VILNIUS CONGRESS CENTRE
Competition entry by CMC & WXCA The Vilnius Congress Centre is conceived as a public architectural landscape — a civic terrain where architecture, nature, and urban life merge to create an open environment for meeting, exchange, and creativity. Designed in a regenerative spirit, the project strengthens the ecological, social, and economic vitality of the city while establishing a vibrant public destination along the Neris riverfront. „The project is characterized by a clear and coherent architectural idea – _the congress centre is treated as a public architectural landscape, in which the building, roof, terraces and greenery form a common spatial system. The aim to integrate landscape and sustainability solutions, the connection of the terrace structure with the Neris coast, the idea of a hybrid construction of wood and concrete, and the aim to integrate green roofs and rainwater collection solutions are positively appreciated.” (Excerpt from the jury’s assessment)
HAUPTSACHE WOHNEN
Opening Reception at the BDA Gallery Berlin On July 21, the exhibition HAUPTSACHE WOHNEN opened at the BDA Gallery Berlin. Approximately 60 exemplary projects from the public and cooperative housing sectors showcase new approaches to affordable, sustainable, and community-oriented living in Berlin. We are pleased to be part of the exhibition with our project at Bernauer Straße 26 & 34 in Berlin-Mitte, which was developed in collaboration with STUDIO MARS, Linie Creutzfeldt Architekten, and OTTO WULFF Bauunternehmung. The opening was accompanied by a panel discussion featuring representatives from urban development, the housing industry, and architecture.
CONCLUSION OF THE GUEST LECTURE SERIES “RESEARCH PLATFORMS”
Izabela Malachowska-Coqui’s seminar at the Faculty of Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw successfully concluded with a closing event. As part of the “Research Platforms” component of the “Design and Research” master’s program, students explored how urban outdoor spaces can be designed to be more resilient to the effects of climate change.
EXHIBITION OPENING
“TREFFPUNKT BAUWENDE – BLUE-GREEN CONSTRUCTION” On Monday 8 June, the exhibition “Treffpunkt Bauwende – Blue-Green Building” by the Bundesstiftung Bauakademie opened at Schinkelplatz in the heart of Berlin. It demonstrates how the construction transition can take shape: through climate-adapted building, blue-green infrastructure and a conscious approach to rainwater, urban greenery and open spaces. Among the 15 projects on display around the Red Hall, our office is represented with two contributions: the pilot project on cross-property rainwater management at Landsberger Allee 52 and the feasibility study for the Bauakademie building, which we produced in collaboration with oikotec Ingenieur*innen. As part of the accompanying programme of events, Izabela Malachowska-Coqui will lead the session ‘Cross-property rainwater management’ on 1 October 2026.
VISITING LECTURERSHIP AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN WARSAW
Izabela Malachowska-Coqui is taking up a visiting lectureship at the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The seminar forms part of the ‘Research Platforms’ within the Master’s programme in Design and Research. Under the theme of the resilient city, students are developing design solutions for outdoor spaces that support the adaptation of cities to climate change. Particular focus is placed on the needs of vulnerable groups such as older people, children and people with reduced mobility. The designs aim to improve thermal comfort, safety and accessibility in urban spaces – for example, through low-tech products or temporary measures for water retention, combating heat islands or reducing flood risks.
SPRING IS PLANTING TIME
The Salvator School sports hall is getting new plants In the ‘Tegeler Fließ’ landscape conservation area, and on the edge of the nature reserve of the same name – both part of the ‘Tegeler Fließtal’ Natura 2000 site – native tree species such as field maple (Acer campestre) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) may now be planted, as they belong to the protected communities found here. The area is characterized by its near-natural river meanders, lowland moorland meadows and an aquatic ecosystem for rare and endangered species, such as beavers, otters, kingfishers, marsh harriers, corncrakes, common spadefoot toads, moor frogs and bog bean.
INVITATION TO A GUIDED TOUR
Institute of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin On 5 May 2026, from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm, we are inviting you to a guided tour of the Institute of Physics at Humboldt University of Berlin in cooperation with the Berlin Rainwater Agency (Berliner Regenwasseragentur). The occasion is the spectacular flowering of the wisteria, which covers the façade of the building and is particularly worth seeing at this time of year. The tour will be led by Izabela Malachowska-Coqui. Please register by email at info@regenwasseragentur.berlin
START OF CONSTRUCTION IN GEFREES
A new senior center In Gefrees, in the Fichtelgebirge mountains of northern Bavaria, construction of the outdoor facilities for the “Haus am Bühl” care home – which will accommodate around 100 care places – is set to begin this spring.
CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION
With a focus on heat and drought At the symposium on climate adaptation by the AWO (Workers’ Welfare Association), Izabela Malachowska-Coqui presented our two climate adaptation concepts for the AWO in Wittstock/Dosse and Prenzlau in a keynote speech on climate-sensitive planning for vulnerable groups. In the second part of the symposium, which dealt with participation processes, she also conducted a workshop. In this workshop, participants worked together on the question of how problems relating to heat and heat protection in facilities can be identified and named.
SEVEN YEARS LATER
Campus Rahn School Leipzig We visited our 2018 completed project for the outdoor facilities at the Rahn School campus in Leipzig. According to our plans, the outdoor space is divided into three recreation areas: the entrance courtyard, a running track area and the schoolyard. In addition, the school grounds have been given a planted front garden area with hedges and a strip of trees as a border.