2015

is professor of landscape architecture.

Silvia Benedito teaches landscape architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. She graduated as an architect from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, she has a degree in music from the Conservatory of Coimbra and a Master's degree in Urban Design from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Guest critic at the LAI in summer term 2015 on occasion of the Master's studio "New Fabric for BRNO"
Guest critic in summer term 2018 at the LAI in the framework of the master project "industrial alpine landscapes AT - Post industrial transformation in Loeben".
Guest criticin winter term 2018/19 at the LAI as part of the bachelor project "italcementi - Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy".

is professor of landscape architecture

Sonja Dümpelmann is currently professor of landscape architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she teaches Theory and History of Landscape Architecture. She was graduated in Landscape Architecture from the Leibniz University of Hanover and wrote her doctoral thesis at the Berlin University of the Arts. From 2005 till 2007 she was professor at the University of Auburn and later on till 2012 at the University of Maryland.

Guest professor at the LAI during summer term 2015, among others, with the lecture "The Airport as Landscape" and with other guest lectures and student workshops

is an architect.

Christoph Elsässer is project manager at West 8, international office for urban design and landscape architecture in Rotterdam. In 2000 he was graduated in architecture from the RWTH Aachen, Germany and the TU Delft, the Netherlands.

Guest critic at the LAI in winter term 2014/2015 for the final presentation of the Bachelor's studio project "Innovation Landscape Karlsruhe", in Stuttgart 26/01/2015

is architect and urban planner.

Since 2000, Karel Havliš is Associate professor at the Technical University of Brno, where he teaches theory and design in Urban Planning and Architecture. He has his own office for urban planning, Studio Havliš.

Guest critic at the LAI in summer term 2015 in the Master's studio project "New Fabric for BRNO"

is a landscape architect and urban planner.

Since 1993 Ursula Hochrein is registered landscape architect and urban planner and co-founder of the office lohrer.hochrein landschaftsarchitekten bdla. 1985–1990 she studied landscape planning at the FH Weihenstephan.

Guest lecture at the LAI in the 4th semester, summer term 2015, 21.04., in the lecture series "Theory and Methods in Landscape Architecture"

is a landscape architect.

Burkhard Krüpe completed his Diplom-Ingenieur degree in landscape architecture at the Technical Uiversity of Munich and he worked over 20 years as project manager for the landscape architecture office Latz+Partner.

Guest critic at the LAI in summer term 2015 in the Bachelor's studio project "Heckenstaller Park - Ring frei"

is a landschape architect, architect and urban planner.

Tilman Latz is a landschape architect, architect and urban planner and since 2011 director of the office Büro Latz + Partner.

Guest lecture at the LAI as part of the lecture series "Theory and Methods in Landscape Architecture" in the 4th semester during summer term 2015.

is registered architect, professor.

Since 2003 Professor for Stadtquartiersplanung und Entwerfen at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and since 2001 member of the German Association of Architects. He studied architecture at the RWTH Aaachen and graduated in 1990 with distinctions. Susequently he established Astoc Architects & Planners in Cologne, together with Kees Christiaanse, Peter Berner and Oliver Hall. 1999 Professorship for Urban Planning and Designing at University Kaiserslautern as well as teaching assignments at the Universities of Applied Sciences in Cologne and Bochum.

Guest critic at LAI in the winter term 2014/2015 in the Bachelor's studio project "Innovation Landscape Karlsruhe" in Stuttgart at 26 January 2015, as well as guest lecture in the winter term 2010/2011 as part of the international doctoral college "Spatial Research Lab".

Guest Lecture within the framework of the International Doctoral College 2017.

is emeritus professor and architect, urban planner.

1993–2016 Walter Schönwandt was director of the Instituts für Grundlagen der Planung (IGP) at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart. He studied architecture and urban planning at the universities Stuttgart and Heidelberg. 1979–1984 he was teaching and research associate at the Institute of Regional Science (IfR) with a subsequent doctoral dissertation about the topic "Denkfallen beim Planen" ("Pitfalls of Planning"). He is visiting professor in Oxford, Vienna and Zurich. He is a member of the chamber of architects in Baden-Württemberg, the Academy for Spatial Research and  Planning (ARL), the Association of Town, Regional and State Planning (SLR), the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), the International Association for People Environment Studies (IAPS), the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) as well as consultant, expert advisor and author.

Guest critic at LAI in the winter term 2014/2015 as part of the Bachelor's studio project "Innovation landscape Karlsruhe" in Stuttgart at 26 January 2015; guest lecture at LAI in the winter term 2010/2011 as part of the international doctoranl college Spatial Research Lab.

is professor and landscape planner, architect.

Hinnerk Wehberg is landscape planner and architect. He studied painting at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, was British Council Scholar at the Hornesy College of Art in London in 1963 and until 1970 visiting lecturer. 1969 he founded the studio Wehberg-Lange in Hamburg, today WES and Partners. 1982–2002 he was professor at the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Planning at the Technical University of Braunschweig. 2005 her received the Friedrich-Ludwig-von-Sckell Ring of Honour from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.

Guest critic in summer 2015 at LAI in the Bacherlor's studio project "For Luise. Designing the Luise Kiesselbach Square in Munich". Guest critic in summer 2016 in the Master's studio project 'transform.mori'.
Guest review in summer 2017 at the LAI in the Masters's studio project "Post-Zafira Time - Industrial Post-Use Opel Plant Bochum".