Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius

Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius studied architecture in Berlin and Copenhagen. He directed two theater groups and founded the "Institut für angewandte Baukunst" in Berlin in 1999. In addition, he has since been part of the collective raumlaborberlin and works on the culture of the city and public space. He is the founder of Floating University, whose association he has chaired since 2018 and for which raumlaborberlin received the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Archieturbiennale. He realized two theater buildings in Frankfurt in 2021. There he is professor for cohabitation at the Städelschule, Hochschule für Bildende Künste.