Profile
Common Agency aims to address today's social, environmental, and aesthetic challenges by enhancing the physical quality and cultural meaning of lived space. We believe that achieving this goal requires new structures for space creation, empowering architecture to regain its agency. Our ambition is to explore new ways of space production. This is why Common Agency seeks to act as an initiator in the development, design, and realization of objects, buildings, and places. Considering our complex present, we approach projects holistically, integrating economic, ecological, social, and aesthetic aspects from the outset into the conceptual process. Common Agency is an architectural practice operating beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline and was founded by Hans von Bülow, Julian Meisen, and Cornelius Voss.
Founders
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. Since 2022, Julian has been a guest lecturer at the 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 at Columbia University in New York and Paris. Additionally, he pursued European Social & Political Studies at 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 co-initiating Neues Amt Altona, Cornelius currently serves as a board member of the cooperative Neues Amt Altona eG, where he oversees the development and financing of the building project. Previously, he gained professional experience with Max Dudler and Staab Architekten in Berlin, as well as with the Hamburg-based project developer Primus Developments. As the co-founder of OGATA, a creative company aiming 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 served as a research associate at the Baukunstklasse of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 2019 and 2022. Previously, Hans 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
+49 (0)30 75437170
Please send general inquieries here.
Please send job applications (max 10MB) here.
@commonagency_space
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Common Agency aims to address today's social, environmental, and aesthetic challenges by enhancing the physical quality and cultural meaning of lived space. We believe that achieving this goal requires new structures for space creation, empowering architecture to regain its agency. Our ambition is to explore new ways of space production. This is why Common Agency seeks to act as an initiator in the development, design, and realization of objects, buildings, and places. Considering our complex present, we approach projects holistically, integrating economic, ecological, social, and aesthetic aspects from the outset into the conceptual process. Common Agency is an architectural practice operating beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline and was 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. Since 2022, Julian has been a guest lecturer at the 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 at Columbia University in New York and Paris. Additionally, he pursued European Social & Political Studies at 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 served as a research associate at the Baukunstklasse of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 2019 and 2022. Previously, Hans 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 co-initiating Neues Amt Altona, Cornelius currently serves as a board member of the cooperative Neues Amt Altona eG, where he oversees the development and financing of the building project. Previously, he gained professional experience with Max Dudler and Staab Architekten in Berlin, as well as with the Hamburg-based project developer Primus Developments. As the co-founder of OGATA, a creative company aiming 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
+49 (0)30 75437170
Please send general inquieries here.
Please send job applications (max 10MB) here.
@commonagency_space