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Internship Report
Table of Content
Content Page Number
Introduction Page 2
Description of the Company Page 2-3
Internship Activities Page 4-9
Evaluation of the internship Page 4-13
Conclusion of the Report Page 13
Work Samples Page 14-18
Summary in German Page 20
References Page 21
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Introduction
Starting from the beginning while searching for an Internship looking and for available intern
positions my search key words were Architecture and Product design due to my interest in
developing knowledge in both sectors, where I can get involved in both long process and production
‘architecture’ and fast production ‘furniture or general products’.
I was looking for a firm that can fulfill the need of getting more involved into digital design and a
place where I can be an affective member in the team.
What grabbed my attention to this firm in the period of searching for an internship which I wanted to
have it mixed between architecture and product design which happened to be a major quality at yes
architecture plus the design approach and methodology which was balanced between both form and
function within a variety of projects and locations.
Until I got my interview with Yes Architecture noticing the friendly environment and the fact of the
more flexible hierarchy at the office gave me the hope that I’ll be a counted member at this firm and
a productive at the same time can get direct interaction with the lead architects and co-workers, and
the fact that this firms design methodology and production meets my ambition.
History
As an intern I performed the roles of a Junior Architect at ‘YES architecture’.
Yes architecture is an architectural design firm in Munich, Germany was founded in 2002 by both
partners Ruth Berktold and Marion Wicher, They established since then departments in Munich,
Graz, and New York, with a design methodology of creating a fusion between digital and energy
efficient and sustainable design, along with product design and interior design and Media design as
well.
Yes architecture as an architectural firm has done projects in different countries, competing in world-
wide competitions and participates in Architectural Galleries, along with achieving local and world-
wide awards, and high ranking positions.
Ruth Berktold
She is Yes Architecture founders earned diploma degree In Stuttgart. She studied at
Städel School with both ‘Enric Miralles’ and ‘Peter Cook’. During this time, she worked for
several years Eisele + Fritz, Darmstadt, and Behnisch and Partner, Stuttgart, including the
Bundestag in Bonn and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. After that she lived and worked
nine years in New York. A DAAD scholarship enabled her to earn the Master of Science in
Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University with honors.
She worked for three years with Bernard Tschumi, Dean of Columbia University in the
Columbia Student Center - Lerner Hall. Then she was project designer for a new concert hall at
Carnegie Hall with Polshek Partnership and worked at asymptote architecture as a project manager.
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Working Sectors
Yes Architecture is a company offers Architectural design in different sectors; governmental and
cultural, commercial and industrial, Hotels and Spa, housing, health and education, Sport, Urban
planning, and Display spaces product design.
Clients
Adidas –Audi –Autostadt –BMW -Bonn the City-Corian -Deutsche Post -Du Pont -Gore-Tex –Grammer
-Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften FH München -Hochtief project entwicklung -Hypo Alpe-
-Landeshauptstadt München -Mercedes-Benz -Oper Köln -Post.at –Raiffeisenbank -SMI Hyundai
-Stadt Augsburg -Stadt Köln –Starshot –Swarovski –Verivox -Vivico Real estate
-VW -World Conference Center Bonn –ZDF -24 Heures du mans .
Braches and contacts
Yes architecture can be found online on their web-site: www.yes-architecture.com
yes architecture Munich
Lindwurmstrasse 71
80337 München, Deutschland
t +49 89 444 09933
f +49 89 444 09935
yes architecture Graz
Griesgasse 10
8020 Graz, Österreich
t +43 316 764 891
f +43 316 764 8998
yes architecture New York
456 Broadway 3FL
New York NY 10013, USA
t +1 212 645 0565
f +1 212 807 7004.
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Internship Activities
Working Conditions and Functions
At Yes architecture everyone is part of the team and as I said before having a friendly environment
might be one of the main reasons it helps to blend in fast and starting to be productive.
Just like a team member I worked daily for eight hours starting at 9 a.m. finishing at 6 p.m. included
as one hour lunch break time and coffee breaks. In usual working days I worked on different parts
and projects wither designing, working drawing, detailing, 3D modeling, rendering, and research.
Work was usually assigned by lead architect Alix Pacher who took place to be my supervisor who
always made sure to be super precise with the work assigned to me that I can start being more
professional in terms of working drawings and detailing.
A normal working day was basically spent at desk with double screen computers and papers for
sketching.
It started to develop a daily routine which might be the more realistic vision about daily life starting
from leaving your house at 8 am and going back at 7pm having a time to relax and start another day
hoping it would be as usual as the other days were.
In the other hand unusual working days is whenever there is a close dead line for a competition and
stay over the night in the office proudly enough I was involved in designing a rendering a competition
project in Austria staying later in the office over the night until 10 am with almost 24 hours straight
working to finish the project and the work assigned to me. Proudly we took a second place in the
competition.
Also some other times I had to leave the office to go to a site for a Italian coffee interior project by
myself getting involved with the clients and doing the paper work needed on the site to perfect the
working drawings
It was a great chance to go out and interact like an architect with the clients outdoor might be a
reason to give more self-confidence and a change of working environment.
Clients at the office as I was involved into developing housing projects at the office and I was given
the chance to be there at the clients meeting times in some cases giving me to have enough idea
about usual client interaction and taking the clients need under consideration and their part of
developing their projects.
Other unusual day is when someone is leaving the office having a small part time farewell party.
Or the time we had a modern art gallery at yes architecture and changed our office from a daily
working open office to a small art gallery that was held in one day.
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Difficulties and challenges
Communication might not be one of the difficulties I went through due to the fact I can speak
German and English and so for my supervisor who was raised in Canada language barriers or any
cultural conflicts specially notice when it was Ramadan time and I found full respect and
encouragement from the co-workers and the supervisors who were always interested to know about
our culture and life style language giving me the chance to teach them how to write the names in
Arabic.
In another view to a cultural conflict is when it comes to architectural design the conflict comes here
in between life style differences and sometime privacy wither programmatic or in design decisions
and the differences between the Jordanian architectural style vs. German architectural style and
taking the decision of what’s adaptable and what’s not, in term of energy efficiency or space,
material use or even formal perception
Familiarization with the new working environment and methods was hard at the beginning especially
when you have to let go of your full freedom in design and start adapting the office production style
and considering real life issues such as cost, client’s needs, working hours production, and adapting
the working mood daily.
It’s all about finding the best out of internship time and learn as much as possible from a daily life
perspective to architecture in a total different culture, and geographic position.
Supervisors and team members
When speaking about a supervisor who made me always feel like an affective co-worker and made
sure to give me different things to work on daily Alix Pacher was that person.
Alix Pacher is one of the hardest working people at the Yes architecture firm and
super dedicated to her job and a Creative designer that’s how I would describe
her. She is a lead architect at the firm, with many years of experience, with very
good communication skills with three languages she speaks fluently.
Studied at the Technical University of Munich in 2001 where she earned a
diploma. Following this, for she worked in different offices and agencies in
Germany, she worked in the field of architecture and graphic design.
From 2002 to 2004 she was a consultant for German companies in Los Angeles, USA and Switzerland.
In 2005, she began working in the office yes architecture in which it is project manager since 2007.
Since 2005, Ms. Pacher is a lecturer at the University of Munich on Lehrstühl for CAX.
Coworker architects were always there to help at the time at the beginning when I stated working on
a new different program which is Archi-Cad and gave me some tips to start getting familiar with the
program, and later when ice was broken the relation with them was friendlier and more interactive.
Worth to call out their names ‘Mirko Foth and Sara Kuhlman, who have left the office in later time.
Architect and coworker who’s a friend and a fresh soul new graduate Repasi Csaba.
And other fellow interns Grase Ho and Stefan.
What made this team exciting is the fact that we are all from different places and backgrounds which
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we had a quite interactive cultural fusion between German, Hungarian, Singaporean, Canadian, and
Jordanian.
In terms of function and relations between coworkers we were all treated as Junior Architects and
we were more of an equal team working and experimenting along we all took parts of projects in
design ideas and working drawings.
Tasks and work assigned
What meet my expectations in Yes Architecture was the fact that I was part of a serious working
team and an affective member starting from detailing to designing.
Moosach Hotel, Munich
This hotel project located in Moosach in the city Munich it was a competition project in
2007winning first place prize.
When I started at yes architecture I was a signed to conceder finishing material along
with drawing 2d drawing of a detailed section for the front elevation and redesigning
parts of it.
Elevation Detail: The assigned task was to draw a 2D
detailed section drawing where I made some research
through company products for both window framing
that needs to match design proportions , and on the
other hand to research for the finishing materials, also
solving some building materials percentage and
insolation materials.
In terms of interior I was assigned to create 3d drawings
for the custom made furniture and to initiate in the design as well and take the exact
measurements.
Latest work on Moosach hotel was the construction site boarder design in terms of
graphics, font, and sponsors.
Yes House, Munich
This project is a private housing project.
For this project I worked within deadlines for submission dates and I
was informed by the governmental roles and its process in terms of
paper work and rules and regulations.
My main initiation with this project was designing a proposal for the
interior and the custom made furniture pieces along with the
materials and colors which by default came with remodeling the
house and creating 3d models and renderings for the interior of this house.
At the time of working on the Yes House project I had an unusual working day meeting within a
deadline for the case of having a meeting with the city mayor for approvals, a long day was spent in
the office until 2 a.m. To catch up with new 3d modeling and renders for this project.
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Yes Isle, Italy
On creative project that was that I conceder as a product and
architectural design fusion in Gardasee in Italy with a new
creative approach of creating a bar floating on water’s surface
near a resort as a luxury facility for Gardasee resort.
I basically created renders for this project and took place in
choosing the finishing materials, and colors.
Italo Café, Munich
This was a small business café project that needed some final finishing work in Haras, Munich.
Reminds me of one of the unusual office hour’s day, here I had to interact directly with the clients
and go to the site to take all the needed measurements for the 2d drawings.
It’s quite nice to mention having a cup of coffee with the clients and talking to them about their
needs and their opinion upon the work they need to be done, and working later on the site plan
drawings and furniture placement.
Ritzenhoff, product design
In terms of product design yes architecture showed a lot of initiation in this sector especially with the
company Ritzenhoff.
I worked on a design proposal for beer glasses for Oktoberfest in Munich in terms of graphic design.
And another proposed product design for Lighters to be sold as souvenirs in Oktoberfest produced by
Ritzenhoff.
Golf-Cart Design, Automotive Design
This was one of the usual project for yes architecture and a competition design for Mercedes-Benz.
This whole initiation by Mercedes was to build your dream Golf-cart.
The idea was to match the car with Silver-eagle Vintage car, which Ruth Berktold had an idea of a golf
cart that could be a gulf-bag as well having quite small proportions that it would be stored in a back
of an SUV car.
From my side I designed through sketching 3 deferent proposals that could match the needed
identity.
I’m glad that I had the chance to work on such an exciting idea and take a very important part in
designing and creating this creative gulf cart.
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House Jung, Austira
A private housing project for a small family in this project I had to
interact with the clients opinion and needs in different sectors in
terms of interior needs or special objects in the house and the most
important part I took role in was choosing the finishing material and
help the client understand the full image through 3d modeling and
rendering, also planning the interior of the house to match the needs.
As a challenge for me it was adapting to the organized way of interior
design and to match out the client’s image for his future resort house.
House Kantelberg,
A private housing project our assignment was to add a roof-story that can work functionally to match
the family needs.
For this project I worked on interior rendering and initiated in the interior design.
House Schupp, Daxberg
In this housing project I worked on the interior design in
terms of choosing the materials and lighting to produce a full
rendered image for the clients, also created proposals for
exterior materials decision through renderings, and I took
parts in the research and case studies.
School Project, Vietnam
A different approach project for school in Vietnam,
Yes Architecture was assigned to work on a proposal
design as teaser for this project, which is a Vocational
school to include ten big classes with a courtyard.
I was assigned to design a proposal through 3d
models and a renders.
Leute Alles aus Holz Shop, Munich
This was a small initiation by yes architecture the project was to
redesign an interactive facade for the mentioned shop.
I worked on finalizing the cladding materials through renderings and
finalizing the image of the changes made.
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Panzer Halle competition, Austria
Panzer Hale would include some of the usual days in yes architecture.
This project was a competition project world-wide; it’s an interior
design project to create living and working spaces within an old building
as an adaptive re-use.
I was assigned to work on the interior design along with the rest of the
team and creating 3d models, and renderings for this project.
What was unusual while working on this project that at the time of
meeting the dead-line I took a long working day to exceed 24 hours of continues work to finish it
within the exact time.
Proudly ‘yes architecture, won the 2nd prize in this project, happy to say that I took an effective part
through this project and worked in harmony with the team at Yes architecture.
Lasalle Able Hotel, Munich
One of the latest projects at Yes Architecture which is a small Lake side hotel
and Biergarten in Munich.
At the beginning of this project I started researching and understanding
different case studies for this hotel situation, I also initiated in some design
decisions, and Finishing materials proposals through 3d modeling and
rendering along with my team mate Repaci Csaba.
This project so far is still in early stages of the design process.
Skoda-ExpoStand
A competition Project in Belorussia, where the hockey world cup
competition is held Skoda stands to be a sponsor for those
competitions. Yes Architecture initiation was to design deferent
Interaction areas and galleries. And I was assigned to work on one of the
areas in terms of design and materials ‘the Robot-hockey area’ which is
a small interactive gaming area.
Yes-Architecture.com
The web-site I made some changes on the web-site and keep it updated.
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Experience gained
Of course the experience gained within these six months of practice was quite huge in terms of being
a responsible person and feeling productive in an architecture team work frame.
For an architecture student I started to develop a sense of cost and functionality and also keeping in
mind a realistic approach to some facts and some design decisions.
Also in terms of construction drawing and presentation to clients having the feeling of everything
should be perfect was one of the things my supervisor Alix Pacher wanted.
This experience might not be something easy to just point out because it stated to develop along
with time and along with some of the assignments.
In the other hand of presentation techniques I would point out creating realistic renders and images
for a project, due to the times I worked hard to develop my rendering techniques so it would match
the expectations.
-Design I might not have my full freedom while designing for the fact that I had to start adapting to
Yes Architecture methodology of design, also the real life fact of budget and cost and manufacture
Also starting adapt to a different cultural approach and life style in terms of designing residential
buildings.
Faster, stronger and more Self-esteem! After the long working days and the deadlines I started
learning and adapting to faster working base and more productive.
Working tools
I learned how to us Archi-Cad program for 2d drawings as an extra program and the official drawing
program at the office. I starting learning this program through the past six months in office hours,
thanks to my advisor ‘Alix Pacher, who helped a lot in getting me started.
Also some other programs tools were used such:
Archi-Cad: Official 2D/3D drawing program at Yes Architecture.
Rhino-Ceros: 3D modeling and conceptual Renderings.
Auto-Cad: 2D drawings in some cases.
Cinema 4D: to create realistic renders and 3D modeling as well.
Adobe creative-cloud:
InDesign: Posters and layouts and graphic design.
Illustrator: Poster and layouts and graphic design.
Photoshop: Photo editing and rendering finishes and graphic design.
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Theory vs. Practice.
When putting theory to practice was something usually done by us as architecture students wither in
design project or construction or structure I would say theory was under practice but in an ideal
world and the environment of class and professors with putting aside some rule and regulation that
you pump into when it comes to real life practice the eccentric design methods for some cases are
not acceptable any more where you have to meet other people’s needs than your own ego.
Somehow I’d think about it theoretically there shall always be a balance between both sides in any
project project and urban fabric, or architect and client, or even cost and products’ quality.
Putting theory into real life practice could be challenging for me as an architecture student to let go
of my own perception sometimes, to match up with another methodology.
Working stress in other hand might not be very friendly with long time creative brain storming as
much as fast productive thinking methods and process.
At the end of this all Practice is another way to understand the theory and theory should always be a
side to practice to create better results and with theory here I mean every architect own theory and
perception should grow and be even more measure than this architects practice.
Evaluation Of the internship
Generally this internship was a life time lesson especially with the awesome, Yes Architecture’ team
learned how to deal with stressful work days sometimes and light weight work days also.
Starting from the cold March day through the beautiful spring times and the hard Ramadan days It
was a seven stars internship with friendly people who want to experiment and have good time while
working.
Skills and qualifications
Learning how to manage group work and working in a team frame was one of the skills I gained from
this internship.
-Social interaction skills became more professional in working frame and more responsible.
-Communication skill getting over all communication blockers.
-Creative and real design methods is when you start to have costs and functionality under
consideration before form is a skill that I learned but It shall be under control.
-Drawing skills and become more qualified to produce real life construction drawings.
-Working within deadlines.
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Expectation
Internship at Yes architecture met the expectations in terms of being an effective team member and
the assignments where up to expectations as well I was a productive member at the office with
responsibility to some projects.
I found a friendly environment also creative to do internship within especially in an exchange
semester.
In terms of product design and architectural design, yes architecture full filled both sectors and gave
me enough chance to initiate in designing and finishing.
Expectations at Yes Architecture were fulfilled!
Responsibilities entrusted
What was a reason for me to extend my internship for four more weeks at Yes architecture was that I
felt responsible for some work assigned to me and I wanted to see it done.
The worked assigned to me was important and taking an important part of many submission,
which developed a big sense of responsibility for me toward my work at the office and to reflect on
my life style.
Influence in future career
Influence in future career might not be affected by design style as much as efficiency of working
environment and way of production.
I’m sure this whole experience will cut down a lot of challenges at the beginning of my early career
after graduating.
Influenced with the perfection of working drawings I’ve seen in Yes Architecture.
To be initiative and hardworking! And for sure to do what I want to do and think out of the box.
Correlation to University knowledge
Internship especially abroad has a huge effect on both student’s personality and production;
students could get a peek into real life architecture offices and could start developing more mature
perception before starting the graduation project and life career.
Never the less this six months experience is an important stepping stone to create better perception
for future life working frame and to complete the theoretical part of the university.
Especially when you put everything you learn on the line of practice and start learning even more
within a small period of time.
Challenges and difficulties
I wouldn’t point out difficulties to do the work as much as challenges to adapt to the working frame
of a real life architectural firm.
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Relationship with supervisor and colleagues
As I mentioned before the relationship with the team was friendly and professional, some became
friends and some others stayed under a professional working frame.
They were easy to interact with and work with as a team.
Without communication barriers.
The team was culturally interactive from different origins and home towns and they were always
interested to learn more about Jordanian Culture and Arabic language.
Recommendation
I would totally recommend Yes Architecture as a place to spend your internship in and I would advise
to stay in contact with this firm.
I spent some full of work and acknowledgment at Yes architecture, this place is Awesome!
If anyone is interested in having a hard working and productive internship in all sectors of
architecture, product design, graphic design and interior design. Go for it!
Conclusion of the Report
Experience built at yes architecture is a life time lesson totally met my expectations and fulfilled my
research and created a solid back ground for me to start my graduation year and more excited for life
time career.
I was assigned for serious work and I had to act responsible upon it, and I got to feel like an affective
member at a great team and productive architect.
I did great design work had challenges and difficulties at the beginning but got over them.
This whole experience was amazing I recommend applying and keeping in touch with yes
architecture.
And Special thanks for my supervisor Alix Pacher
and the boss Ruth Berktold.
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“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things
you want to see happen.” Frank Lloyd Wright
Work Samples
House Schupp, Interior Yes house, interior and custom furniture
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Yes Isle, Italy
House Jung, experimenting Variations of Materials
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Ritzenhoff Product design, Beer Glasses graphic Design
Moosach Hotel , Elevations
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Skoda Expo-Stands, Belarus
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References
Yes Architecure
Lindwurmstrasse 71
80337 München
0049-89-444-09933
www.yes-architecture.com
Ruth berktold
Alix Pacher
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