Shortlist for AJ Small Projects 2022
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the public artwork titled “The Gathering Place” - Prof. Karsten Huneck was involved in is shortlisted for AJ Small Projects 2022.
From over 170 entries, the public artwork for Scotland reached the shortlisted ones. Together with his partner Bernd Trümpler from KHBT and the team of Sans façon, Prof. Karsten Huneck used the opportunity to revisit the river’s social role within the fabric of the city.
As a collaborative team, KHBT and Sans façon delivered a piece which built on people’s stories and memories of the river - now people will be able to come together to pause and reflect on the joy of human interaction.
Feel free to read more about it here, and here.
About the project: “The Gathering Place”
By Prof. Karsten Huneck, Bernd Trümpler from KHBT and the team of Sans façon
The City’s River Ness Public Art Project was conceived by the City committee to encourage the public along the iconic River Ness. The Gathering Place is an achievement in the City’s efforts to inspire the community and visitors through public art.
The Gathering Place is the first public art commission funded by Creative Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council and the Inverness Common Good Fund. It was commissioned by the City of Inverness, City Committee back in 2017.
AJ Small Projects 2022 Awards
Berlin International congratulates Prof. Karsten Huneck and his architectural practice KHBT, as their public artwork entitled "The Gathering Place" has been shortlisted by Architect's Journal for the AJ Small Projects 2022 Award! This award, now in its 27th year, recognizes the best small-budget, high-ambition architectural projects with a contract value of up to £299,000. The Gathering Place project, jointly developed for Inverness, Scotland, by architecture firm Sans façon and Berlin and London-based KHBT, made it to the shortlist from over 170 entries.
About KHBT
KHBT is a creative studio set up by Karsten Huneck and Bernd Trümpler in London and Berlin. KHBT has consistently created spatial works of local and international significance which are published widely as well as winning various awards such as the prestigious Young Architect Of The Year Award (YAYA) in 2009 where KHBT was gaining the first ever ‘special commendation’ in the competitions history.
Karsten Huneck and Bernd Trümpler are also partners of the experimental architectural network osa_office for subversive architecture which acts as a platform for spatial research that feeds into the practice. KHBT also have an ongoing involvement in research and academia; Karsten is a Professor of Architecture and Construction at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences and Head of Program, Architecure (BA).
About Sans façon
Artists duo Sans façon (Charles Blanc & Tristan Surtees), began working together in 2001 in Glasgow, Scotland. Their diverse practice responds to the relationship between people and place. They work internationally on projects ranging from ephemeral performances, temporary installations in public space, large scale permanent artworks, to developing and implementing city wide strategies. Multi award winning, Sans façon was most recently the recipients of the 2021 Canadian Society of Landscape architecture highest award of excellence for Dale Hodges Park, in Calgary, Canada.