Profile
Common Agency aims to meet today‘s social, environmental and aesthetical challenges by increasing the physical quality and cultural meaning of lived space. We believe that this requires new structures for space making, empowering architecture to restore its agency. Our ambition is to explore these new ways of space production. That is why Common Agency seeks to act as an initiator of the development, design and realization of objects, buildings and places. Considering our complex present, we approach projects holistically and integrate economic, ecological, social and aesthetic aspects from the beginning into the conceptual process. Common Agency is an architecture practice that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline founded by Hans von Bülow, Julian Meisen and Cornelius Voss.
Team
Julian Meisen (*1988) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. He is one of the four initiators of Neues Amt Altona and currently serves as the chairman of its board. Additionally, he is the architecture director of the German project developer Euroboden. Since 2022 Julian has been a guest lecturer at University of the Arts Berlin and Bard College Berlin. Prior to founding Common Agency, Julian worked for OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam on the new Axel Springer headquarters in Berlin and for Christ & Gantenbein in Basel on the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. Julian studied architecture at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin and Columbia University in New York and Paris, as well as European Social & Political Studies at the University College London (UCL). He is a registered member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects.
Cornelius Voss (*1985) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. After initiating Neues Amt Altona, Cornelius currently serves as a board member of the cooperative Neues Amt Altone e.G., where he oversees the development and financing of the building project. Previously, he has gained professional experience with Max Dudler and Staab Architekten in Berlin and with the Hamburg based project developer Primus Developments. As the co-founder of OGATA, a creative company that aims to solve everyday problems in the most intelligent and simple way possible, he was awarded the German Design Award Gold 2018 and the Universal Design Award 2017 for the design of the paper backpack JohnJohn. Cornelius studied architecture at the University of Hanover and the University of the Arts in Berlin. He is a registered member of the Hamburg Chamber of Architects.
Hans von Bülow (*1987) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. Hans is one of the four initiators of Neues Amt Altona and has been teaching as a reserach associate at the Baukunstklasse of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 2019 and 2022. Previously, Hans has worked for Staab Architekten and Thomas Kröger Architekten in Berlin, as well as for the Cologne-based design agency Meiré und Meiré. He participated in numerous design commissions and successful competitions of various scales. Hans studied architecture at the University of Hanover and at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Contact
Common Agency
Brückenstraße 1
D-10179 Berlin
Please send general inquieries here.
Please send job applications (max 10MB) here.
@commonagency_space
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Common Agency aims to meet today‘s social, environmental and aesthetical challenges by increasing the physical quality and cultural meaning of lived space. We believe that this requires new structures for space making, empowering architecture to restore its agency. Our ambition is to explore these new ways of space production. That is why Common Agency seeks to act as an initiator of the development, design and realization of objects, buildings and places. Considering our complex present, we approach projects holistically and integrate economic, ecological, social and aesthetic aspects from the beginning into the conceptual process. Common Agency is an architecture practice that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline founded by Hans von Bülow, Julian Meisen and Cornelius Voss.
Julian Meisen (*1988) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. He is one of the four initiators of Neues Amt Altona and currently serves as the chairman of its board. Additionally, he is the architecture director of the German project developer Euroboden. Since 2022 Julian has been a guest lecturer at University of the Arts Berlin and Bard College Berlin. Prior to founding Common Agency, Julian worked for OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam on the new Axel Springer headquarters in Berlin and for Christ & Gantenbein in Basel on the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. Julian studied architecture at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin and Columbia University in New York and Paris, as well as European Social & Political Studies at the University College London (UCL). He is a registered member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects.
Hans von Bülow (*1987) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. Hans is one of the four initiators of Neues Amt Altona and has been teaching as a reserach associate at the Baukunstklasse of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 2019 and 2022. Previously, Hans has worked for Staab Architekten and Thomas Kröger Architekten in Berlin, as well as for the Cologne-based design agency Meiré und Meiré. He participated in numerous design commissions and successful competitions of various scales. Hans studied architecture at the University of Hanover and at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Cornelius Voss (*1985) co-founded Common Agency in 2020. After initiating Neues Amt Altona, Cornelius currently serves as a board member of the cooperative Neues Amt Altone e.G., where he oversees the development and financing of the building project. Previously, he has gained professional experience with Max Dudler and Staab Architekten in Berlin and with the Hamburg based project developer Primus Developments. As the co-founder of OGATA, a creative company that aims to solve everyday problems in the most intelligent and simple way possible, he was awarded the German Design Award Gold 2018 and the Universal Design Award 2017 for the design of the paper backpack JohnJohn. Cornelius studied architecture at the University of Hanover and the University of the Arts in Berlin. He is a registered member of the Hamburg Chamber of Architects.
Common Agency
Brückenstraße 1
D-10179 Berlin
Please send general inquieries here.
Please send job applications (max 10MB) here.
@commonagency_space