Office and Research for Contemporary
Architecture and Spatial Development
NFN - Fire station building Neustetten
Competition entry 2024
EGO - School extention in Obrigheim (Landkreis Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis),
Competition entry 2024
FDF - Installation and Project Proposal at the Fish Ladder in Freiburg
LP 0, 2024
ASF - Kiosk prototype for the Karlsruhe subway
Competition, 2. Rank, 2023
PBA - Competition entry for a sport hall in Fribourg, CH
In collaboration with Christina Lachmann
E17 - Commercial space transformation in the Europaviertel Munich
Competition, 2023
AMB - Conversion and renovation of cellar compartments near Freiburg
LP 1-8, 2023
AWB - Überfluss. Proposal to repurpose an extinguishing water tank
Basel Architecture Week 24. In collaboration with Christina Lachmann
NDG - Analysis and urban transformation design of the Lahr-West industrial estate, 2022
orca is an architecture practice founded by Thomas Cristea, Fabian Egle and Lino Mercolli in 2024.
Based in Zurich and Freiburg in Breisgau, orca approaches architecture as a catalyst for social encounters and considers the city and the territory as a living network. An interdisciplinary and networked thinking approach enables innovations for good architectural practice.
orca aims to connect different scales, from spatial development to architectural construction detail. With precise and robust spatial concepts, we contribute to the future-oriented development of space, especially in the inner development of urban systems.
Thomas studied at the AAM in Mendrisio and obtained his degree at EPFL in Lausanne.
Fabian studied architecture at KIT in Karlsruhe and at EPFL. He graduated from TU München in urbanism.
Lino studied architecture at EPFL and graduated at ETH Zürich.
mail@orca-space.com
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orca space klg
2024