EST. 2009 · BERLIN · 52.51°N 13.42°E

ARCHITECTURE COLLECTIVE — FILE BRUTA/00 — SHEET 01 OF 05

WE BUILD IN RAW CONCRETE.
NOTHING ELSE.
SINCE 2009.

BUILT MASS
45,120 T
STANDING STRUCTURES
23
MATERIALS USED
1
FAILURES
0
ACTIVE POUR
HALLE BÉTON / BAY 14
FORM CREW
08 PERSONS · 19 H
SLUMP
70 MM · NO PLASTICISER
STRIKE TIME
2026-07-18 05:40 CET

01 — MANIFESTO

SIX CLAUSES. NON-NEGOTIABLE.

  1. C.01

    CONCRETE IS NOT A FINISH. IT IS THE BUILDING.

  2. C.02

    WE DO NOT DECORATE. WE POUR. THE FORMWORK IS THE ONLY DRAWING WE TRUST.

  3. C.03

    NO CLADDING. NO PAINT. NO PLASTER. NO APOLOGY.

  4. C.04

    A WALL IS 400 MILLIMETRES THICK OR IT IS A CURTAIN.

  5. C.05

    WEIGHT IS HONESTY. LIGHTNESS IS MARKETING.

  6. C.06

    EVERY SURFACE REMEMBERS ITS MOULD. WE MAKE THE MEMORY WORTH KEEPING.

RATIFIED 2009-03-12, KÖPENICKER STR. 48 · AMENDED: NEVER · SIGNATORIES: 3 OF 3

02 — WORK

FOUR STRUCTURES ON RECORD. 45,120 TONNES COMBINED.

  • P-01 · MIX-01

    MONOLITH 09

    RESIDENCE, GRISONS CH — SINGLE-POUR DWELLING CAST IN 27 CONTINUOUS HOURS. BOARD-MARKED SPRUCE FORMWORK, 400 MM SHELL, NO EXPANSION JOINTS.

    YEAR2019
    TONNAGE1,840 T
    COORD46.62°N 9.03°E
    BUILT
  • P-02 · MIX-06

    TERRIL HOUSE

    CULTURE HALL, GENK BE — ASSEMBLY HALL PINNED 22 M INTO A COAL SLAG HEAP. BLACK-PIGMENTED MIX, ROUGH OAK BOARDS, 900-SEAT CHAMBER.

    YEAR2021
    TONNAGE12,400 T
    COORD50.97°N 5.50°E
    BUILT
  • P-03 · MIX-04

    SILO KAPPA

    CIVIC ARCHIVE, HAMBURG DE — 1912 GRAIN SILO RE-CORED AS A CLIMATE ARCHIVE. NEW 9,120-TONNE INNER DRUM POURED INSIDE THE OLD SHELL.

    YEAR2023
    TONNAGE9,120 T
    COORD53.54°N 9.98°E
    BUILT
  • P-04 · MIX-09

    HALLE BÉTON

    MARKET HALL, LYON FR — 190 M CLEAR-SPAN HALL OVER THE OLD FOUNDRY YARDS. BASALT-AGGREGATE MIX, STEEL PAN FORMWORK, POUR 14 OF 22 COMPLETE.

    YEAR2026
    TONNAGE21,760 T
    COORD45.76°N 4.84°E
    IN POUR

NINETEEN EARLIER STRUCTURES HELD IN THE PAPER ARCHIVE, HOF III. VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT. GLOVES PROVIDED.

03 — MIX

FOUR RECIPES IN ACTIVE SERVICE. CUBES KEPT THIRTY YEARS.

MIX NAME CEMENT W/C FORMWORK 28-DAY POURED AT
MIX-01ROHCEM I 52.5 R0.38SAWN SPRUCE BOARDS61 N/mm²MONOLITH 09
MIX-04GRAUCEM III/B 42.5 N0.42PHENOLIC PLY, OILED55 N/mm²SILO KAPPA
MIX-06SCHWARZCEM II/A-S + 3% OXIDE0.40ROUGH OAK, RE-USED ×958 N/mm²TERRIL HOUSE
MIX-09SCHWERCEM I 42.5 + BASALT AGG.0.36STEEL PANS, GROUND74 N/mm²HALLE BÉTON
61MIX-01 · N/mm²
55MIX-04 · N/mm²
58MIX-06 · N/mm²
74MIX-09 · N/mm²

ALL MIXES POURED ON SITE. NO PRECAST. NO ADMIXTURE WE CANNOT PRONOUNCE. TEST CUBES SHELVED IN HOF III, ROWS R001–R118.

04 — PERSONNEL

THREE PARTNERS. NO STAFF. THE COLLECTIVE DOES NOT HIRE.

FILE B/01CLEARANCE: POUR

VERA OSTROWSKI

ROLE
FOUNDING PARTNER — STRUCTURE
BORN
1974, KATOWICE PL
TRAINED
TU WIEN, DIPL.-ING. 1999
POURED
19,400 T

“IF IT CAN ROT, IT IS NOT A MATERIAL.”

FILE B/02CLEARANCE: POUR

DANTE MBEKI

ROLE
PARTNER — FORMWORK
BORN
1981, JOHANNESBURG ZA
TRAINED
WITS 2004 · ETH ZÜRICH 2007
POURED
14,900 T

“THE MOULD IS THE BUILDING’S FIRST LIFE. I BUILD EVERYTHING TWICE.”

FILE B/03CLEARANCE: POUR

RUTH KANNO

ROLE
PARTNER — MASS
BORN
1986, SAPPORO JP
TRAINED
KYOTO INST. OF TECHNOLOGY 2010
POURED
10,820 T

“PEOPLE SAY HEAVY LIKE IT IS A PROBLEM.”

COMBINED POUR RECORD: 45,120 T. RECONCILES WITH SHEET 02 TO THE TONNE. WE COUNT.

05 — CONTACT

WE ANSWER IN 48 HOURS. WE BUILD IN DECADES.

BUILD
HEAVY.

NEXT POUR WINDOW
Q2 2027
RESPONSE TIME
48 H
MINIMUM WALL
400 MM
MOODBOARDS ACCEPTED
0

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