2026
From Midcentury Monument to Shared Civic Stage
800 Bell Street
aac Workshop USA Special
02.06. to 27.06.2025 on the Rainvilleterrasse campus in Hamburg and Houston, Texas
Documentation of results (web-optimised)
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.
Editor
aac Academy for Architetural Culture
Campus Rainvilleterrasse
Rainvilleterrasse 4
22765 Hamburg
www.aac-hamburg.de
Editorial staff
Annika Göttle, Enno N. Maass, Anja Meding, Tore Nordmann
Proofreading
Dr. Dagmar Bruss
Design concept
wibberenz‘design, Hamburg
Bureau Hendrik Sichler, Hamburg
Print
DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
ISBN 978-3-944848-46-4
2026
From Midcentury Monument to Shared Civic Stage
800 Bell Street
aac Workshop USA Special
02.06. to 27.06.2025 on the Rainvilleterrasse campus in Hamburg and Houston, Texas
Documentation of results (web-optimised)
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.
Editor
aac Academy for Architetural Culture
Campus Rainvilleterrasse
Rainvilleterrasse 4
22765 Hamburg
www.aac-hamburg.de
Editorial staff
Annika Göttle, Enno N. Maass, Anja Meding, Tore Nordmann
Proofreading
Dr. Dagmar Bruss
Design concept
wibberenz‘design, Hamburg
Bureau Hendrik Sichler, Hamburg
Print
DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
ISBN 978-3-944848-46-4