Malte Wilms

Malte Wilms is an architect and editor based in Berlin, working under the pseudonym access – an architectural practice in constant alteration at the intersection of theory and practice, both independently and collaboratively. His work moves between spatial experimentation and systemic research, examining how architecture responds to changing ecological and technological conditions. His practice unfolds through the development of experimental prototypes, grounded in exploratory methods, analytical investigations, and in-depth studies.

His research on concepts in “New Brutalism” seeks to reveal the hidden and parallel realities that shape our time. He completed his architecture studies at UdK Berlin; his master's thesis 194,000, supervised by Prof. Jean-Philippe Vassal, is a speculative design for the reprogramming of Rem Koolhaas' Green Archipelago. Prior to his current teaching engagement at UdK Berlin, he worked as a research assistant at LUH Hannover. He is currently the Program Head of the AA Visiting School Berlin.

He is a co-founder of the initiatives “an.dersUrania” and “Architects4THF”, is involved with the initiative “HouseEurope!”, and has served as guest editor for Arts of the Working Class and most recently as Workshop Leader at the Venice Biennale Lab.

Malte Wilms deals with technical-ecological systems that emerge from conceptual, economic, political and virtual logics. His spatial research takes place in the context of experimental prototype development, based on exploratory methods, analytical investigations and in-depth studies.

Wilms’ artistic research explores thermal comfort at the intersection of technology, art and architecture – aiming to make visible the hidden and parallel realities of our time.