LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR SPACE-MAKING
New worlds begin with new cosmologies. Every civilization builds the world it believes in. Its spaces are never neutral — Its spaces are never neutral — they embody the cosmologies that shaped them, whether in the geometry of an ancient temple or the logic of a digital network. The crises of our time are, at their root, crises of worldview — the environments we inhabit reflect the limits of the visions that produced them. POLYCOSMOS opens a field for imagining and generating new cosmologies of space-making — visions of reality capable of transforming how we inhabit the planet. Where architecture meets spirituality, culture, and technology, space-making becomes a cosmological act: a way of materializing new relationships between humans and nature, between Earth and the deeper conditions that make it possible.
ON-SITE WORKSHOPS & RETREATS
The online program is complemented by on-site workshops and retreats, where we explore embodied knowledge, local cultures, and material sensitivities as they relate to a selected location—offering a rich opportunity to collaborate on site-specific projects.
COMMUNITY
As learning fundamentally depends on exchange and the sharing of experience, an active community of POLYCOSMOS members enables deeper insights and the formation of networks for collaboration and project realization.
KNOWLEDGE BASE
POLYCOSMOS offers a growing library of knowledge modules, design tools, and lectures connected to its online classes and onsite retreats. The knowledge base focuses on topics that expand the scope of spatial design and architectural typology.
COURSE PROGRAM
POLYCOSMOS Founder
Rainer Hehl
architect, designer, researcher, educator and seeker, Doctor of Science with focus on the transformation of urban environments in the Global South
Expertise
More than 20 years of full time teaching and research in various universities in Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa and Brazil
Director of Studies for the MAS Urban Design at the ETH Zurich and for the iternational Master Program M-ARCH T with focus on typological studies at the TU Berlin, co-author of numerous books on spatial transformation, collective architecture and future typologies
Mission
My mission is to educate and guide a future generation of seekers and creators to transform the reality and co-create new worlds from the endless field of possibilities.
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