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MARVIN BRATKE
Dipl.Ing. Architect (AK Berlin) | Lecturer

Managing Partner Urban Beta
Managing Partner Beta Realities
Lecturer Architectural Association VS NY
PhD Candidate TUM

Marvin Bratke is German architect, entrepreneur and founding partner of the spatial innovation agency URBAN BETA (-beta.de) and the architecture / design studio BETA REALITIES ().

At his studio Marvin works on participatory methods to create inclusive, unconventional and transformative spaces through predictive planning. Urban Beta and BART//BRATKE collaboratively work on new ways of social inclusion, as well as participatory approaches to co-design, both virtual and physical. The studio’s aim is the greater democratization of technology for construction and architecture with a strong focus on positive social and ecological footprints.
Marvin’s work fuses emerging technologies, spatial innovation, future mobility and computational design into one holistic design approach. Urban Beta’s research is backed by the Federal Government of Germany, covered by the “Zukunft Bau” (Future Construction) program: While the research project BetaHood became a model project for the “New European Bauhaus” initiative, the ecologic moblity hub BetaPort and its circular “Building as a Service” (BaaS) model is on display at various conferences and events, including the GreenTech Festival, Digitale Woche Kiel and ExpoReal.

Marvin is actively engaged in the profession’s discourse, teaching at various universities, including the TU Graz, UCL The Bartlett and the AA Visiting School program. He held visiting professorships at Muthesius Academy of Arts in Kiel and UISEK in Quito. As an invited speaker, he frequently lectures on spatial strategies, circular building, architectural innovation and the studio’s research at renowned universities. This includes lectures at GreenTech Festival, Ars Electronica, CD Next and DETAIL Congress for Transformation.

Marvin received his diploma architecture top of the semester in at the Technical University Munich (TUM) and the NTU in Singapore. His award-winning work is widely published and frequently exhibited, i.e. at the Architecture Biennale Venice, Experimental Architecture Biennale Prague, Munich Design Week and Forward Festival. He is invited expert and consultant to various universities, including University of Innsbruck, TU Delft and École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.