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about

Sebastian Díaz de León (he/him), born in Mexico City, now lives in Berlin, where he engages in a spatial practice that intersects architecture, film, and photography. He explores existing structures to envision a socially and climate-just future, addressing contemporary spatial challenges. As part of the collective ufoufo, he co-edited the book "VISITING - Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller" (2022) and contributed to the accompanying exhibitions in Berlin, Hamburg, Kassel, and Zürich. Recent projects from the collective include ABRISSSTOP! (2023), which opposes building demolitions, and IVRY-AFFAIRES (2023), a video installation highlighting the stories of Ivry-sur-Seine's inhabitants. Currently, he teaches architectural design at Universität der Künste Berlin.

contact

email
sdiazdeleon

ufoufo.eu

ufoufo

andersurania.org

andersurania


screenings
2024

IVRY–AFFAIRES at group exhibition Under Pressure, Adalbertstr 9 Berlin

Ghostly Tracks, at festival of well beeing, Mäusebunker Berlin

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht! at hallo kiosk hamburg
2023

IMAGE DE VILLE Festival,carte blanche,Aix en Provence

CONTAMINATIONS, at Climate Care Festival, Floating University, Berlin

IVRY–AFFAIRES at
Haus der Statistik, Berlin

IVRY–AFFAIRES
at Centre Jeanne- Hachette Ivry-sur-Seine, France

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht! - at Spektakel auf der Autobahn, own your city - urbane praxis woche, Berlin

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!
at Delphi Space, Freiburg

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht! at Kurfürstenstr Berlin


exhibitions
2024

Under Pressure, group exhibition at Adalbertstr 9 Berlin

Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, at Architekturforum Zürich

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!
at Profitopolis,
Museum der Dinge, Berlin


Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller
at Kunsthochschule Kassel

2023

Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller at freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg

ABRISSSTOP/Down with Demolition protest fest, performance, Film screening, Kurfürstenstr. Berlin


2022

Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller at DAZ Berlin

2020

Les Gonflables at KUNST RAUM STADT Univeristät der Künste berlin
2019

Oberweissbacher Lichterfest at making futures


lectures/talks
2024
Lecture and Discussion at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) on Invitation of Anne Lacaton, Madrid (ESP)
curators talk at architekturforum zürich

curators talk at Kunsthochschule Kassel
2023

Guest lecture at UdK Berlin, on invitation by summacumfemma

curators talk at freie akademie der künste hamburg

Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Talk at IEB, TU Braunschweig, Prof. Dan Schürch
2022

curators talk at DAZ


residencies/fundings
2023

Goethe Institut - visual arts project fund

Berliner Projektfonds Urbane Praxis


publications

Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller,
Berlin 1966-89.
Verlag der Buchhandlung Franz und Walther König



press

arte twist 29.09.2024

nextroom.at 01/2024: ufo ufo - Initiative gegen Abriss
 

DBZ 02/2023: “Gebauten Raum erforschen“
 

Baunetz Campus: ”Einige Fragen an“


BauNetz.de, 07.12.2023: Substanzielles Umdenken ︎︎︎


Taz, 28.11.2023: Abrisspläne in der City West


Bauwelt,  24.2023: Endlich umdenken!︎︎︎

BauNetz.de , 20.11.2023: Allianz gegen Abrisse
︎︎︎

Tagesspiegel, 16.11.2023: Abriss an der Urania


Berliner Kurier,  16.11. 2023: Streit um Abriss

Berliner Zeitung, 16.11.2023: Umstrittener Abriss


Deutschlandfunk Kultur,  12.11.2023: “Petition gegen
Abriß an der Urania Berlin” ︎︎︎


nd, 9.11.2023: “Kahlschlag in Berlin”


taz, 23.02.2023: Rettet die West Platten↗


Tagesspiegel 22.02.2023: Kunst gegen Abriss↗


rbb abendschau, 10.04.2023: Umweltschonender Stadtumbau gefordert↗


art in berlin, 03.03.2023: Monopoly goes real↗


dérive N° 87 (Apr - Juni / 2022): »Wir sind die
Architekten für die Situationen, wo die Sonne von unten scheint.« ↗


Tagesspiegel, 04.03.2023: Verdichter der Großstadt↗


Süddeutsche Zeitung, 09.04.2022: Ganz furchtbar überlegt


taz, 12.07.2022: Werkübersicht des Architekten-Duo Baller


monopol magazin, 16.06.2023: Architekten Inken und Hinrich Baller












Visiting Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89
2022

with ufoufo (Jeanne Astrup-Chauvaux, Florine Schüschke & Lena Löhnert)

Book
17 x 24 cm,544 Pages
Verlag der Buchhandlung Franz und Walther König

ISBN: 978-3-7533-0052-8 
(english edition) 

ISBN: 978-3-7533-0051-1 
(german edition)

Although most of Inken and Hinrich Baller‘s buildings were developed within the tight constraints of the social housing program in the 1970s and 1980s, they always offer more than the standard: slenderness, lightness, large balconies, complex spatial relationships across mulitple floors, and outdoor green spaces. With their unconventional residential and public buildings, the Ballers‘ creations are today as much as ever examples for high-quality and affordable housing and intriguing urban spaces. During visits with current residents of these buildings, photographs of the lively and lived-in architecture were taken. A collection of archive material, original plans and essays complement these images to present a complete picture of these multifaceted buildings. What can we learn for today‘s housing production from this open understanding of space?




2024 (c) sebastian díaz de león