BUILD February 2017

, Clemens Bachmann Architekten (CBA) are an interdisciplinary architectural office, founded 12 years ago, and dedicated to completing projects in the field of architecture and interior design from small scale conversions right through to ambitious renovations of spaces as large as several thousand square metres. As a recent winner of the Architect of the Year award, there is no doubt that firm stands for highly creative architectural quality. Bespoke Interior Design CBA’s office is constantly growing, their projects getting bigger and even more complex. At the moment, Clemens Bachmann presides over a team of eight persons, but he is expecting this number to have risen to 12 by the end of 2017. This significant rise in relation to the firm’s current numbers indicates the increasing presence that CBA maintains on the market, as well as the greater prominence of the upcoming projects that they will be taking on. Already, the most outstanding project is a 12,000-square-metre listed building in Augsburg, Bavaria, which will be transformed into a housing complex in 2019. There are already plans formulating to form a bespoke interior design department within CBA over the coming year. This comes on the back of recent successes enjoyed by the company as of late the renovation of the Business Club in the Allianz Arena in Munich was the start of a strong successful connection to FC Bayern München as a client. Meanwhile, the most important building so far that Clemens draws attention to in his firm’s portfolio is H33 in Neubiberg, close to Munich; “it is the result of a very close cooperation between the architect and the client to get the best result.” How has such a relatively young architectural firm made such an impact? Clemens credits his team for no small effort in creating an open-minded and forward- thinking work environment. “The average age of the employees is quite young,” he says. “We are always hiring young architects, students or interns, often from abroad, to get fresh inputs and architectural styles into the office. The teams are led by highly experienced architects, and all projects start at point zero to find the best and most specific solution for each challenge. “On top of that, our team is open minded. We’re all interested in the work that we do; we don’t have preconceived ideas to find design solutions, and there is constant discussion in the studio about various concepts, architects, materials, and the best way in which to use them in our works.” Through this approach, CBA invests a high level of effort in the design phase of the projects. Options will be researched and discussed with the client before a decision is made whether to implement them or not. Clemens backs this up by asserting, “a strong concept marks the key element and the basement of every project. Our office works more like a studio or workshop than as a traditional architectural office. “We always invite our new clients to our office to have a chance to meet and get to know them, before we present the way in which we are going to be approaching their project. Once the project is started, we are always in very close communication with the client to have a lot of workshop meetings together with them. The client, then, remains highly involved in all the processes. K Company: CBA Clemens Bachmann Architekten Name: Clemens Bachmann Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.cbarchitekten.com Address: Hans-Preißinger Strasse 8, 81379 Munich, Germany Telephone: +49/89/23000700 1612BU26 Architecture & Design