Das Autonome Architektur Atelier (AAA)
The Autonomous Architecture Atelier AAA is based in Bremen, Germany, yet it came into existance already 2006, founded by Daniel Schnier, Alexander Kutsch and Oliver Hasemann. AAA explores and communicates public spaces in and around Bremen, Northern Germany, and is currently run by Schnier and Hasemann. The practice of AAA revolves around the transmission of processes related to urban development, where the connection between man and place - the inhabitant and the city is the main focus. AAA helps to ‘read’ the ciy, to understand and appreciate urban contrasts by allowing for new experiences and experiments. AAA focuses on urban areas away from conventional use and attention. Using methods such as creating and staging events, those forgotten areas suddenly get a temporary, yet new meaning and return to the consideration of the public and the local population. The work of AAA consists of urban strolls and guided tours, where areas of urban renewal and suburban environments are of major interest. Important is an open dialogue with the group participants, where the actual spaces are being discussed and observed. By putting public places on a critical display, the AAA aims at moments of provocaton and even irritation, yet they challenge a new interpretation - forgotten and abandoned spaces should return into people’s perception of their surroundings. AAA is an active mediator on allocating disused spaces and buildings to possible user groups. Since September 2009, the AAA, assist the Senators for Economy and Harbours, the Senators for Environment, Construction, Traffic and Europe, and the Senator for Finances as project leader of the pilotprojects of the National Urban Planning Politics, and the Federal Institute for Construction-, City and Space Research.
