DARYAN KNOBLAUCH
BERLIN | LONDON

If you are interested in a position, send your portfolio & cv by email 

Daryan Knoblauch is an architect, designer and researcher. After gathering years of experience within practice and academia, he launched his eponymous practice in 2023. By fusing elements of contemporary culture, nature and technology, while using architecture as a medium of communication, his work aims to explore space through build design and research. His work has been featured widely at the Architecture Festival Model by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Concentrico Festival, Melbourne Design Week, Seoul Architecture Biennale and German Center for Literature among others. His design, research and writing appeared at arch daily, architectural records, designboom, DOMUS, e-flux, AAfiles, Deutsches Architekten Blatt (DAB) and Tissue Magazine among others.

Daryan Knoblauch teaches as a Studio Master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and is an Assosciate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, leading the Central Media Studies Unit-MS9. Daryan has taught at the University Wuppertal, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences and is invited as guest critic regularly. 

team members: Aria Gilani, Normann Gerz, Paul Arneth
past members: Arte Stefanopoulou, Salomé Kipiani, Spiros Anemoyiannis 


Leipziger Straße 44
10117 Berlin
Germany

Cambridge Heathroad 26a
E15QH London
United Kingdom

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Selected Projects:
12    EXIT, Architectural Transformation,  Cultural Centre,
Commission, Atlanta, USA, 2024 On-going.
11    NAMILIA, Showroom Design & Custom Pieces,
Commission, Berlin, Germany, 2024 Built.
10    PROSTHETIC VESSEL, Pavilion, Competition,
Mexico City, Mexico, Shortlisted 2024.
09    MEGAPHONE, Pavilion for Concentrico Festival 2024,
Competition, 1st Prize, Logrono, Spain, 2024 Built.
08 SCENIUS 26003, ten year infrastructural adaptation plan,
Competition, 1st Prize, Logrono, Spain, 2024 On-going.
07    SYNTHETIC WATER 4053, Curatorial Propsal, AWB ´24
Competition Basel, Switzerland, Shortlisted 2024.

06    GARGOYLE, Installation, Arothek Museum, Cologne,
Competition, Germany, Shortlisted 2023.
05    FREE AIR, Pavilion, Model Architecture Festival, Competition,
1st Prize,  Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 2023 Built.

04    WARM, Scenography, for Jojo Lunière,
German Center For Literature, Muenster. 2022 Built.
03    XXII, Scenography, for Llee Toto,
Gallery Gold & Beton, Cologne, 2022 Built.
02    PLATFORM 01, Architecture Competition for the European
Capital of Culture 2022, Esch 2022. Second Price.

01    DO YOU REMEMBER HOW PERFECT EVERYTHING WAS?
THE WORK OF ZOE ZENGHELIS, Scenography and
Digital Artwork, AA Gallery, London, 2021 Built.

00    COHERENT EXISTENCE, Co-Curation & Scenography,
CityLeaks Urban Art Festival, Cologne, 2019 Built.

Teaching:
Royal College of Art, 2023-Today.
Assosciate Lecturer, MS9 (RCA -School of Architecture)
Architectural Assosciation, 2021-Today.
Studio Master, Projective Cities (MPhil)
Bergische University Wuppertal, 2022-23.
Studio Master, Urban Planning+Environmental Design, 
Alanus University, 2015-18.
Scientific Assistant, Chair for Resourceful Planning

PUBLISHED RESEARCH, WRITING, DESIGN
AA Files Issue 78, AArchiture Issue 36, Arch+, ArchDaily,
Architectural Record, Baunetz, Deutsches Architekten Blatt
Domus, Design Boom, Dezeen, e-flux, Frame Magazine Issue 153,
JTM Review, Plot Magazine, TISSUE MAG


Selected Collaborators:
Candela Capitán, Eva Franch I Gilabert, Fundaciò Mies van der Rohe, Jojo Lunière, Judeline, Marie Lueder, Neue Nationalgalerie, Namilia, Zoe Zenghelis

Lectures, Critiques, Workshops, Residencies
2025            WORSHOP LEAD AT PORTO ACADEMY
invitied by PA, Barcelona, ESP
2025            CRITIQUE AT BERLIN INTERNATIONAL
invited by Pierre Escobar, Berlin, Germany
2024           LECTURE AT UDK
invited by Gustav Düsing, Berlin, GER
2024           LECTURE + WORKSHOP AT MAM
invited by Mes da Arquitetura da Maia MAM,
Nuno Sousa, Ana Resende, Porto, POR
2024            RESIDENCY AT ETH
invited by Universum Carrousel Journey, CHE
2024            CRITIQUE AT BAUHAUS DIA
invited by FAKT, Dessau, GER
2024            LECTURE AT THE GOAT FARM
invited by ZooAsZoo, Atlanta, USA
2024            LECTURE AT CONCÈNTRICO
invited by Porto Academy, Logrono, ESP
2024            LECTURE & CRITIQUE AT HEAD
invited by Kosmos Studio, Genéve, CHE
2023            LECTURE AT MODEL
invited by MODEL/Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona, ESP
2023            LECTURE AT BUW
invited by Chair of City Design - University Wuppertal Wuppertal, GER
2021/22     WORKSHOP AA
invited by AA Diploma 7, London, UK
2021            LECTURE AT AA
invited by AA, Diploma 9, UK, London, UK
2020            LECTURE AT A-AKADEMIA
invited by PROLOG, Warsaw, POL
2018        LECTURE AT ALANUS 
invited by Chair for Urban Typology, Bonn, GER 







DARYAN KNOBLAUCH
Berlin | London
Architecture Office

If you are interested in a position,  send your portfolio and cv by email

Daryan Knoblauch is an architect, designer and researcher. After gathering years of experience within practice and academia, he launched his eponymous practice in 2023. By fusing elements of contemporary culture, nature and technology, while using architecture as a medium of communication, his work aims to explore space through build design and research.


team members:
Aria Gilani, Daryan Knoblauch, Arte Stefanopoulou
past members:
Spiros Anemoyiannis, Shadi Helena, Salomé Kipiani



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