Who we are.
After many shared years at amd.sigma GmbH, where we worked on a range of complex projects with a particular focus on airport planning, we have founded our own practice – Traces - in 2026. The time at amd.sigma has shaped our approach, sharpening our commitment to quality, responsibility, and collaborative working. With Traces, we further develop this mindset in an independent setting and expand our work across a broader spectrum of tasks.
Large consultancies bring scale. We bring something harder to find: focus, continuity and genuine ownership of your outcomes.
Three competences - One integrated practice.
Each project draws on all three capabilities — not as separate workstreams, but as a continuous, connected conversation.
01
Programme &
Project Organization
Complex projects don't fail because of bad ideas — they fail in the gap between decision and action. We map that gap. Clear roles, honest reporting lines, and the organizational logic that keeps a project coherent from brief to handover — so the work you've invested in planning doesn't get lost in delivery.
02
Capacity &
Simulation
Good capacity work starts with understanding the data — where it comes from, what it says, and what it doesn't. We work the numbers carefully, stripping complexity down to the relationships that matter, so that real operational problems get real answers. Not benchmarks borrowed from elsewhere. Solutions built from your numbers.
03
Functional
Planning
From programme to plan — we translate operational briefs into spatial logic. We work through the complexity of a building layer by layer, resolving core functions, adjacencies, and flows into layouts that are scalable, flexible, and buildable. Think of it as working in scale diagrams: everything in its right place, nothing assumed.