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

Description of Workshop Topic

800 Bell Street - From Midcentury Monument to Shared Civic Stage

The aac Workshop USA Special deals 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 will be conceptualised and developed in international groups. In addition to tutorials and interim presentations, the workshop will be accompanied by a public lecture programme.
The workshop begins with a three-day kick-off in Houston, Texas.

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

Chairmanship

The workshop is under the guidance of Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stephan Schütz with Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Nicolas Pomränke and Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Tobias Keyl.