In Shenzhen in China as part of the Biennale for Urbanism and Architecture organised by Shenzhen / Hong Kong in 2010 a primary series of PublicTrailers© was set up to expand the city’s public space with new components that transcend commerce, and at the same time to continue the tradition of informal tactics in the Asian urban environment. The mobile Speakers’ Corner sees itself as homage to the possibility of free speech in the public space; PublicKaraoke is a mobile analogue karaoke unit exploiting the medium’s success in order to dynamise underdeveloped urban districts. UrbanBoxing is an instrument that aspires on the one hand to divert the latent aggression of a society – officially based on harmony – in a spirit of fair play, and also to acknowledge the great tradition of martial arts in the Chinese urban environment.

PublicTribune and PublicScreen are versatile mobile platforms and a projection facility developed for the project “Hyperolympics” as part of the 2010 London Festival of Architecture; its purpose was to investigate the transformation of the public space through the approaching Olympics and the constant surveillance of London’s public environment.

Survivalkit for traffic victims

FILEkit© is a project tackling a veryunpleasant everyday problem: traffic congestion, “file” in Dutch. The project was part of the first International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam with the focus on the theme of mobility. In addition to a permanent installation in the exhibition space of the Biennale, the project FILEkit© also includes a series of events on the motorways around Rotterdam. FILEkit© encourages drivers to go beyond the physical and mental limits of their own vehicles and communicate with the unexpected, the unknown.

Awards: Karl-Hofer-Award of the University of the Arts Berlin, DE / Nominee for the Communication Award the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, NL / Bauhaus Award 2004, Recognition prize – Dessau, DE