Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2023/German Architecture Annual 2023

Yorck Förster *1964 in Hanover. Curator and journalist. Studied ­philosophy, sociology, and art pedagogy at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Numerous lectures, publications, and exhibitions, including ‘COOP HIMMELB(L)AU’ (2015), ‘Between the Sun and the Moon: Studio Mumbai’ (2016), ‘Große Oper – Viel Theater? Bühnenbauten im europäischen Vergleich’ (2018), and ‘Antonio de Campos. Concepts for Zaha Hadid’ (2022). Partner of kuratorenwerkstatt Förster Gräwe ­Winkelmann. Christina Gräwe *1965 in Idar-Oberstein. Trained as nurse. Studied architecture in Berlin. From 2003: trainee and curator at DAM, where she curated numerous exhibitions, including 'Martin Elsaesser und das Neue Frankfurt’ (2009). Since 2007: freelance curator and journalist. Teaching position at the Institut für Baugeschichte  (Institute for Architectural History), Technical University of Berlin. Further exhibitions include: ‘Stadtvisionen 1910|2010’ (­Architectural Museum of the Technical University of Berlin, 2010) and ‘Unvollendete Metropole’ (with H. Bodenschatz, B. Goebel, 2020). 2012 – 2014: editor at BauNetz. 2014 – 2017: editor at ­competition. 2018  ⁄ 2019: editor at dab. Chairwoman of architekturbild e. v. Partner of kuratorenwerkstatt ­Förster Gräwe ­Winkelmann. Peter Cachola Schmal *1960 in Altötting. Lived in Multan  ∕  Pakistan, ­Mühlheim  ∕ Ruhr, Jakarta  ∕  Indonesia, ­Holzminden, and Baden-Baden. Studied architecture at the TU Darmstadt, where he obtained his Diplom degree in 1989. ­Worked with Behnisch + ­Partner in Stuttgart (1989) and ­Eisenbach + ­Partner (1990 –  1993) in ­Zeppelinheim. Research assis­tant at the TU Darmstadt (1992   1997). Teach­ing post for design at the FH ­Frankfurt (1997 –  2000). Curator at DAM since 2000, and director of DAM since 2006. ­Commis­sioner General, VII. ­International Architecture Biennale in São Paulo (2007). ­Commissioner General of the ­German Pavilion at the 15th International ­Architecture Exhibition in Venice, 2016.