Imke Woelk
Imke Woelk (born 1964) is a German architect and artist. She is Professor of Architectural Design at the Institute for Art and Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and directs the Berlin-based architecture practice IMKEWOELK + Partner. She has worked in architectural practice, teaching and research, and has published on architecture, urban development and the relationship between architecture and the environment.[1] [2].
Career and work
Woelk studied architecture and art in Germany and Italy. Subsequently she worked in the offices of Massimiliano Fuksas in Rome and Will Alsop in London. She later established the Berlin-based practice IMKEWOELK + Partner.
In 2003, Woelk received a fellowship from the German Academy Rome at Villa Massimo[3]. In 2004, she won the first prize in the international housing competition 400,000 Habitatges for a housing development in Catalonia[4].
She received a doctorate in architecture from the Technical University of Berlin in 2010. Her dissertation examined the use and spatial qualities of the main hall of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Woelk's projects and writings have addressed urban development, housing, public space and ecological transformation. In 2021, she discussed climate change, urban densification and the relationship between green spaces and housing in an interview with the German newspaper taz[5]. Her work on urban densification in Berlin has also been featured in Bauwelt[6]and other publications[7].
In 2019, Woelk chaired the jury of the Czech Architecture Award[8]. In a 2021 interview with the Berliner Zeitung, she discussed sustainable housing, ecological transformation and the future of Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld.[9]
Woelk has taught and conducted research since 2000 at institutions including the Technical University of Berlin and Duksung Women's University in Seoul. In 2026, she was appointed Professor of Architectural Design at the Institute for Art and Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna[10].
Her work and research findings have been published in architectural journals such as ARCH+[11][12] and Bauwelt[13].
Artistic work
Woelk's practice also includes drawing, painting and video. Her video work After All – The Culture of Nature was presented in 2019 at the Art Film Festival (AVIFF) in Cannes [14] and as part of the Architekturzentrum Wien's Architektur.Film.Sommer programme[15]
External links
- IMKEWOELK + Partner Official website
References
- ↑ "Woelk, Imke". archINFORM. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Imke Woelk | IMKEWOELK und Partner | Berlin". sto-stiftung.de (in Deutsch). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ↑ "Villa Massimo | Stipendien". www.villamassimo.de. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ "Berlinerin gewinnt Wettbewerb in Katalonien". BauNetz (in Deutsch). Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ Mustroph, Tom (2021-01-24). "Architektin über Klimakrise und Stadt: „Der Baubranche bleibt keine Zeit"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in Deutsch). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ↑ "BAUWELT - Nachverdichtung". www.bauwelt.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ Woelk, Imke (2018-10-27), "Gartenheim", Rurale Topografien, Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag, pp. 441–456, doi:10.14361/9783839444283-026, ISBN 978-3-8376-4428-9, retrieved 2026-09-02
- ↑ "Archiweb - The chairwoman of the jury for the Czech Architecture Award 2019 is Imke Woelk". www.archiweb.cz. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ↑ Matera, Elena (2021-02-16). "Berliner Architektin: „Das Tempelhofer Feld als Naturreservat - warum nicht?"". Berliner Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ "New professor for Architectural Design as of 17.2.: Imke Woelk". Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
- ↑ "Projekt Bauhaus 2: Architekturen der Globalisierung | ISBN 978-3-931435-45-5 9783931435455". archplus.net (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ↑ "Legislating Architecture – Law Creates Design | ISBN 978-3-931435-36-3 9783931435363". archplus.net (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ "BAUWELT - Der Tiefgarten". www.bauwelt.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2026-09-02.
- ↑ "AFTER ALL". AVIFF. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ "Architektur.Film.Sommer 2019: Ecology". Architekturzentrum Wien. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
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