Office

We read and de­ve­lop ar­chi­tec­tu­re from a broa­der ter­ri­to­ri­al spa­ti­al and tem­po­ral un­der­stan­ding. We do this in land­scape and urban con­texts, both for spe­ci­fic small in­ter­ven­ti­ons and for lar­ger-sca­le pro­jects. From this ap­proach, it is our self-con­cep­ti­on that we work from and with what we find. In terms of cul­tu­ral and ma­te­ri­al sustaina­bi­li­ty, the lo­ca­ti­on and exis­ting buil­dings form an im­portant crea­ti­ve sour­ce for our de­signs. The con­text of pro­tec­ted land­scapes and cul­tu­ral as­sets, as well as buil­ding wi­t­hin exis­ting struc­tu­res, cha­rac­te­ri­ze both com­ple­ted pro­jects and those in plan­ning.

We con­nect these pu­blic in­te­rests with the ob­jec­tives of our cli­ents and de­ve­lop, plan, and rea­li­ze pre­cise pro­jects in the areas of hou­sing, work, cul­tu­re, edu­ca­ti­on, and in­fra­struc­tu­re. Our work ex­plo­res con­ver­si­ons and site de­ve­lop­ments in urban and rural areas, de­ve­lops den­si­fi­ca­ti­on, deals with re­no­va­ti­on and up­gra­ding of exis­ting struc­tu­res, and in­clu­des pro­jects in the al­pi­ne cul­tu­ral land­scape.

Ar­chi­tec­tu­ral­ly, our de­signs are cha­rac­te­ri­zed by re­cur­ring the­mes of struc­tu­re, space, and ma­te­ri­al tec­to­nics. In­no­va­ti­ve struc­tu­ral con­cepts cha­rac­te­ri­ze new buil­dings, the up­gra­ding of re­no­va­tions, and in­fra­struc­tu­re pro­jects. Our broad en­ga­ge­ment de­man­ds and is sti­mu­la­ted by in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with spe­cia­lists. This way of working re­flects the basic un­der­stan­ding of de­sign as re­se­arch that is con­ti­nuous­ly reim­agi­ned. The in­te­rest lies in a spe­ci­fic ar­chi­tec­tu­ral in­ter­pre­ta­ti­on and an un­bia­sed, open-en­ded re­s­pon­se to ques­ti­ons of our time.

The buil­dings of the of­fice have been ho­no­red with va­rious awards, such as the Prix Acier 2007, the Aus­zeich­nung Gute Bau­ten Grau­bün­den 2013, the Best Ar­chi­tects Award 2015 in Gold, and the Seis­mic Award 2018. In ad­di­ti­on to va­rious na­tio­nal and in­ter­na­tio­nal pu­bli­ca­ti­ons in spe­cia­li­zed li­te­ra­tu­re, the ear­lier pro­jects and buil­dings were pu­blis­hed in the mo­no­gra­phic se­ries "An­tho­lo­gie 11" by Quart-Ver­lag (2009).

The of­fice was foun­ded and led by Co­rin­na Menn in 2002. In 2025, it was trans­for­med into Co­rin­na Menn Stu­dio AG. Su­san­ne Sau­ter, as an as­so­cia­te, to­ge­ther with Co­rin­na Menn, per­forms the tasks of busi­ness ma­nage­ment and team lea­dership.