Vita_eng

1938

1957 - 1959

1957 - 1963

1958 - 1965

1966

1966 - 1998

from 1994 on

from 2000 on

from 2001 on

2001

2002

2002/2003

2002

2003

2004

2005

2005/06

2005

2006

2007

2007/2008

2008

from 2008 on

2010

2010/11

2013

2014

Born in Rahne, Duisburg, in a family of architects

Undergraduate study, Technical University of Stuttgart

Architectural internship, office of Hans Scharoun, Berlin

Masters degree cum laude, Technical University of Berlin

Educational travel in the USA and Mexico

Audited lectures of Louis Kahn, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Headed own firm in Gummersbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Member, Bund Deutsche Architekten

Served on various planning committees

and as a juror for design competitions

Instructor and Visiting Professor of Architectural and Structural Design, University of Kassel

Visiting Professor, Technical University of Cottbus, Brandenburg

Chair of Design/Preservation and Masters Program in Building and Preservation

Honorary Professorship in Architectural and Structural Design, specializing in Structural Design, Department of Architecture, University of Kassel

Travel program in Sicily, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller and Axel Klausmeier of the masters program in Building and Preservation, Dept. of Historic Preservation, Brandenburg Technical University (BTU) Cottbus

Seminar and exhibition on Konrad Wachsmann, co-taught with Prof. Inken Baller, BTU Cottbus, University of Kassel, Stadthalle Frankfurt an der Oder

Travel program in Poland and Lemberg, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Leo Schmidt, and Axel Klausmeier, masters program in Building and Preservation, Dept. of Historic Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Seminar on the work and structures of my teacher, Bernhard Hermke, in celebration of his 100th birthday, co-taught with Prof. Inken Baller, BTU Cottbus; research at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; catalog and traveling exhibition, with shows in Cottbus, Berlin, Kassel, and Hamburg

Curated exhibition on Eladio Dieste, titled weitgespannte Ziegel (“long-span brick”), at the University of Kassel

Retired from full-time teaching at the University of Kassel

Travel program in Naples, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Leo Schmidt, and Axel Klausmeier, Design and Building Preservation, Dept. of Historic Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Travel program in Cairo, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Mamdouh Habashi, Dept. of Design and Building Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Travel program in Andalusia, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Evelyn Hendreich, and Günter Barczik, Dept. of Design and Building Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Travel program in Barcelona, co-taught with Profs. Brigitte Häntsch and Stefanie Kandl, Dept. of Design and Construction, University of Kassel

Design workshop for a children’s camp at Markquardt Palace, co-taught with Prof. Inken Baller, Leo Schmidt, and Günter Barczik, Design and Building Preservation, Dept. of Historic Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Co-curated exhibition on the concrete forms of Ulrich Müther,

University of Kassel

Case study workshop: “Reconstruction of the Historic City” on the city of As-Salt, Jordan, postgraduate course at the University of Aleppo, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Günter Barczik, Vladimir Slapeta, Domenico Catania, Sacher Olabi, Emad Al-Saleh, Fatina Kourdi, Mohamad Alalia, sponsored by BTU Cottbus, Prague University, Czech Republic, Politecnico Bari, Italy, and Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

Travel program in Portugal, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller

and Christopher Burns, Dept. of Design and Building Preservation,

BTU Cottbus

Travel program on baroque architecture in Rome, Dept. of Architecture History, University of Kassel, co-taught with Helmut Geisert and Georg Augustin

Building survey and drawings documenting the old “Hotel zur Post” in

Vitte auf Hiddensee, with students from BTU Cottbus

Travel program in Scotland, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller, Leo Schmitt, Axel Klausmeier, Anne Bantelmann, Anke Kuhrmann, and Henriette von Preuschen, Design and Building Preservation, Dept. of Historic Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Villa Oro, Naples, by Bernhard Rudofsky and Luigi Cosenza: building survey and research in Naples, book and traveling exhibition in Cottbus, Kassel, Palermo, Napels, and Rome, with Profs. Inken Baller, Bernhard Ritter, Evelyn Hendreich,

sponsored by Dept. of Design and Building Preservation

Retired from full-time teaching position at BTU Cottbus

International case study workshop on the Capella Palatina and Pantelleria in Palermo: reconstruction of the old city (EU Tempus Program), with students from the University of Aleppo, Syria, Cottbus, Bari, Italy, and Virginia, and the commune of Pantelleria, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller Baller, Heinz Nagler, Günter Barczik, and Gereon Pilz, and Sacher Olabi, Mohamad Atalla, Emad Al-Saleh, and Fatina Kourdi of the University of Aleppo

Travel program in Slovenia and Trieste, co-taught with Profs. Inken Baller and Henriette von Preuschen, Dept. of Design and Building Preservation, BTU Cottbus

Architectural tours in Berlin, Dresden, Dessau/Wörlitz, Naples, Palermo

Research, drawings and documentation on houses of Hiddensee that were designed by architects

Summer school on Landscape, Cartography, and Architecture in the German Novel of the 19th Century, Villa Vigoni on Lake Como, co-taught with Annette Dorgerloh

Lectures and travel program on long-span structures (antique and modern, e.g. Nervi) in Rome, sponsored by the Dept. of Design and Construction, University of Kassel, and the Technical College of Berlin, co-taught with Brigitte Häntsch, Christoph Palmen, Peter Arnke, Karl Spieß, and Werner Seim

Travel program on long-span structures in London, Dept. of Design and Construction, University of Kassel, co-taught with Brigitte Häntsch and Christoph Palmen

Travel program to Marseille,

Dept. of Design and Construction, University of Kassel,

co-taught with Brigitte Häntsch, Christoph Palmen,

Lukas Kasten and Peter Arnke