Prof. Ralf Petersen has been teaching building construction and design at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences since 2012. Always interested in cooperating with international universities, Ralf Petersen reactivated the connection to RISD and was invited to lead an Advanced Studio in Architecture at RISD this summer semester.
Rhode Island School of Design was founded in 1877 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the USA. Over twenty degree programs are offered in the fields of Architecture + Design, Experimental and Foundation Studies, and Fine Arts.
Our PA.bestpic in February – Every month, we bring together all the moments and finds that have inspired and occupied us over the past few weeks. We look for motifs that reflect our view of architecture and our daily work or reveal new perspectives – be it art, music, people, ecology, economics, a challenge, an unexpected inspiration or a reason for spontaneous joy… everything comes into the discourse.
At the end of each month, we choose our favorite at both office locations – which we don’t want to withhold from you!
Our favorite is from our team member Anna and was taken earlier this year during our office trip to Copenhagen. It is entitled “Dialogue with Nature” – displaying the Opera Park København, designed by our colleagues at Cobe.
02 | 2025
PA.bestpic January 2025
Our PA.bestpic in January – Every month, we bring together all the moments and finds that have inspired and occupied us over the past few weeks. We look for motifs that reflect our view of architecture and our daily work or reveal new perspectives – be it art, music, people, ecology, economics, a challenge, an unexpected inspiration or a reason for spontaneous joy… everything comes into the discourse.
At the end of each month, we choose our favorite at both office locations – which we don’t want to withhold from you!
Our favorite is from our youngest team member Mathilda and was taken earlier this year during our office trip to Copenhagen:
01 | 2025
Mühlengrund district is nominated for the German Urban Development Award 2025
We are delighted to announce that our project for the Mühlengrundquartier has been shortlisted for the German Urban Development Award 2025. The German Urban Development Award recognizes projects that set standards for sustainable urban development. The shortlisting recognizes the sustainable and innovative planning that makes the Mühlengrund district a liveable and sustainable place.
The Mühlengrundquartier stands for future-oriented urban development that both takes into account the needs of local people and meets the requirements of ecological and social urban development. With a successful mix of living and working spaces, public open spaces and a well thought-out infrastructure, the project makes an important contribution to urban development.
The award ceremony will take place according to the “Oscars” principle on July 25, 2025 at the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz in Berlin. It will be accompanied by a symposium on the topic of circularity and will highlight current relationships between urban development and social change. The nominated projects will also be presented in a nationwide traveling exhibition.
We are excited about the further development and look forward to the next steps in this important process!
12 | 2024
UNI.RSM Design – Lecture “Holism. Architecture, environment, energy – new mobility concepts on the water”
On December 11, Ralf Petersen will be a guest at the Aula Magna of the University of San Marino at the invitation of the Faculty of Design at UNI.RSM. The talk will focus on projects by PETERSENARCHITEKTEN and their history, but also on the presentation of a new project by PA: resource-saving mobility in shallow waters – in the lagoon of Venice and other similar locations.
L’Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino (UNI.RSM) stands for a future-oriented education at the interface of art, design and innovation. The Faculty of Design at UNI.RSM offers a unique, interdisciplinary platform that combines creativity and technical expertise. Students have the opportunity to learn in an inspiring environment characterized not only by international professors, but also by the architecture and cultural heritage of the Republic of San Marino.
09 | 2024
20 Years of PETERSENARCHITEKTEN !
09 | 2024
Deutschlandstipendium – HFT Stuttgart 2024/25
PETERSENARCHITEKTEN is once again sponsoring a Germany Scholarship at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences this year. We are delighted with our scholarship holder Jan Hartung from the Climate Engineering course and the 98 other students who have been selected for a scholarship.
The Deutschlandstipendium supports students with outstanding academic performance and social commitment. The scholarship enables these exceptional students to concentrate fully on their studies and their social contribution.
PETERSENARCHITEKETEN wishes Jan Hartung every success in his studies.
07 | 2024
Our summer party 2024
In addition to working together on new ways of building and working out ingenious details, summer for us is always accompanied by long summer evenings that we enjoy spending together. One particular summer highlight was our summer party, which we all met up for in Berlin this year.
In the urban development qualification process for the former ironworks site, PETERSENARCHITEKTEN’s concept came out on top and was awarded first prize.
The aim of the competition was to develop a long-term strategy to create a modern quarter.
11 | 2023
PETERSENARCHITEKTEN GOES VENICE
Every year, the entire PETERSENARCHITEKTEN team travels to get to know each other better, to have a good time together – but above all to share what unites us: our passion for great architecture!
This year we went to the Architecture Biennale in Venice under the motto “The Laboratory of the Future”. There we had the opportunity to marvel together, broaden our horizons and network with colleagues from all over the world.
The competition for the construction of apartment buildings on two building plots on the site of the former fire station 4, located west of Wellinghofer Str. in Dortmund-Hörde, has been decided. The jury, chaired by Juliane Kopperschmidt, architects and landscape architects from Dortmund, met on 25.10.2023 and awarded three prizes to twelve participating architectural firms.
PETERSENARCHITEKTEN, in collaboration with Hannes Hörr Landschaftsarchitektur from Stuttgart, Ingenieurbüro Bauwesen Horn from Leipzig and Janowski Ingenieure from Berlin won a successful 2nd prize.
The decision to deviate from some of the stipulations of the development plan resulted in a design with a balanced relationship between private and semi-public spaces, which creates favorable conditions for climate-friendly and resource-conscious construction.
