FRAMA Architects BDA

Serlachius Art Museum Gösta

Competition for the extension of the Serlachius Art Museum Gösta in Mänttä, Finland

Municipal Museum

Competition for the conversion and extension of the municipal museum in Kassel, Germany

Benrath Housing

Invited two phased competition for a housing project on an extremely problematic site (third price)

Schaumagazin Brauweiler

Invited competition for an open art storage and exhibition building in Cologne Brauweiler

Glass Factory

Conversion of two old factory buildings into a wellness center, spa and restaurant in Duesseldorf, Germany

The Bunker

Project for the conversion of a World War Two bunker in the city of Duesseldorf

Train Station Gerresheim

Project for a new train station in Duesseldorf - Gerresheim in cooperation with the artist Stefan Sous

Contemporary Gallery

Extension of a modern art museum in Saarbrücken, Germany competition entry

IGS Sports

Preliminary design for the realization of a three field sportshall in Ahrensburg, Germany

Hong Kong Design Center

Multi disciplinary design school Hong Kong international competition

Topotron Dresden

Skatepark for the city of Dresden invited competition with Club L94 and Stefan Sous

Kunsthalle Bremen

International competition for the addition of the Kunsthal in Bremen, Germany

Icehouse Duesseldorf

Roof addition to an office building in downtown Düsseldorf, Germany

Grimm Center Berlin

Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm Center library and media center for the Humbold university in Berlin international competition

Nam June Paik Museum

The Nam June Paik Museum GyeongGi province near Seoul, South Korea international competition

Urban Island Osaka

Northern Osaka Station Area international competition

Grand Egyptian Museum Cairo

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt international competition

Urban Hubris Cologne

A House for architects in Cologne, Germany speculative project

"And We All Shine On"

Cemetery For The Future international ideas competition in Stuttgart, Germany

FRAMA Architects BDA is an architectural design and research firm that functions within various cross disciplinary design fields. For more than ten years, FRAMA Architects BDA is working on architectural and urban planning projects that cover a diverse range of schemes and programs of various scales and locations. The firm’s committed professional network includes architects, engineers, landscape architects and artists of various intellectual and specialized design expertise. These selected experts are involved in every phase of the design and building process. Trough an intense collaboration within this network, FRAMA Architects always strives to realize individual, innovative and yet sustainable and efficient solutions that oftentimes incorporate the use of up-to-date technology and knowledge.

Since its founding by Mark Mückenheim, the firm has worked on a number of award winning projects that encompass a diverse range of schemes and programs of various scales and locations. The belief that architecture is much more than a service and that architectural quality is able to deliver a surplus value that is capable of elevating how we experience and enjoy our life, is reflected in the way FRAMA Architects are designing buildings for a wide variety of clients, locations and uses, intelligently responding to the specifics of their site, brief and needs of the possible users.

FRAMA Architects render themselves independent of any design boundaries or methods: each project is different and is treated as such. The guiding force behind their work follows a conceptually driven design approach leading to a comprehensive design and problem solving strategy. Their design work is therefore a resultant of intense project oriented investigations that is also reflected in the active engagement of teaching, research and collaborating with different architecture schools. This integrated design attitude allows for the architecture to develop from the different parameters set by the client, site, location and the specific requirements of any given assignment. The way FRAMA Architects approach a task is, that possible problems are not seen as obstacles but rather chances and opportunities to develop innovative, yet tangible solutions for the world we would like to live in.

In addition to these methods, the office also applies the latest computer technology and utilizes algorithms, digital routines, and computer aided fabrication to inform, economize and stimulate the design and building process. Their diverse portfolio ranges from concrete architectural projects and build work of different scales and complexity to “speculations” – architectural visions and speculations, that cross the boundaries of the field, informing the design potential of the office.

Since its founding, the office of FRAMA Architects has been featured in various international book and journal publications. Recent publications include participation in the books "Architectural Model - lead to design" and "Portfolio" by DAMDI Architecture Publishing Co. Korea, “Future Architecture" a book publication by Linksbooks Barcelona and "Concept Architecture" by Rihan, Hong Kong. Throughout the last 12 years the work of FRAMA has also gained a continuous reputation through a number of exhibitions in Germany and abroad most recently the house of architecture in Lille - France, the German Architecture center in Berlin and the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice. The office is currently engaged in a number of commissions that are under construction and several invited large scale competition projects.

CV Mark Mueckenheim M.Arch. (USA) Dip.Arch. (the Bartlett - UCL) Architect AKNW BDA:

Mark Mückenheim received his Master of Architecture from Parsons School of Design, New York and his graduate diploma in architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, England. Before establishing Urban Environments Architects in 2001 and in 2008 FRAMA Architects, he worked and collaborated with different architecture firms in Germany, USA and England. He has lectured and taught as a guest tutor extensively at a number of high ranking international institutions. He was Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at the Universities of Wuppertal and from 2002 to 2008 at the distinguished RWTH Aachen in Germany. Since 2009 he is appointed as a guest professor for architectural design at the Technical University Munich. He won numerous international and national prices for his work among them the Arts-Price NRW, the arch+ price 2001, both in Germany and the  MACEF design award in Milano Italy,    he held a DAAD stipend by the German government from 2000-2001 and he was a  Fulbright fellow from 1997-1998.

FRAMA Architects BDA

Serlachius Art Museum Gösta

Municipal Museum

Benrath Housing

Schaumagazin Brauweiler

Glass Factory

The Bunker

Train Station Gerresheim

Contemporary Gallery

IGS Sports

Hong Kong Design Center

Topotron Dresden

Kunsthalle Bremen

KK 61

Icehouse Duesseldorf

Grimm Center Berlin

Nam June Paik Museum

Urban Island Osaka

Grand Egyptian Museum Cairo

Urban Hubris Cologne

"And We All Shine On"

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