WERCK WORKSHOP
Werck Noack Barckhausen Architektur GbR
Anton-Graff-Straße 24
01309 Dresden
« Hauptstadtobservatorium »
Ilsestraße 25
12051 Berlin
Founded in 2024 by Nora Noack and Samuel Barckhausen, WERCK Workshop is a future-oriented architecture practice based in Dresden and a capital observatory in Berlin. The office operates at the intersection of research and practice, drawing on a continuous exchange between academic inquiry, material experimentation, and built work. Strongly connected to the university while deeply rooted in making, WERCK develops architecture through prototyping, collaboration, and hands-on construction. Every project evolves in close dialogue with clients, consultants, craftspeople, and a broader interdisciplinary network. The practice focuses on the thoughtful transformation of existing buildings, understanding the built environment as a valuable source and the starting point for new forms of architecture. Its ambition is to create places that are valued, cared for, and embraced over time. WERCK aims to create places that people grow attached to. Places that are used, adapted, maintained, and ultimately worth keeping.
PRESENT TEAM
Samuel Barckhausen, Johanna Illgen, Nora Noack
FORMER MEMBERS
Dorothea Harrer, Lene Langenstraß
VACANCIES & APPLICATIONS
At the moment, we do not have any open positions available.
(Please send your application)
including portfolio (max. 10MB), CV as PDF to info@werck.work
LECTURE & PODIUMS
Upcoming: 22/08 Podium at 3x(D), Dresden
Materiallabor Bauwende - 07/2026, Podium zum Hamburger Architektursommer
Lecture series: Temporary Forever 06/2026, Lecture Series, TH Nürnberg
Material as Method - 04/2026, Universität Stuttgart, Gastprofessur Simon Jüttner
Foundations - 04/2026, Urbaneo Hamburg
Making Elasticities - 10/2025, TU-Braunschweig, IBEA - OpenCultures
Embarking Bark - 04/2025, TU-Braunschweig, IKON - Lunch Lecture
CRITICS & WORKSHOPS
Upcoming: 05/09 « Pre-Plastic », Workshop at Ferment Dom, Warsaw, PL
Guest Critic « Wohnbauten » (Studio Löser Lott), TU Dresden, SoSe 2026
Guest Critic « Öffentliche Bauten » (Prof. Katharina Leuschner), TU Dresden, WiSe 2025/26
PUBLICATIONS
OpenFactory Zine01: « Elastische Räume - Kontext » - Hrsg.: Till Zihlmann mit Samuel Barckhausen, Daniel Dieren, Braunschweig 2025
COLLABORATION
Arne Maxim Koll
MEMBERSHIPS
Arbeitskreis Junger Architektinnen und Architekten
studied architecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin and at Musashino Art University Tokyo, Japan and received her diploma with honors - Max Taut Prize. She worked for robertneun, Ortner & Ortner Baukunst, Kersten Kopp (all Berlin) and Kengo Kuma (Tokyo). Her many years of long-term stays in Japan had a decisive influence on her understanding of space and architecture. She is a registered member of the Saxony Chamber of Architects and was appointed to AKJAA (Working Group of Young Architects) in 2026.
completed his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) under the supervision of Professor Rolf Mühlethaler ETH. He worked for Helga Blocksdorf, Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Staab (Berlin) and studiopez (Basel/Tel Aviv). He taught at TU Dresden (Prof. Christina Köchling, FOK) and at IKON TU Braunschweig, where his current research focuses on biogenic building materials within the context of opencultures. He is a registered member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects and was appointed to AKJAA (Working Group of Young Architects) in 2026.