Werner Sobek Ingenieure, Stuttgart
Werner Sobek Engineers is an engineering consultancy founded in 1991 in
Stuttgart. Its works stand for dematerialization, for the search for
transparency, and the use of new materials and structures, like folded
membranes, adaptive building-envelopes and sandwich structures. The
design of Werner Sobek Engineers is always consistent and precise, with
the precision going from the smallest element (e.g. a wire rope shackle) up
to the biggest unit (high-rise building).
The exhibition displays sketches, plans and models of the latest projects of
the studio. Certainly best known among these projects is the residential
building R 128 in Stuttgart which has won worldwide acclaim. Other projects
that will be on display include the New Bangkok International Airport, the
convertible roof over the Rothenbaum Stadium in Hamburg and the World
Headquarters of Deutsche Post in Bonn.
Werner Sobek has been Professor at the University in Stuttgart since 1995,
first as successor to Prof. Frei Otto, and since 2001 also as successor to
Prof Dr. Jörg Schlaich. He is director of the Institute for Lightweight
Structures and Conceptual Design.
Speakers of the opening of the exhibition will be:
Kristin Feireiss, Berlin
Wolfgang Riehle, president of Baden-Württembergs chamber of architects.
