Studio

studio more is a contemporary architecture office, founded in Stuttgart in 2023. We are a young, committed team of architects rethinking and shaping the built environment through innovative, sustainable and contextual architecture.

For us, architecture is more than construction – it is a tool to improve lives, challenge conventions and create spaces that matter. Our work spans residential and cultural projects, pavilions and experimental structures exploring new materials and methods of making. Every design is rooted in architectural research, yet grounded in everyday reality.

A key task today is the decarbonisation of our built environment: conversions and energy refurbishments of existing buildings are an essential part of our work. Making more with less – hence the name, studio more.

Three principles

more: architecture

A focus on architectural quality and artistic, space-defining design – from the first idea to the built detail.

more: social aspects

How can built architecture positively influence the way we live together? We pay attention to the effect of what is built and to respectful collaboration with everyone involved in construction.

more: responsibility

Sustainable materials, a conscious approach to context and to built heritage – responsibility for our environment.

Founders

Dr. Mostafa Aboughaly

Founding partner, architect

Mostafa studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, the University of Stuttgart, and the GUC. He completed his PhD at the University of Stuttgart, where he has been teaching since 2017 in architectural design and experimental construction.

Before founding studio more in 2023, he worked in architecture offices in London, Munich and Stuttgart, gaining experience across a wide range of projects and scales. His work focuses on spatial clarity, innovative building systems, and integrating research with practice.

In addition to teaching, Mostafa regularly gives lectures, is invited to academic juries, and collaborates on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of architecture, material science and technology.

Together with Chiara, Mostafa led the design and construction of a research-driven timber building within the Cluster of Excellence at the University of Stuttgart — a collaborative project that embodies their commitment to architecture as a bridge between research and reality.

Chiara Weiß

Founding partner, architect

Chiara studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, where she developed a strong foundation in sustainable design and building technologies. She went on to work in several renowned architecture offices across Germany and Italy, including practices in Munich, Berlin, Belluno, Sicily and Stuttgart. These diverse experiences shaped her sensitivity to place, materiality and atmosphere.

Chiara has been teaching architecture and design studios at university level since 2018, focusing on spatial composition, tectonics and architectural storytelling. She is regularly invited as a guest critic and jury member at architecture schools across Germany.

She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Stuttgart, where her research examines the interplay between architectural quality and sustainable development — how design excellence, responsibility and ecological awareness can coexist meaningfully in contemporary architecture. This critical, future-oriented perspective informs her practice at studio more, bridging the gap between theory and implementation.

Team

Chiara Weiß
Christian Nolden
Franka Eichinger
Julia Grigorieva
Marlene Wendlik
Mostafa Aboughaly
Sarah Dorfschmid
Yara Capelnik

Collaboration

Based in the heart of Stuttgart, we collaborate with clients, researchers and institutions across Germany and beyond. Our growing portfolio reflects our core values: clarity, responsibility and the pursuit of architectural quality.

If you're looking for architects who think critically, build creatively and value innovation as much as craft — let's talk.

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Selected milestones

2017/18
The founders begin teaching – architectural design, experimental construction and building theory.
2023
studio more Architekten PartGmbB is founded in Stuttgart by Mostafa Aboughaly and Chiara Weiß.
2023–
Conversions, energy refurbishments and new buildings for private clients – including Haus U5, Haus K10 and Haus C1 across the full planning scope.
IBA’27
Involvement in the development and realisation of the research building of the University of Stuttgart's Cluster of Excellence, recognised as an IBA’27 project.

Haus U5 conversion – built result of a studio more project — Haus U5 conversion, Stuttgart.

Free initial consultation

What would you like to rethink?

A project or an idea? We offer free initial consultations and look forward to an inspiring exchange.

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