Since POLA was founded in 2009, we have brought together generations, nationalities and talents. About two dozen people from the fields of open space design, architecture, civil engineering, communication and the humanities work together to create memorable places.
We are a competition office and appreciate the challenge at different scales. We want to be courageous and stand up for our convictions - even at the risk of making a splash. We believe that even failure makes us grow, as long as we remain authentic. And we look for beauty - mostly or especially in the imperfect, in the ephemeral. All of this is what makes our work so appealing to us.
Since POLA was founded in 2009, we have brought together generations, nationalities and talents. About two dozen people from the fields of open space design, architecture, civil engineering, communication and the humanities work together to create memorable places.
We are a competition office and appreciate the challenge at different scales. We want to be courageous and stand up for our convictions - even at the risk of making a splash. We believe that even failure makes us grow, as long as we remain authentic. And we look for beauty - mostly or especially in the imperfect, in the ephemeral. All of this is what makes our work so appealing to us.
Jörg Michel
The idea of the cultural and emotional resonance of places is central to all of Jörg Michel's work. Before founding POLA, he was a partner at Locodrom and office manager of planning offices in Berlin, Munich and Toronto.
As a visiting professor, Jörg Michel taught open space planning and design at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and was a lecturer in landscape architecture at the Bernburg University of Applied Sciences. The studied landscape architect and visual artist is also a trained gardener and landscape gardener.
The idea of the cultural and emotional resonance of places is central to all of Jörg Michel's work. Before founding POLA, he was a partner at Locodrom and office manager of planning offices in Berlin, Munich and Toronto.
As a visiting professor, Jörg Michel taught open space planning and design at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and was a lecturer in landscape architecture at the Bernburg University of Applied Sciences. The studied landscape architect and visual artist is also a trained gardener and landscape gardener.
Aleksandra Baranova
Karen Brix
Marcel Dölling
Julia Drees
Jérôme Duréault
Bastian Fletschinger
Holly Hein
David Kaufmann
Elise Merveille
Karsten Meyer
Jörg Michel
Diana Mittendorfer
Kuang-yu Niu
Brigitte Panek
Sara Perovic
Théo Pietronave
Michelle Ritscher
Isabel Rodriguez Lucas
Catalina Ruff
Matthias Schmidt
Niklas Wobbe
POLA would not be POLA without our former colleagues.
Silvia Paris /// Kathrin Albrecht /// Stefan Asbrede /// Felix Bachmann /// Rina Balfanz /// Alena Baumann /// Lea Bombien /// Nataliya Borys /// Thomas Büsch /// Christoph Carrette /// Cecilia Cicconi /// Juan Cruz Gómez Righetti /// Guillaume De Vore /// Anna Dierking /// Charlotte Driller /// Karen Ehlers /// Nathalie Esposito /// Kamila Grigo /// Lisa Hankow /// Lina Hasenstab /// Maje Hennes /// Ariane Holz /// Katharina Jester /// Julia John /// Madeline King /// Katrin Kolbe /// Aleksey Konev /// Manca Kroselj /// Marleen Krüger /// Lisa Lau /// Johannes Mebes /// Arne Mickerts /// David Misselwitz /// Susanne Mühlbauer /// Dominik Müller /// Benjamin Nicaud /// Cristina Palicari /// Anke Palm-Dagdeviren /// Valentina Pilego /// Jakob Pittroff /// Nina Pollex /// Christina Ritter /// Igor Roitburd /// Heiko Ruddigkeit /// Florian Rüster /// Juan Sáez Martinez de la Pedraja /// Tristan Scheppach /// Roberta Serra /// Elsa Sitsen /// Anna Slavensky /// Olaf Staack /// Markus Storch /// Anna Szczepaniak /// Natalie Thao /// Marcel Tröger /// Ricky van Lingen /// Lutz Verleger /// Luisa Vogel /// Julia von Lindenfels /// Sissy von Matuschka /// Sabine von Sarnowski /// Julia von Vietinghoff /// Johanna Walkhoff /// Sander Wallays /// Franziska Wedeking /// Jennifer Winkelmann /// Zora Zweifel ///
We say THANK YOU!