aac Workshop USA Special
02.06. to 27.06.2025 on the Rainvilleterrasse campus in Hamburg and Houston, Texas

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Description of Workshop Topic

800 Bell Street - From Midcentury Monument to Shared Civic Stage

The aac Workshop USA Special dealt with the ExxonMobil Building, a high-rise also know as Exxon Tower located in Houston, Texas.

How can the potential of the vacant office building be used to create necessary living space and at the same time contribute to the revitalization of the urban environment?

aac workshop in Hamburg by the aac Academy for Architectural Culture. Workshop brief by aac in collaboration with Charles Renfro, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York. Kick-off excursion in Houston in collaboration with Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, Texas.
Description of Workshop Format

The designs were conceptualised and developed in international groups. In addition to tutorials and interim presentations, the workshop was accompanied by a public lecture programme.
The workshop began with a three-day kick-off in Houston, Texas.

Following the workshop, the results were shown in the form of an exhibition on the premises of the aac in Hamburg.

Workshop Team: Stephan Schütz, Nicolas Pomränke, Tobias Keyl
aac Team: Enno N. Maaß, Annika Göttle, Anja Meding, Gabriela Hopf, Lina Wenzel

Tutors: Fabian Faerber, Walter Gebhardt, Annika Göttle, Anja Meding

Scholarship Holders:Immanuel Bergmann, Donatus Bock, Emily Hatch, Zofia Kaziród, Nikola Kolarov, Lennart Kremerskothen, Piotr Kruszek, Rhona de Lange, Dawid Mazanek, Luna Milani, Atiya Nusrat, Oliver Petch, Laura Pisciotte, Saskia Riede, Selma Schulte-Frohlinde, Yao Yundi 

Visiting Professors and Experts: Charles Renfro (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Jonas Janke (b+ bplus.xyz) und Nadir Abdessemed (Transsolar)