CURRICULUM VITAE

Christian Gänshirt, Dr.-Ing., Architect AKB

Nationality: German
Languages: English, French, Portuguese
basic Italian, Spanish, Mandarin

SUMMARY

Dr. Christian Gänshirt is an architect, researcher and educator from Berlin, Germany.
He received his PhD (Dr.-Ing.) from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU
Cottbus), Germany, and his architecture diploma from Karlsruhe University (now
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT), Germany. He also studied with Luigi Snozzi
at the École Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

He currently is a Visiting Researcher at the Politecnico di Milano. He was a Senior

Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, where
he started and directed the Master of Architectural Design programme, achieving the
first RIBA part 2 validation for such a programme in mainland China. He was a
Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Hong Kong, and at
Kassel University. He taught at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech), the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), Leibniz University Hanover,
and the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU Cottbus), Germany.

He was a project architect in the office of Álvaro Siza, and worked with architect José
Paulo dos Santos in Oporto. He is registered with the Berlin Chamber of Architects
since 1996, when he set up his own practice. He co-edited the Internet architectural
theory magazine [www.cloud-cuckoo.net] and published in magazines, journals, and
national newspapers. His book Tools for Ideas – Introduction to Architectural Design
has been published in German, English and Chinese.

EDUCATION

2007
Dr.-Ing. (Doctor of Engineering, Ph.D. equivalent)
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

1996
Licensed Architect AKB, registration number D08402
AKB Architektenkammer Berlin [Berlin Architects’ Chamber], Berlin, Germany

1990 -1982
Dipl.-Ing. (Architecture Diploma, MArch equivalent)
Karlsruhe University of Technology (now KIT), Karlsruhe, BW, Germany

1987-88
Visiting Student
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Luigi Snozzi

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Current Position - 3/2022

Visiting Researcher, Architectural Theory for Sustainability
PoliMi – Politechnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
DAStU - Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

2/2022 - 9/2021
Visiting Professor, Contemporary Architectural Design Theory and Architectural
Composition, PoliMi – Politechnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
DAStU - Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
 2019 – 2013
Senior Associate Professor, Architectural Theory and Architectural Design
XJTLU - Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Department of Architecture

2017 (July – Jan.)

Visiting Full Professor, Architectural and Urban Design
HKU – The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China
Faculty of Architecture

2013 – 2011
Associate Professor, Architectural Design and Urban Theory and History
VT / Virginia Tech – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A.
School of Architecture + Design

2011
Visiting Lecturer (part time), Architectural Design Theory
Leibniz University Hanover, Germany
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape

2010
Visiting Lecturer (part time), Architectural Theory and History
UdK – University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
Faculty of Design

2009 – 2008
Visiting Full Professor / Interim Chair, Architectural Theory and Design
Kassel University, Germany
Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Planning

2004 – 1998
Assistant Professor, Architectural Design and Building Science
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Design

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Ongoing – since 1994

Freelance Architect / Researcher / Author
Independent practice in architectural and urban design,
research, writing and publishing
Berlin, Germany

Positions Held

1998 – 1996
Site Management Architect
Büro Am Lützowplatz (BAL-AG)
Berlin, Germany

1996 – 1995
Site Management Architect
Bauleitungsbüro Manfred Schasler
Berlin, Germany

1995 – 1994
Architect
Office of Professor Walter Nägeli
Berlin, Germany

1993 – 1991
Project Architect
Office of Álvaro Siza Vieira
Oporto, Portugal

1991 – 1990
Junior Architect
Office of José Paulo dos Santos
Oporto, Portugal

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 RESEARCH

Research Interests
His long-standing research interest is architectural design, which he considers the
practice unterlying all design disciplines, and which he is studying under different
angles: It’s practice and production (design tools and processes); it’s theory, history
and sustainable futures; it’s outcomes, and the ways those are publicly discussed
and evaluated (criticism). In 2007, he proposed a theory of architectural design,
based on a media-critical analysis of design practices (see: Tools for Ideas -
Introduction to Architectural Design, Basel, Boston 2007, Beijing 2011, Berlin 2012,
Basel 2020).

The focus of the 2020 edition is on documenting the breakthrough the book
achieved in shifting the focus of design research from design methodology to
design toolology, i.e. to a phenomenologically oriented theory of the media used as
design tools. Furthermore, the new edition has a new focus on sustainability,
discussing three promising design practices fostering a more sustainable built
environement: Digital design, research-based design, and social design.

Research Projects (selected)

June - March 2022; Architectural Theory for Sustainability

Visiting Reseacher, funded by the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies,
Politechnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

2020 – 2019; Tools for Ideas – Introduction to Architectural Design

2020 – 2019; Werkzeuge für Ideen. Einführung ins architektonische Entwerfen
Two new, enlarged 400 pp. editions, with a new focus on sustainability
funded by Birkhäuser / DeGruyter, Basel, Switzerland / Berlin, Germany

2019 - Baugeschichte und Denkmalpflege

Research Colloquium at TU Graz, Austria
Conference travel funded by XJTLU, Suzhou, China

2018 - Drawing is Not Enough

Reuse of Modernist Buildings Conference at the University of Coimbra, Portugal
Conference travel funded by XJTLU, Suzhou, China

2019 – 2016; The Making of Avant-Garde Architecture in South-East China

Research development funded by XJTLU, Suzhou, China

2015 - Reflections from Design Research

Conference travel (Suzhou-Hanover) funded by Volkswagen Foundation through
Leibniz University Hanover, Germany

2013 – 2010; Archithèse Papers

Funded by Archithèse Architecture magazine, Zurich, Switzerland

2011 - Tools for Ideas, Chinese Translation

Translation, layout, printing, copyright fees funded by China Architecture and
Building Press, Beijing

2007 – 2006; Tools for Ideas / Werkzeuge für Ideen

Editing, translation, layout, copyright fees for illustrations co-funded by Birkhäuser
Verlag, Basel, Switzerland

2005 - Design Theories of Otl Aicher

Funded by Graz Architecture Magazine, TU Graz, Austria

2005 - Architectural Design of the IKMZ University Library, Cottbus, Germany

Funded by Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Paris,
France

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 2005 - Urban and Architectural Design of the Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal
Funded by Bauwelt Architecture Magazine, Berlin, Germany, L’Architecture
d’Aujourd’hui, Paris, France

2004 - Floor Plan Manual Housing / Grundrissatlas Wohnungsbau

Research time funded by Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland

2004 - Swimming Pool on the Beach

Funded by Editorial Blau, Lisbon (translations to English and Portuguese, profes-
sional photography), Wiley (updating, re-editing), Germany, U.K.

1999 - Architectural Design of the Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal

Funded by Bauwelt Architecture Magazine, Berlin, Germany, and ASA editorial,
Lisbon, Portugal

1998 - Urban and Architectural Design of the Expo ’98 in Lisbon, Portugal
Funded by Bauwelt Architecture Magazine, Berlin, Germany, Frankfurter Rundschau
(national newspaper), Delius Producing, Berlin

1994 - Urban and Architectural Design of a New University Campus in Aveiro,

Portugal, Funded by Bauwelt Architecture Magazine, Berlin, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

Please note: Reprints and translations are listed as well.

VIAF ID: 77239239 (personal), permalink: http://viaf.org/viaf/77239239
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=Pr3P5tIAAAAJ&hl=de

Books

Christian Gänshirt (2020):

Tools for Ideas. Introduction to Architectural Design
Third, revised and expanded edition, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2020, 400 pp.
Werkzeuge für Ideen. Einführung ins Architektonische Entwerfen
Dritte, aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2020, 400 pp.

Christian Gänshirt (2012, 2011, 2007):

Tools for Ideas. An Introduction to Architectural Design
Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2007, 2012, 256 pp.
创意工具：建筑设计初步,
with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Guixiang Wang,Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press, 2011, 248 pp.
Werkzeuge für Ideen. Einführung ins architektonische Entwerfen,
Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2007, 2011, 256 pp.
(book version of my doctoral dissertation)

Friederike Schneider (ed.) (2004, 2007):

Recueil de plans d'habitation / Atlante delle planimetrie residenziali.
Collab. de la troisième Edition: Christian Gänshirt, Oliver Heckmann e Bettina
Vismann. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2007, 311 pp.
Atlas de plantas: viviendas / habitação.
Colaboradores en la tercera edición / colaboradores na terceira edição:
Christian Gänshirt, Oliver Heckmann e Bettina Vismann. Barcelona: Gustavo
Gili, 2007, 311 pp.
Floor Plan Manual Housing / Grundrissatlas Wohnungsbau.
Third, revised and extended Edition. Collaboration of Christian Gänshirt, Oliver
Heckmann and Bettina Vismann. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2004, 311
pp.

Christian Gänshirt (2004):

Swimming Pool on the Beach at Leça de Palmeira, Álvaro Siza 1959-73.
Schwimmbad am Strand von Leça de Palmeira, Álvaro Siza 1959-73.
Piscina na Praia de Leça de Palmeira, Álvaro Siza 1959-73.
Ed. Luiz Trigueiros, with photographs by Thorsten Hümpel. Lisbon: Editorial
Blau, 2004, 96 pp.
(text English, German, Portuguese; translation of 2000)

Ulrich Conrads, Eduard Führ, Christian Gänshirt (eds.) (2004):

Zur Sprache bringen. Kritik der Architekturkritik.
Theoretische Untersuchngen zur Architektur, Bd. 4, Münster, New York:
Waxmann, 2003, 278 pp.
(book version of the conference proceedings from 2002)

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 Books / Grey Literature

Heinrich Schnoedt, Christan Gänshirt, Mario Cortes, Paul Emmons (eds.)

(2013):
europe fall 2012
Blacksburg: School of Architecture+Design, Virginia Tech, 2013, 161 pp.

Christian Gänshirt, Andrea Lossau (eds.) (2012):

Porto 2012, Exkursion der Architektenkammer Berlin
Berlin: Architektenkammer Berlin, 2012, 106 pp.

Christian Gänshirt, Leopoldo Saavedra (eds.) (2009):

Vitruv, neu gelesen und illustriert
documentation of a master-seminar at the chair of architectural theory and
design at Kassel University, Kassel, 2009, 186 pp.

Christian Gänshirt (ed.) (2009):

Gebäude analysieren. Fünf Wohnhäuser von Álvaro Siza,
(student work) with Carola Ebert, Leopoldo Saavedra, Meike Zimmermann,
Kassel University, 2009, 58 pp.
Christian Gänshirt (2008):
Werkzeuge des Entwerfens. Untersuchungen zu Praxis und Theorie
entwurflichen Handelns, (doctoral dissertation)
Cottbus: Brandenburgische Technische Universität, 2008, 304 pp.

Christian Gänshirt (ed.) (2008):

Tiere in der Stadt - Köln im November.
An excursion of the department of architectural theory and design at Kassel
University, Kassel, 2008, 85 pp.

Christian Gänshirt, Andrea Lossau (eds.) (2003):

Porto 2003, Exkursion der Architektenkammer Berlin
Berlin: Architektenkammer Berlin, 2003, 145 pp.

Christian Gänshirt (ed.) (2002):

Energy Field. Projects for the Stadium of FC Energie Cottbus / Spannungsfeld.
Entwürfe für das Stadion von FC Energie Cottbus.
Cottbus: Brandenburgische Technische Universität, 2002, 149 pp.
ISBN: 3-9807583-2-X

Christian Gänshirt (ed.) (2002):

Architekturkritik 1996-2001 [1968],
documentation of a seminar in building science at BTU Cottbus. Cottbus:
Brandenburgische Technische Universität, 2002, 300 pp.
ISBN 3-9807583-4-6

Christian Gänshirt (ed.) (2000):

Portugal 2000 - O futuro do passado. Zeitgenössische Architektur in Portugal,
documentation of a seminar in building science at BTU Cottbus. Cottbus:
Brandenburgische Technische Universität, 2000, 240 pp.; 2002, 252 pp.

Christof Bodenbach, Christian Gänshirt (eds.) (1999):

Portugal ’99
Wiesbaden: Hessen Chamber of Architects, 1999, 251 pp.

Conference Proceedings digital publications / open access

Ulrich Conrads, Eduard Führ, Christian Gänshirt (eds.) (2002):

Grasping Architecture. A Critique of Architectural Critique / Zur Sprache bringen.
Eine Kritik der Architekturkritik
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural Theory, No. 2/2002
ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication, eventually re-published as a book, see
above)

Eduard Führ, Christian Gänshirt (eds.) (2000):

The Architect is dead, long live the Architect / Der Architekt ist tot, es lebe der Archi-
tekt, es lebe die Architektin.
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural Theory, No. 2/2000
ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication)

Eduard Führ, Christian Gänshirt (eds.) (1999):

Design - Creativity and Materialization / Entwerfen – Kreativität und Materialisation.
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural Theory, No. 1/1999
ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication)

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 Book Chapters

Christian Gänshirt (2022):

Sharing Memories | Partilhar Memórias: Álvaro Siza, Piscina de Marés
Chapter in a book to be published by FAUP - Faculdade de Arquitectura da
Universidade do Porto, 2022 (in print)

Christian Gänshirt (2017):

The Presence of the Atlantic Ocean - Swimming Pool on the Beach at Leça de
Palmeira
in: Harry Mallgrave, David Leatherbarrow, Alexander Eisenschmidt (eds.): The
Modern Project: Companion to the Twentieth Century. The Wiley-Blackwell
Companion to the History of Architecture series, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell,
2017 (updated version of 2004)
Christian Gänshirt (2013):
Praktisches Entwerfen. Für eine neue Entwurfslehre
in: Katja-Annika Pahl (ed.): Echt?! Zum Bezug von Praxis und Lehre in der
Architektur-ausbildung. Dresden: TUDpress, 2013, pp.11-27 (combines two texts
from 2011 and 2010)
Christian Gänshirt (2012):
Photography as a Tool for architectural Design – Recent Observations
in: Pedro Leão Neto, Pedro Bandeira (eds.): On the Surface. Public Space and
Architectural Images in Debate, Porto: FAUP, 2012, pp. 40-47

Christian Gänshirt, Heike Schäfer (2011):

Entwurfstechniken vertiefen
in: Johannes Böttger, Heike Schäfer, Anja Dreybrodt (eds.): Pioniere des
Wandels. Handlungs- und Entwurfsstrategien in der Landschaftsarchitektur.
(documentation of a master seminar) Hannover: Leibnitz-Universität, 2011, p. 137
(text), pp. 138-180 (student work / grey literature)
Christian Gänshirt (2011):
Reality Check: Träumen, Entwerfen und Bauen
foreword in: Andreas Oevermann: 1 zu 1 Bauworkshops, Oldenburg: Isensee,
2011, pp. 6-12

Christian Gänshirt (2010):

1968 - Fritz Haller: Totale Stadt
in: Carsten Krohn (ed.): Das ungebaute Berlin. Stadtkonzepte im 20.
Jahrhundert. Berlin: DOM publishers, 2010, pp. 191-193

Christian Gänshirt (2009):

Zur Geschichte der Werkzeuge des Entwerfens
in: Ralph Johannes (ed.): Entwerfen. Architektenausbildung in Europa von Vitruv
bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, Hamburg: Junius, 2009, pp. 162-185
Jorge Carvalho, Christian Gänshirt (2008):
A Palace in Continuous Construction / Palácio em construção contínua
in: Pedro Baía (ed.): BERLIN: Critical Reconstruction, Porto, 2008, pp. 74-79 (text
English, Portuguese)

Christian Gänshirt (2007):

Information, Communication and Media Centre of BTU Cottbus /
Informations- Kommunikations- und Medienzentrum der BTU Cottbus
(English and German short version of 2005) in: Neu Bau Land 1990-2007.
Architecture and Urban Restructuring in Former East Germany / Architektur und
Stadtumbau in den neuen Bundesländern, (exhibition catalog of Deutsches
Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main) Leipzig: Seemann, 2007, pp. 98-101

Christian Gänshirt (2003):

Geste und Sprache als grundlegende Entwurfswerkzeug
in: Architekturjahrbuch des Instituts für Entwerfen, Cottbus: Brandenburgische
Technische Universität, 2003, pp. 34-39

Christian Gänshirt (2002):

[Art Museum] Natural Beauty and Art Theory.
[Museu de Arte] Beleza da Natureza e Teoriea de Arte
in: José Manuel das Neves (ed.): Serralves. Porto: ASA, 2002, pp. 107-115
(English and Portuguese translation of 1999)

Christian Gänshirt (1995):

Fábrica de Móveis da Vitra - Vitra Furniture Factory
in: Luiz Trigueiros (ed.): Álvaro Siza 1986 -1995, Lisbon: Editorial Blau, 1995

Articles, peer-reviewed

Christian Gänshirt (2022): Von Vilém Flusser’s “Gesten” ausgehend. Zur

Phänomenologie des Entwerfens und seiner Werkzeuge, In: Flusser Studies,
Multilingual Journal for Cultural and Media Theory, #33 (Spring 2022)
(in review)

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 Christian Gänshirt (2019): In Search of a Taxonomy. Design Tools for the Reuse of
Modernist Buildings, in: Michel Melenhorst, Paulo Providência, Gonçalo Canto Moniz
(eds.): 2nd RMB Conference, Coimbra, Portugal: Teaching through Design. Reuse of
Modernist Buildings Conference Proceedings, Coimbra: Universidade de Coimbra,
2019, pp. 39-51 (7b)

Gänshirt, Christian (2018). Drawing is Not Enough. Design Tools for the Reuse of
Modernist Buildings. In: Joelho. Revista de Cultura Arquitectónica, [S.l.], n. 9, Dec.
2018, pp. 100-117, Available at: http://impactum-
journals.uc.pt/joelho/article/view/6077 – Online (7a)

Christian Gänshirt (2005): A Theory of Design? On the Writings of Otl Aicher / Eine
Theorie des Entwerfens? Zu den Schriften von Otl Aicher (text English, German), in:
Design Science in Architecture. Graz Architecture Magazine GAM, No. 02, Wien,
New York: Springer, 2005, pp. 174-191 (6)
Christian Gänshirt (2003): Goldene Axt und intelligentes Gefühl. Kritik als Werkzeug
des Entwerfens, in: Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural
Theory, Cottbus, 2003, http://www.theo.tu-cottbus.de/wolke/deu/Themen/022/
Gaenshirt /gaenshirt.html ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication) (5)

Christian Gänshirt (2003): Gesture and Language as Fundamental Design Tools, in:
International Union of Architects (U.I.A.) (Eds.): Architectural Education for the New
Millennium: Issues, Innovation and Traditions, Alexandria, Egypt: Bibliotheca
Alexandrina, 2003 (English translation, electronic publication) (4)

Christian Gänshirt (2000): Entwerfen und Forschen. Architektur und die Idee der
Universität, in: Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural Theory,
No. 2/00, http://www.theo.tu-cottbus.de/wolke/deu/Themen/002/
Gaenshirt/gaenshirt.html
ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication) (3)

Christian Gänshirt (2000): Das Schwimmbad am Strand von Leça de Palmeira. Ein
Projekt von Álvaro Siza, in: Forum der Forschung No. 11/2000, Cottbus: BTU, pp. 84-
90 (2)

Christian Gänshirt (1999): Sechs Werkzeuge des Entwerfens, in: Cloud-Cuckoo-Land

– International Journal of Architectural Theory, No. 1/99, http://www.theo. tu-
cottbus.de/wolke/deu/Themen/991/ Gaenshirt/gaenshirt.html
ISSN 1434-0984 (electronic publication) (1)

Articles

Christian Gänshirt (2022): Humboldt-Forum Berlin: Violently Contested Memories,

(working title), in: WA World Architecture / Shijie Jianzhu (ISSN 1002-4832), Beijing:
Tsinghua University (in preparation)

Thomas Wortmann, Christian Gänshirt (2022): Architektonisches Entwerfen im

Zeitalter der künstlichen Intelligenz. In: Manege für Architektur Nr. 2, Automationen,
München (in print)

Christian Gänshirt (2013): Bonjour Tristesse oder: Wie cool ist die Pappelallee? Eine
ästhetische Spekulation, in: Archithese, International thematic review for architecture,
Nr. 2.2013, Age of Cool, Zürich: Niggli, pp. 88-93

Christian Gänshirt (2012): Die gesellschaftliche Dimension der Architektur. Fragen

zum Selbstverständnis von Entwerfenden, in: Archithese, International thematic
review for architecture, Nr. 6.2012, Architektur / Architecture, Zürich: Niggli, pp. 62-
67

Christian Gänshirt (2011): Architekturkritik und das Elend der Welt. Das Parkhaus
1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach von Herzog & de Meuron, in: Archithese,
International thematic review for architecture, Nr. 4.2011, Architekturkritik – Criticism /
40 Jahre archithese, Zürich: Niggli, pp. 52-57

Christian Gänshirt (2010): Mit dem Zufall entwerfen. Für eine nicht-totalitäre Ästhetik,
in: Archithese, International thematic review for architecture, Nr. 6.2010, Zufall /
Randomness, Zürich: Niggli, pp. 66-71

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Church in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal, (Cinese and

English short version of 1997), in: WA World Architecture / Shijie Jianzhu (ISSN 1002-
4832), Beijing: Tsinghua University, No. 186, 12/2005, pp. 85-89

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal. Rem Koolhaas/OMA,

Rotterdam (text French, English) in: L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui No. 361, Nov./Déc.
2005, pp. 38-47

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Reading Rooms / Der lesbare Raum, (text English,
German) in: Form, The European Design Magazine - Zeitschrift für Gestaltung., No.
205, pp. 40-43

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Bibliothèque universitaire (IKMZ) Cottbus, Allemagne.

Herzog et de Meuron architectes / University Library (IKMZ) Cottbus, Germany,

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 (French and English translation) in: L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui No. 358, Mai/Juin
2005, pp. 100-105

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Tischler und Restauratoren für die Handarbeit.

Konstruktion und Ausführung der Casa da Música, in: Bauwelt No. 21/2005,
Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 40-43
Christian Gänshirt (2005): „Casa da Música" in: Detail: Zeitschrift für Architektur +
Baudetail / Review of Architecture, München: Verlag Architektur + Baudetail, 2005, p.
610

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Von der Befreiung des Lesers. Wissen als Option: Die
neue Cottbuser Bibliothek von Herzog & de Meuron, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, No.
31, 8.2.2005, p. 12 (reprint)

Christian Gänshirt (2005): Außen Mystik, innen Pop. Universitätsbibliothek der BTU
Cottbus, in: Deutsches Architektenblatt, No. 2/2005, pp. 30-33

Christian Gänshirt (2001): Das Instrument neu schärfen. Zur großen Halle der Neuen
Nationalgalerie in Berlin, in: Bauwelt No. 39/2001, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 34-37

Christian Gänshirt (2001): Spiel- und Spannungsfelder für FC Energie. 16 Vorschläge

von 40 Studierenden aus drei Studiengängen, in: BTU Profil No. 45, Juli 2001, p. 17

Christian Gänshirt (2000): Kopf, Bauch und Flügel – Fakultät für Journalismus der
Universität Santiago, in: Bauwelt No. 25/2000, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 12-17

Christian Gänshirt (2000): Ein Dach als Wolke – Der portugiesische Pavillon,
in: Stadtbauwelt zur Expo 2000, No. 146/2000, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 52-55

Christian Gänshirt (1999): Kunstmuseum – Neubau der Fundação de Serralves in

Porto, in: Bauwelt No. 32/1999, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Expo '98: Pavillon in Stein,

in: SteinTime No. 2/1998

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Der Staat als Architekt - Der Portugiesische Pavillon auf
der Expo '98, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 27.08.1998

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Ein in die Zukunft geworfener Anker - Lissabon und die
Expo '98, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 13.08.1998

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Fragile Monumentalität - Der Portugiesische Pavillon

von Álvaro Siza, in: Bauwelt No. 26/1998, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1997): Orientierung an der Peripherie - Kirche in Marco de

Canavezes, Portugal, in: Bauwelt No. 8/1997, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1995): Granitskulptur - Galizisches Zentrum für zeitgenössische

Kunst in Santiago de Compostela, in: AIT No. 5/1995

Christian Gänshirt (1994): Ein Lachen der Erkenntnis - Pädagogische Hochschule in

Setúbal, Portugal, in: Bauwelt No. 33/1994, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1994): Revision des Generalplans - Neubau der Universität

Aveiro, Portugal, in: Bauwelt No. 28/29, 1994, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 1568-1587

Christian Gänshirt (1993): Der Lissabonner Chiado im August 1993,

in: Stadtbauwelt No. 119/1993, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Reviews and Other

Christian Gänshirt (2019): Barbara Wittmann (ed.): Werkzeuge des Entwerfens,

book review in: Bauwelt No. 1/2019, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, p. 85,
ISSN 0005-6855!, available at:
https://www.bauwelt.de/dl/1386085/84_bis_87_Rez.p1_LowRes.pdf

Christian Gänshirt (2010): Encyclopedia entries in: Juli Gudehus (ed.): Das
Lesikon der visuellen Kommunikation, Mainz: Hermann Schmidt, 2010, pp.
412 f., 622, 624 f., 1712, 1717, 1744, 2073, 2264, 2292 f., 2299, 2312, 2598

Christian Gänshirt (2005): F.A.U.P. und F.C.I.S. - Monografien über zwei

Hochschulbauten von Álvaro Siza, book review in: Bauwelt No. 20/2005,
Gütersloh: Bauverlag, p. 50

Christian Gänshirt (2003): Gesture and Language as Fundamental Design

Tools, XXI. World Congress of Architecture – UIA Berlin 2002 (short version of
2003, (electronic publication, poster and on CD)
Christian Gänshirt (2001): Mauerwerkatlas, 6. Auflage,
book review in: Bauwelt No. 44/2001, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 24-25
Christian Gänshirt (2000): Kenneth Frampton: Álvaro Siza – Das Gesamtwerk,
book review in: Bauwelt Kursiv No. 37/2000, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, pp. 3-4

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 8/18

 Christian Gänshirt (1999): Une sorte de tremplin pour voir et ressentir autre
chose, interview with Ariane Epars, artist. MIRE art contemporain etc., Genf,
Mars-Avril 1999

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Zeitzeichen Baustelle

exhibition review in: Bauwelt No. 42/1998, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1998): Das Leben ist ein Rohbau – 'Zeitzeichen Baustelle'
eine Ausstellung der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, exhibition review in:
Frankfurter Rundschau, 29.10.1998

Christian Gänshirt (1995): Brigite Fleck (Hrsg.): Álvaro Siza – Stadtskizzen,

book review in: Bauwelt Kursiv No. 23/1995, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Hans Stimmann (ed.) (1995): Babylon, Berlin etc.: das Vokabular der
europäischen Stadt, Lapidarium Conferences 1995. Internationale
Architekturgespräche (Birkhäuser Architektur Bibliothek), Basel, Boston,
Berlin: Birkhäuser (contributions p. 93, pp. 237 f.),

Christian Gänshirt (1994): Drei Monografien über Álvaro Siza

book review in: Bauwelt Kursiv No. 21/1994, Gütersloh: Bauverlag

Christian Gänshirt (1992): A bauhaus era uma escola, in: André Tavares (ed):
Bauhaus. Porto: FAUP, 1992, pp. 24-25 (grey literature)

Christian Gänshirt (1990): Projektentwicklung Burbacher Hütte, Saar-

brücken, student work in: Dokumentation zu einem städtebaulichen Studen-
ten-Workshop, Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken (eds.), 1990, pp. 50-51

TEACHING (selected)

Ph.D. Boards - International Expert

TU Delft - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

2017, April – July, External examiner / Member of the Doctoral Committee

Form Follows Feeling - The Acquisition of Design Expertise and the function of
Aesthesis in the Design Process
Ph.D. candidate, Prof. Terrence Michael Curry, Tsinghua University, Beijing

FAUP - Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Portugal

2012, February – March, External consultant and referee

A célula mínima na experiência da habitação de custos controlados

[The Minimum Cell in the Social Housing Experience]
Ph.D. candidate, Arch. Pedro Fonseca Jorge

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision

XJTLU - Xi’An Jiaotong Liverpool University Department of Architecture

Ph.D. Co-Supervisor, with Dr. Paolo Scrivano as Principal Supervisor

Mapping Architectural Criticism in China

Ph.D. candidate, Xiaohan Chen (2019 – 2017, not completed)

Master Thesis Project Supervision

Academic year 2016-2017: 6 Students (as module leader / examiner)

XJTLU - Xi’An Jiaotong Liverpool University Department of Architecture

Bachelor Thesis / Final Year Project Supervision

Academic year 2017-2018: 7 Students (XJTLU)

(co-teaching with Bert de Muynck)

Academic year 2016-2017: 13 Students (XJTLU)

(co-teaching with Dr. José Angel Hidaglo Arellano)

Academic year 2014-2015: 10 Students (XJTLU)

Academic year 2013-2014: 2 Students (XJTLU)

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 9/18

 Academic year 2012-2013: 4 Students (Virginia Tech, 5-year-programme)

Academic year 2011-2012: 2 Students (at Virginia Tech, 5-year-programme)

Diploma Thesis / Final Year Project Supervision

Academic year 2001-2002: 1 Student (BTU Cottbus)

Academic year 1998-1999: 16 Students (BTU Cottbus, module coordinator)

Lecture Courses

2021/2022 Contemporary Architectural Design Theory

PG year 1, course of 13 lectures at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
(Academic term: fall 2021, 118 students)

2018 - 2014 Architectural Theory – Eastern and Western Perspectives

UG year 4, course of 13 lectures at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou,
China (Academic term: fall 2014, 59 students; fall 2015, 46 students, fall 2016, 51
students, fall 2017, 37 students, fall 2018, 75 students), in cooperation with Dr.
Jiawen Han

2013 Architectural Theory – A European View

UG year 4, course of 13 lectures at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou,
China (Academic term: fall 2013, 30 students)

2013 - 2012 Building Cities

UG year 4, Arch 4034 course of 15 lectures, accompanied by a seminar, on the
theory, history and future of urban design, at the School of Architecture + Design,
Virginia Tech (Academic term: spring 2012, 65 students; spring 2013, 96 students)

2010 Was schreibt Vitruv und Wer war Alberti?

UG year 4, course of four Architectural Theory lectures at the Jade-University in
Oldenburg, Germany (Academic term: winter 2010/2011, 52 students)

2009 - 2008 Werkzeuge für Ideen [Tools for Ideas]

PG / UG. An introduction to the theory and history of architectural design, course of
12 lectures at Kassel University, Germany (Academic term: winter 2008/2009, 25
students; summer 2009, 50 students)

2004 - 1998 Introduction to Building Analysis

UG year 2, series of 8 lectures and 4 exercises on building science, UG 3rd semester
(in collaboration with 3 other assistant professors), Brandenburg University of
Technology, Cottbus, Germany (Last academic term: winter 2003/2004, 160
students)

Invited Lectures / Reviews

2022 Design Tools for more Sustainability

Lecture for the Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni,
Politecnico di Milano, Piacenza, Italy

me and us in space
Final reviews for the Advanced School of Architecture / A.S.A., Masterclass Profs.
Irmgard Frank & Judith Augustinovic, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Design Thinking for Sustainability

Online lecture / seminar for Formação da Linha ao Círculo - Análise da Sustenta-
bilidade em Arquitetura e Construção, 2a + 3 a edição, Ordem dos Arquitectos
Portugueses, Porto, Portugal (Feb. 26th, May 7th)

From Bauwelt to Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, a Digital Turn

Online-lecture for a research seminar on Architectural Criticism, Politecnico di
Milano, Italy (May 16th)

Design Tools, An Introduction

Online-lecture for the School of Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah,
U.S.A (Jan. 27th)

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 10/18

 2021 Solar Sculpting - building form and energy
Invited critic, Advanced Design Studio by Profs. Simone Giostra and Matteo
Clementi, AUIC Master Program in Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Design Thinking for Sustainability
Online lecture + seminar for Formação da Linha ao Círculo - Análise da Sustenta-
bilidade em Arquitetura e Construção, 1a edição, Ordem dos Arquitectos
Portugueses, Porto, Portugal (Oct. 20)

Reseach-based Design
Online lecture for the seminar The Global Architect, Politecnico di Milano, and for a
PhD seminar at FAUP - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
Encontro | Piscina de Marés - Sharing Memories | Partilhar Memórias
Online-conference at FAUP - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
From Bauwelt to Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, a Digital Turn
Online-lecture for a research seminar on Architectural Criticism, Politecnico di
Milano, Italy

The Making of Avant-Garde Architecture in Southeast China: Amateur Architecture

Studio, Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu
Online-lecture and critic for a dual degree design studio between Politecnico di
Milano, Italy, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Darstellungsmethodik im Entwerfen
Online-lecture and workshop, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
Design Tools, An Introduction
Online-lectures for the Wales School of Architecture, Cardiff; Manchester
Metropolitan University; University of Suffolk; Sumatera Institute of Technology,
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia; University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran; The Cinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey; University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia; Noida Interna-
tional University, New Dehli, India; China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, China; HS
Darmstadt, Germany; TU Darmstadt, Germany
Online-reviews for the University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia

Wort und Bild: Werkzeuge für Ideen

Online-lecture for Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau, Germany

2020 Amateur Architecture Studio, Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu

Online-lecture and online reviews of student work for the PG Research Seminar “The
Global Architect - ASIA”, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Nachhaltigkeit - von der Notwendigkeit zum Detail
[Sustainability – From Necessity to Detail]
Online-Lecture for IUBH Internationale Hochschule, Bad Honnef, Germany

2019 Baugeschichte und Denkmalpflege

invited Lecture at Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Epistemology of Design-Driven Research

invited talk, and review of two Master thesis projects, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium

Berlin and the Wall

invited lecture and visiting critique for Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort
University, Leicester, on the ANCB Aedes Network Campus Berlin, Germany

Baugeschichte und Entwerfen

invited lecture at Jade-Hochschule Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Curved Surfaces in Geometry and Architecture

Design Studio lecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Ideal Cities
Urban Studies lecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2018 Visiting critic, design studio of Zhao Deli, Architecture Department, China Academy
of Arts, Hangzhou, China

From Concept to Form. 12 Pairs of Houses from the 20th Century

two lectures on Architecture History, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Drawing is not Enough. Design Tools for the Reuse of Modernist Buildings, paper
presentation at the RMB Conference, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

What is the Ideal City?

Urban Studies lecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Critique as a Design Tool and Photography as a Design Tool,

Design Studio lectures at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2017 Visiting critic, urban design studio of Visiting Prof. Sandro Rolla, Faculty for
Landscape Architecture, China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, China

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 11/18

 Visiting critic, design studio at the Shanghai Study Center of The University of Hong
Kong, Shanghai, China

Christian Gänshirt, Raffaele Pernice, Bing Chen: SAIC Motor Corporation Research
and Development Centre Shanghai – Conceptual Design Ideas for Urban and
Architectural Development. Presentation, SAIC, Shanghai, China, April 27, 2017
Gestaltungslehre: entwerfen, erforschen
invited lecture at TU Dresden, Germany
Theory, History and Contemporary practice of Urban Design,
invited lecture at Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

Baugeschichte und Entwerfen,

invited lecture at Jade-Hochschule Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

2016 Visiting critic, design studio of Prof. Zhu TAO, at The University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, SAR China

Visiting critic, design studio at the Shanghai Study Center of The University of Hong
Kong, Shanghai, China

Visiting critic, final PG reviews at the Liverpool School of Architecture, Liverpool

University, Liverpool, U.K.

Every House, Street, District, City is Different, presentation and discussion at the
Suzhou Institute of Architectural Design (SIAD), Suzhou, China

Tools for Ideas, guest lectures at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and
Architecture, Beijing, and the Suzhou University, Suzhou, China

2015 Álvaro Siza, Life and Work

Architecture History lecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Tools for Ideas, invited lecture at ANCB Aedes Network Campus Berlin, Germany

Vilém Flusser, Philosophy of Arts and Aesthetics lecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool

University, Suzhou, China

The Architecture of Álvaro Siza

guest lecture and visiting critique at The University of Hong Kong, SAR China

Design Studios

2017– 2018 Vertical Suzhou, UG year 4 design studio / Final Year Project
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, with Bert de Muynck
2017 Vertical Paradise, PG year 1 design studio, Architecture and Urbanism II, ARCH7072
- The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China
2014 – 2018 PG year 1 + 2 design studios, ARC 405, ARC 404, ARC 413, ARC410
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2014 – 2016 UG year 1 design studio, ARC 102

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2013, 2014, 2017 UG year 4 design studio / Final Year Projects

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2011 – 2013 ARCH 4515 + 4516: UG year 5 design studio / final year design projects
Architecture V - Thesis and ARCH 4524: Thesis Documentation,
School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2011 – 2013 ARCH 2015 + 2016: Architecture II, UG year 2 design studios
School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2009 Housing in Kassel, UG year 1 design studio

Kassel University, Germany, collaborators: Carola Ebert, Meike Zimmermann,
Leopoldo Saavedra, architects

2008 Animals in the City, UG year 1 design studio

Kassel University, Germany, collaborators: Kilian Enders, Katja Schemm, Daniel
Hüther, Moritz Rumpf, architects

2004 -1998 Introduction to Architectural Design, UG year 1 + 2 design studios,

students of architecture and urban design
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 12/18

 Research Seminars

2021/22 What Drives Architectural Design?

PG year 1, Research Seminar as part of the Design Theory course at Politecnico di
Milano, Italy, academic term: 2021/22 sem. 1, 118 students

The Global Architect

PG year 2, Thematic Research Seminar, in cooperation with Profs. Gaia Caramellino,
Pierre-Alain Croset, and Paolo Scrivano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, academic term:
2021/22 sem. 1, 92 students

2018 Social, Research-based, Parametric: Three Design Attitudes

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2018, 18 students

2017 Reading Wang Shu

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2017, 23 students

2016 Amateur Architecture: Theory, Teaching, Practice

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2016, 28 students

2015 Emerging Architecture in China, and its Theories

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2015, 25 students

2014 Mapping Architectural Theory

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2014, 30 students,
in Cooperation with Dr. Jiawen Han

2013 Contemporary Architectural Theory

UG Research seminar as part of the Architectural Theory module at Xi'an Jiaotong-
Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, academic term: fall 2013, 30 students
2013 Building Cities
UG year 4 Research seminar in Urban Theory, accompanying the lecture course at
the School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A. academic
term: spring 2013, 96 students (teaching assistant: Ivan Sergejev)

2012 Building Cities

UG year 4 Research seminar in Urban Theory, accompanying the lecture course at
the School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A. academic
term: spring 2012, 65 students (teaching assistant: Danielle Bersch)

2011 Design Strategies in Landscape Architecture

PG seminar at the Department of Landscape Architecture (in cooperation with
Johannes Böttger, Heike Schäfer, Anja Dreybrodt) Leibnitz-University, Hannover,
Germany, academic term: winter 2010/2011, 20 students
2010 Alberti illustrieren [Illustrating Alberti]
Open research seminar (all years) in Cultural Theory, UdK - University of the Arts,
Berlin, Germany, academic term: summer 2010, 12 students

2009 Vitruv lesen [Reading Vitruvius]

PG research seminar in Architectural Theory, Kassel University, Germany
academic term: summer 2009, 25 students

Research / Study Trips

2017 Suzhou und Hangzhou, China

6-day research trip for graduate students at The University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, SAR China

Hong Kong, SAR China

6-day study trip for 4th year undergraduate students at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool
University, Suzhou, China, with Dr. José Angel Hidalgo Arellano

2016 Hangzhou, China

2-day research trip for 4th year undergraduate students at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool
University, Suzhou, China

2014 Shenzhen, China

3-day research trip for graduate students at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University,
Suzhou, China, in cooperation with Dr. Yiwen Wang

Northern Italy
(Venice, Florence, Milano, Bologna)
10-day study trip for Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, in
cooperation with Dr. Maria Fullaondo, Austin Williams, Ciro Marquez

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 13/18

 2013 Shanghai, China
1-day excursion for 4th year undergraduate students at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool
University, Suzhou, China, with Dr. Claudia Westermann
2012 Portugal, Spain, Northern Italy
(Oporto, Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon, Évora, Merida, Madrid, Valencia, Igualada,
Barcelona, Milano, Como)
24-day study trip for the Fall Travel Europe Program of the School of Architecture +
Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, U.S.A., in cooperation with Prof. Heinrich
Schnoedt, Prof. Mario Cortez and Maria de la Calle

2012 Northern Portugal

(Coimbra, Oporto, Marco de Canavezes, Braga)
4-day study trip for the Berlin Chamber of Architects, in cooperation with Dipl.-Ing.
Andrea Lossau, architect
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.
4-day study trip for the School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA

SERVICE (selected)

Academic Leadership

2018 –2014
Programme Director
Masters of Architectural Design / RIBA part 2
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2019 – 2018
Project Leader / Initiator, Solar Decathlon China 2020 Competition
Initiating XJTLU’s participation, starting the research, teaching & design team
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2017 – 2014
Co-Founder, XJTLU Materials Library
Initiated the Building Materials Collection of the Department of Architecture,
Co-founded the XJTLU Materials Library, a joint project with the Department of
Industrial Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2019 – 2013
Module Leader / Examiner
Architectural Theory UG year 4 module, ARC303
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2016 – 2014
Module Leader / Examiner
PG Design Studios 1 – 4, ARC405/404/410/413
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2013 – 2012
Course Leader / Examiner
Building Cities, UG year 4 course
School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

2009 – 2008
Interim Chair of Architectural Theory and Design
Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Planning
Kassel University, Kassel, Germany
2004 – 1998
Course Leader / Examiner
PG Theory Research Seminars, PG and UG Design Studios
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Design
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

Academic Committees I Boards

Ongoing, since 2021

Advisory Board
Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
www.flusserstudies.net - Multilingual Journal for Cultural and Media Theory

2019 – 2013
Departmental Teaching and Learning Committee (DLTC)
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 14/18

 2019 - 2013
UG & PG Examination Boards
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
2018 – 2014
PG Progression Board
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2017 - 2014
Built Environment Cluster Committee
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2017 - 2014
Faculty Search Committee, constant member
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
2016
External Member, Faculty Search Committee
Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an
Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2016 - 2013
University Scholarship Committee
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
2008 - 1998
Co-editor / Editorial Board
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net
International Journal of Architectural Theory - ISSN 1434 - 0984
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
2004 - 2002
Academic Senate of the University, elected member
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

2003
Faculty Search Committee, for the Chair of Architectural History
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Design
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany
2003, 2002
Diploma Examination Board
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Design
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

Professional Accreditation

Autumn 2017 - Team Leader

RIBA Part 2 Validation - Initial Visit
XJTLU Masters of Architectural Design Programme
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Autumn 2016 - Team Leader

RIBA Part 2 Validation - Exploratory Visit
XJTLU Masters of Architectural Design Programme
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Spring 2016 – External Observer

RIBA Part 1 + 2 Revalidation Visit
of the UG and PG programmes of the Liverpool School of Architecture
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.

Autumn 2014 – Contributor

RIBA Part 1 Validation - Initial Visit
XJTLU Bachelor of Architectural Design Programme
Department of Architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Spring 2012 - Contributor

NAAB National Architectural Accrediting Board’s Visit
for the reaccreditation of the Bachelor and Master of Architecture programs
of the School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Polytechnic School and State
University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 15/18

 Conferences Co-organized

2022
Architectural Theory for Sustainability
Research Symposium (in preparation) for the Department of Architecture and Urban
Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano, Italy

2003
Baukultur [Architecture and Culture]
Author’s conference at Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural
Theory, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, in cooperation
with Eduard Führ, Ulrike Sturm, Cornelia Jöchner, Riklef Rambow, Claus Dreyer,
Susanne Hauser

2002
Grasping Architecture - A Critique of Architectural Critique
Author’s conference at Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural
Theory, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, in cooperation
with Ulrich Conrads, Eduard Führ, Cornelia Jöchner, Riklef Rambow

2001
Architecture as Aesthetic Practice
Author’s conference at Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural
Theory, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, in cooperation
with Eduard Führ, Cornelia Jöchner, Gottfried Schlüter, Riklef Rambow

1999
Design: Creativity and Materialization
Author’s conference at Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural
Theory, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, in cooperation
with Eduard Führ, Hans Friesen, Anette Sommer, Gottfried Schlüter

International Expert I Reviewer

Ongoing, since 1994 Occasional Book Reviewer

Bauwelt Architecture Magazine Berlin, Gütersloh: Bauverlag, Germany

2019 Peer Reviewer

Architecture across Boundaries, International Conference
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2017 External examiner / Member of the Doctoral Committee

TU Delft / Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Ph.D. candidate, Prof. Terrence Michael Curry, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Form Follows Feeling - The Acquisition of Design Expertise and the function of
Aesthesis in the Design Process

2017, 2015, 2011, Book Proposal Reviewer

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK

2014 Peer Reviewer

Shared Territories, Design Research Exhibition
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2013 External Reviewer / Consultant

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Jane Anderson: Live Projects Network research project

2013, 2012 Jury Member, Professor Ellen Braaten Design Prize

School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Polytechnic School and State University
(Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

2012, External consultant and referee

FAUP / Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Portugal
Ph.D. candidate, Arch. Pedro Fonseca Jorge
A célula mínima na experiência da habitação de custos controlados
[The Minimum Cell in the Social Housing Experience]

2012 Jury Head,

Annual 2nd year UG architecture student competition (ca. 120 entries)
School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Polytechnic School and State University
(Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

2010, Book Proposal Reviewer

Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston) Berlin, Germany

2009 Peer Reviewer

Candide - Journal for Architectural Knowledge
RWTH Aachen, Germany

2008 – 1998 Peer Reviewer

Cloud-Cuckoo-Land – International Journal of Architectural Theory
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 16/18

 PROJECTS

Independent Architecture Practice

Independent Architect, licensed and registered by the Berlin Chamber of Architects

(Architektenkammer Berlin / AKB, nr. D08402)

SAIC Motor Corporation Research and Development Centre

Conceptual design study, with Dr. Raffaele Pernice and Dr. Bing Chen,
Anhui, Shanghai, China (2017)

19th Century Apartment Conservation

Interior design for Berlin – Wilmersdorf (2010-2011)

Apartment, Art Gallery and Artist’s Atelier Building

Design project for a group of artists and art collectors in Berlin-Tiergarten,
in cooperation with Professor Eran Schaerf, artist (2008)

Sex Brennt – The Heritage of Magnus Hirschfeldt and the 1933 Book Burning
Exhibition architecture, designed and built for the Museum of Medical History at the
Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, in cooperation with Professor Eran
Schaerf (artist), collaborators: Ofri Lapid, Gunnar Voss, et al. (2008)

Berlin Palace of the Republic

Conceptual design study, with Jorge Carvalho / aNC Arquitectos, Oporto,
Portugal (2005)

Passive House (low energy house) for one Family

Project, contract specifications, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (2002)

Berlin Lichterfelde Süd,

Urban design competition project with Alice Dostmann, architect,
and Svenn Gleue, landscape architect, 1997

Pappelallee Prenzlauer Berg

Heritage Conservation and Renovation of one late 19th century apartment, 1997

State Archives of Basel-Land, Basle, Switzerland

Competition project, with Ulrich Ackva, 1996

University Library for Potsdam, Potsdam University

Competition project, with Alice Dostmann, 1995

Büro Am Lützowplatz (BAL-AG), Berlin, Germany

Construction Site Management Architect, 8/1998 - 11/1996

Heritage Conservation and Transformation of the Former Reichsbank Building

in Berlin, Germany, for the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany,
general planning: Professor Hans Kollhoff & Helga Timmerman, architects

Bauleitungsbüro Manfred Schasler, Berlin, Germany

Construction Site Management Architect, 4/1996 - 4/1995

Production and Office Building

in Berlin-Tegel, architect: Walter Rolfes

Monument for the Murdered Jews of Europe

Feasibility study for the project of Simon Ungers, Berlin - Mitte

Architecture Office of Professor Walter Nägeli, Berlin, Germany

Architect, 2/1995 - 7/1994

Heritage Conservation and Conversion of the Sophie-Gips-Courtyards

in Berlin-Mitte, for the Hoffmann art collection (project)

CV 2022 Dr. Christian Gänshirt 17/18

 Architecture Office of Álvaro Siza Vieira, Oporto, Portugal

Project architect / team leader, 11/1993 - 4/1991

Vitra Factory Building and Car Parking

12,000 sqm Production hall, connecting building/descending roof, parking for
400 cars, worker’s entrance gate, for Vitra AG, Weil am Rhein, Germany

Exhibition Building for Revigrès

Sales exhibition building, including marketing offices and photo studio,
in Águeda, Portugal

Restaurant and Teahouse

for the Quinta da Malagueira, Évora, Portugal (project)

As a team member / architect:

Urban Planning for the Avenida Malhoa

Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal (site model)

Restructuring of the Praça d’Espanha

Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal (site model)

Reconstruction of the Chiado Area

Municipality of Lisbon (detail design, model making)

FAUP Architecture Faculty Library

University of Porto (detail design of bookshelves)

Architecture Office of José Paulo dos Santos, Oporto, Portugal

Junior architect, 4/1991 - 11/1990

Rector's Office and Law Library

for the University of Valencia, Spain
(design project with Álvaro Siza)
Partial Renovation of Guest Rooms and Suites
for the Palace Hotel of Buçaco, Portugal
Heritage Conservation project

Partial Remodelation of the Hotel Lobby

Hotel Astória, Coimbra, Portugal (project)

Architecture Intern, 8/1988 - 2/1989

La Defensa Cultural Center

or the Ministry of Defense, Madrid, Spain
(design competition project with Álvaro Siza)

Single Family Weekend House

in Cascais, Portugal (project)

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