Solingen stations recieved an recognition. The superior residential quality offered by this town in the region of Bergisches Land is shown, among other things, by the stream of commuters seen using public transport here on a daily basis. Associated with the structural transf ...more

07.10.2009 # Architecture Biennial Sao Paulo
Cidade Para Todos City for all - ways to vision Masterplan “emscher:zukunft” is part of the german entry to the 8th International Architecture Biennial Sao Paulo. The Emscher conversion project represents a unique planning and technical challenge. Undergoing regeneration is a stretch of river ...more

21.09.2009 # „NEUSTART“ Conference RWTH Aachen
Thursday, October 29th, 11:00 am – 6:30 pm Location: Service Center „Super C“ RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 57, 52062 Aachen ...more

14.09.2009 # „Baukultur vor Ort“ in Mannheim
Discussion: Monday, October 19th, 7:00 pm Trinitatiskirche, G4, 68159 Mannheim Lectures: Wem gehört der öffentliche Raum? Jens S. Dangschat, TU Wien Freiräume – öffentliche Räume Neue Aspekte oder was man schon lange weiß Andrea Gebhard, BDLA, München Talk Public Client: Klaus Ellige ...more

11.09.2009 # plan 09 - "Grüner Weg" quarters
"plan" architecture festival takes place this year for the eleventh time. The central theme is the third time in a row for Urbanism. Grüner Weg It has been years since this former factory for distillation equipment, located on Grüner Weg in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, has served its original purpose; t ...more

26.08.2009 # Cologne, Pumping station completed
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20.08.2009 # Ground-breaking ceremony
Ground-breaking ceremony for two residential courtyards in Zug....more

12.08.2009 # Hannover
„Masterplan Medizinische Hochschule Hannover“, 1. Prize ...more

29.07.2009 # Hamburg
Stroll through Hamburg HafenCity Walks and dialogues on architecture, urban design and open spaces. Dates: 01. Juli: Prof. Dr. Georg Franck, Wien / Amber Sayah, Stuttgart 15. Juli: Prof. Gerhard Matzig, München/ Anna Schindler, Zürich 29. Juli: Prof. Dr. Dieter Hassenpflug, Weimar / K ...more

16.07.2009 # Hamburg
HafenCity Infocenter im Kesselhaus, Am Sandtorkai 30, Hamburg ...more

14.07.2009 # TV-Tipp / WDR Lokalzeit
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09.07.2009 # Hermannbike e.V. founded
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01.07.2009 # Höxter
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10.06.2009 # Tag der Architektur
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07.06.2009 # Kleve lower city
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05.06.2009 # RTL reported about "Hermannbike"
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25.05.2009 # Vienna
International urban design competition, third prize...more

15.05.2009 # Hamburg HafenCity will grow
International Competition 1999, first prize, ongoing process HafenCity will grow from west to east. The area currently under construction, including any completed sections, has now grown to 1.1 km reaching from Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall at the tip of Dalmannkai in the West up to Spiegel Group ...more

07.05.2009 # Berlin Heidestrasse
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27.04.2009 # Hanau, inner city
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22.04.2009 # gatelands Berlin Schönefeld
Master Plan, procedure for calling in expert opinion, first prize Ground-breaking ceremony to launch the project "gatelands" in Berlin Schönefeld on 23th of April 2009. ...more

20.04.2009 # Architectural Tuesday
KIT CAMPUS Lecture by Prof. Markus Neppl Tuesday, 28. April 2009 7:00 pm Fachhochschule Köln Karl-Schüssler-Saal Betzdorfer Straße 2 50679 Köln ...more

Nov 2008 # 1. prize competition Messestadt Riem
Urban design and landscape planning competition for a residential quarter near the Munich Trade Fair Centre. Each courtyard is spatially defined by an apartment building, urban villas and terrace houses....more

25.10.2008 # Pick-a-Pea opening
Organic Fast-Food-Restaurant "Pick-a-Pea" is opened in the shopping centre "Rhein-Center" in Cologne. More information:...more

Sept 2008 # ASTOC wins expertise in Berlin
ASTOC's design was accepted in the procedure for calling in expert opinion for the business park "Gatelands" near Berlin Brandenburg International Airport. “Gatelands” is not just any commercial area, and it is not located just anywhere. It forms the spatial upbeat and entrée to one of the larges ...more

Oct 2008 # extension residential development Herti 6
The residential development in Zug, Switzerland, will be accomplished: Since October 2008 the final 2 courtyards are commissioned. The ensemble will be completed in 2011. More information:...more

Strategic Road Planning Concept for the Kreis Höxter
In a joint venture involving the transport and traffic planning office R+T, Darmstadt, ASTOC has been awarded the contract to prepare a “Strategic Street and Route Concept for the Community of Höxter.” The densely interwoven network of streets and paths will be submitted to a spatial–structural and ...more

21.06.2008 # Shared Space Bohmte is inaugurated
‘Shared Space’ is a European cooperative model project which seeks to instigate a “change of course in our relationship with public space.” The plan envisions the emergence of “social traffic behavior” via the far-reaching avoidance of conventional signage and street subdivisions. Specific velocitie ...more

24.06.2008 # PICK-A-PEA wins NUK-Award
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12.06.2008 # ASTOC on tour 2008
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14.04.2008 # 1. prize for urban quarter in Berlin
ASTOC wins the urban design competition for a new quarter near the central station in Berlin. The location is singular for Berlin: barely noticeable today, but full of promise and harboring a great future. Berlin's Senate Administration has designated the neighborhood one of the city's most impor ...more

09.04.2008 # Award "NRW wohnt"
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2008-2002 # Awards (selection)
2007 Renault Traffic Future Award 2007, Renault Deutschland AG, in collaboration with the Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK) and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs for the Station “Mitte”, Solingen, D, Award 2007 „Architecture Award of North Rhine-Westphalia 2 ...more

2008-2007 # competition rankings (selection)
2008: extension Christiane-Herzog-School, Neuwied, 2nd prize 2008: urban conversion centre of Leonberg, in cooperation with RMP landscape architects, 4th prize 2007: surroundings of festival hall Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, in cooperation with Agence Ter, 2nd prize 2007: redesign of the pede ...more

11.-13.04.2008 # conference in Bad Herrenalb
Neighbourhood - Community. New forms of cohabitation. For further information: www.ev-akademie-baden.de....more

15.02.08 # discussion FH Detmold
Public discussion for students and young professionals about the professional life of an architect. Friday, 15 Feburary 2008, 6:30 p.m. Casino Hörsaal H103, Campus Emilie Bielefelder Straße 25, 32756 Detmold...more

22.11.2007 # station "Mitte" wins award!
The station "Mitte" in Solingen wins a Renault Traffic Future Award 2007. Three other infrastructural objects are awarded: Dreiländerbrücke, Weil am Rhein ( Feichtinger Architectes, Paris) / Central Station Dresden, Dresden (Foster + Partners, Berlin) / Spannbandbrücke Gessental in der Neuen Lan ...more

23.11.2007 # Architecture Award NRW 2007
The ensemble Orsoyer Strasse, Düsseldorf, is given special recognition within the scope of Architecture Award of North Rhine-Westphalia 2007. The other prize-winners are: Architecture Award 2007: Diözesanbibliothek, Priesterseminar und Verwaltungsbauten des Bischöflichen Generalvikariates in ...more

22.10.2007 # Best-Practice-Prize 2007
The "Masterplan Emscher-Zukunft" is awarded with an acknowledgement within the Best-Practice-Prize 2007. The network regional planning in Austria is organizing the award....more

15.01.2008 # lecture Architekturforum Lübeck
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07/2007 # town houses in intermediate cities
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20.07.2007 # public lecture
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13.07.2007 # 6th round table EKI Mannheim
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14.06.2007 # Positive public response station "Mitte"
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13.07.2007 # 5th round table EKI Mannheim
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06/2007 # World heritage Kokerei Zollverein
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05/2007 # Contemporary Housing in the City
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05/2007 # Great Lakes Konstanz, honorable mention
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30.05.2007 # Lecture in KAP-Forum, Cologne
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21.04.2007 # publication about modern planning culture
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2007 # The Future of the City
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