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M    rs Brenner, after your apprenticeship as a draftswoman and your studies of inte-  me. That is why project management in fair construction would the thing for me. What we
                                                                              are producing – even if it isn’t for all eternity – is to last and “our” families are meant to
                     rior design, everything pointed to a career as a planner. Today, you are hosting
                television broadcasts around the topic of building. How did this change come about?   profit from their new environment for as long as possible.
                In the course of planning the conversion of a finca in Spain as a student, I met someone
                who encouraged me and immediately offered me the chance to gain first experience as a  r What can the television format achieve for interior designers?
                host at trade fairs and in front of the camera. This then became a side job during my stud-  I think quite a lot. I believe we are showing exactly what architecture and interior design
                ies. Later, when I went freelance, I found on the pin board of the Deutsche Bauzeitung the  can do – finding out the requirements, analysing the architectural basis and, with creativity
                ad of a TV production company looking for interior designers/architects for a programme  and knowledge, working out the plans in order to then implement them with specialists
                about architecture. Since the casting, I have been in charge of the interior design of the  from the trades. In the end, it is the result which counts but the execution only works with
                “Zuhause im Glück” broadcasts.                                good planning and competent construction monitoring. I immensely appreciate good
                                                                              craftsmanship but seeing the big picture is left to us as planners. The viewer is able to fol-
                r Eight days for a complete refurbishment! This is the time allowed in the “Zuhause  low this whole process.
                im Glück” series for making the homes of distressed families worth living in again. It
                sounds quite sporty. How long in advance does the planning start?  r Could the show possibly contribute to new self-confidence in interior designers? As
                By now, we have been in existence for almost 13 years and, after more than 225 construc-  problem solvers also for Joe Public, as it were?
                tion sites, we fortunately somewhat changed and optimized the procedures and the struc-  I do hope so. I am getting so many requests that I don’t even manage to answer let alone
                tures. But we are still a very small team. We have colleagues who support us for the meas-  include them. I hope that, due to our “Zuhause im Glück” series, the public perception of
                urement, the preplanning and the necessary approvals. There is also someone who is in  interior design will become more mainstream and less elitist. And that this also helps to
                charge of the finances. Not only for those on the construction site, however, but for the  lower the inhibition threshold with regard to consulting an interior designer. Sometimes it
                whole project. After all, we are filming a documentary about our conversions, and thus  is just one room is dissatisfying. A view from the outside and competent planning mean
                editors, camera teams etc. are also involved. Apart from this, much depends on us –  a clean-up in the truest sense of the word.
                detailed planning of the carpentry tasks, electrical planning, ordering luminaires, furniture
                and accessories is what I primarily still do on site.         r What is the attitude of professional colleagues to your job?
                                                                              I have a lot of friends who are interior designers. Many are familiar with my work and
                r What appeals to you about such a rapid implementation of projects?   know what it also means: stress, coordination and investment of time. This unconvention-
                What attracts me is precisely this rapid implementation and, above all, to be allowed to  al way of working is no doubt envied by some and some also belittle it. No, I do not design
                be actively present in the development and to contribute. Just sitting at the desk and doing  the noble shop of a trendy label or the office of a major company and every so often I also
                nothing but planning would not be right for me in the long run. And I think I can speak  miss the time when I was able to plan with more peace of mind and artistic claim. But I
                for almost all the colleagues that it is marvellous to be able to conclude a project as a suc-  generally feel very good about what I am doing. I definitely have more freedom in the
                cess – yet if the way to get there takes one year or longer, this can sometimes be tedious.  planning than most of the other colleagues and I have the chance of making so many
                This I don’t know. At the same time, substance and sustainability are also important to  people happy with the result of our work.




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