Architecture is a tool to improve lives.
The vision behind, and motivation for my work is to explore and use architecture as a medium to strengthen cultural and individual confidence, to support local economies and to foster the ecological balance. Joyful living is a creative and active process and I am deeply interested in the sustainable development of our society and our built environment. For me, sustainability is a synonym for beauty: a building that is harmonious in its design, structure, technique and use of materials, as well as with the location, the environment, the user, the socio-cultural context. This, for me, is what defines its sustainable and aesthetic value.
Anna Heringer
Claystorming-Workshop for the first time at Anna Heringer’s Studio
© Pictures: CIRECA-Domaine de Boisbuchet @martinaorska / @Verena Konrad
Anna Heringer
Claystorming
Workshop
July 2-4, 2026
How can intuition be translated into the design process? In the Claystorming workshop with Anna Heringer, immediate, physical creation takes center stage. From clay – a patient material – three-dimensional sketches emerge, making spatial ideas tangible before they are fully conceived. The workshop is aimed at architects and planners with design experience who want to explore new ways of creative research.
The Claystorming method, developed by Anna Heringer together with Martin Rauch, encourages participants to set aside logic and routine, to trust material and intuition, and to experience architecture as a living process. The workshop will take place for the first time at the Studio Anna Heringer in Laufen. It is a rare opportunity to experience the method firsthand and to explore and reflect on this way of designing directly with Anna Heringer.
Domus spent an immersive week alongside Anna Heringer at the Domaine de Boisbuchet. The goal? To uncover the secrets behind a sustainable, high-impact approach to creative thinking.
The result is a comprehensive guide to "Clay Storming"—a tactile method of brainstorming that uses earth and hands to reshape how we develop ideas.
Location/Organizer: Studio Anna Heringer, Rottmayrstraße 24, 83410 Laufen, Germany
Dates: July 2 – 4, 2026
Language: English
Times: Thursday 2 PM – 7 PM, Friday 9 AM – 5 PM, Saturday 9 AM – 2 PM
18 Teaching Units (in coordination with the ByAK)
Participants: Exclusively limited to 16 people, Particularly suitable for architects, landscape & interiorarchitects, and urban planners.
Category: Design & Composition
Costs: €815 (including materials and daily lunch, plus VAT)
One scholarship available click here for more infomation*
Certificate of Attendance: Official participation certificate for submission to employers or professional chambers
Registration & Contact: claystorming@anna-heringer.com
This workshop is held in cooperation with the Academy for Continuing Education and Training of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects (ByAK)
*Travel and accommodation costs are not included.
Click here to find more infomration about the accommodation and arrival
*Participation implies consent to photography
"Form follows love." Anna Heringer