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Martin Behet
Martin Behet, born in 1965 in Cologne, began his career with training in carpentry before pursuing architecture studies at TU Braunschweig and ETH Zurich. His professional journey included key positions at prominent firms such as GPS Gondesen Piachnow Staack in Braunschweig, Gatermann, Schossig & Partner in Cologne, Kister Scheithauer Gross in Cologne, and Manfred Bukowski Architect in Münster. In 2000, Behet co-founded the office Behet + Bondzio, followed by the founding of behet bondzio lin architects in 2003, with offices in Münster, Leipzig, Taichung, and Taipei. Since 2017, he has been a board member of the BDA Münster-Münsterland, and in 2021, he was appointed 1st chairman of the association.
Roland Bondzio
Roland Bondzio, born in 1966 in Bielefeld, pursued his architecture studies at the Technical University of Braunschweig and ETSA Barcelona. His professional journey included key positions at prominent firms such as Casa Blanca, Braunschweig, Enric Miralles, Barcelona, Walter Gebhardt, Hamburg and Bolles+Wilson, Münster. In 2000, Bondzio co-founded the office Behet + Bondzio, followed by the founding of behet bondzio lin architects in 2003, with offices in Münster, Leipzig, Taichung, and Taipei. He was a member of the Association of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture e.V. and a Member of the Board of the BDA Münster-Münsterland from 2015 to 2021. He also has teaching experience as a research assistant and visiting professor at prominent architectural institutes.
Yu-Han Michael Lin
Yu-Han Michael Lin, born in 1967 in Taipei, pursued his architecture studies at Tunghai University, Taizhong, Taiwan, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge. His professional journey included key positions at prominent firms such as Fei & Chen Partner, Taipei, Taiwan; And8, Hamburg; and Bolles+Wilson, Münster. In 2003, he co-founded Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten with offices in Münster, Leipzig, Taichung, and Taipei. He also has teaching experience as a visiting and associate professor at prominent architectural institutes in Taiwan.
Practice Ideology
Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten is an interdisciplinary, intercultural, multi-location architecture firm based in Germany and Taiwan with offices in Münster, Leipzig, Taipei and Taichung City.
Three core concepts have driven the practice through a high variety of scales and typologies for more than 20 years, craftsmanship, materiality and cooperation. They pursue architectural designs that return to the spirit of vernacular craftsmanship, and regard architecture as an objective and innovative extension of traditional human, social and cultural integration. An architecture that constructs timeless authenticity resisting the social constructs.
Their creative thinking departs from the understanding of the materiality of construction elements and the respect for the objective conditions of the materials. Its traditional value, its origin and its significance as a natural resource or its required craftsmanship.
They see architectural value redefined as the presence of collective and cooperative dignity. Their work not only portrays the view of the architect but rather an interdisciplinary perspective that represents the cohesive cooperation of all parties involved. An architectural practice where the construction process and acknowledgement of the building systems become the essence of the design.
