About SHIFT

SHIFT is not just about technical solutions; it is about crafting a new aesthetic, a new identity, and a new vision for sustainable architecture. By learning from proven examples across the globe, we can redefine what contemporary architecture should be: climate-responsive and deeply rooted in culture and place. SHIFT is an open movement. Whether you're an architect, urbanist, policymaker, investor, or advocate for a better-built environment, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of architecture. The shift starts now. Be part of it.

How does SHIFT work?

SHIFT is a global platform dedicated to showcasing successful projects of architecture and urbanism that work in harmony with local climates, cultural and human necessities, and ecological realities. We provide learnings as knowledge building blocks for academia and practice, ultimately contributing to policy recommendations.

SHIFT Initiators

SHIFT Ambassadors

Kelly Alvarez
Doran Architect and Co-Founder of Ha/f Climate Design
Thomas Auer
Professor and Chair for Building
Technology and Climate Responsive
Design at the Technical University of
Munich, and Managing Director at
Transsolar KlimaEngineering
Daniel A. Barber
Professor of Architecture at the
Technical University of Eindhoven
Martin Haas
Architect and Co-Founder of
haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050
Vera Hartmann
Architect and Director at Sauerbruch
Hutton
Prashant Kapoor
Chief Industry Specialist at the World Bank Group (IFC)
Nicholas Kaspareck
CEO of CasaCongo
Christine Lemaitre
CEO of the German Sustainable
Building Council (DGNB)
Rosie Paul
Co-Founder of Masons Ink
Bruno Sauer
CEO of the Green Building Council
España
Ruth Schagemann
President of the Architects' Council of Europe
Gaetan Siew
Architect and former President of the
International Union of Architects
Neil Thomas
Structural Engineer and Founder of
Atelier One

SHIFT Team

Christine Lemaitre
CEO of the German Sustainable
Building Council (DGNB)
Thomas Auer
Professor and Chair for Building
Technology and Climate Responsive
Design at the Technical University of
Munich, and Managing Director at
Transsolar KlimaEngineering
Lea Bauer
Advisor Wissensstiftung at the DGNB
Sebastian Clark Koth
Research Assistant at the Chair of
Building Technology and Climate
Responsive Design, Technical
University of Munich
Alice Morgane Fleury
Assistant at the Chair of Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design, Technical University of Munich

Contact

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen – DGNB e.V. (German Sustainable Building Council)
Tübinger Straße 43
70178 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 722322-0
Fax: +49 711 722322-99
info@shift.global

Join our movement

Participants

Are you working on a project that follows the SHIFT philosophy or is committed to specific aspects of the initiative? Then send us your project. We are excited and look forward to receiving your submission.

Supporters

Do you want to become a part of this SHIFT movement and help to make global architecture more resilient, climate-conscious and culturally responsible? Then download the supporter logo and share it in your networks.

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