Landes: Building Metaphors

Michael A. Landes turned away from classical modernity at an early stage to focus on a new architectural pluralism. To this end, he developed a vocabulary that allows him to meet design requirements coupled with contextual, traditional, or functional demands. In order to find integral solutions to architectural and urban planning problems, he employs both his own syntax and grammar as well as a unique vocabulary.

Thinking and designing in metaphors is the basic premise of his work. He applies the created pictures at different scales—urban planning, project or detail-related—or combines them into collages. The natural transition from the creative intellectual approach to the pragmatic design process can be witnessed not only in the transformation of industrial fallows or a streetcar depot, but also in his extensive scope of residential projects in various urban planning situations, which is the focus of his current activities.