Biographical note

Dipl-Ing. Christian Ganshirt is an independent architect in Berlin. He studied architecture with Jo Coenen and others at the Technische Universitat Karlsruhe (Research University Karlsruhe) and with Luigi Snozzi at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He has worked for many architects as a cost planner and construction supervisor (including Alvaro Siza at Vitra's production hall). Since 1998 he has been working to impart knowledge of the theory and practice of design, including as an assistant professor in the Design Department of the Technische Universitat Cottbus (Cottbus Technical University). He is co-editor of the Internationale Zeitschrift fur Theorie und Wissenschaft der Architektur Wolkenkuckucksheim (International Journal of Architectural Theory Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, a web journal).