The Future of Architecture | by Christian Bergmann, Founder and Principal Architect of CBA

Speaker: Christian Bergmann

In this keynote lecture, Dr. Christian Bergmann (Founder and Principal Architect of CBA) will share his vision for the future of architecture. With his newly founded firm CBA he is developing a platform to embrace the disruptions of rapid digitalization and the urgency of a systemic approach to sustainability – always with a clear focus on creating architecture that enriches our everyday lives. How can the built environment finally become more innovative? How can architecture become future-proof? And does it really have to be? Christian will share how a radical shift from designing projects to designing processes is key in developing a strategy for the future of construction.

About Christian Bergmann
Dr. Christian Bergmann is the Founder and Principal Prchitect of CBA. Prior to that, he was a Partner and Head of Architecture at Hadi Teherani Architects in Hamburg. Over more than a decade, he was responsible for the design and implementation of numerous complex, mixed-use projects, including the Deutschlandhaus Hamburg, the Flare of Frankfurt, the Volksbankareal Freiburg, and the Innovationsbogen Augsburg.

Before, he was a project manager at Werner Sobek in Stuttgart and UNStudio in Amsterdam. As an associate to Professor Werner Sobek, he researched and taught at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. His doctorate, completed in 2013, presents a strategy that holistically enables the development of innovation-promoting and sustainable processes in design and construction. He studied architecture at ETH Zurich and the University of Stuttgart, where he received his diploma in 2006. Over the course of his career, his work has been recognized with prestigious architecture and design awards. He lectures internationally and regularly serves as a jury member and guest critic. Dr. Christian Bergmann is the author of the book “Designing Processes – A Strategy for the Future of Construction”, published in 2019 by Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. In 2023, he was appointed to the Association of German Architects (BDA) in Hamburg.

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