MEIXNER SCHLÜTER WENDT

The buildings designed by MEIXNER SCHLÜTER WENDT exhibit a wide range of architectural expressions, yet they are all based on a common design approach. The starting point is an in-depth analysis of the site and the specific architectural task, in order to uncover historical, cultural, and symbolic layers and to "activate their living energies." The resulting associations are then translated into a variety of model studies.

In this sense, MEIXNER SCHLÜTER WENDT employ methods commonly used in contemporary art. The goal of these transformations is to activate space as a medium for perception, reflection, and social interaction. Accordingly, their projects respond sensitively to their surroundings and urban context, while at the same time unfolding a significant sculptural presence. In doing so, they explore ways to endow architecture with a strong and lasting identity, despite ever-growing economic pressures.

The exhibition illustrates this conceptual design process through model studies of exemplary projects and temporarily transforms the gallery into a kind of model storage. At the same time, this staging highlights the fact that MEIXNER SCHLÜTER WENDT understand architecture as a process of continuous transformation. They see their role as guiding the polyvalent possibilities that arise when existing structures are transformed. Their credo, to conserve physical resources while simultaneously activating sensory, intellectual, and cultural ones, represents an important statement in the current architectural discourse, which often views sustainability primarily in material terms.

MEIXNER SCHLÜTER WENDT was founded in 1997 by Claudia Meixner, Florian Schlüter, and Martin Wendt in Frankfurt am Main. The firm works on projects of varying scale and typology, ranging from exhibition design to high-rise buildings. Some of their most well-known projects include the Dornbusch Church (2005), residential houses F (2007), Schmuck (2010), and Z (2012), as well as the Henninger Tower (2018). Recently completed projects include the Atreeum office building and the new churches for the Lukas and Matthäus congregations. In May, they won the competition for the Matthäus site (church and high-rise) in Frankfurt am Main. Their work has been exhibited widely, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004, 2006, and 2012 as well as in São Paulo in 2011 and 2025.

Opening: 4 September 2025, 17 p.m.
Welcome: Ulrich Müller (Architektur Galerie Berlin)
Introduction: Jürgen Tietz (Architecture historian)

Exhibition talk: 9 October 2025, 7 p.m.
Jan Friedrich (Bauwelt)
Claudia Meixner
Florian Schlüter