KKWSM3W is a multidisciplinary architecture and planning studio specializing in infrastructure and thematically extreme architectural topics. Some of our subject areas requires an extraordinary degree of sociological responsibility, which we are passionately aware of. We strongly believe that the design of such extreme spaces are the most difficult ones and the ones that need our most attention as a society. The studio was founded by Rico Oberholzer who studied architecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin. From 2012 to 2022 he worked together with Sarah Miebach as MOA. In late 2023 he founded KKWSM3W.
In a world with insecurities ahead, a reliable infrastructure is becoming increasingly apparent - we plan and build this infrastructure.
Selected Works:
_Central and Regional Library Berlin, Germany, 2014 1.Prize (unbuilt due to a negative referendum regarding the master plan)
_Regional Justice and Detention Center Winterthur, Switzerland, 2015 1.Prize / Built 2025 (together with Gunz&Künzle Architekt*innen)
_New Police Building, Aarau, Switzerland, 2017, 6.Prize (together with Gunz&Künzle Architekt*innen)
_Feasibility study for the new Social Insurance Court Building in Winterthur, Switzerland, 2020
_Feasibility study for the upgrading of the District Jail with security Department, Pfäffikon ZH, Switzerland 2020
_ETH HIC Building, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Hönggerberg ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2020 5.Prize
_Central Prison Solothurn, Switzerland, 2021 2.Prize
_Police Headquarters and Justice Center Biberbrugg, Switzerland, 2022 2.Prize
_Complete renovation and new construction of the special department of the Bostadel correctional facility, Switzerland, 2022
_Primary School and Sports Infrastructure Brig, Switzerland, 2023 5.Place/3.Prize
_Primary School and Sports Infrasctruture Rain, Switzerland, 2024 4.Prize
_High-Rise Health Center Zurich Seebach, Switzerland, 2025
_Experimental Livestock Stables and Research Facilities Posieux, Switzerland, 2025