2020 Lecture „Cultural Laboratory Seoul: The park as a global remedy?", Technical University of Munich and APHIN e.V.

2018 Lecture „Zum Einfluss kultureller Codes. Kulturlabor Seoul", University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

2018 Lecture „Participation", University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

2018 Moderation „Parity Talks III - Pedagogies“, with G. Schaad, ETH Zürich

2017 Talk „Cultural Laboratory Seoul“, gta Werkstattgespräche, Colloquium for Architecture, Art- and Art History, ETH Zürich

2017 Talk „Cultural Laboratory Seoul“, 7. International Symposium DARA “Common Ground”, Leibniz University Hannover

2016 Guest Crit „Quo Vadis Suburbia?“, University of Applied Sciences Munich

2016 Talk „Von Freiraumintendanten und -aktivisten“, with F. Lüdicke, Symposium "Theorien der Aneignung," University of Kassel

2015 Guest Crit, Bachelor-Projekt „Alpines Museum München“, LAO, Technical University of Munich

2015 Lecture „Gesprächslandschaften“, Lecture Series „Praxis der Landschaftsarchitektur“, LAO, Technical University of Munich

2015 Guest Crit „Greenbelt of Seoul“, LAREG, Technical University of Munich

2015 Talk „Cultural Laboratory Seoul“, gta Werkstattgespräche, Colloquium for Architecture, Art- and Art History, ETH Zürich

2014 Guest Crit „Serendipity - Tracking Public Space“, ETH Zürich

2014 Talk „Kulturtransfer und Landschaftsarchitektur“, Colloquium „Urbane Landschaften“, Leibniz University Hannover

2020 Seminar "Team building", 20.1.2020
Collaboration with S. Wolff
Client: Ingolstadt

2019 Seminar "Resolving Conflicts Constructively", 17.11.2019
Collaboration with C. Guter
Client: AVETH - Association of Scientific Staff ETH Zürich

2019 Seminar "Team building", 23.7. and 23.10.2019
Collaboration with S. Wolff
Client: Ingolstadt

2019 Seminar "Resolving Conflicts Constructively", 07.05.2019
Client: didactica, ETH Zürich und Universität Zürich

2018 Seminar "Conflict Management", 20.06.2017/18.07.2017
Collaboration with M. Weinkopf
Client: GEWOFAG and SteG

2017 Workshop "Communication", 19.12.2017
Collaboration with M. Stegmeier
Client: bauchplan munich

2017 Seminar "Conflict Management", 22.06.2017/20.07.2017
Collaboration with S. Huber
Client: GEWOFAG and SteG

2017 Seminar "Conflict Management", 21.07.17
Collaboration with S. Wolff
Client: GEWOFAG and SteG

2017 Seminar "Conflict Management", 20.06.2017/18.07.2017
Collaboration with M. Weinkopf
Client: GEWOFAG and SteG

2017 Seminar "Conflict Management", 20.02.2017
Collaboration with A. Huber,
Client: Münchner Bildungswerk and SteG

Moderation and Mediation

2020 Moderation, "Online-Salon: Augenhöhe in der Wirtschaft", 22.04.2020, Organized by: Die WeiterDenker gbr

2020 Moderation Bauverein, Munich
Collaboration with S. Wolff

2019 Moderation „Inklusionsmaschine Stadt"
Prof. A. Benze, Hochschule München und Dr. Dorothee Rummel, TUM

2018 Moderation H, Munich
Collaboration with NextSpaces

2018 Participation W, Munich
Collaboration with CityCom

2017-18 Economic mediation N, Munich

2016 Mediation G, Collaboration with K. Chapin,
SteG, City of Munich

2015-2016 Mediation M, Collaboration with A. Weinert,
SteG, City of Munich

2014-2015 Participation L, Collaboration with S. Wolff,
SteG, City of Munich

2014 Mediation O, Collaboration with B. Diermann,
SteG, City of Munich

2013 Mediation I, Collaboration with R. Kossmann,
SteG, City of Munich

2013 Moderation and Participation G, Collaboration with S. Wolff,
SteG, City of Munich

etc...

Education

2009-today Advanced Trainings, among others in "Conflict Management and Brain Research", "Shuttle- and Telephone-Mediation", "Project Management", "Intercultural Communication".

2008-2009 Professional Training and Certification as Mediator, Academy Perspektivenwechsel, Munich

2020 Cultural Laboratory Seoul. Emergence, Narrative and Impact of Culturally Related Landscape Meaning, ETH Research Collection

2019 „Namsan and Yongsan - Landscape restoration as motor for urban change“, in: DOMUS KOREA 1/19, ONE O ONE, Seoul

2018 „Aufgedeckte Geschichte“, in: Garten + Landschaft 11/18, Callwey Verlag, Munich

2017 „Backflip - New Oerlikon Zurich“, in: Topos 100/2017, Callwey Publishers

2017 „Von Freiraumintendanten und Planungsaktivisten“ (with Felix Lüdicke), in: Hauck et al. (Ed.): „Theorien der Aneignung von urbanen Freiräumen“, Trancript Publishers

2017 „Pamphlet 20 - Delta Dialogues“ with Christophe Girot, Isabelle Fehlmann, Lara Mehling (Eds.), gta Publishers

2017 „Between the Lines“ with Isabelle Fehlmann, Lara Mehling, in: Girot et al (Ed.): Pamphlet 20 - Delta Dialogues, gta Publishers

2017 „Lost Periphery. Looking for a concept to design the greenbelt of Seoul“ with Yun-Kyeong Hoh, in: Topos 98/2017, Callwey Publishers

2016 „False Nature?“ (with Regine Keller), in: Girot, Christophe, Imhof, Dora (Ed.): Thinking the Contemporary Landscape, Princeton Architectural Press

2016 „Mediation in der Planung“ (with Juliane Schneegans), in: Garten + Landschaft 12/2016, Callwey Publishers

2015 „The Renaissance of Nakta Mountain“, in: Topos 92/2015, Callwey Publishers

2013 „Stadt und Spiele – Das Spielkonzept des Olympischen Dorfs als partizipativer Gestaltungsprozess“ (with Thomas Hauck, Felix Lüdicke, Juliane Schneegans), in: Keller, Regine; Hennecke, Stephanie; Schneegans, Juliane (Ed.): Demokratisches Grün – Olympiapark München, Jovis Publishers

2013 „Superpool – Visionäre einer lebenswerten Stadt“ (with Juliane Schneegans), in: Baumeister, B4/2013, Callwey Publishers

2012 „Gartenkunst im Kunstdruck“, in: Garten+Landschaft, 09/2012, Callwey Publishers

2012 „Städtische Vielfalt auf Kosten der Anwohner?“ (with Juliane Schneegans), in: Garten+Landschaft, Blog 07/2012, Callwey Publishers

2011 „Stadtachse Wolfsburg Westhagen“ (with Christoph Hagenacker), in: Garten+Landschaft, 03/2011, Callwey Publishers

The aim of the research project is to explore thoroughly,
how cultural patterns and historical knowledge influence contemporary landscape design in Korea.

The dissertation Cultural Laboratory Seoul examines landscape restoration projects in the South Korean capital Seoul, which have influenced the urban fabric of the Korean capital since the 1980s. The landscape restoration projects have been supported by a paradigm shift from growth-oriented to environment-oriented approaches in Korean urban planning. In this context, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has sought means to convey traditional, historical and natural values through landscape restoration. In consequence, Seoul’s landscape elements—mountains, rivers, and valleys—have been cleared of apartment buildings and urban infrastructure, and afterwards have been greened. The challenge in many of these landscape restoration projects, however, has been to convey the traditional landscape meaning of these sites while meeting today’s landscape architectural standards and requirements as well as the needs of citizens. In order to gain a deeper understanding of how to deal with these challenges, the dissertation examines existing landscape restoration projects such as the restoration of Namsan (1990–2000), the restoration of Naksan (1997–2002), and the restoration of Inwangsan’s Suseongdong Valley (2007–2012). As a result, the dissertation first outlines the social, political, and cultural contexts from which the trend towards landscape restoration has emerged and answers the question of why restoration has become a popular landscape approach in Korean urban planning and landscape architecture. Second, the dissertation analyzes how culturally rooted landscape concepts are translated into the present. By comparing the intertextuality of the landscape—related exhibitions, planning documents, and information brochures—with interviews of municipal officials, practitioners, artists, and citizens affected by the projects, the thesis identifies the transmission, erasure and the reinterpretation of distinct landscape meanings and concepts. The tensions between national and local narratives imbedded in the sites are revealed, especially as related to power structures and prevalent ideologies. Third, the dissertation clarifies the relationship between the narrative, the built space, and the visitor’s perception. It explains how the acceptance and appropriation of these projects is influenced by a complex web of meanings, resources, and conflicts grounded upon different cultural and historical interpretations. On this basis, this dissertation argues for a mediating approach in landscape architecture that includes culturally related landscape understandings in the design for the creation of a spatial identity.

Supervisor: Prof. Christophe Girot, ETH Zürich
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sung Hong Kim, University of Seoul
Successful Defence: 29.11.2019
Project Funding/Scholarship: Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF and DARCH ETH, 2016–2019
Academic Publication: ETH Research Collection, 2020