Research

A disruptive change through technology necessitates a reflection on political operations and demands a substantial engagement with every individual. I see a responsibility with the disciplines of planning to respond to the technological and ecological revolutions that we face.

While studying architecture at the Bauhaus University, I always understood the discipline as an art form to translate political, social, and environmental ideas into built space. My goal was less to actively design physical space than to understand the processes behind the existing and to inform the creative process with inspiration to a different and more inclusive outcome. With a technical toolkit, I learned to find solutions through design thinking and use graphical analysis to communicate my findings precisely. After graduating in Architecture and interning in Denmark, I found in research.

In my recent work at the Royal College of Art in London, I committed myself to ethical questions in the digital city. I always understood the urban as an identity-building element in the socialization of an individual. The international and interdisciplinary environment made me reflect on socio-political issues. A critical analysis and rigorous research led me to recognize the moral clarity of the process as essential. The power of citizenship lies in the countless possibilities an open society offers, not in the acceptance of autocratic predetermination. Therefore the development of the urban is a constant negotiation of collective and individual identities.