Architecture Residencies in Berlin

Bauhaus Earth

Berlin, Germany

The Experimental Fellowship at Bauhaus Earth is an international program designed for emerging practitioners in architecture, design, engineering, and interdisciplinary fields aiming to explore sustainable, regenerative approaches to the built environment. Hosted by Experimental, a Berlin-based non-profit founded by architect Prof. Regine Leibinger, the program supports fellows through financial assistance, mentorship, and access to a collaborative network. The fellowship emphasizes open-ended, practice-led research that results in tangible prototypes or architectural fragments integrating ecological and social concerns. Bauhaus Earth offers a supportive environment that connects fellows with workshops, expert advisors, and public engagement opportunities in Berlin and Brandenburg. Projects are developed in mutual collaboration with the program team and relevant stakeholders. Fellows gain visibility through exhibitions, publications, and public programming. The initiative bridges research and real-world application to rethink how architecture can contribute to sustainable futures. With a focus on material innovation, local ecosystems, and circular practices, Bauhaus Earth fosters experimental design practices that push boundaries in the architectural field.

Spreepark Art Space

Berlin, Germany

Spreepark Art Space is a Berlin-based international residency program dedicated to interdisciplinary artistic research within a unique urban-natural setting. Hosted in the Eierhäuschen, a historic riverside building adjacent to the reclaimed Spreepark amusement park, the residency provides an inspiring environment for collectives exploring connections between people, art, and the environment. It specifically welcomes international groups of four who do not live in Berlin or Brandenburg, offering space for collaboration, experimentation, and public engagement. The program emphasizes sustainability, artistic research, and creative approaches to ecological and urban transformation. Residents are supported with complimentary housing, travel cost coverage, and a fixed living stipend. The residency culminates in a group exhibition at the Eierhäuschen the following year, showcasing research-based outcomes. Spreepark Art Space maintains a strong commitment to inclusion, welcoming applications from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled artists, and offers visa support for non-European participants. It serves as a dynamic platform where art, planning, and nature converge within Berlin’s evolving cultural landscape.

ZK/U (Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik )

Berlin, Germany

The ZK/U (Center for Art and Urbanistics) in Berlin is an artist-led, independent art residency and project space that hosts a multidisciplinary residency program. This program offers living and working space for artists, researchers, activists, and professionals from various fields, focusing on exploring city dynamics and experiences. ZK/U encourages proposals that challenge conventions and include extraordinary perspectives, welcoming conceptual, contextual, and interventionist contemporary artistic positions, as well as research or experimentation in urbanism, geography, anthropology, architecture, and the humanities. The residency program fosters mutual learning, spontaneous collaborations, and interdisciplinary exchanges, enriched by the diversity of disciplines and profiles of the residents. ZK/U, housed in a former train station building in a dynamic public park, serves as a space for urban experimentation and cross-disciplinary collaborations. With the reopening of ZK/U’s renovated and expanded public spaces in summer 2024, it will return to being a lively cultural venue hosting regular public events for diverse audiences, with residents encouraged to participate. ZK/U's conceptual framework includes narratives that define its program's themes, encouraging applicants to connect their work to these narratives. The residency offers studio space for working and living, access to communal spaces, and participation in a residency program of weekly dinners, monthly studio visits, and bi-monthly open studio events. The fees for the residency vary depending on the studio type and length of stay, covering all utility costs, space usage, and participation in the residency program. ZK/U is committed to creating an inclusive space, actively confronting and countering all forms of discrimination, and fostering good relations based on solidarity, mutual respect, and trust.