Malte Wilms is an architect and editor. He lives and works in Berlin under the pseudonym ɑACCESS – an architectural practice in constant alteration – at the intersection of theory and practice, both independently and collaboratively.

ɑACCESS moves between spatial experimentation and systemic research, examining how architecture responds to changing ecological and technological conditions. The 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.

Malte Wilms is a Fellow of the JUNGE AKADEMIE at the Akademie der Künste Berlin and Programme Head of the AA Visiting School Berlin.

practice

2024–ɑACCESS, Berlin, founder
2025Architects for Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, co-founder and campaign lead
2025Arts of the Working Class, guest editor Choreography NO*38
2024anders.URANIA, Berlin, co-founder

collaborators

Florian Hertweck, Véronique Patteeuw, Lars Müller Publishers, Florian Hack (Lomi), Brutalism Cologne, Studio für Elektroakustische Musik, Moritz Riesenbeck, Ian Erickson, Bene Wahlbrink, Chris Gansemer, Florian Tim Walther, Jolene Lee, DISC Journal, Siegwart Geiger, Andreas Barz, Bond Bau, Dominik Aberle, Nils Palme, Philipp Wolter, Architects for Tempelhofer Feld, HouseEurope!, anders.URANIA, George Popov, Aurelia Peter, Clara Kraemer, Brandlhuber+, Kazuyo Sejima, BeL, BOLLES+WILSON, Bearth & Deplazes, David Chipperfield Architects

project index

040Green Archipelago, Berlin (DE) research and publication w/ Florian Hertweck & Véronique Patteeuw, Lars Müller Publishers
039Immutable Mobiles, Berlin (DE) fellowship project w/ Florian Hack (Lomi), Akademie der Künste
038MUSC, Schwerin (DE) competition w/ Chris Gansemer
037House with Two Entities, Berlin (DE) transformation, realized w/ Bond Bau
036Hafenplatz, Berlin (DE) adaptive reuse study
035Pigsty, Lusatia (DE) transformation w/ Florian Tim Walther
034Device, Berlin (DE) transformation
033Array, Berlin (DE) object, realized w/ Moritz Riesenbeck
032ɑACCESS x DISC Journal, Berlin (DE) exhibition BL Schaufenster
031Choreography, Berlin (DE) guest editor Arts of the Working Class
030Kolbe, Bochum (DE) adaptive reuse, realized
029Architects 4THF, Berlin (DE) campaign
028HEATSHIELD, Berlin (DE) transformation for IBZ Berlin
027RDZ, Berlin (DE) competition
026anders.URANIA, Berlin (DE) campaign
023HUT, Leipzig (DE) adaptive reuse, realized

media

2027The City in the City – Berlin: A Green Archipelago, book Lars Müller Publishers, forthcoming
2027Green Archipelago, essay 032c, in press
2026Studiert, um zu bauen, podcast interview Baunetz
2025Malte Wilms, interview COEVAL w/ DISC Journal
2025Choreography, Issue 38, guest editor Arts of the Working Class
2025Stadtumbau – Schulen der Transformation, article ARCH+ Features
2025HEATSHIELD, exhibition text by Carson Chan
2024Komfort unterm Glasdach, report BauNetz CAMPUS
2024Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge, interview transcript Verlag
2023The Demolition Drama, film station+, ETH Zürich, HouseEurope!

academia

2026–Shrinking Archipelago, programme head AA Visiting School, Architectural Association London
2026–Berlin as a Green Archipelago? 11 Theses for the Present, lectureship Institute for History and Theory of Architecture, UdK Berlin
2025–26Dymaxion Studies – Transformation, lectureship Neue Architekturschule Siegen
2025Venice Biennale Lab, workshop leader Venice
2025Well-Tempered Environment Revisited, seminar
2024–25Rethinking Domestic Services as a Heatshield, master’s studio DIA Dessau w/ Jolene Lee
2022–25Institute of Design and Urban Planning, research associate Leibniz Universität Hannover

lectures

2026Berlin – A Green Archipelago?, symposium, concept and host Akademie der Künste Berlin
2025On Transformation and Heritage, lecture David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
2025Sources of Research – The Intelligent Ruin, lecture University of Genoa
2024Denkmal demokratisch!, panel IBZ Berlin, Stiftung Deutscher Denkmalschutz
2024Ferment – REVISITED: Otto Steidle’s IBZ, lecture Salon am Moritzplatz
2024Practice What We Teach? The Demolition Drama, lecture HouseEurope!, ETH Zürich
2024station+, jury ETH Zürich
2024194,000, lecture TU Berlin

guest crits

ETH Zürich, TU Berlin, UdK Berlin, DIA Dessau, Neue Architekturschule Siegen, University of Genoa

distinctions

2026Fellow, JUNGE AKADEMIE, Akademie der Künste Berlin, nominated by Arno Brandlhuber
2022UdK Berlin University Prize, master’s thesis »194,000«

education

2022M.A. UdK Berlin w/ Jean-Philippe Vassal & Susanne Hauser, with distinction
2019Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, studio Kazuyo Sejima
2016B.A. msa Münster School of Architecture w/ Johannes Schilling, with distinction

exhibitions

2026Shrinking Archipelago, Architectural Association London
2025HEATSHIELD, ɑACCESS x DISC Journal, BL Schaufenster, Barkow Leibinger, Berlin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                


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