CV Thomas Stellmach Dipl. Ing. Architect, Urbanist Uberbau partner Registered Architect, Architektenkammer Berlin, Germany Nationality: German, *30.5.1975 in Freiburg Languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Dutch

EDUCATION

2003 Dipl. Ing. Architecture at TU Berlin: Montjuic, Barcelona. Graduation cum Laude. Instructed by Kees Christiaanse & Werner Sewing.

1999–2000 Erasmus scholarship at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunia. Catedra Mies v. d. Rohe with Wiel Arets.

1997–1999 Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin.

PROFESSIONAL

7.2012–now Consultant for the Aga Khan Awards for Architecture (AKAA). Estab- lishing a methodology to award urban planning projects.

10.2011–now Expert Consultant for the Urban Planning and Design Branch of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, KE. Achieving Sustainable Urban Development. • Pilot Projects Manila, Philippines. 2012. • Kigali and Intermediate Cities strategic planning projects, Rwanda. 2012. • Masterplan Amman, Jordan. 2012. • Development Corridor Nacala–Nampula, Mozambique. 2011. • Planning workshop Kisumu, Kenya. 2011. • Contemporary Planning Projects, Good practice and the state of planning report. 2012. • Urban development & planning trends, the state of planning report. 2011.

7.2009–now Founding Partner. Uberbau architecture & urbanism. Berlin, DE. • The Street Live. 2012. Co-curatorship of Wereld Witte de With Art Festival . Commission. Stichting Witte de With. • ITB Austria. Trade show stand design. Commission. • Private House in Mgairyah. A private home. Commission. • Al–Adhamiya. Urban Transformation for a historic quarter in Bagh- dad, IQ. Invited Competition. • Paris Periphery North–East. Urban vision for five of the most pre- carious communes in the agglomeration of Paris, FR. Commission. • Paris Bercy–Charenton. Masterplan for an infrastructural node in Paris, FR. Competition. • Street Life. Reinventing Hybrid Infrastructures in the . Research Project. • The Red Ribbon. Urban design for the riverfront of Heidelberg, DE. 1st prize Europan 10 competition. • Bangalore Zoning Regulations. Report on Bangalore’s urban design code. Commission. • Aleppo – Diverse City | Open City. Urban spatial vision & city development strategy for Aleppo, SY

3.2009–11.2011 Expert Consultant. giz (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusam- menarbeit). Berlin, DE, Aleppo, SY. • Aleppo CDS. City Development Strategy report for Aleppo, SY.

04.2006–10.2008 Project Leader. Maxwan Architects & Urbanists. Rotterdam, NL. • Barking Riverside Supervision. Supervision of the Urban Master- plan for Barking Riverside, London. One of the largest urban develop- ments in the UK. Commission. • Rotterdam Central Station. Supervision of the urban design for a central inner city mixed use development in Rotterdam, NL. Commis- sion. • GIT Terrain De Hague. Urban design for an inner city mixed use development in De Hague, NL. Commission. • Braasschaat. Design for a residential neighbourhood in Braas- schaat, BE. Competition. • Albertkanaal. Design for 5 bridges cum public space in the har- bour area of , BE. Competition. • Project a101. Masterplan and urban design for a 6000ha site south-west of Moscow, RU. Winning competition and commission. • Cross River Park. Revitalisation strategy for a former industrial area at the Thames Gateway in London, UK. Commission. • Vatsnmyri Reykjavik Airport. Masterplan for the conversion of a former airport in Reykjavik, IS. Competition. • Harbour Park. Urban strategy for the reorganization of 3600 ha of unused land along the harbour of Rotterdam, NL. Commission.

10.2007–11.2007 Curator, Project Manager. Atelier Zuidvleugel. Exhibition at the NAi Rotterdam on the future of the Zuid-Holland region, NL.

5.2007–now Chief editor. dysturb.net. Online architecture & urbanism magazine.

1.2006–3.2006 Urban Designer. Cantonada Invisible. Public space project for Cer- da’s Eixample in Barcelona, ES.

2.2003–3.2006 Founding Partner. Kinzo GmbH. Berlin, DE. Brand architecture. • Mango & Lizzy Jagger Event. Design & Presentation of the new fashion line in Berlin. Commission. • Mainz & Friends. Corporate identity, print & online. Commission. • V-Radiostation. Popkomm fair stand. Commission. • Audi DTM. Concept and design for an Audi marketing event in Shanghai. Commission. • Xeo Light Structures. Website & CI. Commission. • Haus Hardenberg. Interior design, detailing & execution, Berlin. Commission. • Adler Apotheke. Design of a pharmacy in Berlin. Commission. • Kinzo Klub. Disco design & execution in Berlin. Commission. • ic-berlin office. Office interior design in Berlin. Commission. • 3&33 Design Market. Corporate identity. Commission. • CVX Couch. Multifunctional furniture design. Commission. • City Pillow. Street furniture, Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Commission. • Docura Candy Shop. Shop interior design in Berlin. Commission.

4.2005–9.2005 Designer. Delafair GmbH. Fair design & visualization. Berlin, DE. • DFB Press Centre. Design for the media centre during the football world cup in Berlin for the fifa. Commission. • BMBT fair stand. Exhibition show of future technologies & project management for the Bundesministerium für Forschung. Commission.

6.2001–2.2002 Architecture Internship at EMBT (E. Mirailles & B. Tagliabue, Josep Mias) architects in Barcelona, ES. Leonardo scholarship.

10.2001–12.2001 Internship at Melchor Canas Masonry in Mondragon, ES.

6.2000–9.2000 Architecture Internship at EMBT (E. Mirailles & B. Tagliabue, Josep Mias) architects in Barcelona, ES. • Club de Golf de Fontanals in Fontanals de Cerdanya, ES. • Vivienda unifamiliar SF-TM in Mollet de Peralada, ES. • Biblioteca de la Escuela de Arquitectura La Salle in Barcelona, ES. • University Campus in Vigo, ES.

11.1999–12.1999 Architecture Internship at Arko–Tekton in Barcelona, ES.

07.1998–10.1998 Architecture Internship at Hesse & Partner in Berlin, DE.

ACADEMIC

7.2010 & 5.2011 Planning Workshop Teacher at Strelka Institute in Moscow, RU. • Discovery of an Island. Urban design studio in Moscow, RU. • Island in the City. Urban planning studio in Nizhny Novgorod, RU.

4.2011 Workshop Teacher at the ETSAB (UPC) in Barcelona, ES. Public Space in the Arab Context.

3.2009–7.2010 Assistant Professor at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, NL. • Creative Beijing. Urbanism studio in collaboration with Tsinghua University in Beijing, CH. With Rients Dijkstra. • Skill Bill. Architecture studio on mixed use for a site in Rotterdam, NL. With Rients Dijkstra. • Foaming at the Edge. Planning Masterclass for a site in the Rot- terdam harbour, NL. With Lars Lerup. • Bridging Troubled Waters. A town planning studio for a site in Ningbo, CH. With Rients Dijkstra.

9.2009–12.2009 Guest Teacher at the Rotterdamse Academie Voor Bouwkunst (RAVB) in Rotterdam, NL. • Urban Cookbook. Recipes for Sustainable Urbanism. Urbanism studio.

11.2008 Workshop Teacher on informal settlements: The Responsive City. At Bilge University, Istanbul, TK.

5.2008 Workshop Teacher in Timisoara, RO. Breathe in – Breathe Out, Landscape Utopias for Rumania.

11.2007–2.2008 & Guest Professorship Town Planning and Design at the Private 10.2008–2.2009 University of Science & Arts in Aleppo, SY. • Cityscapes lecture series: Vancouver, Atlanta, Barcelona, Los An- geles, NL-City.

4.2002–8.2002 Assistant Teacher for stage design at TU Berlin, DE.

LECTURES

5.2012 Aleppo Open City. City Debates 2012. Re-Conceptualizing Bounda- ries: Urban Design in the Arab World. AUB in Beirut, LB. 4.2012 Capita Selecta: ‘Giant Steps: Urbanism Around the World’, Acad- emie von Bouwkunst in , NL. 10.2011 3 Questions. Lecture on Urban Development. Nizhny Novgorod, RU. 10.2011 Urban Cookbook. Lecture on Strategic Planning at the HSUS, Mos- cow, RU. 8.2011 3 Territiories. Lecture on Uberbau Projects at Strelka Institute, Mos- cow, RU. 4.2011 Public Space in the Arab Context. Lecture at the ETSAB (UPC) in Barcelona, ES. 10.2010 3 Cities. Lecture on Sustainable Urban Territories at Trondheim Uni- versity, SW. 5.2010 Aleppo Open City. Lecture for the Building Senate of Berlin, DE. 3.2010 Aleppo Open City. Lecture on City Visions. At the PRIC Conference in Baghdad, IQ. 10.2008 Reality Bites. Lecture on Urban Utopias at Bilgi University, Istanbul, TK. 05.2008 Garden Metropolis. Leapfrog Development in Rumania, Timisoara, RO. 11.2007–2.2008 Cityscapes Lecture Series: Vancouver, Atlanta, Barcelona, Los An- geles, NL-City. At PUSA Aleppo, SY.

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS

12.2009 1st prize europan 10 competition for ‘Der Rote Faden’, Urban De- sign proposal for Heidelberg, DE. 2007 Exhibition at mipim Europe 2007 in Cannes, FR: Project a101 Masterplan. 2003 «hier entsteht!» exhibition: automat+ at Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin, DE. 01.2003 automat+ exhibition at TU Berlin, DE: Suburbia, Shopping, and Ef- fects on Identity. With Ali Saad, Claudia Dressler, Robert Ostmann. 09.2001 suretage: Urban Installation at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, DE. With Ali Saad, Claudia Dressler, Robert Ostmann. 06.2001 subetage: Urban Installation at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, DE. With Ali Saad, Claudia Dressler, Robert Ostmann.

PUBLICATIONS

2012 Sustainable Urbanization in Asia, A Sourcebook for Local Govern- ments (UN-Habitat, Nairobi 2012) 2008 theresponsivecity.org. participtory design. 2007–now dysturb.net. Web magazine on urban planning. Chief Editor. 2007 Mark Magazine #10: Manual for City Building. 2004 Raumkunst – Neue Deutsche Innenarchitektur (Verlagshaus Braun). Adler Pharmacy, Berlin, DE. 2003 Der Entwurf (Stadtwandel Verlag). Interdiszplinarität als Krisenman- agement. 2000 Strange Conditions (Actar). Parque Cinematografique. 2000 El Croquis 100/101 EMBT. Fontanals Club Golf House.

As well as several publications in Berlin and Rotterdam based Magazines such as Ta- gesspiegel, Zitty, taz, Berliner Zeitung and AD.

LANGUAGES

German: Native English: Fluent Spanish: Fluent French: Conversational Dutch: Conversational