1. InitiativeWhere does transformation begin? Often with a local spark—a person, a place, a moment of tension or possibility. AFEA initiates and supports processes that question the status quo, create alliances, and set change in motion.
2. ConceptIdeas are fragile—but they’re also where everything begins. In this field, AFEA develops spatial strategies, narratives, and formats that translate complex realities into coherent, place-based concepts. We prototype futures, and invite others to shape them with us.
3. Construction
We see building as more than the final step—it’s part of a larger choreography. AFEA supports implementation processes that are reversible, local, and circular. From material cycles to social ones, we think construction anew.
4. ResearchOur work is driven by curiosity. We ask: What can rural spaces teach us? What rituals, methods, and models are worth reimagining? AFEA’s research is open-ended, transdisciplinary, and always in dialogue with practice.
5. Consulting
How can ecological, economic, and social goals align without compromise? We offer strategic guidance and technical expertise—from life cycle assessments to funding applications—always tailored to the context, and grounded in long-term thinking.
Concept 2.4- Terrace house structure (buttresses) as stabilisation of dilapidates houses
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2025-
- Prototype: Grüne Brauerei, Stendal
This concept reimagines residential development as an active force in structural preservation. By adding terraced housing units along existing buttresses or façades, new architectural mass is strategically deployed to stabilize decaying structures—much like the principles found in Gothic architecture, where added weight enhances lateral support. These terraces serve not only as desirable, sunlit living spaces, but also as integral elements of a structural system, distributing forces and anchoring vulnerable walls. Through this dual function—habitation and reinforcement—the approach turns the urgency of decay into a driver for architectural invention and densified rural living.
Contact
AFEA Association For Ecological Architecture
Gotzkowskystraße 33
10555 Berlin
Kirchplatz 6
39615 Werben (Elbe)
mail@afea.site
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Current Team
Jurek Brüggen
Christian Cotting
Jalma Fiolka
Patrick Holzer
Luisa Klocke
Lara Makhoul
Cintia Macuka
Aimée Michelfelder
Caterina Ricci
Emily Schlatter