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AWARDS

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BDA Preis Berlin 2015
Preisträger - Soteria Berlin - BDA Preis Berlin 2015
BDA Berlin (Bund Deutscher Architekten Landesverband Berlin e.V.)
To learn more check here, or download a .PDF of the Listing here.
 

Exemplary Building Award, Karlsruhe-City 2012-18 (AK-BW)
Auszeichnung Beispielhaftes Bauen, Karlsruhe-Stadt 2012-18
From the Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, for the "Neubau Tischmanufaktur Adam Wieland / Karlsruhe." To learn more about this project check here, or visit the AK-BW here (in German).

New Build Competition Elementary School & Gym, Schimmelstrasse, 12.2021
3. Prize - Active Pedagogical Space, (Halle/Saale, DE)
with AMP/Michael Peitz, Claudia Cappeller, Guido Großmann (Architekten BDA), as well as Därr Landschaftsarchitekten, (Halle)

New Build Competition Kindertagesstätte St. Petrus, 07.2017
3. Prize - The 4 elements Kindergarten, Sankt Petrus (Wolfsburg, DE)
with Henner Winkelmüller (winkelmüller.architekten gmbh, Berlin)
& iwb Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig.

Nominiert zum NIKE 2016 - BDA, 02.2016
Nominated for the BDA / NIKE 2016 Prize (Soteria Berlin).
To learn more about the prize and this nomination, check our blog posting
here or visit the English BDA website here.

Special Commendation for Outstanding Healthcare Buildings, 05.2016
Besondere Anerkennung für herausragende Gesundheitsbauten 2016
Download the original Press Release from the AKG (Architects for Hospital
Construction & Healthcare Services e.V.) here or check the AKG website
announcement here (both in German).

Publications / Lectures

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Towards a Rich Environment – Interdisciplinary Design and Active Atmosphere
Joint Lecture with Dr. Martin Voss; January 25, 2025 in Oxford, UK at Pathways to EnvironMental Health, a cross-disciplinary symposium. Organized by Dr. Lambros Malafouris, Professor of Cognitive & Anthropological Archaeology at Hertford College, Oxford UK. More information (external) here or (archive) here.

Soteria Berlin – A Case Study in Active Atmosphere and Inclusive Design
Lecture on June 17, 2024 in Espoo, Finland at the Arch24 Conference at the Aalto University. The Best-Practice Paper, co-written with Dr. Martin Voss, has
been published in the Aalto University Publication Series. Download here.

Architecture and Psychiatry - Spatial Mechanisms that promote Social Cohesion
31st European Congress of Psychiatry in Paris; an interdisciplinary workshop on.
Architecture & Psychiatry (Co-Chair Jason Danziger, together with Dr. Martin
Voss). Lecture on March 27, 2023 in Paris, France. More information here.

“Architectuur en psychiatrie” A joint PSYCH.RAUM lecture with Dr. Martin Voss at the Groot Beginjhof of University of Leuven in Belgium. An interdisciplinary
training evening for doctors and paramedics on the active atmosphere
approach. Lecture on October 12, 2023 in Leuven, BE. More information here.

“INTERDISZIPLINÄR PLANEN” (Interdisciplinary Workshop), “Next-Generation” Spaces for Mental health. With Dr. Martin Voss/PSYCH.RAUM. Workshop on May 26, 2023 in Munich, Germany. More information is available here.

RIBA+VitrA Talk: Colour at Play. An invited lecture at the RIBA in London on
November 17, 2022 reviewing the power of colour as a design strategy in both
therapeutic and learning environments. More information here.

“Farbe und Konzept - die Soteria Berlin und darüber hinaus: Die therapeutische Wirkung des gestalteten Milieus” Lecture (in German) about the relationship between colour & design at FARBE & GESUNDHEIT conference at the Humboldt University of Berlin (August 25, 2022); organised by the Deutsches Farbzentrum.

POSITIONEN - Healing Architecture Best Practice Healthcare Buildings, 11.2021
“Position 2 Light. Material. Color. Concept. Space. Architecture.”
Online-Lecture Series, Best Practice Healthcare Buildings, organised by the Deutsches Farbzentrum e.V. and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 3. Nov. - 15. Dez. 2021. The lecture (in English) can be viewed here on YouTube and enjoyed for non-commercial purposes.

18. DGBS-JAHRESTAGUNG / Hamburg, 08.09.2018
"Architektur und Psychiatrie aus Sicht des Architekten" (J. Danziger)
English Title: "Architecture and Psychiatry - the View of the Architect"