Form, Faeces and the Definition of a Model
SUMMACUMFEMMER
Anne Femmer is an architect and co-founder of SUMMACUMFEMMER Architekt*innen in Leipzig together with Florian Summa in 2015. Both consider their built and unbuilt work as exploratory investigations into a wide range of issues - from experimental ways of constructing between economy and ambition, to burning questions of form, shape and expression. The approach of simultaneous research, design and building also characterises their teaching. Anne Femmer and Florian Summa have previously taught at ETH Zurich, TU Munich, TU Graz and are currently visiting professors at UdK Berlin. In 2023 they were co-curators of the German Pavilion at the 18th Biennale Architettura in Venice.
The Berlage Keynotes, organized as part of the Faculty of Architecture’s Public Program, is an ongoing lecture series featuring internationally prominent architects, designers, and thinkers who are at the forefront of design discourse and innovation. A selection of speakers working from different disciplinary perspectives and in different geographic, cultural, and political contexts speak on how their work engages with contemporary issues and debates. For the fall 2024 semester, speakers will include amid.cero9, ARB Architects, Barclay & Crousse, Robert Hutchison Architecture, Sam Chermayeff Office, Space Encounters, and SUMMACUMFEMMER.