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“Organizing Architectures” is an interdisciplinary DFG-funded research training group that, together with several universities and research institutions in Hesse, aims to promote innovative qualification work by excellent young researchers. This highly interdisciplinary and international study and research program enables multi-perspective work that addresses the tension between architectural production and social processes. How do built or planned structures shape (public) spaces and social dynamics? How do social processes and discourses materialize in architecture? And how does this then impact society?

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  • Architectural Key to Rotterdam’s Urban Imaginary

    Urban Imaginaries

  • Frankfurt Airport / Spotterplatz West- and Centerbahn

    16 January 2026 / 1.44 p.m.

    Field Notes

  • Kontroverse Architekturen

    #1 Stadtbilder

    Discussion

    13. February 2026Kristin Otte

    A joint event by "Organizing Architectures" and Volkshochschule Frankfurt as part of Frankfurt World Design Capital 2026, 29.4.2026, Stadthaus Frankfurt

  • Organizing Architectures: Coloniality

    Lecture Series

    15. October 2025Friederike Weidner

    Lecture Series, 26 November 2025 - 15 July 2026, 7 - 8:30 p.m., at Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)

  • Dominik Laute

    PhD Candidates
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  • Nikolay Smirnov

    PhD Candidates
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  • The Impact of German Colonial Culture (1898–1919) on Architecture of Tsingtau:

    Cross-Cultural Comparative Study Based on Projects by Alfred Emil Siemssen

    PhD Projects
    Comparison of Europäerstadt (up) and Chinesenstadt (down), © Denkschrift betreffend die Entwickelung des Kiautschou-Gebiets, 1905-1906 (Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1899–1910), Anlage 4.

  • Entangled and Non-aligned

    Political Landscapes of Rest

    PhD Projects

  • Prof. Dr. Antje Krause-Wahl

    Principal Investigators
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  • Political Resonances of Spatial Configuration

    PhD Projects
    Spatial configuration shapes co-presence in Berlin's public spaces.

  • Katharina Marschall

    Associates
    Portrait of Katharina Marschall

  • (Dis-)Trusted Travellers

    Borderscapes of Humans and Animals at Frankfurt Airport

    PhD Projects
    Collage showing pictures and plans of Frankfurt Airport with hand-written Notes

  • Prof. Dr. Rembert Hüser 

    Principal Investigators

  • Mad Space

    PhD Projects
    Front cover of the exhibiton catalogue of “Sculpture on Shoreline Sites” on Ward’s Island, New York, New York, 1983–1984

  • «We want to establish architectural studies as a field of research»

    Interview

    12. March 2024B.PH

    Interview with Prof. Dr. Carsten Ruhl and Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank, directors of the Research Training Group «Organizing Architectures» by Lore Graf

  • Lore Graf

    PhD Candidates
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  • Manuela Camargo de Assis

    PhD Candidates
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  • Michaela Berger

    Administration

  • 12 Positions for Doctoral Students

    Call for Applications

    3. March 2026Friederike Weidner

    Application Deadline: 7.4.2026

  • Dr. Chris Dähne

    Associates
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  • Architectural Echoes of Authority and Social Stratification in 18th and 19th Century Sri Lanka 

    The Case of Kandy

    PhD Projects
    The Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, c.1820

  • Visible Spaces

    Reimagining the Saalbau in Post-Migrant Frankfurt

    Postdoc Projects
    Visual Fragmentation of the Saalbau. This collage brings together architectural details from different Saalbau halls across Frankfurt. Overlaid with words like “Opaque,” “Rigid,” and “(In)Visible,” it reflects how these civic buildings both host migrant celebrations and yet often keep them hidden from the city around them.

  • Christine Hieb

    PhD Candidates
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  • Dr. Dhara Patel

    Associates
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