In this episode, we meet Elke Sterling-Presser and Nicolas Sterling, architects and engineers, co-founders of a Berlin-based studio STERLING PRESSER, where creative thinking and cultural translation are the base to building meaningful spaces 📐🏗️

Elke and Nicolas shares how her path from multidisciplinary training to collaborative practice shaped their approach to design: one that listens deeply to the singularity from places and people 💫

We explore how architecture becomes a language of connection, the art of translating across cultures and ideas, and what it means to hold space with humility, curiosity, and joy 🌱

From international collaborations to insights on creative partnership and the role of technology in practice, Elke and Nicolas reflect on the art of constructing not just buildings, but relationships with clients, contexts, and the world around us 🗺️🤝

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00:03:42 Crossing paths: Germany, France, London

00:07:07 Architecture, culture, and a shared language

00:11:03 Designing abroad: the Outdoor Water Theatre in China

00:14:33 Collaborating as a duo: creative abrasion and finding balance

00:24:00 Carrying a shared vision with clients

00:26:17 Building a legacy: seven years of projects and reflection in a book

00:29:11 Creating with AI without loosing control

00:34:52 La Comtesselation in France: building with the living and the sacred

00:40:41 Art, philosophy and nature as sources of inspiration

00:43:36 End of the Year rituals and walking the line