About us

Humantektur refers to people (human) and their work (tektur).

We are convinced that everyone must be given the opportunity to create their own world to suit their needs and harmonise it with their environment. To this end, humantektur works with people worldwide, regardless of their origin or political and religious beliefs in all areas of life: housing, social and health care, education and work. humantektur develops context-related solutions for a socially, ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable built environment together with the people concerned or supports them in their development. The aim is to improve people’s living conditions and at the same time protect the resources and diversity of the environment. We do this worldwide: in Germany and especially in countries of the Global South.

Our core competencies lie in designing & planning and advising on architectural projects in Germany and in developing and crisis regions. We support our partners in an advisory capacity, carry out training measures, network stakeholders and design and plan together with our partners. We focus on aspects of sustainable, safe, climate-friendly and accessible construction: from building with the sun to the use of ecological materials, the planning of escape routes and barrier-free access to buildings. As a non-profit organization, we also support selected construction projects in the field of humanitarian aid and development cooperation.

Freelance employees

Anke Reichert, Robert Müller, Wolf Raber, Zhuopu Li

Former employees

Barbara Schnegg, Alejandro Orduz, Amelia Seisdedos, Andreas Bernögger, Albrecht Harder, Gerlind Rudert, Iga Reichel, Jana Göpel

humantektur – one mission, two hearts

humantektur has existed since 2015. Initially founded as a planning office, we now work in the form of two different companies:

All non-profit architecture projects in the context of development cooperation and disaster relief are managed via humantektur gGmbH. As we are recognized as a non-profit organization, we also raise donations and public funding for this purpose. humantektur gGmbH works mainly with German and international non-governmental and governmental organizations, provided they also pursue charitable purposes.
Here you can view the partnership agreement, the tax office’s notice of assessment and the annual reports.

Architectural projects and energy efficiency consulting in Germany are managed by humantektur – Grausam & Buttler Architekten PartGmbB. In the construction projects planned by humantektur PartGmbB, particular emphasis is placed on sustainable construction methods. For example, the renewable building material wood is used for the most part in new construction projects in Germany. At the same time, we are registered energy efficiency experts and plan and advise on GEG and BEG standards. We attach particular importance to bioclimatic architecture in combination with the sensible use of energy-efficient plant technology.

Our contribution to greater sustainability

We cover our electricity and heating requirements with green electricity (EWS) and wind gas (Greenplanet Energy). We have reduced our paper consumption: we only print when absolutely necessary and then on 100% recycled paper. Office supplies are ordered using climate-neutral shipping. We use energy-saving IT – manufactured in Europe wherever possible – and are customers of GLS Bank, a sustainable bank. In the modernized areas of our office in Berlin-Tempelhof, we have modernized the heating system, improved the entry of daylight and used sustainable building materials such as lime and clay plaster and Blue Angel-certified wall paints (solvent-free).