Dr. Mara Trübenbach
Mara Trübenbach studied architecture in Dusseldorf, Vienna and Weimar, and gained a cross-disciplinary professional horizon from interior design to landscape architecture in various offices across Europe. Following a research residency at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Bauhaus LAB 2019, in 2020 she was selected to join the international PhD training network TACK/Communities of Tacit Knowledge, led by ETH Zurich funded by Marie Slodowska-Curie Actions.
After completing and publishing her PhD on »Material Dramaturgy: Tracing Trails of Dust in the Architectural Design Process« at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, she currently teaches at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bauhaus-University Weimar. Her research interests lie at the interface of design methods, materials and performativity.
Monographs & Books
Trübenbach, M. 2024. Material Dramaturgy: Tracing Trails of Dust in the Architectural Design Process. Oslo: Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
https://aho.brage.unit.no/aho-xmlui/handle/11250/3120720
Articles in Edited Volumes
Trübenbach, M. 2024. »Sculptural Puzzles: A Conversation Essay About Model-Making, Rituals and Material Literacy in Architecture.« In Are You a Model? On an Architectural Medium of Spatial Exploration, edited by Meister, A.-M., Fankhänel, T., Schubert, A. L., Beißwanger, L., Dähne, C. Berlin: Jovi Verlag, 102-105.
https://www.jovis.de/en/book/9783986120726
Trübenbach, M. 2023. »No Body, Never Mind: The Entanglement of How Architects Construct Imagination.« In Perspectives on Tacit Knowledge in Architecture, edited by Avermaete, T., Buchert, M., Gosseye, J., Havik, K. TACK Communities of Tacit Knowledge, 42-57.
https://tacit-knowledge-architecture.com/album/
Trübenbach, M. 2019. »Mapping the Crisscross: The Power of Outsider Networks.« In Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table, edited by Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau Leipzig: Spector Books, 44-51.
https://spectorbooks.com/book/handle-with-care-unpacking-a-bulky-table
Articles
Czwojdrak, M., Trübenbach, M. 2022. »Scale in Passing: Re-calibrating Narrowness Through Spatial Intervention.« Artifact: Journal of Design Practice, 9 (1-2): 27.1-27.17.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1386/art_00027_7
Andreani, L, Bittner, R., Brands, R., Czwojdrak, M., Kataw, H., Mitchell, S., Rietvink, L., Szałanska, G., Trübenbach, M. 2019. »A Table Design by Marcel Breuer: Tracing the Multifaceted Lives of an Object.« In Centenary, special issue. Bauhaus Magazine, (11): 174-79.
Conference Proceedings
Trübenbach, M., edited by Jākobsone, L., Köring, D., Sommeregger, E., Suhanova, D., and Traumane, M. 2023. »The Second Skin: Sensory and Experiential Knowledge in Performing Arts and Fashion Design Practice.« Presented at the Symposium (Building) New Perspectives through Practice-led Research in Art, Design and Architecture, Art Academy of Riga, 10 November 2022. 58-65.
https://lmda.lma.lv/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BUILDING-NEW-PERSPECTIVES-2023_proceedings_digital.pdf
Trübenbach, M. 2021. »Presence, Presentation & Representation: Between Model Making and Mediation of Material in Architectural Practice during Covid-19.« Presented at the CA2RE / CA2RE+ Hamburg. Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research, HafenCity Universität Hamburg (online), 26 March 2021. Hamburg: HafenCity Universität Hamburg, 290-299.
https://doi.org/10.34712/142.18
Others
Trübenbach, M. 2024. Bauhaus Women. Women Writing Architecture.
https://womenwritingarchitecture.org/collection/bauhaus-women/
Talks & Presentations
Trübenbach, M. Material Dramaturgy: Celebrating Tenderness in the Architectural Design Process. Talk at the MA Spiel und Objekt, Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, Berlin. 22 January 2024.
Trübenbach, M. Performing Material Dramaturgy in Architectural Education: A Demonstration Lecture. Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo. 19 March 2024.
Trübenbach, M. The Adventures of Model-Making. Talk at the Warburg Models: The Architecture of the Itinerant Archive, Warburg Models: Buildings as Bilderfahrzeuge. Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. 15 February 2024.
https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramme/whatson/warburg-models-buildings-as-bilderfahrzeuge
Trübenbach, M. Unpacking Hermia. Panel Presentation at the Final TACK Conference ‘Tacit Knowledge in Architecture’, Object Session. ETH ZÜrich. 20 June 2023.
https://tacit-knowledge-architecture.com/album/conference-booklet-tacit-knowledge-in-architecture/
Trübenbach, M. Associations, memories and trust: Material dramaturgy as constructive criticism for future compositions in architecture. Panel Presentation at the (BUILDING) NEW PERSPECTIVE through Practice-led Research in Art, Design and Architecture, Building Assemblies: (Post)digital and (Post)human Frameworks. Art Academy of Latvia, Riga. 10 November 2022.
https://www.lma.lv/data/lmda/lmda-symposium-program-online.pdf
Trübenbach, M. Methods of Research. Talk at the Pre-Diploma Course, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo. Hybrid. 1 February 2022.
Trübenbach, M. Sculptural puzzle: A conversation essay about model making, rituals and material literacy in architecture. Panel Presentation at the Are You a Model?, What is my act?. TU Darmstadt. 3 November 2022.
https://www.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/are-you-a-model/programme/program.en.jsp
Czwojdrak, M, Trübenbach, M. Motion of Scales. Talk at the Nordes 2021 Matters of Scale, Object Session. Design School Kolding, Denmark. 16 August 2021.
https://conference2021nordes.org/about/
Trübenbach, M. A Remote Ethnographic Study: Between Model Making and Mediation of Material in Architectural Practice During Covid-19. Talk at the CA2RE+ Conference 2021 ‘Reflection’, HafenCity Universität Hamburg. Virtual. 26 March 2021.
Trübenbach, M. Bauhaus women, displaced objects and British exile. Talk at the From the Archives: The history and theory of Norwegian Architecture 1945-1980, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo. Virtual. 23 March 2021.
Trübenbach, M. Sculptural puzzle. Model making as a collaborative process in contemporary architectural practice. Panel Presentation at the The Urban Research Conference 'Urban Crisis', Transforming Urban Space. Oslo Metropolitan University. 28 October 2021.
https://www.storbykonferansen.no/transforming-urban-space-design/
Trübenbach, M. Emigrée – London contexts 1930s. Talk at the Collecting Architecture: Warburg Models, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo. 15 September 2020.
Bauhaus Lab 2019 Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table. Panel Presentation at the Collecting Bauhaus, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. 2 December 2019.
https://collecting.bauhaus-dessau.de/#/
Trübenbach, M. Nets stretched into the unknown: Bauhaus women in British exile. Panel Presentation at the Design History Society: The Cost of Design, School of Art, Design and Social Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 6 September 2019.
Trübenbach, M. Nets stretched into the unknown: Bauhaus women in British exile. Talk at the Isokon Gallery, London. 11 July 2019.
Invited Moderation/ Comment
Hemberger, H., Mahall, M., Perera, D., Rummel, D., Trübenbach, M. Roundtable Session "Wild = Insurgent". Let's Talk Wild, Bauhaus-University Weimar. 24 June 2024.
Teaching & Courses
Anstey, T., Lending, M., Trübenbach, M. Collecting Architecture: Warburg models. Seminar, Oslo School of Architecture and Design. 14 August 2024 - 21 December 2024.
Armstrong, R., Horemans, B., Ninsih T., Shergill, R., Trübenbach, M., Vershinina, A. Architecture for Living on a Damaged Planet. Invited Critic, KU Leuven, Ghent. 19 June 2024.
Börner, A., Trübenbach, M. Material Complicity. Workshop, Universität der Künste Berlin. 27 May 2024 - 3 June 2024.
Jahan, A., Fernando Nieto Rueda, J. , Trübenbach, M., Vittu, E. Design Thinking: Bauhaus Summer School. Invited Critic, Bauhaus-University Weimar. 28 August 2024.
https://www.uni-weimar.de/summerschool/en/courses/architecture-urbanism/ecological-infrastructures-the-imperative-to-redesign-urban-spaces-with-nature/
Langner, S., Peters, E., Petry, J., Trübenbach, M. Patchwork Leipzig West. Seminar, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. 1 April 2024 - 14 July 2024.
Crevels, E., Trübenbach, M., Vørsel A.-L. Paper Session 'Vectors' TACK Final Conference “Tacit Knowledge in Architecture”. Doctoral Colloquium, ETH Zürich. 19 June 2023 - 21 June 2023.
External Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Residencies
Trübenbach, M. 2020. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions PhD Fellowship. European Framework Program Horizon 2020 Fellowship.
https://tacit-knowledge-architecture.com/object/
Trübenbach, M. 2019. Bauhaus Lab 2019 "Out of the suitcase: A dispersed collection". Bauhaus Dessau Foundation