Atelier Li Xinggang
3. Februar 2026 In

Li Xinggang at Aedes

Exhibition Talk Vital Architecture

Date: Fri., 06.02.2026, 16:00

Place: Aedes, Christinenstr. 18–19, 10119 Berlin

  • Discussion
    • Moderator: Eduard Kögel, Urban Planner / Curator, Berlin
    • Vera Hartmann, Partner Director, Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin
    • Yung Ho Chang, Dean, Chair Professor of Faculty of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong  / Founding Partner and Principal Architect of Atelier Feichang Jianzhu
    • Wilfried Wang, President of CICA / Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai
    • Johannes Kuehn, Founding Partner of Kuehn Malvezzi / Professor, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
    • Ulrike Eberhardt, Associate, David Chipperfield Architects, Berlin
    • Li Xinggang, Founder, Atelier Li Xinggang / Professor, Tianjin University, Beijing
    • Li Xiangning, Curator / Vice President, Tongji University, Shanghai
Exhibition: Atelier Li Xinggang, Beijing
VITAL ARCHITECTURE Between Idealism and Reality
Exhibition 7 February – 18 March 2026  Opening Reception:  Friday, 6 February 2026, 18:30
Expo Hangzhou
6. Dezember 2025 In

Liu Jipiao and his era

»Liu Jipiao: A New Visual Culture between Expressionism and Gesamtkunstwerk«
My contribution to the academic seminar »Liu Jipiao and his era«
China Design Museum Hangzhou
Chinese Architecture
10. Oktober 2025 In

Chinese Architecture from the 1990s to the present

Unpacking the contemporary

Chinese Architecture from the 1990s to the present

Prof Yung Ho Chang / Prof Kenneth Frampton / Prof Michael Hays / Dr Eduard Koegel / Prof Hua Li / Prof Cole Roskam / Prof Eunice Seng / Prof Junyang Wang / Prof Weijen Wang / Prof Tao Zhu / Prof Xiaofeng Zhu

Despite the fact that a great many significant buildings have been produced by architects practising in China in the past decades, contemporary Chinese architecture is still largely unknown globally, outside a small circle of observers and academic institutions. This symposium is the first of a series at the University of Hong Kong, with a panel of scholars and practitioners, both international and local, to dig, dissect, discuss, and debate about the conditions and implications of this relatively nascent architectural phenomenon.

The subject of contemporary Chinese architecture inevitably brings up a Pandora’s box of questions, led by the one of: how is ‚contemporary Chinese architecture‘ defined? While this forum is meant to keep a long-waited conversation open, the following key-words/phrases are suggested as some of the points of departures.

18. Januar 2025 In

water: curse or blessing!?

#4 Water Infrastructures

The forth Lab Talk in the series focusses on how to deal with urban water infrastructures in the wake of changing conditions for our cities.

Moderated by Aric Chen, supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin, and on the occasion of the opening of the Aedes exhibition Wind Blows, Water Rises with NODE, design office of Architecture & Urbanism, Shenzhen; and the Greater Bay Design Innovative Lab (GBA Lab) of Shenzhen University.

Welcome and Introduction
Dunya Bouchi, Managing Director, Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Eduard Kögel, Urban Planner, Berlin
Yue Fan, Professor, Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University

Presentations
Doreen Heng Liu, Founder and Principal, NODE, Shenzhen / Director, GBA Lab, Shenzhen University
Anna Friedrich, Engineer for Technical Environmental Protection, Rainwater Agency Berlin
Jiang Feng, Professor of Architecture History, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou
Koen Olthuis, Architect, Waterstudio, Amsterdam

Panel discussion with participants and peers, moderated by Aric Chen, Curator, General and Artistic Director, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam

Front Row Peers
Michele Bonino, Professor, Dean, Architecture and Urban Design Department, Politecnico di Torino
Margaret Crawford, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Xinggang Li, Founder and Principal, Atelier Li Xinggang, Beijing
Momoyo Kaijima, Professor, ETH Zurich
Eduard Kögel, Urban Planner, Berlin
Thomas Waldmann, Innovation Management / Start-Up & Venture Manager, Würth Elektronik, Berlin
Hubert Klumpner, Professor, Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETHZ / Design Principal and CEO, Urbanthinktank_next, Zurich

22. Oktober 2024 In

Beyond Mangunwijaya

learning from mangunwijaya
beyond mangunwijaya – materials and community in architecture

with:

Mahatmanto, Duta Wacana Christian University, Indonesia:
Tectonics in Y. B. Mangunwijaya’s architecture

Ranon Chotkamolpongsa, Yangnar Studio, Thailand:
Modern Vernacular Architecture with Local Materials

Xu Tiantian, DnA_Design and Architecture, China:
Fujian Tulou Adaptive Reuse

Kamil Muhammad, pppooolll, Indonesia:
Between the built and the social form

Jörg Finkbeiner, Partner und Partner, Germany:
Woodscraper – timber high-rises based on the “Cradle to Cradle” principle

Johannes Widodo, National University of Singapore:
Local wisdom and contemporary architecture

Moderation: Amanda Achmadi, University of Melbourne, Australia

Mangunwijaya in Germany
6. Mai 2024 In

Mangunwijaya in Germany

Friday, 10 May 2024

Y. B. Mangunwijaya in Germany

Lecture by Eduard Kögel, critic, publisher, content manager and curator in the field of architecture and urban development. Studio Eduard Kögel, Berlin, Germany

Moderator: Faiz Hamdi Suprahman, M. A., Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

An Indonesian priest, writer, political activist, and architect, Mangunwijaya studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University in West Germany from 1960 to 1966, after which he returned to Indonesia. In his architectural projects, he sought to translate the universal principles of modernism into an authentic, indigenous expression. He can be seen as a forerunner in collaborative and sustainable architecture that responded specifically to the needs of the local environment.

In 1959, shortly after being ordained as a priest, the Indonesian Catholic Church asked Mangunwijaya to study architecture in order to reform the country’s church architecture, which had been shaped by its colonial past. From 1960 to 1966, he studied at RWTH Aachen University, where distinguished professors such as Gottfried Böhm, Rudolf Steinbach, Erich Kühn, Eleanor von Erdberg, and Willy Weyres taught.

The lecture is part of the workshop programme hosted by the Department of Architecture, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, and open to the public. Please join!

Learning from Mangunwijaya
6. Mai 2024 In

Mangunwijaya

learning from mangunwijaya

3 May 2024 to 31 December 2024

Learning from Mangunwijaya focuses on the architectural heritage of Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya (1929–1999), an Indonesian Catholic priest, writer, political activist, and architect. Mangunwijaya’s architectural legacy was shaped significantly by his studies in Aachen, Germany.

This project examines the enduring impact of his ideas on current generations of Indonesian architects and their relevance to contemporary developments in the region. Through a student workshop, exhibition, documentary, and symposium, Learning from Mangunwijaya aims to contextualize his work in the present day and foster broad local, regional, and international engagement.

Initiators:
Sally Below, Moritz Henning, Eduard Kögel

Curatorial team:
Avianti Armand, Putu Ayu Pramanasari Agustiananda, Sally Below, Moritz Henning, Eduard Kögel, Setiadi Sopandi, Nensi Golda Yuli

Further infos here