PHILIPP OSWALT

(*1964), architect and writer, studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. editor for the architectural journal "Arch+" (1988-1994). work for the ’Office for Metropolitan Architecture’ - Rem Koolhaas, Rotterdam (1996-1997), and for MVRDV, (1997). since 1998 architect in Berlin, office established. 1998, winner of the international competition for the design of the memorial site of the ’Former Women Concentration Camp Ravensbrück’ Ravensbrück (in collaboration with Stefan Tischer l Stefanie Oswalt. 1999 honourable mention for the competition entry for the memorial site in Fort Zinna, Torgau. teacher at the Technische Universität Berlin and Hochschule der Künste Berlin (1998 – 2000). Visiting Professor for Design at the Technical University Cottbus (2000-2001). Project director and chief curator for Shrinking Cities – a project initiated by the Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany in cooperation with the Bauhaus Dessau and the Gallery for contemporary Arts Leipzig, Curator of Volkspalast 2004 (together with Amelie Deuflhard and Matthias Lilienthal).