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Realarchitektur is a Berlin based architectural practice owned and directed by Petra Petersson Architektin BDA. Realarchitektur was founded in 2003.
One of our first commissions is the award winning project Sammlung Boros, the conversion and extension of a listed air-raid bunker in Berlin for the contemporary art collector Christian Boros to house art, living and exhibition spaces. Realarchitektur exhibited the bunker in the German contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2006 “Convertible City”, it was one out of three nominees for the Nordic architecture price Forum AID 2008 and has been awarded “architekturpreis beton 2008”.
Realarchitektur won a competition for a collective housing project in Tensta, Stockholm and was presented at the housing exhibition Bo06. The low rise, high density proposal based on a modular townhouse concept used to urbanise mainly developments from the 1960, is being realised with the client, Familjebostäder on different sites in the suburbs of Stockholm. It is part of a series of urban studies such as “Schneller Wohnen” (in cooperation with IFAU), boalla housing competition (honorary mention); all dealing with the complexity of modern cities and interactions of its inhabitants.
Currently Realarchitektur is also working on diverse conversion projects for private and public use in Berlin and Stockholm. Amongst other an art-center with a theater, galleries and artist studios is being developed in close cooperation with the clients and the future tenants.
“For Realarchitektur, inspiration comes easily thanks to the architects' inquisitive natures: by examining the underused, the everyday and the familiar, and combining their findings within the project restrictions and spatial situation, they see themselves as transformers of what is already there.” (101 of the world’s most exciting new architects, Wallpaper Architects directory 2007)
Petra Petersson Architektin BDA,
was born 1966 in Lund, Sweden; went to school in France, Switzerland, USA, Germany and Sweden; studied architecture from 1985 at Lunds TH in Sweden and at the Mackintosh School / Glasgow School of Art in Scotland; Diploma of Architecture 1991.
She has 16 years of post graduate working experience within the architecture trade; until 2003 she was employed in architects offices in Glasgow, Auckland, Stockholm and Berlin. She was the Project Director for the conversion of a historical building to house the headquarters of the television company SAT1 in Berlin and for an office complex of 85.000 m² with 2.000 offices, film archives and multimedia spaces in Munich.
Since 2003 she is a registered member of the Berlin Architectural Association and founder of Realarchitektur. She was member of the jury awarding the Swedish wood architectural prize Träpriset 2008. Since 2007 she is a Member of the BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten)
Associates and collaborators:
Andrew E. Strickland (founding partner 2003–05) » www.strickland.ch, Jens casper (founding partner 2003–2007) » www.jenscasper.com, Wolfgang List alias CosmicW » www.divany.at, Bernadette Krejs, Karin Maria Derix, Dorina Siewert, Sören Hanft, Kerstin Zahn, Julia Otte
Collaborators and friends:
Dennis Ratzlaff – Visual Communication » www.typoindex.de
Michael Lange Fassadenplanung » www.michael-lange.de
Ljus-gestaltning Helena Björnberg » www.ljus-gestaltning.com
Wilk-Salinas Architekten » www.gil-wilk.de
ifau, Institut für angewandte Urbanistik » www.ifau.berlin.heimat.de
Annabau Sofia Petersson » www.annabau.com
Timo Herrmann, bbz landschaftsarchitekten » www.bbz.la
Studio Hanns Joosten » www.hannsjoosten.de
Noshe Andreas Gehrke » www.noshe.com
Arun Kuplas Photography » www.arunkuplas.com
UV2 Urban Visual Design » www.uv2.de
Hans Feyerabend » www.feyerabend.com
Christina Erman Widerberg and Martin Widerberg » www.erman.widerberg.de