JSWD: Fünfundzwanzig / Twenty-five

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) Kiosks, Clinics, and Corporate Spaces—25 years ago, Konstantin Jaspert, Frederik Jaspert, Jürgen Steffens, Rolf Watrin, and Olaf Drehsen founded the Cologne-based architecture firm JSWD. Time for a review: In 25 chapters, author Uta Winterhager presents this renowned office, giving voice to many of those who have contributed to its success. The focus is on the projects themselves. Through a series of minuted on-site conversations, she visits completed projects and future construction sites alongside the partners, project managers, and younger team members. Discussions with clients, collaborators, and in-house experts on topics such as workplace environments, healthcare, resources and revitalization, architecture and landscape, and the competition process offer deeper insights into the multifaceted work of JSWD. The second major monograph on JSWD, following Ensembles A vivid portrait of a dynamic architecture firm with strong roots in Cologne