Imke Woelk (Dr. Ing.)
Development
Conception, creation
Imke Woelk studied architecture at TU Braunschweig and IUAV Venice as well as fine arts at HBK Braunschweig. She gained international practical experience at the architecture offices of Massimiliano Fuksas and William Alsop. Since 2005, she has co-led the firm IMKEWOELK + Partner Architektur together with Martin Cors, working at the intersection of architecture, art, planning, and research. Her work focuses on the dialogue between built space and natural systems. She understands architecture as a cultural practice that renegotiates the relationship between humans, environment, and design. In 2003, she was awarded a one-year fellowship at the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome. Imke Woelk has taught and conducted research at the Metropolitan University of London, TU Berlin, Duksung Women’s University Seoul, Università Roma Tre, and for the Danish Arts Foundation. In 2010, she earned her doctorate at TU Berlin under Finn Geipel and Andres Lepik with a dissertation on the cultural and spatial diversity of architectural usage of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie. In 2016, she was appointed by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe to the Art Advisory Committee. In 2018, she completed the online course The Architectural Imagination at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, taught by K. Michael Hays. In 2019, she chaired the jury of the national Czech Architecture Award. Her video *After All – The Culture of Nature* was presented and nominated for an award at the Art Film Festival Cannes (AVIFF) the same year. In 2020, she was inducted into the German Werkbund. With her interdisciplinary approach, Imke Woelk combines architectural thinking with artistic research. Her focus lies on developing sensitive, transformable spaces that not only consider ecological systems but actively integrate them — as an expression of a sustainable, culturally rooted architecture.
Martin Cors (Dipl. Ing.)
Production
Building practice, sustainable implementation
Martin Cors studied Architecture and Urban Planning at TU Vienna and TU Braunschweig. Early on, he pursued a practice-oriented architectural approach that integrates design, function, and context into a clear, realizable form. After his studies, he worked with Christoph Mäckler on complex high-rise projects such as the Opernturm in Frankfurt and the Zoofenster in Berlin. These experiences shaped his technical understanding and detail expertise. In 2005, he co-founded IMKEWOELK + Partner in Berlin with Imke Woelk. Since then, his focus has been on the construction execution of demanding projects — with special attention to structure, material selection, and sustainable processes. The integration of design, technology, and practical realization is central to his work. Parallel to this, he taught at the University of Dortmund until 2013, where he also led research projects on sustainable building and urban development. Since 2014, Martin Cors has increasingly focused on modular construction. The development of prefabricated elements enables efficient, resource-conserving building processes — both in new construction and renovation. His approach is based on a close integration of planning, construction, and execution. With many years of experience and technical expertise, he is responsible for the construction implementation and strategic development of projects at IMKEWOELK + Partner.
Heiko Walth (Dipl. Ing.)
Koordination
Process management, project coordination
Heiko Walth studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin. He began his career at Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architects in Berlin and subsequently served as project manager at LIN – Labor Integrativ Gesellschaft von Architekten in Berlin and Paris. Between 2006 and 2007, he led a research project on the typology of historic industrial buildings at the Department of Building Science, TU Berlin. From 2009 to 2011, he worked in architectural branding at M&C Saatchi in Sydney. Since 2011, he has been a member of Imke Woelk and Partner.
Collaborators
Ingmar Ahnert, Tobias Amme, Marco D’Angelico, Masayuki Asami, Anastasia Borcheva, Carson Chan, Eugenio Cipollone, Wolfgang Desch, Jan Dinnebier, Zhujun Dong, Cristine Edmayer, Beate Engelhorn, Rainer Ernst, Angelika Fernandez, Almut Faber, Francesca Ferguson, Zito Ferreira, Massimiliano Fuksas, Lina Goldman, Seham Hammiche, Matthias Heitzler, Rex Henry, Carsten Hein, Sonia Hibbs, Ulrich Hollop, Andreas Christian Hühn, David Hupfer, Alma Huudovic, Max Illiger, Hiro Juki Sugihara, Miriam Jures, Detlef Karg, Masato Kikuchi, Wilhelm Klauser, Katje Kleyer, Michael Kleyer, Carmen Klören, Young Cheol Kim, Fabian Kremkus, Ingeburg Krause, Oliver Kubisch, Kang Min Lee, Ingo Moser, Myung Jae Lee, Danijel Mohorič, Miwa Mori, Elena Molina-Moreno, Choi Byol Nim, Klemens Ortmeyer, Gabriella Pallenberg, Martin Prominski, Roberto Raccanello, Suresh A’Raj, Atlanta Rascher, Dennis Ratzlaff, Roger Riewe, Verena Röll, Tadashi Saito, Mirjam Tobis, Jörg Schmidt, Angelika Schnell, Tonia Schultz, Tapio Snellman, Hiroyuki Sugihara, Martin Tervoort, Vassili Vougiatzis, Romy von Wantoch, Martyna Wojnarowska, Wasfi Zghoul, Beatrix Zug
Partner
Initialdesign, Institut für Architekturtechnologie-Technische TU Graz, Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften-Universität Oldenburg, Institut für Freiraumentwicklung – Universität Hannover, Institut für Gebäude und Energie-TU Graz, Institut für Kunst und Architektur – Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, LIN Labor Integrativ Berlin, Tapio Snellman, ZRS – Architekten Ingenieure, 100 Landschaftsaarchitektur
