In 2004, pasel.künzel architects was founded on the principle that „there is no urbanism without detail, and no detail without urbanism“ and that everything in between is architecture.
We consequently feel – as architects – compelled to work on all levels of scale, from general land-use plans down to the minute details of material junctions.
To us, our profession means: think out ideas and show their qualities, and let projects develop their own identity.
working with us
Our in-house services and consultancy covers all phases of the planning and building process for small and medium projects.
To cover all scales, we work with and manage other consultants in the fields of engineering, quantity surveying, and cost, building and fire-prevention regulations.
We have and continue to work on the basis of full commission during the entire process. This allows us to control the quality of our work and guarantee a good final product.
contacting us
If you are interested in our services for any current or future projects, please feel free to contact us for an initial and exchange of thoughts, free of charge.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Ralf Pasel and Frederik Künzel
team
Prof. Ralf Pasel Dipl. Ing. Architect
curriculum vitae
2012 - present Professor for Architecture at Technische Universität Berlin
2011 - 13 Visiting Professor at the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design
2009 Curator of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Parallel Cases Exhibition
2007 - 12 Visiting Professor at the Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Rotterdam
2004 Visiting Professor at the Universidad Catolica, Santiago de Chile
2004 - present pasel.künzel architects Rotterdam, Berlin, München
2002 - 05 Teaching international master-class at Technical University of Delft
1999 - 01 Project Architect at De Fries Architects, Kaiserslautern
1999 - 01 Teaching at Faculty of Architecture Technical University Kaiserslautern
1992 - 99 Architectural studies at Technical University of Kaiserslautern
team
Javier Batlle, Sarah Bein, Lucia Bertram, Anett Eberhardt, Mar Garcia Montesinos, Lucie Glück, Mathias Hartung, Henk-Jan Imhoff, Angelika Kirchlechner, Bernd Köttgen, Mareike Krautheim, Filippe Leipolz Pocas, Cornelia Müller, Sarah Pape, Laura Paschke, Lucie Pasel, Franziska Polleter, Marisol Robles, Franziska Sack, Ulrike Schinkel, Per-Christian Schultze, Stella Topp,Edwin Tukker, Henriette Vollmuller Sarah Wolff
clients
next to private clients, we work with (housing) corporations, developers and the public body, such as local authorities and municipalities.
Among others our clients are:
Proper-Stok Groep Heijmans N.V. Vesteda Staedion BAM Vastgoed Blauwhoed Vorm Ontwikkeling Nieuw Leyden dS+V Gemeente Rotterdam OBR Gemeente Rotterdam KVV – Kapfinger Immobilien & Vermögensverwaltung Innstadt Brauhaus Projekt GmbH & Co. KG Stadt Mönchengladbach epUrban
competition & awards
2018 BUILDING OF THE YEAR AWARD ARCHDAILY Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin Nomination
2017 HEINZE AWARD Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin 1st prize
2017 FRITZ-HÖGER PREIS Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin Nomination
2017 SEED AWARD Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin 1st prize
2017 DBXCHANGE AWARD Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin 1st prize
2017 LIVE PROJECTS NETWORK AWARD Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin 1st prize
2017 BAUWELT PREIS 2017 – Das erste Haus Landwirtschaftsschule Bella Vista CODE | TU Berlin Nomination
2016 BERLIN AWARD Steps n’ Slabs Chile, CL Nomination
2015 EHEMALIGE INNSTADT BRAUEREI PASSAU Urban competition, invited 1st prize
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2014 FRITZ HÖGER PREIS Category housing: Goese Schans Special Mention
2014 FRITZ HÖGER PREIS Category private house: V35K18 Special Mention
2012 Iakov Chernikhov International Prize Oevre-prize of the Iakov Chernikhov International Foundation Nomination
2010 40 UNDER 40 The European Centre of Architecture, At and Design pointed out paselkuenzel architects as one of 40 most outstanding young architects und designers in Europe.
2008 BAUHAUS AWARD 5th international Bauhaus Award 2008 Housing Shortages – The minimum subsistence level housing of today 1st prize
2006 GROENVINK Casa Nova competition 2006 3rd prize
2005 RIBBON OF BOOKS City Library, Cork, IE 1st prize
2005 WERKBEURS Grant by the Netherlands Fondation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, NL Grant
2004 HOUSE FOR TWO BDA Preis, Saar, DE Special Mention
2004 FOUR SEASONS Bouw mij, Leiden, NL 1st Prize + 1st Prize Sustainable Building
2004 VLINDER Wonen op niveau, Rombeek, NL 1st Prize
2003 ELEMENTAL Elemental Chile, CL 1st Prize
2003 TORTOISE Europan 7, Vienna, AT 2nd Prize
2002 MOTION Kasernenareal, Zürich, CH 1st Prize
2002 AAI AWARD Architectural Association of Ireland, IE Special Mention
2001 INBETWEEN Europan 6, Ingolstadt, DE 1st Prize (disq.)
2000 HOUSE FOR TWO House of the Year, DE Award
1998 STONES OF ARAN Lohrmann-Medial, DE Award
1998 MIES VAN DER ROHE FOUNDATION Extension for the Mies van der Rohe Fondation, Barcelona, ES Runner Up
1996 RUDOLF MÜLLER PREIS Urbanism, DE Award
1996 JOHANNES GÖDERITZ PREIS Urbanism, DE 1st Prize
publications
BELLA VISTA – REGIONALE LÖSUNGEN FÜR GLOBALE HERAUSFORDERUNGENRalf Pasel; Franziska Sack; Lorena Valdivia; Johannes Zix, DETAIL Verlag, München 2018 ISBN: 978-3-95553-412-7
URBAN PLANING IN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION PASEL, RALF: URBAN PLANING IN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION; IN URBAN APPROPRIATION STRATEGIES [HRSG: F. MAMELI, F. POLLETER, M. ROSENGREN, J. SARKEZ-KNUDSEN],TRANSCRIPT VERLAG, BIELEFELD, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8376-4170-7
ARCHIPENDIUM 2018 PASEL, RALF, KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: URBAN HOUSING; IN ARCHIPENDIUM, ARCHIMAP PUBLISHERS, BERLIN 2017,
URBAN LIVING PASEL, RALF: URBAN LIVING – ENHANCING LIVABILITY BY ADAPTIVE HOUSING STRATEGIES; IN HEALTH CARE DER ZUKUNFT 6 [HRSG: C. NICKL-WELLER,],MWV MEDIZINISCH WISSENSCHAFTLICHE VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN 2017,ISBN 978-3-95466-281-4
BELLA.VISTA – AGRONOMIE-CAMPUS BOLIVIEN PASEL, RALF: BELLA.VISTA – AGRONOMIE-CAMPUS BOLIVIEN; UNIVERSITÄTSVERLAG DER TU BERLIN, BERLIN, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-7983-2926-3 [PRINT], ISBN: 978-3-7983-2927-0 [ONLINE] Book release
BOELL-LAB PASEL, RALF; BALLESTRAM, MATTHIAS; MISSELWITZ, PHILIPP; BOCH, RALPH: BOELL-LAB; UNIVERSITÄTSVERLAG DER TU BERLIN, BERLIN, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-7983-2868-6 [PRINT], ISBN: 978-3-7983-2869-3 [ONLINE] Book release
HOME NOT SHELTER! PASEL, RALF; HAGNER, ALEXANDER; DREXLER, HANS; BOCH, RALPH: HOME NOT SHELTER! – GEMEINSAM LEBEN STATT GETRENNT WOHNEN; JOVIS VERLAG, BERLIN, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-86859-477-8 Book release
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LANDWIRTSCHAFTSSCHULE IN COCHABAMBA PASEL, RALF; LANDWIRTSCHAFTSSCHULE IN COCHABAMBA; IN DETAIL; AUSGABE 6/7; 2016; ISSN 0011-9571/B2772
ARGICULTURAL SCHOOL IN COCHABAMBA PASEL, RALF; LANDWIRTSCHAFTSSCHULE IN COCHABAMBA;IN DETAIL; AUSGABE 5; 2016; ISSN 1614-4600
ERFAHRUNGEN FÜRS LEBEN PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: MIT TRACHT UND SATTELDACH;IN BAUWELT; AUSGABE 5; 2016; ISSN
BAUEN MIT UND FÜR FLÜCHTLINGE PASEL, RALF: BAUEN MIT UND FÜR FLÜCHTLINGE; RADIO INTERVIEW, IN STUDIO 9, DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR, 2016
JENSEITS DER CONTAINERÄSTHETIK? PASEL, RALF: JENSEITS DER CONTAINERÄSTHETIK? WAS FÜR FLÜCHTLINGE GEBAUT WIRD… EINE BESTANDSAUFNAHME; RADIO INTERVIEW, IN KOMPRESSOR, DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR, 2016
ARCHITEKTUR UND WOHNEN DER ZUKUNFT PASEL, RALF: ARCHITEKTUR UND WOHNEN DER ZUKUNFT; RADIO INTERVIEW, IN INFORADIO, RBB BERLIN, 2016
ARCHIPENDIUM 2017 PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: SPECIFIC NEUTRALITY; IN ARCHIPENDIUM, ARCHIMAP PUBLISHERS, BERLIN 2016, ISBN 9783940874-96-2
MIT TRACHT UND SATTELDACH PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: MIT TRACHT UND SATTELDACH;IN VORTEILE BACKSTEIN MAGAZIN; AUSGABE 12; 2016; ISSN 4 197490 304803 01
ARCHIPENDIUM 2016 PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: WATERSTAD GOESE SCHANS; IN ARCHIPENDIUM, ARCHIMAP PUBLISHERS, BERLIN 2014, ISBN: 978-3-940874-95-5
ARCHITECT OP EEN SNEL STROMENDE RIVIER PASEL, RALF; CHRISTIAANSE, KEES; MEIJER, HERMAN; VAN DEN KLOOSTER, PATRICK: ARCHITECT OP EEN SNEL STROMENDE RIVIER KCAP, ROTTERDAM, ZÜRICH, SHANGHAI, 2015, ISBN: 978-90-823805-0-7
GROTE ROTTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015 PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: BML 36
IN DE GROTE ROTTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015 TRICHIS UITGEVER, ROTTERDAM, 2014, ISBN-10: 9490608939, ISBN-13: 978-94-90608-93-4, NUR 014, 640
GROTE AMSTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015 PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: KRAUTHEIM, MAREIKE; PFEIFFER, SVEN; SCHULTZ-GRANBERG, JOACHIM: GLOBAL IMPACT OF WIND; IN DE GROTE AMSTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015, TRICHIS UITGEVER, ROTTERDAM, 2014, ISBN-10: 9490608920, ISBN-13: 978-94-90608-92-7, NUR 014, 640
GROTE AMSTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015 PASEL, RALF: THE POWER OF SIMPLE THINGS; IN DE GROTE AMSTERDAMSE KUNSTKALENDER 2015, TRICHIS UITGEVER, ROTTERDAM, 2014, ISBN-10: 9490608920, ISBN-13: 978-94-90608-92-7, NUR 014, 640
ACCESS FOR ALL - BIBLIOTHEKEN IM WANDEL PASEL, RALF [HG]: ACCESS FOR ALL - BIBLIOTHEKEN IM WANDEL, TU VERLAG, BERLIN, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-7983-2699-6 [PRINT], ISBN: 978-3-7983-2700-9 [ONLINE]
DIE ANGEMESSENHEIT DER MITTEL INTERVIEW KÜNZEL, FREDERIK, IN PROFILE, REDAKTION DETAIL, 12. AUSGABE, 2014
WE NEED VISIONS! PASEL, RALF: WE NEED VISIONS! IN AFFORDABLE LIVING - HOUSING FOR EVERYONE [HRSG: K. DÖMER, H. DREXLER, J. SCHULTZ-GRANBERG] JOVIS VERLAG BERLIN , 2014, ISBN: 978-3-86859-324-2
WATERSTAD PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: WATERSTAD, IN AFFORDABLE LIVING - HOUSING FOR EVERYONE [HRSG: K. DÖMER, H. DREXLER, J. SCHULTZ-GRANBERG] JOVIS VERLAG BERLIN , 2014, ISBN: 978-3-86859-324-2
WATERSTAD GOESE SCHANS PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK: WATERSTAD GOESE SCHANS, IN MODERNE IM KONZEPT / MODERN ARCHITECTURE & URBAN CONTEXT [HRSG: GERD KAISER] ARCHIPENDIUMEDITION, ARCHIMAP PUBLISHERS, BERLIN 2014, ISBN: 978-3-940874-85-6
CITY AND WIND – CLIMATE AS AN ARCHITECTURAL INSTRUMENT PASEL, RALF; KRAUTHEIM, MAREIKE; PFEIFFER, SVEN; SCHULTZ-GRANBERG, JOACHIM DOM VERLAG, BERLIN, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-86922-310-0
A FORTALEZA DEL LEIDEN PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK, TRACO, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, 12. AUSGABE, 2010
WEST ARCH PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK, AUSSTELLUNGSKATALOG DES LUDWIGFORUMS FÜR INTERNATIONALE KUNST, HERAUSGEBER: JOVIS VERLAG GMBH, ISBN 978-3-86859-079-1
ZEEÉN VAN VRIJHEID PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK, IN DE ARCHITECT, 10. AUSGABE, 2009
INTERNATIONALER BAUHAUS AWARD PASEL, RALF; KÜNZEL, FREDERIK,
ELEMENTAL, Elemental, Chile ARTE Metropolis, DE, 05/07/2008 – Film MDR Artour, DE, 26/06/2008 – Film Architekturclips, DE, 07/2008 – Film SWR 2 Journal am Mittag, DE, 23/06/2008 – Radio Bauwelt, DE, 25/2008 Süddeutsche Zeitung, DE, 11/07/2008 Süddeutsche Zeitung, DE, 25/06/2008 Die Welt, DE, 25/06/2008 Deutsche Welle, DE, 22/06/2008
FOUR SEASONS Praktijkvoorbeelden energiezuinige woningbouw NL, 6/2007 Private House SenterNovem, Ministerie van VROM
GROENE KAMER Praktijkvoorbeelden energiezuinige woningbouw NL, 6/2007 Private House SenterNovem, Ministerie van VROM
ELEMENTAL, Elemental, Chile AIT-Intelligente Architektur, DE, 03-04/2004 Il Giornale dell' Architettura, CL, 03/2004 Several Chilian Architecture and Lifestyle Magazines, CL, 2003-2004 Time-based Architecture, 010 Publishers, NL, 2005
TORTOISE Europan 7 De Architect, NL, 02/2004 Europanbook, International Results 2004 Europanbook, German Results, DE, 2004
INBETWEEN Europan 6 De Architect, NL, 02/2002 New Irish Architecture - AAI Awards, IE, 2002 Europanbook, German Results, DE, 2001
HOUSE 4 TWO Private House Best Design Modular Houses, DE, 2005 Ambiente, CL, 10-11/2004 db-Deutsche Bauzeitung, DE, 9/2003 AIT-Intelligente Architektur, DE, 7-8/2002
MOTION Urban Studie Hochparterre Design Magazin, CH, 11/2001
MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD GG-Editorial Gustav Gilli, ES, 1999
