1st prize for Innovation Quarter in Erlenbach →

Working in a new collaboration with landscape architects Drei Eins Faller we are delighted to have won first prize in the urban design competition for the “Innovationsquartier Straßenäcker” in Erlenbach. Proposed is an innovative mixed-use neighbourhood with space for living, working, producing, creating and innovating. We have been commissioned by the Town of Erlenbach and are producing a technical urban framework plan to guide future development.

Urbanism for Frankfurt

Just over five years after we moved JOTT’s office from Berlin to Frankfurt it seems that we have finally arrived! Janna Hohn is excited to have been invited to join the Urban Design Advisory Committee (Städtebaubeirat) for the City of Frankfurt am Main.

The Future of the Industrial Estate

Extending our work and ideas on how the principles of the “Productive City” can be applied to existing mono-functional urban areas, we have just completed our research project the “Gewerbegebiet der Zukunft” (The Future of the Industrial Estate) in collaboration with the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and for the town of Neu-Isenburg. The research is published (in German) by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences here>>

Transforming the old Slaughterhouse →

Working for the local authority, JOTT, together with architect Thomas Rabe, has completed a feasibility study for the repair and conversion of the historic slaughterhouse building ensemble in Fürstenfeldbruck. The study includes both technical and strategic elements; it reimagines the historic buildings whilst creating a clear structure of function and space to provide a detailed vision for a new creative and cultural urban hub.

2nd Prize for Neckarspinnerei Quartier →

Together with urbanegestalt, JOTT has won 2nd prize in the workshop/competition for an innovative new urban quarter as a part of the Stuttgart IBA27 at the Neckarspinnerei in Wendlingen. Working carefully with the historic building ensemble to generate a new and distinct urban identity, the project’s focus is the development of a new typology and urban structure for the next generation of industry and innovation.

Research collaborations

For the next 18 months JOTT will be collaborating with the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and the town of Neu-Isenburg on a research project into the “Future of the Industrial Estate”. We look forward to sharing the results!

Strategies for urban transformation →

As part of the work on Fürstenfeldbruck’s new Creative Quarter JOTT has completed a study for the initiation the area’s transformation through meanwhile uses and activities. The study is part research document identifying relevant reference projects from around Europe, and part strategy document, identifying locations for activities and changes as one-off instigators, short-term and medium-term interventions. To the project >

Innovative Typologies for the Productive City →

Based on our "‘Rahmenplan’ for the IBA27 in Winnenden JOTT has completed a Typoliogy Study for the new productive quarter. The document outlines the aims, strategies and challenges for a variety of innovative mixed-use typologies throughout the masterplan, it also identifies relevant best-practice examples from projects througout europe. To the project >>

Rahmenplan completed for Produktive Stadtquartier Winnenden →

Working with the town of Winnenden and IBA’27, and leading a design team including Ubanegestalt, JOTT has completed the initial Technical Masterplan (städtebauliche Rahmenplan) along with a detailed typological study for the Productive Stadtquartier Winnenden. This groundbreaking project for a productive and liveable urban neighbourhood looks to create a prototype for a new form of mixed-use hybrid urbanism. To the project >>

Winnenden Project published in ARCH+ →

Our project for the “Produktives Stadtquartier Winnenden” has been published as the subject of an article by Markus Schaefer in edition 248 of Arch+. Arch+’s latest issue can be ordered and previewed on their website here >>.

A successful collaboration for Hamburg's Billebecken →

JOTT has been working with Lorenzen Mayer Architekten as part of a design workshop for “Urbane Produktion am Billebecken” in Hamburg and is delighted to announce that our submission has been selected out of strong field as the basis for the further development of the area. Aim of the project is to develop a new model for urban, high-density, production and commerce in a currently undervalued area of Hamburg. Our team’s proposals provide an urban framework within which a range of different types of businesses and production can co-exist and grow together whilst integrating the cultural and landscape specifics of the site. To the project >>

1st prize in Winnenden for a 'truly pioneering project' →

JOTT is excited to have won first prize in the internationational urban design competition for a new ‘Productive Urban Quarter’ in Winnenden as a part of the Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27). The project will create a new urban quarter with a full mix of housing, productive, creative and agricultural uses and spaces that work in close synergy with each other. We look forward to working with the town of Winnenden and IBA’27 on its realisation! To the project >> To the full IBA’27 press release here >>

Masterplan for a Creative Frankfurt

After more than a years work the Masterplan for Frankfurt am Main’s Creative Economy has been published. As part of team from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, working with Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt, Janna Hohn was responsible for developing a creative space strategy based around recognising, supporting, and precipitating the growth of local creative hubs throughout the city. Further information and the report as download (in german) can be found here >>.

1st Prize for Kreativquartier Fürstenfeldbruck →

JOTT architecture and urbanism, working with with stern landschaften, have won first prize in the urban design competition for a new ‘Kreativquartier’ for the town of Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria. The project envisiges a new town quarter bringing together creative space, housing, and a revitalised river landscape within the setting of the historic town. To the project >>

Streetspace article published in MONU →

The ‘COVID-19 Summer’ brought about massive changes in how urban streetspace was used. Our article ‘Bringing about the Adaptive Street’ has just been published in the latest issue of the international urban design magazine MONU. MONU’s latest issue can be ordered and previewed on their website here >>. To the project ‘Adaptive Streets’ here >>.

Selected for Ebbsfleet Central

We are very excited that JOTT, as a part of a team led by London practices Weston Williamson + Partners and Allies and Morrison will be working on the the Ebbsfleet Central Masterplan. The masterplan will form a new town centre that ties together the heart of the currently developing new Garden City at Ebbsfleet in North Kent outside London.

Further design for Waldorfschule Berlin-Mitte →

Following their prize in the strategic urban design competition JOTT have been invited to take part in a detailed design competition for the new buildings on the campus of the Waldorfschule Berlin-Mitte. They are collaborating with CKRS Architektengesellschaft mbH and Henningsen Landschaftsarchitekten PartG mbB.

Lecture for the Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe

Janna Hohn has been invited to present a lecture on the subject of her PhD; ‘the Urban Back’ - identifying a new urban space typology in order to better understand the situation of productive and creative spaces in our inner cities. To the project ‘urban backs’ >>

2nd Prize at Waldorfschule Berlin-Mitte →

JOTT architecture and urbanism have won 2nd prize in the urban design ideas competition for the extension and remodelling of the Freie Waldorfschule Berlin Mitte for our project ‘Urban Moments’. To the project >

Learning from Creative Industries in Toronto

Janna Hohn has been invited join the Frankfurt Creative Industries delegation to Toronto as representative of the Frankurt University of Applied Sciences. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Frankfurt’s partnership with Toronto the delegation will be looking to seek new inspirations while deepening existing connections.