Prof Arch DI Dr
1962 born 16,1°
degrees longitude and 48,1° north latitude in the zodiac sign of Pisces.
1968→72 Visit of the pedagogic Primary School Hardeggasse in Vienna.
1972→76 Acceptance in the integrated comprehensive school Pastorstraße
in Wien.
1975 First confrontation
with architecture by random read a work of Le Corbusier.
1976 Acceptance at
the Camillo Sitte educational
establishment - Federal Higher Technical Institute for Educating and
Experimenting Schellinggasse in Wien.
1982 High school
diploma in the topic Engineering and Building Construction.
1981→83 Cooperation in the civil engineer Offices Prof. Weiss, Ahorner
und John.
1982 The beginning
of the study of architecture at the Vienna University of Technology.
1984 An
archaeological study as ancient worker with the Austrian Archaeological Institute and as an employee at Prof.
Friedmund Hueber in ancient Ephesus.
1984→87 Participation in the architects’ offices Lalics Rainer, Prof.
Hans Puchhammer, Prof. Georg Reinberg und Prof. Martin Treberspurg.
1987 Birth of my
son Gilbert.
1987 Talented
scholarship from the Scholarship Foundation of the Vienna University of
Technology.
1988 Diploma thesis
on the topic: living in the memory under supervision of Prof. Ernst Hiesmayr.
1988 Graduation
with Master's degree in Architecture.
1988→89 Community service in the emergency medical care at the Austrian Red Cross in Vienna.
1989 Home birth of
my daughter Camilla.
1989–94 unauthorized
participation in architectural and urban competitions.
1990–94 Associate in the
architectural firm Nehrer and Medek.
1991–94 Admission to
teaching and research as teacher at the Institute of Building for Architects in
the team of Prof. Hans Puchhammer at the Technical University of Vienna.
1991 Laureate of
the Austrian housing prize.
1992 Founding of
the studio for unauthorized urbanism together with Johann Überlackner, Manfred
Waldhör and Georg Seebacher.
1993 Register of my
children for home education and founding of the Primaria and Secondaria ALF - Alternative School of Life Favoriten.
1993 Successful
completion of the civil engineering exam at the Architect’s Council in the
former architectural capital of Graz.
1994 Inauguration
as a state-authorized and certified civil engineer and architect.
1994→03 Numerous awards and prizes as a freelance architect in
international anonymous urban and architectural competitions.
1994→98 Representative in the Institute Conference of the Institute of
Building Construction and Design for Architects.
1994→96 Dissertation on the topic Economics in Building under the
supervision of Prof. Helmut Richter and Prof. Wolfgang Oberndorfer.
1995 First invited
Lecture on architecture from the IA - initiative of Architecture at the House
of Artists in Salzburg.
1995→01 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Building for architects
in the design team of Professor Will Alsop.
1996 Graduation to
Doctor of Technical Sciences.
1996 Visiting
Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University
of Michigan.
1997 Tutor during
the summer workshops at Hidden Treasures Cultural Centre in Marseille, France.
1998 Founding of
the studio urban fish architects together with Mladen Jadric.
1998→01 Guest lectures at the University of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe
University, the Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Cottbus
and the Univerza v Ljubljani.
1998 Principal
member of the Quorum of the Faculty and since 2003 of the Faculty of
Architecture and Planning.
1999 Spokesman for
the University lecturers and scientific and artistic staff in research, art and
teaching at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.
2000 Guest
Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Faculty of
Constructed Environment in Australia.
2000 Guest lectures
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Roger Williams
University in Rhode Island United States.
2001 Visiting
Professor of the workshop Radical City Visions in the Kestner Society organized
by the University of Hannover.
2001→09 Associate Professor at the Institute for Building Construction
for Architects and Design at the Vienna University of Technology in the team of
Professor Will Alsop.
2001 Curator of
the faculty exhibition archdiploma
together with Mladen Jadric, editor, graphic and layout of the 1st
archdiploma exhibition catalogue.
2002 Award of the
exhibition catalogue archidiploma | school of architecture by the printissimo –
Design Austria, the prize of the Austrian paper industry.
2002 Founding
member of the community of interest for Architecture - IG Architektur.
2002→10 Academic coordinator and jury member of the international
Joint Study Program with RMIT Melbourne Australia.
2002 Marriage with
Elfriede Johanna, my long-time girlfriend and mother of our mutual children.
2003 Exclusive
owner of the architecture studio urban fish.
2003 Guest
lectures at the Southeast University in Nanjing, China and Tongji University in
Shanghai, China
2003→07 Habilitation on architectural design with resource scarcity.
2004 Curator of the
International anonymous and open student competition The facade, play with her.
2004→07 Vice Chairman of the Faculty Board of Architecture and
Planning.
2005→12 Permanent jury member and publicist for the Karl Kupsky prize.
2006 President of
the Society for Experimental Building.
2007 Senator at
the Technical University of Vienna.
2009 Award of the
teaching license for the subject area Planning and Building Economics.
2009 Dozent at the
Faculty of Architecture and Planning.
2009 University
Professor at the Department of Architecture and Design at the Technical
University of Vienna.
2010 Guest
lectures and design workshops at Universitas Tarumanagara in Jakarta Indonesia
and at Bilgi Üniversitesi in Istanbul Turkey.
2010 Author of the
book Architecture costs space
published by Springer Vienna-New York.
2012→15 Vice Chairman of the Faculty Board of Architecture and Planning.
2012 Street
Lecture on Experimental building on 30.5.in the locked Wiedner Hauptstrasse in
Karlsplatz in Vienna.
2012→13 Design supervisor as part of the course The Grand Solar Decathlon - Aesthetics & Innovation in detail. The realized project of
Team Austria reached 2013 in the international competition for
solar homes in California
the 1st prize.
2014→15 Head of the master module Experimental construction. The team mitmischen TU Vienna reached at the
International Concrete Canoe Regatta 2015 competition structure in Brandenburg
on the Havel the 2nd place.
2015 Diploma
supervision and examination record at the Vienna University of Technology: 40
diploma examinations at 4 days of which 30 are personally supervised diploma
thesis from November 23rd to 26th 2015 in the field of study
architecture.
2016→20 Chairman of the Faculty Board of Architecture and Planning at
the Vienna University of Technology.
2016 Lecture Room
under the open sky: Designing Lichtblick Architektur at May 26th in Ressel Park at the gates of the Vienna
University of Technology.
2017 Winner of the
Best Teacher Award at the faculty of Architecture and Planning
1. Prize among 1700 nominated university lecturers at the Vienna University of
Technology.
2018 Nomination
for the Ars Docendi, the state award for excellent teaching from the Federal
Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
2019→21 Finalist Best Teacher Award, among the top 3 at the Faculty of
Architecture and Spatial Planning at the Vienna University of Technology.
2021 Supervisor
and 1st examiner of the Audit Board of the 500th Diploma
student, the 500th Graduate of the degree course architecture at the
Technical University of Vienna.
2021 Again 1st
place as the winner of the Best Teacher Award as the best university teacher
for the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning at the Vienna University
of Technology
2022 … trying to
push boundaries a little more.
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