Christoph Felger is the founder of A KIND OF SPACE, an architecture, research and design practice established in Berlin in August 2024.

A KIND OF SPACE is more than a studio for trained architects – it is an interdisciplinary platform that brings together diverse disciplines, experiences and cultures. The practice challenges prevailing conditions of the built environment and focuses on the reuse and transformation of existing buildings, as well as the upcycling of materials and structural elements. By limiting the material palette to locally sourced – and preferably reused – components, it embraces principles such as economy of means, cradle-to-cradle thinking, design for disassembly and carbon budgeting.

Before founding his own practice, Christoph was a long-standing partner and design director at David Chipperfield Architects in London and Berlin (1999–2024). Over 25 years, he played a key role in shaping one of the world’s most respected architecture firms – whose founder was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2023.

Christoph has led numerous major international projects. Among them are the extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich in Switzerland; the Nobel Centre in Stockholm, Sweden; the Morland Mixité Capital – the transformation of a 1950s office block into a mixed-use urban district in Paris, France; and the Amorepacific Headquarters – a 220,000 sqm office, cultural and retail complex in Seoul, South Korea.

His decision to leave David Chipperfield Architects in 2024 – after decades of successful collaboration and at the height of the practice’s international recognition – stemmed from a desire for greater freedom. With A KIND OF SPACE, Christoph is now pursuing his own architectural agenda, critically engaging with the profession’s responsibilities and future challenges.

Christoph studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, where he later also taught. He trained in product and furniture design at Central St. Martins School of Art and Design and originally as a cabinetmaker in the Black Forest in southern Germany. He has served as an external examiner at the Faculty of Architecture at London Metropolitan University and is regularly invited as a lecturer, guest critic and competition juror. In Germany, he also advises city councils on planning and design matters.