To inform the public about Periferic 8 a temporary architectural structure – the Info Point – was built in front of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University. The architectural structure functions as a meeting and info-point of Periferic 8 and as a public space for discussions and screenings. It is not only a functional structure but also a specific object that serves as a metaphor for a Utopian place highlighting the necessity of public spaces for the community and acting as a catalyst for social awareness.

The ctiy mattress is an installation in public space. It is a triangular pneumatic structure, measuring 15 metres on each side. As catalytic object it is a platform for various actions. The over-scaled soft surface questiones our behavioural codes in public space, especially the physical actions of the bodies within the space. The city mattress is an experimental condensator for acting in public.

Construction work is going on at “Wonders of the Prairie”. In the eyes of the public a boat is built from pieces of wood, junk, and offset-metals at the Alte Feuerwache. A sign points out that raumlabor-berlin is building a submarine which will be sent onto a „dangerous“ journey on the Neckar and Rhein to Ludwigshafen on Sept. 20. At its destination it will be handed over to the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen.We are looking for ten courageous persons who navigate the vessel on the difficult journey and for persons who want to participate in the building of the boat.

An artificial lake landscape is emerging on the site of a former open cast mine in the south Lusatia area. The “Overland Boat” is a mobile lookout platform from which the construction of the canal that will connect the Senftenberg and Geierswald lakes can be observed by visitors and residents. The boat will be transferred to the most interesting parts of the canal’s construction while it is being built. It will be put into the water at a celebratory ceremony once the canal has been completed.

What meaning does the historical centre of a city carry and who has sovereignty over that meaning? Shortly before the demolition of Palast der Republik in Berlin, raumlaborberlin built a huge mountain formation in, on and in front of this controversial building. The mountain showed that even a rough concrete ruin can become home to people, their past and their dreams. Its size, grace and speed, along with the countless installations, performances and record numbers of visitors to it, caused a great storm within the political debate; a storm which unfortunately calmed all too quickly. However, this still remains one of the boldest projects on this list.

Spatial design of a congress on culture in a two-storey exhibition hall. Below: an interactive spatial installation made of thirty-three movable and useable spatial volumes. Above: presentation situation as a collage of typical trade fair fixtures.

This was an exhibition project in a former border lookout tower at Schlesisches Busch. We transferred our office into the lookout tower for the two months of the simulation game “Living in a tower”. Visitors to the exhibition were the clients; real-time design and model-making were used to discuss their needs in relation to living in the environment of this former lookout tower, against the background of its turbulent history.

“The orbit“ is a mobile, extendable spatial module which can adapt to its environment. As a satellite of Freiburg Theatre, it drifts around Freiburg, stopping at urban places. It communicates the theatre’s thematic tendencies to the city space and uncovers new urban places and subjects for the theatre’s work.

The Kitchen Monument is a mobile sculpture which has two states of being. This zinc sheetclad sculpture can be extended into public space by a pneumatic spatial mantle that transforms it into a temporary collective space. Different programmes are staged in different places. Its broad spectrum of uses includes a banquet hall, conference room, cinema, concert hall, ballroom, dormitory, boxing arena and steam bath.

This guesthouse was in the foothills of the mountain at Palast der Republik; a poetic venue for an overnight stay in a historicallyladen location; a meeting point for personal activity and experience, a temporary alliance; product of a design-and-build workshop with students from BTU Cottbus.