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Office Moritz Maria Karl is a project-based studio for urban design and spatial research. Collaborating with a broad network of experts, the practice undertakes post-disciplinary research and design across architecture, technology, and the city. Driven by the significant ecological footprint of the built environment, Office MMK expands beyond conventional architectural roles. The work focuses on developing alternative living systems, localized strategies for landscape regeneration, and ecological frameworks for communities.

Projects.

  • 2025-26
    • Project ECHO
      Collaboration with C/O, Living Systems
      Supported by Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
  • 2025
  • 2022
    • → Studio Silva Systems
      With Lukas Wegwerth
    • FH Kiel Competition
      Collaboration with Prof Stefan Tischer, Jochen Karl, Veljko Markovic, Alissia Hoffmann
  • 2021
    • Alte Gärtnerei Heinersdorf Competition, Honorable Mention
      Collaboration with Prof Stefan Tischer, Jochen Karl, Alissia Hoffmann
    • METRO Campus Düsseldorf Competition, Finalist
      Collaboration with Prof Stefan Tischer, Jochen Karl, Alissia Hoffmann, Moritz Maria Hanshans, Lukas Utzig
  • 2020
    • → Les Moyens du bord, La Vilette x Centre Pompidou, Workshop
      Collaboration with Gaëlle Choisne, Lukas Wegwerth, Marina Stanimirovic, Thomas Conchou, Ecole des Actes
      Supported by Perspektive Fund
    • Sportforum Berlin Competition
      Collaboration with Prof Stefan Tischer, Jochen Karl, Evelina Faliagka, Rosa Pintos Hanhausen, Christina Krampokouki
  • 2019 - 2020
  • 2019 - 2021
  • 2019
    • Shenzhen Vanke Competition, 1st Prize
      Collaboration with Atelier Liu Yuyang architects

Collaborations.

  • Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects →
  • Gaëlle Choisne →
  • Thomas Conchou →
  • Crafting Plastics Studio →
  • C/O→
  • Evelina Faliagka
  • Rosa Pintos Hanhausen
  • Moritz Maria Hanshans
  • Alissia Hoffmann→
  • Jochen Karl
  • KopperRoth →
  • Christina Krampokouki
  • Living Systems →
  • Veljko Marković →
  • Many Territories →
  • Office ParkScheerbarth →
  • Lasse Rau→
  • Leonard Schrage →
  • SMAQ Architecture Urbanism Research →
  • Marina Stanimirovic →
  • Prof Stefan Tischer →
  • Lukas Utzig
  • Prof Alex Wall →
  • Lukas Wegwerth →

About.

Moritz Maria Karl (*1988) is the founder of Office MMK. He holds an MA in Urban Design (with distinction) from The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a Dipl. Ing. in Architecture (with distinction) from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. His design and research work has been exhibited at MAK Vienna, Design Museum Gent, Alcova 19 and recognized with the German Design Award.

Moritz Portrait was a Guest Professor and Head of the Chair of Sustainable Urbanism at TU Berlin. Currently, he leads Studio Silva Systems at the Design Academy Eindhoven. He has lectured and participated as a guest critic at Harvard Graduate School of Design, TU Munich, and University of the Arts Berlin (UdK).

Contact.

  • Address: Mehringdamm 66, 10961 Berlin, Germany
  • Email: info[at]moritzmariakarl.de
  • Call: 0049 (0) 30 98549498

Discourse.

  • 2025
  • 2024
    • Architectural Association Visiting School Berlin. Lecture.
    • → Turnaround Berlin. Talk and roundtable discussion on Heat islands and climate resilience.
    • → Tagesspiegel Berlin. AI-generated images on urban cooling and extreme heat for Re/Imagine Berlin.
    • → Field Stations Symposium. Talk and roundtable discussion on architectural education within changing environmental conditions.
  • 2023
    • MSA Münster. Urban Design Department. Lecture Atmospheres.
    • TU Munich. Chair for Sustainable Urbanism. Lecture for the Circular Cities Lecture series.
    • nGbK. Research assembly SALT. CLAY. ROCK. Roundtable discussion on energy futures and the challenges of the green transition.
    • → ARCH+ Salon. Roundtable discussion on Building with Nature - A Systemic Transition To Bio-based Building Materials and Methods.
    • Architectural Association Visiting School Berlin. Final jury for Urban Phoenix Berlin - Rethinking Abandoned Metropolitan Masterworks at ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory.
    • Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Guest critic in the design studio Landscape Synergies of the new energies of Prof. Stefan Tischer, Aga Kahn Visiting Professor in Landscape Architecture.
    • → Baunetz Campus (German). Documentation of studio works of TU Berlin students on Energy shapes culture.
  • 2022
    • → Baunetz Campus (German). Interview.
    • Design Academy Eindhoven. Lecture.
    • Die Architekt. Drawings of Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition published.
    • Design Fest Gent. BreaZea exhibited at Design Museum Gent.
  • 2021
    • German Design Award. BreaZea received Special Mention Excellent Architecture / Interior Architecture.
    • Exhibition Unfinished Metropolis. Vision for a Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition exhibited (09/2021 to 03/2022).
    • Salone del Mobile. The Makers Show. BreaZea wall system shown.
    • Dezeen. BreaZea featured.
    • Dwell. BreaZea featured.
    • Berliner Tagesspiegel. Design research of Breathe IN/Breathe OUT featured.
    • Vienna Biennale for Change 2021. Breathe IN/Breathe OUT part of the exhibition CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures at MAK Vienna.
  • 2020
    • Metropolengespräche. Presentation of Vision for a Metropolitan Ecotone - A project for a society in transition.
  • 2019
    • Conscious City – Sustainable and Equitable City Making (urban design conference in Surabaya, Indonesia). Speaker.
  • 2018
    • Intellectual Property Innovation and Urban Development (urban design conference in Shanghai, China). Speaker.
    • DEposium. Design symposium organized by Vlasta Kubušová and Marlène Huissoud.

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