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Part Of The Unesco-World Heritage "Hufeisensiedlung"

Suitable for up to four guests, the award-winning TAUTES HEIM (Taut’s Home) is a real-life experience of design history. The house-garden ensemble is a hybrid between a museum and an auratic holiday accommodation. It is located in the iconic "Hufeisensiedlung" (Horseshoe Estate) designed by the German architect Bruno Taut in 1925-30. Since 2008 the estate is part of the UNESCO World Heritage "Berlin Modernist Housing Estates". Our project TAUTES HEIM was frequently appreciated by the press, various media and TV stations. It was designed to give architecture lovers a chance to enjoy and experience the genuine interior colors and very clever room layouts designed by Bruno Taut – one of the most important residential architects of emerging modernism. Although the site is completely restored and furnished in the style of the 1920s, it is equipped with all the modern amenities and can serve as a comfortable vacation home, too. It shows a great passion for historic details and vintage interior design. The accommodation includes 200 square meters large garden with a terrace and a small reference library of Bauhaus architecture in Berlin. Besides, we also offer guided tours through the estate for our guests (or other groups on request)"Taut´s Home" is a completely private project initiated, designed and run by Ben Buschfeld together with his wife, landscape architect and garden monument expert Katrin Lesser. For booking details please see our website www.tautshome.com, for current news and updates you might see our Facebook page ...Project and owners were awarded with the • the Berlin Monument Award / Ferdinand-von-Quast-Medaille 2013• the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2013 (Restoration Category)For more details, photos and references please see • www.tautshome.com• www.tautshome.com/pressematerial• www.facebook.com/tautesheimFor the full story in German, see: • https://kulturerbenetz.berlin/mitglieder/tautes-heim/

Berlin Area, Germany

Selected current or recent projects• graphic design for all publications and catalogues of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin• curation/design/social media for the "Triennale der Moderne - Weimar, Dessau, Berlin"• design/co-management of KulturerbeNetz.Berlin – a network of heritage care-takers• design/graphic realisation of auto-biography by the Holocaust survivor Zilli Schmidt• design/content-creation of a website about the six World Heritage Estates in Berlin• design/development of a website for the "Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg"• fundraising/event management for the "Triennale der Moderne - Berlin, Dessau, Weimar"• design/creation of a traveling exhibition about the World Heritage Estates in Berlin • extending publication: Ben Buschfeld, "Bruno Tauts #Hufeisensiedlung"​ (DE/EN, 144 p.)• book design the Industrial Heritage of the "#Elektropolis Berlin"​ (544 p.)• catalogue design the Holocaust and the memorial site in Berlin (488 p.)• design/production of various auto-biographies of Holocaust survivors• yearbook design for the architects chamber of Berlin "Building Berlin"​ (184 p.)Selected clients and partners:#stiftungdenkmal #holocaustmemorial #landesdenkmalamt #architektenkammer Special projects#triennaledermoderne #tautesheim #kulturerbenetz

Berlin Dessau Weimar + Associated Partner Cities In Germany And Europe

CALL-FOR-PARTNERS: The event format was launched in 2013 and is currently looking for partners from/in other European cities for the edition years 2022 and 2025. The event initially focussed on architecture from the 1920ies that is related to the the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin. Ben Buschfeld helped to establish the event from the scratch. Since 2013 he is in charge of the overall communication for all three cities. Together with Robert K. Huber from zukunftsgeraeusche GbR he takes the role of a co-organizer and -curator for the program in Berlin since 2019. For the upcoming event years 2022 + 2025 the Triennial of Modernism (#triennaledermoderne) is aiming to get a broader historic, multidisciplinary and transnational focus. To do so, we are currently trying to extend the network and start addressing other protagonist throughout Europe. The goal is to gather partners to apply for EU funding for 2022 and 2025 in the CREA program. The ideal setting is to have at least one municipal, one institutional and one civil partner per city. Besides our own research we are happy for proposals, contacts and initial links via LinkedIn.The German backbone is based upon a cooperation of various partners, including • #Landesdenkmalamt Berlin (LDA),• #zukunftsgerauesche GbR (zkg),• #StiftungBauhausDessau (SDB), • #KlassikStiftungWeimar (KSW), • #Architektenkammer Berlin (AKB), • #BauhausArchiv Berlin (BHA)• #visitBerlinas well as 20-30 independent project partners and civil organizations in BerlinIn 2022, the Berlin curators started the "European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)" – an initiative to build up a cooperative network of partners from Central Europe. To stay tuned about event and topic please see the following social media channels:• https://www.facebook.com/TriennaleDerModerne• https://twitter.com/TdModerne• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSEBVtLlkQF0m28O2qE8icg• https://www.instagram.com/triennale_der_moderne/

Berlin, Deutschland

Co-Founder, Head of Design + Communication / Webmaster / Speaker of a network of civil heritage and preservation specialists in Berlin; Head of Design and Development + Board Member of the "Rote Liste bedrohter Bauten in Berlin" (Red List of Endangered Buildings in Berlin)

Berlin, Deutschland

2018 was the European Cultural Heritage Year, which provided the opportunity to acquire public funding for the design and development of a large educational website about the six UNESCO-listed "Berlin Modernist Housing Estates". They were drafted in response to the great housing shortage of the early 20th century and provided a worldwide acknowledged model. The designation as UNESCO World Heritage sites is also accompanied by the requirement to provide information on the sites in an appropriate form. The historically multi-faceted and today's topical subject of social housing construction is to be attractively presented on this website for interested citizens, young adults and visitors.The mighty website contains:• Texts and photos on all six estates• Interactive Maps and tours of all six estates• Descriptions of about 35 individual places• Introduction to the history of Berlin• about 40 stories and anecdotes about the settlements• glossary with ca. 60 entries• about 25 biographies• only in German version: about 25 topics, each with several Tasks for study, school and project instructionTOPICSThe bilingual (dt./engl.)website is suitable for smartphones and desktop PCs. The historic and architectural content is enriched with additional information in the areas of urban, contemporary and cultural history, thus conveying a broad spectrum of information about the 1920s - an era that had a decisive influence on the urban structure and self-image of Berlin. With the virtual tours, housing estate specific questions and topic-related tasks, this website can and should be used in youth and adult education. 90% of the content was written, designed and photographed by myself. TOURSAfter conducting all this research I also started to guide tours – on regular basis in the Hufeisensiedlung, in six estates of the 1920s on request. For further information see:• www.facebook.com/worldheritageestates• www.visitberlin.de/de/suche?keys=Das+UNESCO-Welterbe

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Besides his studio activities Ben Buschfeld is also acting as a lecturer, curator, writer, project author, community / event / media manager, project consultant and visiting professor for graphic design, heritage conservation, communication-, social media- and lobbying-issues. He is engaged in various cultural initiatives – amongst others he engages in the following organizations:• Deutscher Werkbund Berlin (DWB)• KulturerbeNetz.Berlin (KENB)• Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart e.V. (BFGG)• DOCOMOMO Deutschland e.V.• International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)

Berlin, Germany

buschfeld.com - graphic and interface design is a Berlin-based design studio founded by Ben Buschfeld in 1997. Our work focusses on cultural history and listed monuments of the 20th century and has been awarded on international scale. We are engaged in various fields of design, including graphic and interface design, web design, printed matters, CI/CD programs, UI/UX development, books, cultural events or exhibitions. As a publisher and the owner of the rentable museum www.tautshome.com Ben Buschfeld is an ambassador of the UNESCO World Heritage estates in Berlin, a member of the German Werkbund, the KulturerbeNetz.Berlin and various other professional associations. In 2013 he received the monument awards of the city of Berlin and the European Union. The studio and its founder are experienced in the German market, but also committed to work cooperate, teach and lecture at an international level.Most of the Berlin-based clients are in the field of cultural communications, architecture and design, including i.e. • the Holocaust Memorial (Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas)• the Senate Departments for Culture and Urban Development of Berlin• the Federal Authority of Monument Protection Berlin (Landesdenkmalamt Berlin)• the Architects Chamber of Berlin (Architektenkammer Berlin)• the AlliedMuseum Berlin (AlliiertenMuseum)• the Triennale der Moderne - Berlin, Dessau, Weimar• the rentable museum of 1920s architecture -> www.tautshome.comAs well as some clients from the private sector, i.e.• the Deutsche Wohnen AG, Berlin• the Nero Software AG• the Bayer MaterialScience AGFor more details and work samples please see• www.buschfeld.com

Berlin, Germany

Co-author of the initial draft and business concept in 1995, Head of User Interface Design unit, Art Director and General Project Manager, Member of the developers team for the content-management-system; also engaged in the teaching activities for the editorial staff and other members of Bertelsmann Media within 1996-1997.

Köln/Cologne, Germany

Concept and design of various brochures, mounting instructions, trade fair exhibitions, packaging and promotional material for a innovative low-voltage track and lighting system; General management support during the process of founding and establishing the company in terms of design-related, international and promotional issues.

Berlin (+ Cologne)

Before working full-time as a designer, Ben Buschfeld also acted as a guitar teacher giving regular performances as a street musician in/around his home town Cologne. Although he stopped acting as a semi-professional musician when he moved to Berlin, he still performs occasionally and gives solo concerts on acoustic guitar. His repertoire includes well-known pieces for classical guitar, own compositions and cover versions of various styles.

Diplom-Designer, Kommunikations-Design, Summa Cum Laude

Studies in communication design amongst others with Prof. Uwe Loesch, Prof. Dr. Bazon Brock and Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kittler, Acting.

Visiting Professor For Typography, Digital Media, Information Design

Acting as a visiting professor for typography and digital media concepts, giving courses for students and other members of teaching staff.