KKWSM3W is a multidisciplinary architecture and planning studio specializing in infrastructure and thematically extreme architectural topics. Some of our subject areas requires an extraordinary degree of sociological responsibility, which we are passionately aware of. We strongly believe that the design of such extrem spaces are the most difficult ones and the ones which needs our most attention as a society. The studio was founded by Rico Oberholzer who studied architecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin. From 2012 to 2022 he worked together with Sarah Miebach as MOA. In late 2023 he founded KKWSM3W.
In a world with insecurities ahead, a reliable infrastructure is becoming increasingly apparent - we plan and build this infrastructure.
Selected Works:
_Central and Regional Library Berlin, Germany, 2014 1.Prize (unbuilt due to a negative referendum regarding the master plan)
_Regional Justice and Detention Center Winterthur, Switzerland 2015 1.Prize / Built (together with Gunz&Künzle Architekt*innen)
_ETH HIC Building, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Hönggerberg ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2020 5.Prize
_Central Prison Solothurn, Switzerland, 2021 2.Prize
_Police Headquarters and Justice Center Biberbrugg, Switzerland 2022 2.Prize
_Primary School and Sports Infrastructure Brig, Switzerland 2023 5.Place/3.Prize
_Primary School and Sports Infrasctruture Rain, Switzerland 2024 4.Prize