Malte Wilms is an architect and editor. He lives and works in Berlin under the pseudonym access – a architectural practice in constant alteration – at the intersection of theory and practice, both independently and collaboratively.
access 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 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.
038 Archipelagoisation · Inflection Journal · Melbourne /AU
037 Shrinking Archipelago x Architecture Association
036 Berlin-a green Archipelago? x Florian Hertweck · Berlin /DE
035 Immutable Mobiles · Akademie der Künste · Berlin /DE
034 BAER · Transformation · Berlin /DE
033 Array x Moritz Riesenbeck · Object · Berlin/DE
032 Exhibition · Barkow & Leibinger · Berlin /DE
031 Choreography NO*38 x AOWC · Guest Editor · Berlin /DE
030 Kolbe · Adaptive Reuse · Bochum /DE
031 A4THF · Campaign · Berlin /DE
029 RDZ · Education · Berlin /DE
028 HEATSHIELD · Transformation · Berlin/DE
027 I judicare a lot · Education · Munich /DE
023 HUT · Adaptive Reuse · Leipzig /DE
029 anders.URANIA · Campaign · Berlin /DE
2026 · Symposium at Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Berlin a green Archipelago?
2026 · Rem Koolhaas in Conversation with Malte Wilms · Rotterdam
New Periphery, Film · Valentina Parati · Assist · Moritz Riesenbeck
2026 · Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation with Malte Wilms · London
Archipelago · Assist · Moritz Riesenbeck
2025 · Lecture at DCA, Berlin
On Transformation and Heritage · Baukunst — Bauwende
2025 · Lecture at Unige, Add · Genova
Sources of Research · The Intelligent Ruin
2024 · Lecture at IBZ, Berlin
Stiftung Deutscher Denkmalschutz
2024 · Lecture at Salon am Moritzplatz
Ferment · REVISITED · OTTO STEIDLES – IBZ
2024 · Midterm Jury at station+ · ETH Zürich
2024 · Lecture at Practice What We Teach?
The Demolition Drama · HouseEurope! · ETH Zürich 2024 · Lecture at IFA, Znüni um 10,
194.000
2023 · Lecture at roundabout, Lecture Series,
TU Berlin, anders.URANIA
Malte is currently Programme Head of the Architectural Association Visiting School in Berlin and a fellow of the Akademie der Künste Berlin, Section Architecture.
He completed his architecture studies with distinction at UdK Berlin; his master's thesis "194,000", supervised by Prof. 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.
Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, UdK - Lecturer (2026)
Universität der Künste - University of the Arts, Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Shrinking Archipelago
Elecation SS26
AAVS - Program Head (2025 - today)
Architecture Association London
Shringing Archipelago
Team: Ian Errikson, Moritz Riesenbeck, Bene Wahlbrink
Berlin, Germany
Neue Architekturschule Siegen – Lecturer ( 2025 - 2026 )
Universität Siegen - University of Siegen
Dymaxion Studies - On Structural Dynamics
Siegen, Germany
Dessau International Architecture – Lecturer ( 2024-2025 )
Hochschule Anhalt – University of Applied Sciences
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Adaptive Reuse: Rethinking Domestic Services as a Heat Shield
Masters Studio SS25
2027 · Lars Müller Publishers · Berlin a green Archipelago?
2025 · COEVAL · Interview
2025 · Arts of the Working Class · Editor
Choreography NO*38
2025 · ARCH+ Features · Article
Stadtumbau - Schulen der Transformation
2025 · Baunetz · Article
Prototypen für eine thermisch bewohnbare Haut
2024 · Transcript Verlag · Interview
Dimensions Journal for Architecture Knowledge
2024 · Baunetz · Article
Komfort unterm Glasdach