born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He as been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk, born 1959 in Leiderdorp. He studied biology in Utrecht and is a freelance photojournalist in Berlin (since 1988). He explores current life in the state of Brandenburg and the city in a comprehensive sense. Author of newspapers, magazines, and books in many countries. Fritz Auer was born 1933 in Tübingen. He studied architecture at the Technical University (TH) Stuttgart and at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and received his diploma in Stuttgart. He worked at Behnisch and Lambart until 1965 and became a partner at Behnisch & Partner in the same year. In 1980, Fritz Auer and Carlo Weber founded their own office. From 1985 to 1992, he was professor of building construction and design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (FH). From1993 to 2001, he was professor of design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Auer is a member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.auer-weber.de Thomas Auer is a professor of building technology and climate responsive design (Technical University (TU) Munich) and director of Transsolar Klimaengineering. His projects are characterized by the architectural integration of innovative climate strategies. His research focuses on climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for the built environment. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.transsolar.com Klaus Bollinger, civil engineer. Studied civil engineering at the Technical University (TH) Darmstadt. In 1984, he received his doctorate from the University of Dortmund, and since 1994 he has been professor of supporting structures at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1983, he founded the Bollinger + Grohmann office with Manfred Grohmann. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2011. www.bollinger-grohmann.com Michael Bräuer studied architecture at the University of Architecture and Building (HAB) in Weimar. Until 1989 he worked as an architect and city planner in the city planning office of the City Council of Rostock, most recently as a city architect. Since 1991 he has been active as a freelance planner and architect with an office in Rostock and volunteer work, in BDA, SRL (Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning e.V.), DASL (German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning), German Foundation for Monument Protection, among others. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1991, and director of the Architecture Section from 2012 to 2018. www.ab-braeuer.de Arno Brandlhuber is an architect and urban planner. His work includes architectural and research projects, exhibitions, publications, and political interventions. Together with Olaf Grawert, Nikolaus Hirsch, and Christopher Roth, he is curating the German Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.brandlhuber.com Winfried Brenne, architect. From 1977, he collaborated with Helge Pitz and founded Brenne Architekten (1990) with Franz Jaschke (2001) and Fabian Brenne (2018). The office’s projects focus on the preservation of existing buildings, which are in line with monuments, as a resource for sustainable urban policy and the revitalization of residential areas. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006. www.brenne-architekten.de Naomi C. Hanakata received her PhD in architecture from the ETH Zurich in 2016 and heads an office for urban research and planning in Singapore that deals with future-oriented planning strategies in Asia and Europe. The focus is on the development and challenges of highly densified urban areas and the conception of urban futures. She has conducted research at the Future Cities Lab at ETH Zurich and practiced architecture in Zurich, Tokyo, New York, and Singapore. She has taught at the National University of Singapore and Rice University in the US. Annette Gigon was born in Herisau, Switzerland, in 1959. Architectural office with Mike Guyer since 1989. Since 2012 she has been a professor of architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2003. www.gigon-guyer.ch Almut Grüntuch-Ernst studied at the University of Stuttgart and AA London, worked at Alsop & Lyall, and taught at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) Berlin. Since 2011 she has been a professor at the TU Braunschweig, from 2010 to 2015 a member of the Commission for Urban Design, Munich, and since 2016 a member of the Akademie der Künste. Armand Grüntuch studied at RWTH Aachen and IUAV Venice, worked with Norman Foster in London, and taught at the HdK Berlin. Since 2016 he has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture. In 1991, he co-founded their joint architecture office in Berlin. In 2006, both were commissioners general of the German contribution to the 10th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. www.gruentuchernst.de Guido Hager is a gardener and landscape architect with offices in Zurich and Berlin. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.hager-ag.ch Peter Haimerl has had his Munich office since 1991. It stands for unconventional architecture that merges with computer, sociology, politics, or art. Under the zoomtown label, suggestions and solutions are created for the networking of major European cities. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.peterhaimerl.com Thomas Herzog was born 1941 in Munich. He studied architecture at the TU Munich and earned his doctorate (1972) at the University of Rome. He has had his own office since 1972. From 2000 to 2006 he was the dean of the Faculty of Architecture (TU Munich). He is particularly interested in the development of structural systems using renewable energies as well as in applied research and product development. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards and been involved in various exhibitions. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993.www.thomasherzogarchitekten.de Regine Keller is a landscape architect and urban planner. Born 1962 in Pirmasens, Germany, she founded the keller landschaftsarchitekten office in 1998, which is now Keller Damm Kollegen GmbH. Since 2005 she has been a professor at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. www.keller-damm-kollegen.com Christiane Thalgott, architect, city planner, councillor for building and construction, studied architecture at the TU Braunschweig and Munich. From 1972 she was a city planner, first in the city building office of Norderstedt, and from 1987 a building councillor in Kassel. From 1992 to 2007 she served as a city construction councillor in Munich, head of the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations, and from 1994 chairman of the supervisory board of the Munich Society for Urban Renewal. She taught at the University of Kiel (1985–87) and the TU Munich (as of 1996), where she was appointed as an honorary professor in 2003. From 2003 to 2007 she was president of the DASL. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. Karla Kowalski was born 1941 in Beuthe (Upper Silesia). She studied at the TU Darmstadt and AA London and later worked for Candilis, Josic, Woods in Paris, and Behnisch in Munich. Since 1973, architectural office with Michael Szyszkowitz, mainly in Graz. From 1988 to 2003 she was a professor and the director of the Institute for Public Buildings and Design at the University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.szy-kow.com Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal have been running a joint architectural office based in Paris since 1985, with a focus on international practice. The design philosophy is based on principles of generosity and economy, on a close relation to climate, and on careful attention to reuse and transformation. Lacaton is a professor at ETH Zurich and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. Jean Philippe Vassal holds a professorship at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). www.lacatonvassal.com Pierre Laconte is president of the Foundation for the Urban Environment in Brussels, which aims to combine urban planning, transport, and the environment. He is one of three planners responsible for the new university town of Louvain- la-Neuve in Belgium (Abercrombie Award from the International Union of Architects). In 2012 and 2013, he was an assessor for the European Green Capital Award. Regine Leibinger, born in Stuttgart, studied architecture at the TU Berlin and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1993, she founded the architectural practice Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow. Since 2016 she has been a professor at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.barkowleibinger.com Hilde Léon has been developing concepts for city and architecture in her office léonwohlhage Architects for over thirty years. She has been a professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover since 2000 and is currently dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2014. www.leonwohlhage.de HG Merz heads the office hg merz architekten museumsgestalter based in Stuttgart and Berlin. He has been curating exhibitions, designing museums, creating master plans for cultural institutions, and advising clients and architects on an international level on the restoration and expansion of historically significant architecture for over thirty years. He has been involved in university teaching for over twenty years. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.hgmerz.com Günter Nagel was a professor and head of the Institute for Green Planning (Grünplanung) and Garden Architecture at the TU Hannover from 1977 to 2001. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1982, and director of the Architecture Section from 1997 to 2006. Florian Nagler completed training as a carpenter in 1989 and then studied architecture at the TU Kaiserslautern (1994). He worked for the firm Mahler Günster Fuchs and opened his own Nagler Architects office in Munich in 1999, from 2001 together with Barbara Nagler. Since 2010 he has been a professor of design and construction at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.nagler-architekten.de Irina Raud, born in Tallinn, studied architecture at the Tallinn Art Institute (now Tallinn Art Academy). From 1969 to 1989 she was an architect and senior architect in the planning department, project institute Eesti Projekt, and from 1989 to 1991 senior architect at the Tallin City Building Department. In 1992, she founded her own firm R-KONSULT. Member of the Estonian Association of Architects and the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning. Since 2012 she has been a visiting professor at Tallinn University of Technology. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1996. www.rkonsult.ee Ian Ritchie, architect, author, poet, artist, Royal Academician, member of the Akademie der Künste (since 2013), and visiting professor at Liverpool University leads one of the world’s most thoughtful, original, and influential contemporary practices, which has received over 100 national and international awards. www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk Matthias Sauerbruch is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörg Schlaich was born in 1934. In 1980, he founded of the office schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart. From 1974 to 2000 he was a professor and the head of the Institute for Solid Construction, Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1999. www.sbp.de Helmut C. Schulitz, architect BDA, founder of Schulitz Architects Braunschweig / Los Angeles, honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. From 1969 to 1982 he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and from 1982 to 2002 a professor at the TU of Braunschweig. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2001. www.schulitz.de Thomas Sieverts, architect and city planner. Born 1934 in Hamburg, he studied architecture and urban planning in Stuttgart, Liverpool, and Berlin. In 1966, he founded the Free Planning Group Berlin (FPB). From 1967 he was a professor of architecture and urban planning at the HdK Berlin, Harvard University, and the TU Darmstadt. In 1978, he founded his own office in Bonn, which expanded in 2000 and was renamed S.K.A.T. Architects + urban planners. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2007. Enrique Sobejano is a professor at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he holds the chair of Principles of Design. He is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madrid and Berlin. Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010), the European Museum of the Year Award (2012), the Alvar Aalto Medal (2015), and the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain 2017). Member of Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.nietosobejano.com Volker Staab founded his office in Berlin in 1991, after winning the competition for the New Museum in Nuremberg. The office realizes public buildings for culture, education, and research. After visiting professorships at the TU Berlin, the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts, he took over a chair in design at the TU Braunschweig (2012). www.staab-architekten.com Kjetil Trædal Thorsen co-founded the interdisciplinary office Snøhetta in Oslo in 1989. From 2004 to 2008, Thorsen was a professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. Since 2011 there has also been a Snøhetta studio in Innsbruck, which Patrick Lüth has expanded into an office with around thirty employees. With numerous projects, such as the Oslo Opera House, Snøhetta provided important impulses to sustainably enliven urban space. With the master plan for the Budapest South Gate area, which was created in the Innsbruck studio, it was possible for the first time to apply the ideas for a sustainable city to an entire district. Member of Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.snohetta.com Marco Venturi, architect and city planner. He has taught urban design in Algiers, Venice, Dortmund, Vienna, and Ferrara. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2002. www.marcoventuri.it Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Wilfried Wang was born in Hamburg and studied in London. Since 2001 he has been a partner at Hoidn Wang Partner, and he is the O’Neil Ford Centennial Professor in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the board of the Schelling Architecture Foundation and is a member of Konstakademien, Stockholm, and of the Akademie der Künste (since 2010), from 2012 to 2018 as the deputy director of the Architecture Section. He received his Dr. h.c. from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and is an honorary member of the Portuguese Association of Architects. Edzard Reuter, lawyer, entrepreneur. Born 1928 in Berlin, he emigrated to Ankara with his parents and spent his childhood in Turkey from 1935 to 1946. His father is Ernst Reuter, the first governing mayor of West Berlin (1948–53). Edzard Reuter has been a member of the SPD since 1946, and from 1987 to 1995 he was CEO of Daimler-Benz AG. He participates in the governing bodies of several cultural and scientific funding groups and foundations. Tim Rieniets, born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Christoph Grafe, architect, curator, and writer. Born 1964 in Bremen. He is a professor of architectural history and theory at the University of Wuppertal and was the director of the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp (2017–19). He is the author of People’s Palaces: Architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe (2014). Editor of OASE and Eselsohren. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, CBE, Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which he founded in 1992. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam, a member of the Federal Government’s Scientific Advisory Board on Global Environmental Change, and the initiator of the ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. Marc Weissgerber is co-initiator of ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. He was a former board member of the European group for climate innovations, Climate-KIC, and Germany’s managing director of a global environmental service provider. He studied political science, economics, and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main and Cambridge. Britta Peters studied cultural studies in Lüneburg and has been the artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr since 2018. With Kasper König and Marianne Wagner, she curated the Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017 and from 2008 to 2011 headed of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg. Anh-Linh Ngo, born 1974 in Kontum, Vietnam, is an architect, author, and curator. Since 2004 he has been an editor at ARCH+, and co-publisher and editor-in-chief since 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was a member of ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen); and since 2018 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart. In March 2020, ARCH+ was awarded the Berlin Art Prize in the Architecture Section by the Akademie der Künste. Jenny Erpenbeck, writer, director. Debuted in 1999 with the novella Geschichte vom alten Kind (The Old Child). Numerous publications followed, including novels, stories, and plays. Her work has received numerous awards and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2015. Steffen Braun is an engineer, future city designer, and, since 2016, head of the research unit for Urban Systems Engineering at Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart. He is a co-founder of the Morgenstadt initiative (‘City of the Future’) and researches urban innovation patterns, including in mobility systems. Harald Welzer is a sociologist and social psychologist, co-founder and director of FUTURZWEI (Future Sustainability Foundation), and heads the Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design at the European University of Flensburg. He is a permanent visiting professor of social psychology at the University of St. Gallen. Numerous books on sociopolitical questions and sustainability, e.g. Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed for in the 21st Century (German: Klimakriege: Wofür im 21. Jahrhundert getötet wird, 2010). He is also the editor of FUTURZWEI: Magazine for the Future and Politics. His books have been published in twenty-two languages. Frank Rolf Werner studied painting, philosophy, and architecture. In 1988, he became a professor of building history. He served as chair of the history of architecture and design at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart (1990–93) and was a professor and the head of the Institute for Architectural History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Wuppertal (1994–2012). Visiting professorships and numerous publications. Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Fuensanta Nieto studied architecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University in New York. She is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and a professor at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. From 1986 to 1991 she was co-director of the architectural journal ARQUITECTURA, published by the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. www.nietosobejano.com Martin Düchs, born 1977, studied architecture, philosophy, art history, and psychology in Munich, Gothenburg, and Paris and worked as an architect for several years. In 2011, he received his doctorate with a thesis on the ethics of the architect. He has been a research assistant at the University of Bamberg since 2014 and an extraordinary member of the BDA since 2018. He is the author of various books, including 50+1 Architektonische Gewissensfragen (Dölling and Galitz, 2019). In early 2020, he submitted a habilitation thesis on human images in architecture. Kees Christiaanse, architect, urban planner. In 1989, he founded the office of Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners (KCAP since 2002) in Rotterdam, which expanded to Shanghai and Zurich. From 1996 to 2003, he was professor of architecture and urban planning at the TU Berlin, and since 2003 at the ETH Zurich. In addition to his projects as an urban planner, Christiaanse concentrates on tasks in complex, urban development situations and on the management of urban processes. He is considered an expert with regard to university campuses and the revitalization of areas formerly used for industry, railways, and docklands.www.kcap.eu

born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He as been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk, born 1959 in Leiderdorp. He studied biology in Utrecht and is a freelance photojournalist in Berlin (since 1988). He explores current life in the state of Brandenburg and the city in a comprehensive sense. Author of newspapers, magazines, and books in many countries. Fritz Auer was born 1933 in Tübingen. He studied architecture at the Technical University (TH) Stuttgart and at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and received his diploma in Stuttgart. He worked at Behnisch and Lambart until 1965 and became a partner at Behnisch & Partner in the same year. In 1980, Fritz Auer and Carlo Weber founded their own office. From 1985 to 1992, he was professor of building construction and design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (FH). From1993 to 2001, he was professor of design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Auer is a member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.auer-weber.de Thomas Auer is a professor of building technology and climate responsive design (Technical University (TU) Munich) and director of Transsolar Klimaengineering. His projects are characterized by the architectural integration of innovative climate strategies. His research focuses on climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for the built environment. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.transsolar.com Klaus Bollinger, civil engineer. Studied civil engineering at the Technical University (TH) Darmstadt. In 1984, he received his doctorate from the University of Dortmund, and since 1994 he has been professor of supporting structures at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1983, he founded the Bollinger + Grohmann office with Manfred Grohmann. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2011. www.bollinger-grohmann.com Michael Bräuer studied architecture at the University of Architecture and Building (HAB) in Weimar. Until 1989 he worked as an architect and city planner in the city planning office of the City Council of Rostock, most recently as a city architect. Since 1991 he has been active as a freelance planner and architect with an office in Rostock and volunteer work, in BDA, SRL (Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning e.V.), DASL (German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning), German Foundation for Monument Protection, among others. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1991, and director of the Architecture Section from 2012 to 2018. www.ab-braeuer.de Arno Brandlhuber is an architect and urban planner. His work includes architectural and research projects, exhibitions, publications, and political interventions. Together with Olaf Grawert, Nikolaus Hirsch, and Christopher Roth, he is curating the German Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.brandlhuber.com Winfried Brenne, architect. From 1977, he collaborated with Helge Pitz and founded Brenne Architekten (1990) with Franz Jaschke (2001) and Fabian Brenne (2018). The office’s projects focus on the preservation of existing buildings, which are in line with monuments, as a resource for sustainable urban policy and the revitalization of residential areas. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006. www.brenne-architekten.de Naomi C. Hanakata received her PhD in architecture from the ETH Zurich in 2016 and heads an office for urban research and planning in Singapore that deals with future-oriented planning strategies in Asia and Europe. The focus is on the development and challenges of highly densified urban areas and the conception of urban futures. She has conducted research at the Future Cities Lab at ETH Zurich and practiced architecture in Zurich, Tokyo, New York, and Singapore. She has taught at the National University of Singapore and Rice University in the US. Annette Gigon was born in Herisau, Switzerland, in 1959. Architectural office with Mike Guyer since 1989. Since 2012 she has been a professor of architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2003. www.gigon-guyer.ch Almut Grüntuch-Ernst studied at the University of Stuttgart and AA London, worked at Alsop & Lyall, and taught at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) Berlin. Since 2011 she has been a professor at the TU Braunschweig, from 2010 to 2015 a member of the Commission for Urban Design, Munich, and since 2016 a member of the Akademie der Künste. Armand Grüntuch studied at RWTH Aachen and IUAV Venice, worked with Norman Foster in London, and taught at the HdK Berlin. Since 2016 he has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture. In 1991, he co-founded their joint architecture office in Berlin. In 2006, both were commissioners general of the German contribution to the 10th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. www.gruentuchernst.de Guido Hager is a gardener and landscape architect with offices in Zurich and Berlin. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.hager-ag.ch Peter Haimerl has had his Munich office since 1991. It stands for unconventional architecture that merges with computer, sociology, politics, or art. Under the zoomtown label, suggestions and solutions are created for the networking of major European cities. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.peterhaimerl.com Thomas Herzog was born 1941 in Munich. He studied architecture at the TU Munich and earned his doctorate (1972) at the University of Rome. He has had his own office since 1972. From 2000 to 2006 he was the dean of the Faculty of Architecture (TU Munich). He is particularly interested in the development of structural systems using renewable energies as well as in applied research and product development. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards and been involved in various exhibitions. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993.www.thomasherzogarchitekten.de Regine Keller is a landscape architect and urban planner. Born 1962 in Pirmasens, Germany, she founded the keller landschaftsarchitekten office in 1998, which is now Keller Damm Kollegen GmbH. Since 2005 she has been a professor at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. www.keller-damm-kollegen.com Christiane Thalgott, architect, city planner, councillor for building and construction, studied architecture at the TU Braunschweig and Munich. From 1972 she was a city planner, first in the city building office of Norderstedt, and from 1987 a building councillor in Kassel. From 1992 to 2007 she served as a city construction councillor in Munich, head of the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations, and from 1994 chairman of the supervisory board of the Munich Society for Urban Renewal. She taught at the University of Kiel (1985–87) and the TU Munich (as of 1996), where she was appointed as an honorary professor in 2003. From 2003 to 2007 she was president of the DASL. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. Karla Kowalski was born 1941 in Beuthe (Upper Silesia). She studied at the TU Darmstadt and AA London and later worked for Candilis, Josic, Woods in Paris, and Behnisch in Munich. Since 1973, architectural office with Michael Szyszkowitz, mainly in Graz. From 1988 to 2003 she was a professor and the director of the Institute for Public Buildings and Design at the University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.szy-kow.com Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal have been running a joint architectural office based in Paris since 1985, with a focus on international practice. The design philosophy is based on principles of generosity and economy, on a close relation to climate, and on careful attention to reuse and transformation. Lacaton is a professor at ETH Zurich and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. Jean Philippe Vassal holds a professorship at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). www.lacatonvassal.com Pierre Laconte is president of the Foundation for the Urban Environment in Brussels, which aims to combine urban planning, transport, and the environment. He is one of three planners responsible for the new university town of Louvain- la-Neuve in Belgium (Abercrombie Award from the International Union of Architects). In 2012 and 2013, he was an assessor for the European Green Capital Award. Regine Leibinger, born in Stuttgart, studied architecture at the TU Berlin and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1993, she founded the architectural practice Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow. Since 2016 she has been a professor at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.barkowleibinger.com Hilde Léon has been developing concepts for city and architecture in her office léonwohlhage Architects for over thirty years. She has been a professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover since 2000 and is currently dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2014. www.leonwohlhage.de HG Merz heads the office hg merz architekten museumsgestalter based in Stuttgart and Berlin. He has been curating exhibitions, designing museums, creating master plans for cultural institutions, and advising clients and architects on an international level on the restoration and expansion of historically significant architecture for over thirty years. He has been involved in university teaching for over twenty years. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.hgmerz.com Günter Nagel was a professor and head of the Institute for Green Planning (Grünplanung) and Garden Architecture at the TU Hannover from 1977 to 2001. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1982, and director of the Architecture Section from 1997 to 2006. Florian Nagler completed training as a carpenter in 1989 and then studied architecture at the TU Kaiserslautern (1994). He worked for the firm Mahler Günster Fuchs and opened his own Nagler Architects office in Munich in 1999, from 2001 together with Barbara Nagler. Since 2010 he has been a professor of design and construction at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.nagler-architekten.de Irina Raud, born in Tallinn, studied architecture at the Tallinn Art Institute (now Tallinn Art Academy). From 1969 to 1989 she was an architect and senior architect in the planning department, project institute Eesti Projekt, and from 1989 to 1991 senior architect at the Tallin City Building Department. In 1992, she founded her own firm R-KONSULT. Member of the Estonian Association of Architects and the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning. Since 2012 she has been a visiting professor at Tallinn University of Technology. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1996. www.rkonsult.ee Ian Ritchie, architect, author, poet, artist, Royal Academician, member of the Akademie der Künste (since 2013), and visiting professor at Liverpool University leads one of the world’s most thoughtful, original, and influential contemporary practices, which has received over 100 national and international awards. www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk Matthias Sauerbruch is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörg Schlaich was born in 1934. In 1980, he founded of the office schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart. From 1974 to 2000 he was a professor and the head of the Institute for Solid Construction, Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1999. www.sbp.de Helmut C. Schulitz, architect BDA, founder of Schulitz Architects Braunschweig / Los Angeles, honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. From 1969 to 1982 he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and from 1982 to 2002 a professor at the TU of Braunschweig. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2001. www.schulitz.de Thomas Sieverts, architect and city planner. Born 1934 in Hamburg, he studied architecture and urban planning in Stuttgart, Liverpool, and Berlin. In 1966, he founded the Free Planning Group Berlin (FPB). From 1967 he was a professor of architecture and urban planning at the HdK Berlin, Harvard University, and the TU Darmstadt. In 1978, he founded his own office in Bonn, which expanded in 2000 and was renamed S.K.A.T. Architects + urban planners. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2007. Enrique Sobejano is a professor at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he holds the chair of Principles of Design. He is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madrid and Berlin. Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010), the European Museum of the Year Award (2012), the Alvar Aalto Medal (2015), and the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain 2017). Member of Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.nietosobejano.com Volker Staab founded his office in Berlin in 1991, after winning the competition for the New Museum in Nuremberg. The office realizes public buildings for culture, education, and research. After visiting professorships at the TU Berlin, the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts, he took over a chair in design at the TU Braunschweig (2012). www.staab-architekten.com Kjetil Trædal Thorsen co-founded the interdisciplinary office Snøhetta in Oslo in 1989. From 2004 to 2008, Thorsen was a professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. Since 2011 there has also been a Snøhetta studio in Innsbruck, which Patrick Lüth has expanded into an office with around thirty employees. With numerous projects, such as the Oslo Opera House, Snøhetta provided important impulses to sustainably enliven urban space. With the master plan for the Budapest South Gate area, which was created in the Innsbruck studio, it was possible for the first time to apply the ideas for a sustainable city to an entire district. Member of Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.snohetta.com Marco Venturi, architect and city planner. He has taught urban design in Algiers, Venice, Dortmund, Vienna, and Ferrara. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2002. www.marcoventuri.it Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Wilfried Wang was born in Hamburg and studied in London. Since 2001 he has been a partner at Hoidn Wang Partner, and he is the O’Neil Ford Centennial Professor in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the board of the Schelling Architecture Foundation and is a member of Konstakademien, Stockholm, and of the Akademie der Künste (since 2010), from 2012 to 2018 as the deputy director of the Architecture Section. He received his Dr. h.c. from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and is an honorary member of the Portuguese Association of Architects. Edzard Reuter, lawyer, entrepreneur. Born 1928 in Berlin, he emigrated to Ankara with his parents and spent his childhood in Turkey from 1935 to 1946. His father is Ernst Reuter, the first governing mayor of West Berlin (1948–53). Edzard Reuter has been a member of the SPD since 1946, and from 1987 to 1995 he was CEO of Daimler-Benz AG. He participates in the governing bodies of several cultural and scientific funding groups and foundations. Tim Rieniets, born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Christoph Grafe, architect, curator, and writer. Born 1964 in Bremen. He is a professor of architectural history and theory at the University of Wuppertal and was the director of the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp (2017–19). He is the author of People’s Palaces: Architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe (2014). Editor of OASE and Eselsohren. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, CBE, Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which he founded in 1992. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam, a member of the Federal Government’s Scientific Advisory Board on Global Environmental Change, and the initiator of the ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. Marc Weissgerber is co-initiator of ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. He was a former board member of the European group for climate innovations, Climate-KIC, and Germany’s managing director of a global environmental service provider. He studied political science, economics, and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main and Cambridge. Britta Peters studied cultural studies in Lüneburg and has been the artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr since 2018. With Kasper König and Marianne Wagner, she curated the Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017 and from 2008 to 2011 headed of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg. Anh-Linh Ngo, born 1974 in Kontum, Vietnam, is an architect, author, and curator. Since 2004 he has been an editor at ARCH+, and co-publisher and editor-in-chief since 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was a member of ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen); and since 2018 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart. In March 2020, ARCH+ was awarded the Berlin Art Prize in the Architecture Section by the Akademie der Künste. Jenny Erpenbeck, writer, director. Debuted in 1999 with the novella Geschichte vom alten Kind (The Old Child). Numerous publications followed, including novels, stories, and plays. Her work has received numerous awards and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2015. Steffen Braun is an engineer, future city designer, and, since 2016, head of the research unit for Urban Systems Engineering at Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart. He is a co-founder of the Morgenstadt initiative (‘City of the Future’) and researches urban innovation patterns, including in mobility systems. Harald Welzer is a sociologist and social psychologist, co-founder and director of FUTURZWEI (Future Sustainability Foundation), and heads the Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design at the European University of Flensburg. He is a permanent visiting professor of social psychology at the University of St. Gallen. Numerous books on sociopolitical questions and sustainability, e.g. Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed for in the 21st Century (German: Klimakriege: Wofür im 21. Jahrhundert getötet wird, 2010). He is also the editor of FUTURZWEI: Magazine for the Future and Politics. His books have been published in twenty-two languages. Frank Rolf Werner studied painting, philosophy, and architecture. In 1988, he became a professor of building history. He served as chair of the history of architecture and design at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart (1990–93) and was a professor and the head of the Institute for Architectural History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Wuppertal (1994–2012). Visiting professorships and numerous publications. Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Fuensanta Nieto studied architecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University in New York. She is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and a professor at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. From 1986 to 1991 she was co-director of the architectural journal ARQUITECTURA, published by the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. www.nietosobejano.com Martin Düchs, born 1977, studied architecture, philosophy, art history, and psychology in Munich, Gothenburg, and Paris and worked as an architect for several years. In 2011, he received his doctorate with a thesis on the ethics of the architect. He has been a research assistant at the University of Bamberg since 2014 and an extraordinary member of the BDA since 2018. He is the author of various books, including 50+1 Architektonische Gewissensfragen (Dölling and Galitz, 2019). In early 2020, he submitted a habilitation thesis on human images in architecture. Kees Christiaanse, architect, urban planner. In 1989, he founded the office of Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners (KCAP since 2002) in Rotterdam, which expanded to Shanghai and Zurich. From 1996 to 2003, he was professor of architecture and urban planning at the TU Berlin, and since 2003 at the ETH Zurich. In addition to his projects as an urban planner, Christiaanse concentrates on tasks in complex, urban development situations and on the management of urban processes. He is considered an expert with regard to university campuses and the revitalization of areas formerly used for industry, railways, and docklands.www.kcap.eu

born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He as been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk, born 1959 in Leiderdorp. He studied biology in Utrecht and is a freelance photojournalist in Berlin (since 1988). He explores current life in the state of Brandenburg and the city in a comprehensive sense. Author of newspapers, magazines, and books in many countries. Fritz Auer was born 1933 in Tübingen. He studied architecture at the Technical University (TH) Stuttgart and at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and received his diploma in Stuttgart. He worked at Behnisch and Lambart until 1965 and became a partner at Behnisch & Partner in the same year. In 1980, Fritz Auer and Carlo Weber founded their own office. From 1985 to 1992, he was professor of building construction and design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (FH). From1993 to 2001, he was professor of design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Auer is a member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.auer-weber.de Thomas Auer is a professor of building technology and climate responsive design (Technical University (TU) Munich) and director of Transsolar Klimaengineering. His projects are characterized by the architectural integration of innovative climate strategies. His research focuses on climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for the built environment. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.transsolar.com Klaus Bollinger, civil engineer. Studied civil engineering at the Technical University (TH) Darmstadt. In 1984, he received his doctorate from the University of Dortmund, and since 1994 he has been professor of supporting structures at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1983, he founded the Bollinger + Grohmann office with Manfred Grohmann. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2011. www.bollinger-grohmann.com Michael Bräuer studied architecture at the University of Architecture and Building (HAB) in Weimar. Until 1989 he worked as an architect and city planner in the city planning office of the City Council of Rostock, most recently as a city architect. Since 1991 he has been active as a freelance planner and architect with an office in Rostock and volunteer work, in BDA, SRL (Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning e.V.), DASL (German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning), German Foundation for Monument Protection, among others. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1991, and director of the Architecture Section from 2012 to 2018. www.ab-braeuer.de Arno Brandlhuber is an architect and urban planner. His work includes architectural and research projects, exhibitions, publications, and political interventions. Together with Olaf Grawert, Nikolaus Hirsch, and Christopher Roth, he is curating the German Pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.brandlhuber.com Winfried Brenne, architect. From 1977, he collaborated with Helge Pitz and founded Brenne Architekten (1990) with Franz Jaschke (2001) and Fabian Brenne (2018). The office’s projects focus on the preservation of existing buildings, which are in line with monuments, as a resource for sustainable urban policy and the revitalization of residential areas. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006. www.brenne-architekten.de Naomi C. Hanakata received her PhD in architecture from the ETH Zurich in 2016 and heads an office for urban research and planning in Singapore that deals with future-oriented planning strategies in Asia and Europe. The focus is on the development and challenges of highly densified urban areas and the conception of urban futures. She has conducted research at the Future Cities Lab at ETH Zurich and practiced architecture in Zurich, Tokyo, New York, and Singapore. She has taught at the National University of Singapore and Rice University in the US. Annette Gigon was born in Herisau, Switzerland, in 1959. Architectural office with Mike Guyer since 1989. Since 2012 she has been a professor of architecture and construction at the ETH Zurich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2003. www.gigon-guyer.ch Almut Grüntuch-Ernst studied at the University of Stuttgart and AA London, worked at Alsop & Lyall, and taught at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) Berlin. Since 2011 she has been a professor at the TU Braunschweig, from 2010 to 2015 a member of the Commission for Urban Design, Munich, and since 2016 a member of the Akademie der Künste. Armand Grüntuch studied at RWTH Aachen and IUAV Venice, worked with Norman Foster in London, and taught at the HdK Berlin. Since 2016 he has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture. In 1991, he co-founded their joint architecture office in Berlin. In 2006, both were commissioners general of the German contribution to the 10th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. www.gruentuchernst.de Guido Hager is a gardener and landscape architect with offices in Zurich and Berlin. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.hager-ag.ch Peter Haimerl has had his Munich office since 1991. It stands for unconventional architecture that merges with computer, sociology, politics, or art. Under the zoomtown label, suggestions and solutions are created for the networking of major European cities. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.peterhaimerl.com Thomas Herzog was born 1941 in Munich. He studied architecture at the TU Munich and earned his doctorate (1972) at the University of Rome. He has had his own office since 1972. From 2000 to 2006 he was the dean of the Faculty of Architecture (TU Munich). He is particularly interested in the development of structural systems using renewable energies as well as in applied research and product development. He has been the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards and been involved in various exhibitions. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993.www.thomasherzogarchitekten.de Regine Keller is a landscape architect and urban planner. Born 1962 in Pirmasens, Germany, she founded the keller landschaftsarchitekten office in 1998, which is now Keller Damm Kollegen GmbH. Since 2005 she has been a professor at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. www.keller-damm-kollegen.com Christiane Thalgott, architect, city planner, councillor for building and construction, studied architecture at the TU Braunschweig and Munich. From 1972 she was a city planner, first in the city building office of Norderstedt, and from 1987 a building councillor in Kassel. From 1992 to 2007 she served as a city construction councillor in Munich, head of the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations, and from 1994 chairman of the supervisory board of the Munich Society for Urban Renewal. She taught at the University of Kiel (1985–87) and the TU Munich (as of 1996), where she was appointed as an honorary professor in 2003. From 2003 to 2007 she was president of the DASL. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2013. Karla Kowalski was born 1941 in Beuthe (Upper Silesia). She studied at the TU Darmstadt and AA London and later worked for Candilis, Josic, Woods in Paris, and Behnisch in Munich. Since 1973, architectural office with Michael Szyszkowitz, mainly in Graz. From 1988 to 2003 she was a professor and the director of the Institute for Public Buildings and Design at the University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1993. www.szy-kow.com Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal have been running a joint architectural office based in Paris since 1985, with a focus on international practice. The design philosophy is based on principles of generosity and economy, on a close relation to climate, and on careful attention to reuse and transformation. Lacaton is a professor at ETH Zurich and has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. Jean Philippe Vassal holds a professorship at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). www.lacatonvassal.com Pierre Laconte is president of the Foundation for the Urban Environment in Brussels, which aims to combine urban planning, transport, and the environment. He is one of three planners responsible for the new university town of Louvain- la-Neuve in Belgium (Abercrombie Award from the International Union of Architects). In 2012 and 2013, he was an assessor for the European Green Capital Award. Regine Leibinger, born in Stuttgart, studied architecture at the TU Berlin and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1993, she founded the architectural practice Barkow Leibinger in Berlin together with Frank Barkow. Since 2016 she has been a professor at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.barkowleibinger.com Hilde Léon has been developing concepts for city and architecture in her office léonwohlhage Architects for over thirty years. She has been a professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover since 2000 and is currently dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2014. www.leonwohlhage.de HG Merz heads the office hg merz architekten museumsgestalter based in Stuttgart and Berlin. He has been curating exhibitions, designing museums, creating master plans for cultural institutions, and advising clients and architects on an international level on the restoration and expansion of historically significant architecture for over thirty years. He has been involved in university teaching for over twenty years. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2018. www.hgmerz.com Günter Nagel was a professor and head of the Institute for Green Planning (Grünplanung) and Garden Architecture at the TU Hannover from 1977 to 2001. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1982, and director of the Architecture Section from 1997 to 2006. Florian Nagler completed training as a carpenter in 1989 and then studied architecture at the TU Kaiserslautern (1994). He worked for the firm Mahler Günster Fuchs and opened his own Nagler Architects office in Munich in 1999, from 2001 together with Barbara Nagler. Since 2010 he has been a professor of design and construction at the TU Munich. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.nagler-architekten.de Irina Raud, born in Tallinn, studied architecture at the Tallinn Art Institute (now Tallinn Art Academy). From 1969 to 1989 she was an architect and senior architect in the planning department, project institute Eesti Projekt, and from 1989 to 1991 senior architect at the Tallin City Building Department. In 1992, she founded her own firm R-KONSULT. Member of the Estonian Association of Architects and the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning. Since 2012 she has been a visiting professor at Tallinn University of Technology. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1996. www.rkonsult.ee Ian Ritchie, architect, author, poet, artist, Royal Academician, member of the Akademie der Künste (since 2013), and visiting professor at Liverpool University leads one of the world’s most thoughtful, original, and influential contemporary practices, which has received over 100 national and international awards. www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk Matthias Sauerbruch is an architect and partner of Sauerbruch Hutton. In addition to his work as a practicing architect, he was a professor at several universities. He is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council. He has been a member of the Akademie der Künste since 2006, and the director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Sauerbruch Hutton are among the most important and experienced representatives of sustainable construction. Their integrated planning approach combines functionality and ecological performance with sensuality and intuition. www.sauerbruchhutton.de Jörg Schlaich was born in 1934. In 1980, he founded of the office schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart. From 1974 to 2000 he was a professor and the head of the Institute for Solid Construction, Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 1999. www.sbp.de Helmut C. Schulitz, architect BDA, founder of Schulitz Architects Braunschweig / Los Angeles, honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. From 1969 to 1982 he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and from 1982 to 2002 a professor at the TU of Braunschweig. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2001. www.schulitz.de Thomas Sieverts, architect and city planner. Born 1934 in Hamburg, he studied architecture and urban planning in Stuttgart, Liverpool, and Berlin. In 1966, he founded the Free Planning Group Berlin (FPB). From 1967 he was a professor of architecture and urban planning at the HdK Berlin, Harvard University, and the TU Darmstadt. In 1978, he founded his own office in Bonn, which expanded in 2000 and was renamed S.K.A.T. Architects + urban planners. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2007. Enrique Sobejano is a professor at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he holds the chair of Principles of Design. He is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madrid and Berlin. Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010), the European Museum of the Year Award (2012), the Alvar Aalto Medal (2015), and the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain 2017). Member of Akademie der Künste since 2016. www.nietosobejano.com Volker Staab founded his office in Berlin in 1991, after winning the competition for the New Museum in Nuremberg. The office realizes public buildings for culture, education, and research. After visiting professorships at the TU Berlin, the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts, he took over a chair in design at the TU Braunschweig (2012). www.staab-architekten.com Kjetil Trædal Thorsen co-founded the interdisciplinary office Snøhetta in Oslo in 1989. From 2004 to 2008, Thorsen was a professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. Since 2011 there has also been a Snøhetta studio in Innsbruck, which Patrick Lüth has expanded into an office with around thirty employees. With numerous projects, such as the Oslo Opera House, Snøhetta provided important impulses to sustainably enliven urban space. With the master plan for the Budapest South Gate area, which was created in the Innsbruck studio, it was possible for the first time to apply the ideas for a sustainable city to an entire district. Member of Akademie der Künste since 2010. www.snohetta.com Marco Venturi, architect and city planner. He has taught urban design in Algiers, Venice, Dortmund, Vienna, and Ferrara. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2002. www.marcoventuri.it Jörn Walter was the senior building director of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for eighteen years and previously led the city planning office in Dresden. He also taught at universities in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2000, and deputy director of the Architecture Section since 2018. Wilfried Wang was born in Hamburg and studied in London. Since 2001 he has been a partner at Hoidn Wang Partner, and he is the O’Neil Ford Centennial Professor in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the board of the Schelling Architecture Foundation and is a member of Konstakademien, Stockholm, and of the Akademie der Künste (since 2010), from 2012 to 2018 as the deputy director of the Architecture Section. He received his Dr. h.c. from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and is an honorary member of the Portuguese Association of Architects. Edzard Reuter, lawyer, entrepreneur. Born 1928 in Berlin, he emigrated to Ankara with his parents and spent his childhood in Turkey from 1935 to 1946. His father is Ernst Reuter, the first governing mayor of West Berlin (1948–53). Edzard Reuter has been a member of the SPD since 1946, and from 1987 to 1995 he was CEO of Daimler-Benz AG. He participates in the governing bodies of several cultural and scientific funding groups and foundations. Tim Rieniets, born 1972, studied architecture and is involved as a curator and publicist. His activities include time as a lecturer at ETH Zurich (2011), as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich (2012), and as the managing director of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW (2013–18). Since 2018 he has been a professor of urban and spatial development in a diversified society at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Christoph Grafe, architect, curator, and writer. Born 1964 in Bremen. He is a professor of architectural history and theory at the University of Wuppertal and was the director of the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp (2017–19). He is the author of People’s Palaces: Architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe (2014). Editor of OASE and Eselsohren. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, CBE, Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which he founded in 1992. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Potsdam, a member of the Federal Government’s Scientific Advisory Board on Global Environmental Change, and the initiator of the ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. Marc Weissgerber is co-initiator of ‘Bauhaus der Erde’. He was a former board member of the European group for climate innovations, Climate-KIC, and Germany’s managing director of a global environmental service provider. He studied political science, economics, and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main and Cambridge. Britta Peters studied cultural studies in Lüneburg and has been the artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr since 2018. With Kasper König and Marianne Wagner, she curated the Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017 and from 2008 to 2011 headed of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg. Anh-Linh Ngo, born 1974 in Kontum, Vietnam, is an architect, author, and curator. Since 2004 he has been an editor at ARCH+, and co-publisher and editor-in-chief since 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was a member of ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen); and since 2018 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart. In March 2020, ARCH+ was awarded the Berlin Art Prize in the Architecture Section by the Akademie der Künste. Jenny Erpenbeck, writer, director. Debuted in 1999 with the novella Geschichte vom alten Kind (The Old Child). Numerous publications followed, including novels, stories, and plays. Her work has received numerous awards and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Member of the Akademie der Künste since 2015. Steffen Braun is an engineer, future city designer, and, since 2016, head of the research unit for Urban Systems Engineering at Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart. He is a co-founder of the Morgenstadt initiative (‘City of the Future’) and researches urban innovation patterns, including in mobility systems. Harald Welzer is a sociologist and social psychologist, co-founder and director of FUTURZWEI (Future Sustainability Foundation), and heads the Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design at the European University of Flensburg. He is a permanent visiting professor of social psychology at the University of St. Gallen. Numerous books on sociopolitical questions and sustainability, e.g. Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed for in the 21st Century (German: Klimakriege: Wofür im 21. Jahrhundert getötet wird, 2010). He is also the editor of FUTURZWEI: Magazine for the Future and Politics. His books have been published in twenty-two languages. Frank Rolf Werner studied painting, philosophy, and architecture. In 1988, he became a professor of building history. He served as chair of the history of architecture and design at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart (1990–93) and was a professor and the head of the Institute for Architectural History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Wuppertal (1994–2012). Visiting professorships and numerous publications. Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Fuensanta Nieto studied architecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University in New York. She is a founding partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and a professor at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. From 1986 to 1991 she was co-director of the architectural journal ARQUITECTURA, published by the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. www.nietosobejano.com Martin Düchs, born 1977, studied architecture, philosophy, art history, and psychology in Munich, Gothenburg, and Paris and worked as an architect for several years. In 2011, he received his doctorate with a thesis on the ethics of the architect. He has been a research assistant at the University of Bamberg since 2014 and an extraordinary member of the BDA since 2018. He is the author of various books, including 50+1 Architektonische Gewissensfragen (Dölling and Galitz, 2019). In early 2020, he submitted a habilitation thesis on human images in architecture. Kees Christiaanse, architect, urban planner. In 1989, he founded the office of Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners (KCAP since 2002) in Rotterdam, which expanded to Shanghai and Zurich. From 1996 to 2003, he was professor of architecture and urban planning at the TU Berlin, and since 2003 at the ETH Zurich. In addition to his projects as an urban planner, Christiaanse concentrates on tasks in complex, urban development situations and on the management of urban processes. He is considered an expert with regard to university campuses and the revitalization of areas formerly used for industry, railways, and docklands.www.kcap.eu