The Eavesdropper | Berlin, Germany | Unit 21 | 2025

An encrypted archive, decoding erased histories through modern methods of digitisation and reconstruction. Its geometry does not originate from intention, but from interception — recovered from the ruptured traces of Bernauerstraße. Foundation scars of demolished homes and the residual geometries of overlooked green voids form the encrypted base data. These are processed through an architectural cipher, one rooted in the transformation of 2D trauma into 3D permanence. Geometry here is not composed; it is revealed. The process draws from Teufelsberg’s geodesic domes, where surveillance once listened in silence. The building folds the icosahedral net across a reconstructed terrain, generating volumes from eavesdropped geometry. The façade reflects its context and redacts its outline — a skin of aluminium unfolded, flattened, and recomposed into encrypted surfaces. Internally, the building’s structure is fragmented but precise: a recycled concrete core anchors the mass, while cantilevered steel arms extend from its centre, distributing programmatic zones like intercepted signals. Cross-laminateed timber (CLT) floors slot between load-bearing walls, allowing disassembly.

Eavesdroppers

Eavesdroppers Massing

Film

Approach

Museum Interior

First Floor Atrium Space

Entrance Atrium

Library of Walls in the Eavesdropper