In partnership with Volker Staab’s Neue Museum Nürnberg, the BDA Nuremberg‑Middle Franconia‑Upper Franconia is running a lecture series titled “WER  BAUT NÜRNBERG?” The series invites architectural practices to discuss their current Nuremberg projects, the underlying philosophies, and the concepts that shape them.

Patric Eckstein, our representative for school construction, will showcase the under‑construction Schulzentrum  Südwest in Eibach. Using this project as a springboard, he will explore the dynamic planning process that sits at the crossroads of everyday school life and emerging pedagogical models. Drawing on both past and present school projects by Staab Architekten, Eckstein will illuminate the crucial role of dialogue with owners and users, as well as the architects’ quest for design flexibility.

He will also examine how the chosen procurement methods—an area that has gained increased focus in recent years—serve as a decisive lever in shaping the final design. By assessing the potential of various procurement formats from a planner’s perspective, Eckstein will round off a comprehensive overview of the modifiable factors that influence school design.

Lecture “Exploring Wiggle Space” by Patric Eckstein
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.

Neues Museum Nürnberg
Klarissenplatz
90402 Nuremberg

With the touring exhibition "Sorge um den Bestand" (»caring for what already exists«), the BDA would like to initiate discussion in various cities about effective strategies for the preservation of our building stock. In Bonn, the Stadthaus is the focus of the supporting program. It is one of several post-war buildings in the city that are threatened with demolition. In his guest lecture, Volker Staab will broaden the view and present the situation-specific approach of his office in dealing with existing buildings.

Exhibition 
08 June 2022 - 29 June 2022
Lecture Prof. Volker Staab
​June 23, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

Viktoriabad Bonn,
Franziskanerstr. 9
53113 Bonn

Far spanning, space-creating, referential and figurative - these four aspects of construction were central to our work on the Museum of the Bavarian Kings project in Hohenschwangau. The project is an example of our understanding that only the combination of contextual influences, programmatic and spatial requirements with a coherent construction concept, enables architectural quality. We like to replace the term constructive with the term structural. The focus of our approach is not the technical dimension of supporting and joining but rather the interplay of material, spatial characteristics, and the resulting logic of joining. It results in an inner grammar of the building structure, which underlies each of our buildings in different formulations.

Organized by the Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University

January 30-31, 2020
Foyer of the Reiffmuseum, Schinkelstraße 1, 52062 Aachen