current projects
since 03/2010
with common room, New York/USA, publication project: "Abrons Arts Center: Public Architecture and Architectural Education“
since 06/2007
PhD student at the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zurich/Switzerland, PhD project: "The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York (1967-1985). A Cultural Project in the Field of Architecture"
academic research and teaching
08/2009 to 06/2010
research scholar at Columbia University, New York/USA
02/2009 to 06/2009
researcher at the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA), Montréal/Canada
02/2006 to 01/2009
assistant at the Institute for History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich/Switzerland, Assistant Professorship for the Theory of Architecture, Dr. Laurent Stalder
professional training
11/ 2003 to 11/2005
trainee teacher for English and Geography in Berlin/Germany
studies
09/1999 to 04/2000
exchange student at the University of Toronto/Canada
10/1997 to 12/2002
master studies in English and Geography (secondary-school teacher) at Humboldt University in Berlin/Germany
09/1996 to 05/1997
teaching assistant in Hull/Great Britain
04/1995 to 05/1996
bachelor studies in English and Geography (secondary-school teacher) at the University of Muenster/Germany
research projects
“Transatlantic Dialogue: US-American Theory of Architecture in the 1970s”, Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zurich/Switzerland, January to December 2007
grants
Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF): Columbia University, New York/USA, July 2009 to June 2010
Joint Research Grant of the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), ETH Zurich and the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA): CCA, Montréal/Canada, February to June 2009
Travel Grants of the Erich-Degen-Foundation: Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA), Montréal/Canada, February to June 2009; CCA, Montréal/Canada, July 2008; New York/USA, July 2007; New York/USA & CCA, Montréal/Canada, September 2006