PROFILE | DANIEL TRAPPEN


RIGHT | kadawittfeldarchitektur projects include the mail-order pharmacy DocMorrin of Heerlen, Netherlands


BELOW RIGHT | the Neue Direktion building in Cologne


BELOW | Aplerbeck hospital in Dortmund, Germany


The trend for upcycling, although it may initially have been confi ned to the DIY sector, has been marketable for some time. Upcycling is now used in some industrial process structures.


In addition to using existing recycled products, we see it as our role as designers to help encourage manufacturers to press ahead with the development of innovations – by generating demand and offering to collaborate with manufacturers. With this in mind, we are interested in products that can be obtained from production waste. We want to utilise the positive properties of the materials. For example, sheet materials that are made by pressing the waste material from fabric production. These materials can be used as decorative felt panels, which have acoustic properties, or in board form for making furniture. Another example is bonded leather, which has a unique feel and texture and can be used as a sheet material or as a wall covering. We’re also interested in alternative products made of renewable resources, such as pineapple leather.


INTERZUM : What are you expecting from the upcoming interzum, perhaps following on from your visit last time the fair was held? DT :We are hoping to discover more exciting new fi elds and to get some new food for thought. It is, of course, always interesting to have an update about what the market as a whole is doing in the area of materials and surfaces. But we are also curious to see whether some of the visionary ideas from the previous interzum have been


taken further and made more professional – the area of recycling processes is just one example. And to see which new technologies are emerging – perhaps some of them will only recently have become marketable. In the past, we were particularly excited by interzum’s interdisciplinary approach, which involves exhibiting production techniques that originate from other sectors but have great potential to inspire and foster innovation within the interiors sector.


kadawittfeldarchitektur takes its name from its founders, Klaus Kada and Gerhard Wittfeld, who launched the company in 1999. These days, it takes an interdisciplinary approach, thinking beyond traditional architectural design alone; interlinking architecture, interior design and design on the one hand and working at the interface between urban planning and urban projects on the other. They have a young, committed and creative team of more than 70 and aim to create what they describe as “value- added architecture as a living space, communication space, living space and work space”. Their work has won many awards and commendations over the years. A mere snapshot would include the State Prize Design Award for their work on Daniel TrapSalzburg Central Station in 2013, the Industrial Building Prize for Dusseldorf Power Station and the Mies van der Rohe Award for the Celtic Museum at Glauberg in 2016.


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