De «Berlin Alexanderplatz» a hoy: sobre desigualdad y descontento by Nicolás Boullosa on September 16, 2020 Berlín, 1930. La República de Weimar no había superado la debilidad económica y crediticia derivada de la hiperinflación del período …
Nautilus houseboat: German functionalism, golden ratio shape by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2020 The Nautilus houseboats are modeled on their namesake, the spiraled-shell mollusc, to fit seamlessly with the natural world. Nautilus Hauseboot …
The world from our window: seclusion as introspection opportunity? by Kirsten Dirksen on April 5, 2020 A virus, smaller than a micron, has made it clear that we are now a world without borders. Confined to …
An easy-to-install prefab cabin as alternative to rental flats? by Kirsten Dirksen on September 23, 2019 In response to his city’s housing crisis, Simon Becker created a prototype cabin that can be placed on any underutilized …
Going to the woods to live deliberately (not leaving Berlin) by Kirsten Dirksen on June 9, 2019 I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and …
A tiny Bauhaus School/home on-wheels to debate future of housing by Kirsten Dirksen on May 12, 2019 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus (May 2019), a Berlin design group has built a miniature model of …
House of no walls by former Berlin wall has dream kitchen on top by Kirsten Dirksen on April 15, 2018 When Helle Schröder and Martin Janekovic (XTH-Berlin architects) signed a 199-year lease on some land along the old Berlin Wall, they …
Bauhaus to tiny “haus”: rethinking homes in Modernist Berlin by Kirsten Dirksen on February 4, 2018 When it was created in 1919, the Bauhaus aimed to be a “School of Building”, exploring dwellings, life & art: …
aVOID: if a Swiss Army knife were a tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 24, 2017 All of the furniture and rooms in Leonardo Di Chiara’s tiny house fold, swing, and pivot into the walls, so, …
Berlin architect turns silo into spaceship-esque home-as-art by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2017 After two years of living in a camper with his young daughter, architect Jan Körbes wanted something better suited to …