markus heinsdorff

Regen–Wald / Rain - Forest (Part 2) - living under trees
2022 - Construction of the Piaroa Agroforestry Academy as a training centre for the conservation of the rainforest, Venezuela
2023 - Exhibition on the project in St. Joseph's Study Church (3rd of March - 15th of June)
As an art-architecture project, Markus Heinsdorff designed and currently realises an academy building in the rainforest of Venezuela for and with the help of the Piaroa indigenous people, an indigenous tribe settled in the border region to Colombia on the Rio Sipapo river. With the concept of a training centre, the Piaroa are to be supported in the agroforestry cultivation of forest fruits and thus earn their own income. This allows them to live in the rainforest and protect it at the same time. With almost 300 square metres of usable space eight interconnected buildings will be realised, which will enable multi-day training courses in organic cultivation and fair trade, processing and will provide catering and accommodation for up to 60 participants. A sustainable prototype building made of regional materials, built by the Piaroa with wood from the surrounding area and a marginal amount of cement plus sanitary installations. The exhibition shows the architecture and life of the Piaroa, gives information on agroforestry and rainforest conservation concepts as well as on the ecosystem. Information PDF

Haus Europa, Leuchtenfeld - House Europe, Light field
2022 - 11 September - 06 December (Haus Europa), City Park, Roth, Germany
2022 - March - July - Badehaus Place of Remembrance, Wolfratshausen-Waldram, Germany
2021 - July - September - (tim) Augsburg State Textile and Industry Museum, Germany
2021 - February – June – Schloß Blumenthal , Aichach, Germany
Two installation forms at different successive locations, each lasting for 3 months - the "art-light installation on the theme of flight” consists of orange life jackets, wooden steles/strips, wire/rope and LED lamps. Original life jackets of refugees were collected on Mediterranean beaches, disassembled, sewn back into fabric panels and used to cover 120 windows (H 100 x W 50 cm) for the "Haus Europa" (from September). The house, made of 6 x 6 and 4 x 4 cm wooden sticks, has a floor area of 8 x 5 m and a height of 7.20 m and can be walked on inside. For the "light field" as the first installation on the theme, a total of 144 luminaires (H 40 x D 26 cm) were produced on 3.8 m high steles. Depending on the installation site, the luminaires are arranged in different numbers, in each case at equal distances - with 144 steles at 2.5 m distance from each other, they cover an area of 750 sqm (Blumenthal Palace) and become a glowing field of orange-red luminaires at night. On the project website and on site, visitors can find out about the installations, locations and the situation of refugees worldwide and in Europe. As part of the project, individual steles were handed over to interested parties and privately rebuilt as an impressive "sign" (90 individual lights in 2021). The proceeds of almost 30,000 euros so far have been used as emergency aid and for long-term support of refugees to NGOs (2/3) and for the production of the installation (1/3). "Haus Europa" and "Das Leuchtenfeld" are realised according to designs by Markus Heinsdorff and in cooperation with the community Schloss Blumenthal (production, donation support). www.Leuchtenfeld.de, Media Leuchtenfeld PDF, Media Leuchtenfeld II PDF, www.haus-europa-roth.de, Media Roth PDF, BR + Time Lapse Video

Recyclables - collection point
2021 - Dasing, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Design and realisation of a 6 x 8 m structure with a height of 3.4 m as a collection point for recyclables and electrical appliances made of galvanised steel T-beams with a vaulted roof made of galvanised corrugated sheet metal, a collection counter, a storage room made of larch wood, sliding doors and a 16 sqm facade made of gabion baskets filled with plastic waste as artificial façades. All elements are screwed together. The concrete floor slab also serves as a foundation. The storage space is integrated under the roofing of the prefabricated modules, also serially produced gabions. Coloured transparent plastic waste from the collection point is layered into the two translucent gabion walls on the two side facades (a 3 m W x 0.35 m D x 2.45 m H). Workshop for the waste facades with 50 pupils of the primary school Dasing; client district town Aichach; design building and object facade Markus Heinsdorff, Munich; CAD model and planning implementation M.A: Babou Bojang and M.A. Lukas Struthmann, Architects, Munich; project supervision WtERT c/o ia GmbH Engineering, Munich; storage modules Fa. Käuferle Aichach; steel construction Fa. Hausmann, Aichach. Media PDF 

The space we live in I - Paper Box House and Shelter & Vernacular
2021 - Shipyard Exhibition Hall, GAD / CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice, Italy
The installation and exhibition on the occasion of the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice 2021 under the title "The space we live in" deals with properties and use of space. The central installation is the walk-in "Paper Box House" made of honeycomb recycled cardboard and furniture made of stackable fruit and vegetable cartons. It is a work of art, a vision of recyclable materials and architecture on the theme of "building with recycled materials" or "building with recyclable materials". The concept pursues the idea of developing simple and at the same time well-designed buildings from material that is lying around or is free of charge, such as recycled cardboard or plastic waste. The need for this is great, more than 80 million people worldwide are homeless due to crises or war and more than one billion live in inadequate housing. The installation was accompanied by the exhibition Shelter & Vernacular. A documentary about simple building with different materials such as clay, bricks, bamboo, grasses, sheet metal, etc. in different cultures. Photographed by Christian Schittich, architect and Markus Heinsdorff (see also under Photography). Project team: Pier Paolo Scelsi, curator GAD / CREA , Venice, Italy; M.A. Lukas Struthmann and Dipl. Ing. Benedikt Hartl Architects, Munich, Germany; www.creavenice.com/markus-heinsdorff