Philipp Misselwitz

In 2013, Philipp was appointed Chair of the Habitat Unit at Technical University Berlin – a globally-oriented research and teaching centre which explores alternative material practices, planning approaches and urban policy to transform the built environment towards social and ecological sustainability. He initiated global research projects including Architectures of Asylum, Urban Rural Assemblies or PolyUrbanWaters. In 2017, he was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand (SA) and co-initiated an Urban Lab to rethink urban-oriented, transdisciplinary Masters programmes in South Africa, Nigeria and Germany. He served as Managing Director of the Institute of Architecture at TU Berlin from 2017 to 2022. Since 2011 he is a partner in the Berlin-based urban planning consultancy Urban Catalyst. In September 2021, he joined renowned climate scientist John Schellnhuber and became Executive Director of Bauhaus Earth. Headquartered in Berlin-Potsdam, Bauhaus Earth is a non-profit organisation funded by the Laudes Foundation promoting regenerative building and urbanism to address the climate emergency.