Prof. Christiane Sauer
Christiane Sauer is an architect and since 2013 Professor for Material Design at weißensee school of art and design berlin. Her focus lies on developing and designing innovative material systems for the architectural context based on textile structures, active materials and functional surfaces. In 2018 she co-founded the research facility DXM - Design Experiment Material, since 2017 she is appointed Prorector for Networks and Knowledge Transfer.
In her work she bridges experimental research and design practice. Amongst others she has been teaching at SCI-Arc, Los Angeles and at Cornell University, NY. As an architect she worked for international firms like OMA Rotterdam and founded formade – studio for material and architecture. She is internationally engaged as a lecturer, guest critic and author.
Material Form Function (Principal Investigator)
Object Space Agency (Principal Investigator)
weissensee school of art and design berlin
Bühringstraße 20
13086 Berlin
Articles in Edited Volumes
Sauer, C. 2017. »Perspektivwechsel: Technische Textilien als Quelle der Inspiration.« In Neue Stoffe – New Stuff. Gestalten mit Technischen Textilien, Exhibition catalog, Textilmuseum St. Gallen, edited by Fehr, M., Reichel, M., Textilmuseum St. Gallen Baden: hier und jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, 121-129.
Sauer, C. 2015. »Soft matter.« In Sculpture Unlimited 2 – Materiality in Times of Immateriality, edited by Grubinger, E., Heiser, J. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 40-50.
Articles
Sauer, C. 2017. »SteinWeich - Experimentelle Strukturen aus Basaltfaser.« md – Interior, Design, Architecture, 72-75.
Talks & Presentations
Nyakatura, J. A., Sauer, C. The Anatomy of Movement and Nature's Design. Vertebrate Function, Evolution, and Scaling. Talk at MoA Talks, weißensee academy of art, Berlin. 19 November 2019. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/938/moa-talks
Teaching & Courses
Dierichs, K., Sauer, C., Eder, M., Guiducci, L., Razghandi, K. Scaling Nature 3. Practical course, weissensee school of art and design, Berlin. 22 September 2020 - 14 October 2020.