Office MMK is a project-based urban design office where
I
explore research and design through post-disciplinary collaboration. Given the significant environmental impact of architecture, my practice extends beyond the traditional role of the architect, developing alternative forms of living, localized methods of landscape regeneration, and ecological models for communities. Additionally, I actively expand my knowledge in state-of-the-art carbon capture, climate adaptation, and the latest advancements in AI and Deep tech.
Currently, I collaborate with experts in design, landscape urbanism, fine arts, social sciences, deep tech, and economics. This collaborative approach enables new modes of research and design. In 2019-2020, Office MMK, SMAQ, Kopperroth, Alex Wall, Stefan Tischer produced
Metropolitan Ecotone – A project for a society in transition. The project was awarded 2nd prize in the international planning competition Berlin-Brandenburg 2070 and outlined an ecological framework for the future development of the metropolitan area.
From 2022 to 2023, I was a Guest Professor and Head of the Chair of Sustainable Urbanism at TU Berlin.
Since 2022, I am Studio Leader at the Design Academy Eindhoven in collaboration with Lukas Wegwerth.
Discourse.
08/24 Architectural Association Visiting School Berlin. Workshop.→ Go to Urban Phoenix Berlin
07/24 Turnaround Berlin. Heat islands and climate resilience. Talk and roundtable discussion.→ Go to Turnaround
07/24 Tagesspiegel Berlin. Re/Imagine Berlin. AI-generated images on urban cooling and extreme heat.→ Go to Tagesspiegel
04/24 Field Stations Symposium. Architectural Education within Changing Environmental Conditions. Talk and roundtable discussion.→ Go to Fieldstations
12/23 MSA Münster. Urban Design Department. Lecture "Atmospheres".→ Go to MSA Münster
11/23 TU Munich. Chair for Sustainable Urbanism. Circular Cities Lecture series. Lecture.
11/23 SALT. CLAY. ROCK. Research assembly at nGbK. Energy futures and solar politics, imaginaries of the future and the deep time of nuclear waste storage. Roundtable discussion with Andrea Vetter and Theresa Deichert on energy futures and the challenges of the ‘green transition’.→ Go to nGbK
09/23 ARCH+ Salon: Building with Nature - A Systemic Transition To Bio-based Building Materials and Methods. Roundtable discussion with Dani Ibañez (IAAC Barcelona), Pekka Heikkinen and Matti Kuittinen (Aalto University Helsinki), Andreja Kutnar (InnoRenew Slovenia), Phil Misselwitz, Alan Organschi and Rosa Hanhausen (Bauhaus Earth).→ Go to ARCH+
08/23 Architectural Association Visiting School Berlin. Final jury Urban Phoenix Berlin - Rethinking Abandoned Metropolitan Masterworks at ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory in Berlin. → Go to AAVS
03/23 Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Guest critic in the design studio Landscape Synergies of the new energies of Prof. Stefan Tischer, Aga Kahn Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture.→ Go to GSD
01/23 Energy shapes culture. Documentation of studio works of TU Berlin students on Baunetz Campus (German).→ Go to Baunetz Campus
12/22 Interview on Baunetz Campus (German).→ Go to Baunetz Campus
11/22 Lecture at Design Academy Eindhoven.→ Go to Design Academy Eindhoven
10/22 Guest Professorship at TU Berlin.→ Go to TU Berlin Chair for Sustainable Urbanism
10/22 Die Architekt. Drawings of Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition published.→ Go to Die Architekt
04/22 Design Academy Eindhoven. Lukas Wegwerth and Moritz Maria Karl have teamed up to create a new BA Studio entitled Silva Systems.→ Go to Silva Systems
04/22 Design Fest Gent. BreaZea exhibited at Design Museum Gent.→ Go to Design Fest Gent
12/21 Alte Gärtnerei Heinersdorf Berlin. The proposal for a collective greenhouse and 550 housing units received a special mention in the invited urban design competition.→ Go to competition result
10/21 German Design Award. BreaZea received the German Design Award in the category Special Mention Excellent Architecture / Interior Architecture.→ Go to German Design Award
09/21 Exhibition Unfinished Metropolis. Vision for a Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition is exhibited at Unfinished Metropolis from 09/2021 to 03/2022.→ Go to Unfinished Metropolis
09/21 Salone del Mobile. The Makers Show. BreaZea wall system is shown at Salone del Mobile.
09/21 Dezeen. BreaZea featured on Dezeen. → Go to Dezeen article
09/21 Dwell. BreaZea featured on Dwell. → Go to Dwell article
09/21 Berliner Tagesspiegel. Design research of Breathe IN/Breathe OUT featured in Tagesspiegel. → Go to Tagesspiegel article
06/21 Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. Breathe IN/Breathe OUT is part of the exhibition CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures at MAK Vienna. → Go to Vienna Biennale for Change 2021
04/21 Finalist METRO Campus Düsseldorf. Moritz is leading the design team Jochen Karl + Prof Stefan Tischer in the international invited competition METRO Campus Düsseldorf. The proposal for approx. 2.000 housing units and a mixed-use high-rise building is shortlisted for the final round.→ Go to website of competition
11/20 Metropolengespräche. Presentation of Vision for a Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition.→ Go to Metropolengespräche
08/20 COVID-19 and the city: How past pandemics have shaped urban landscapes. Interview with Thomas Wintle for CGTN. → Go to CGTN article
07/20 2nd in the International urban planning competition Berlin-Brandenburg 2070. The vision for an ecological and social future of the metropolitan city-region Berlin-Brandenburg by OMMK in collaboration with SMAQ, Kopperroth, Alex Wall and Prof Stefan Tischer in the framework of the International Urban Idea Competition Berlin-Brandenburg 2070 was awarded with the 2nd prize. → Go to website of competition
06/20 Temple of Love ATOPOS. Collaborative project with Gaëlle Choisne, Marina Stanimirovic, Lukas Wegwerth and Thomas Conchou and École des Actes at La Villette x Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. The project is supported by Perspective Fonds für zeitgenössische Kunst und Architektur → Go to Perspective Fond
08/19 Conscious City – Sustainable and Equitable City Making. Speaker at urban design conference in Surabaya, Indonesia.
12/18 Intellectual Property Innovation and Urban Development. Speaker at urban design conference in Shanghai, China.
08/18 Vanke Shenzhen housing competition. 1. Prize in urban design competition in collaboration with Atelier ALYA in Shanghai.
08/18 DEposium. Design symposium organized by Vlasta Kubušová and Marlène Huissoud. → Go to DEposium
Team since 2018.
Evelina Faliagka
Kriti Garg
Rosa Pintos Hanhausen
Alissia Naida Hoffmann
Christina Krampokouki
Lasse Rau
Lukas Utzig
Collaborations.
Prof Alex Wall →
Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects →
Coco Neuville →
Crafting Plastics Studio →
Gaëlle Choisne →
KopperRoth →
Living Systems →
Lukas Wegwerth →
Leonard Schrage →
Marina Stanimirovic →
Many Territories →
Marc Bitz →
Nojoke Studio →
Office ParkScheerbarth →
Prof Stefan Tischer →
Seetal Solanki →
SMAQ Architecture Urbanism Research →
Thomas Conchou →
Veljko Marković →
General Information.
Visit: Mehringdamm 66, 10961 Berlin, Germany
Email: info[at]moritzmariakarl.de
Call: 0049 (0) 30 98549498
