30/09/2019
“Bauhaus: Awakenings”, keynote talk at the international Impact! From Bauhaus to IKEA conference (30/9­–2/10/2019), Sydney, in cooperation with the UTS School of Design, IKEA x UTS Future Living Lab and Goethe-Institut; with Axel Kufus, Andrew McNamara, Alison Page, Iina Vuorivitra, Diandra Pandu Saginatar et al.

09/05/2019
“100 Jahre Bauhaus: Aufbrüche”, Hellmut Weese Memorial Lecture at the German Anesthesiology Conference, Leipzig

20/02/2019
“Alvaro Siza and the Bauhaus Legacy”, keynote talk and panel discussion involving Alvaro Siza, Claudia Perren and Sergei Tchoban, moderated by Matthias Sauerbruch, ANCB, Berlin, at the opening of the “SIZA – UNSEEN + UNKNOWN” exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation – Museum for Architectural Drawing

05/10/2018
“Bauhaus Centenary: Trial and Error”, Architecture Research Forum, S.R. Crown Hall, IIT Chicago

03/08/2018
“bauhaus imaginista: Corresponding With”, opening talk for the eponymous exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (4/8–8/10/2018) and the symposium at the Goethe-Institut in Tokyo (5/8/2018), with artistic interventions by Luca Frei and the Otolith Group (Anjalika Sagar/Kodwo Eshun); curator: Marion von Osten and Grant Watson; collaboration between Bauhaus Kooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar, Goethe-Institut and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (HKW); with other editions in Moscow, Hangzhou, Sao Paolo, Lagos, Nottingham and Berne: http://www.bauhaus-imaginista.org

26/2/2018
“Smarts Talks”, at the Einsteins Spürnase – Ein transdiziplinärer Forschungstag zu Smart Materials conference at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; with Julia Wolf, Lilo Viehweg, Dagmar Varady, Mattes Brämig, Dr. Claudia Perren, Dr. Shintaro Miyazaki, Aart van Bezooijen et al.

14/03/2017
“Hannes Meyer in Dessau and Mexico”, at the opening of the co-op principle – Hannes Meyer and the Concept of Collective Design exhibition, Franz Meyer Museum, Mexico City; in cooperation with the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Goethe-Institut Mexico and Anahuac University Network

29/09/2016
Das Prinzip Coop!, at the opening of the “Hannes Meyer and the Concept of Collective Design” exhibition, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, with: Eligio Novello, Salvatore Aprea, Pascal Broulis, Marilyne Anderson et al.

08/07/2016
“Museum Revisited”, kick-off talk for the “Museum of the 21st Century. Content – Form – Impact” series, ANCB, Berlin, with: Miriam Mlecek, Dieter Bogner, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Dorothea von Hantelmann et al.

13/10/2015
“Meisterhäuser Dessau. Keine Kulisse!/No Stage Sets!” at the Bauhaus and Creativity conference, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, with: Hang Jian, Gerda Breuer, Eva Forgas, Rudolf Lückmann, Zhang Gan et al.

26/05/2015
“Architekturtheorie heute”, a panel discussion with: Kurt W. Forster and Louisa Hutton, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

09/04/2015
“Public Art and Architecture”, in the “Communicating Architecture” series, Soho House, Berlin

28/11/2014
“Mies und das Museum”, introduction and moderation, colloquium, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, with: David Chipperfield, Beatriz Colomina, Fritz Neumeyer, Dirk Lohan et al.

14/10/2014
“More Models: The Future of Architecture Exhibitions”, contribution to the symposium, ETH Zurich, with: Nikolaus Hirsch, Elke Krasny, Sara M. Whiting, Gianluigi Ricuperati et al.

17/06/2013
“Urbane Kunst und Architektur”, Aedes Network Campus (ANCB), Berlin

03/09/2012
“Exhibition strategies in institutional and noninstitutional spaces”, University of Sydney

06/12/2011
“Moving architecture”, University of Sydney

04/08/2011
“Think ahead”, as part of the “From Bauhaus to Our House” symposium, Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Australia and the Powerhouse Museum, as a contribution to the Berlin-Sydney programme of the 2011 Sydney Design Festival; with: Prof. Karin Kirsch (Stuttgart), Prof. Colin Rhodes (SCA), Malte Wagenfeld (RMIT), Craig Judd (Wollongong City Gallery) et al.

11/04/2011
“Theoretische Erkundungen zeitbestimmter Ereignisse in der Architektur”, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar

Since 2021
Initiator of "CIVIC", a physical and digital discourse and exhibition space in the foyer of the HGK in Basel, together with Matylda Krzykowski (Artistic Lead), Jenni Schmitt (Project Lead), Isabel Seifert and Christoph Miller (Offshore, Visual Design Lead) https://civic.hgk.fhnw.ch

2019–2020
Initiated the Open Stage programme at Bauhaus Museum Dessau; artworks included Rita McBride’s “Arena” (9/2019–9/2020) and Lucy Raven’s “Lichtspielhaus” (permanent percent-for-art installation, since 9/2019) and formats included Lichtspielhaus: in Bewegung/in Motion; Arena: Erweitert/Extensions and Arena: Glückstreffer/Blind dates: https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/museum/open-stage.html

2016–2019
Initiated the Bauhaus residency programme in the Muche/Schlemmer Masters’ Houses and curated the “Haus Gropius // Zeitgenössisch” exhibition, in Dessau; together with Alexia Pooth, including artworks by Anael Berkovitz (ISR/USA), Andrea Canepa (PER/DEU), Andrea Grützner (DEU/USA), Rudy Decelière (FRA/CHE), Jakob Gautel (FRA/DEU), Markus Hoffmann (DEU), Minha Lee (KOR), Amor Muñoz (MEX), Wagehe Raufi (DEU), Gabi Schillig (DEU), Sebastian Stumpf (DEU), Martyna Marciniak (POL), Tasha & Monica López De Victoria / TM Sisters (USA) and Marit Wolters (DEU/AUT) https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/de/ausstellungen/haus-gropius-zeitgenoessisch.html

2017–2019
Initiated the “Bauhaus Bauten Dessau: Originale neu erzählt” project, a comprehensive history of all the Bauhaus buildings in Dessau, including 2.5D short films by Michael Leuthner, curators: Florian Strob und Werner Möller, https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/bauhaus-bauten-dessau.html

2015–2017
Project head for the “Große Pläne. Moderne Typen, Fantasten, Erfinder. Die angewandte Moderne in Sachsen-Anhalt 1919–1933” exhibition, Bauhaus Dessau, with sister exhibitions in Halle, Leuna, Magdeburg and Merseburg, Germany (3/5/2016–6/1/2017)

2014
Curated the “Temporal Formal. Expanded Architecture at Seidler City” exhibition and organised the eponymous symposium, together with Sarah Breen Lovett, Sydney (7–8/11), for the 2014 Sydney Architecture Festival, in cooperation with the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, the University of Sydney and Sydney Living Museums

2013
Curated the “Analogue” year-end architecture exhibition together with Grace Mortlock, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney (3/12–9/12/2013)

2013
Curated and organised the “Reverse Projections. Expanded Architecture at the Rocks” symposium (for art, film and architecture) together with Sarah Breen Lovett, Sydney (13/10–9/11/2013), for the Sydney Architecture Festival 2013, in cooperation with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and The Rocks

2013
Curated the “Peter Wilson - 24 Drawings - Products and Bi-products of Architectural Practice” exhibition, Tin Sheds Gallery in The Hearth, Sydney; supporting programme: “a Tree, its Shadow, a House” workshop and lecture at the University of Sydney (11–18/10/2013)

2010–2013
Curated the “URBAN AU: Street/Art/Architecture” exhibition together with Miriam Mlecek, Gallery of Australian Design (GAD), Canberra (3/8–3/9/2011) and the “Urbans AU II” exhibition, STATTBAD, Berlin (13/6–30/6/2013); including workshops with students from the University of Sydney at the ANCB (Aedes Network Campus Berlin) and participation in the “Smart City: The Next Generation” symposium, Aedes Architektur Forum

2011
Curated the “aMaze” year-end exhibition of the Architecture department, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney (USYD)

2010
Organised the “Hotspots: Culture, Climate and Architecture in Berlin and Melbourne” symposium in cooperation with the RMIT Gallery and ABC Radio National for the Berlin Dayz programme of Goethe-Institut, Australia

2009–2010
Organised three symposia associated with the “Haus und Stadt. New Architecture from Berlin” exhibition at the Goethe-Institut in Sydney and Melbourne and the Gallery of Australian Design (GAD) in Canberra

2006–2008
Co-curated the “Wohnraum Moderne_Australische Architektur/Living the Modern_Australian Architecture” exhibition with Kristien Ring, on display at Deutsches Architekturzentrum (DAZ) Berlin and in the Wrocław, Tallinn and Helsinki architecture museums

2017–2020
Initiated the Bauhaus Open Studios academic programme of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, involving universities, art and design academies and other educational initiatives from places such as Haifa, Newcastle, Miami, Cairo, Beirut, Sydney, Edinburgh, Tallinn and Tokyo: https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/programmes/bauhaus-open-studios.html; and the Bauhaus Open Stage programme: https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/bauhaus-open-stage-performative-architectonics.html

2017–2020
Co-founded the Bauhaus Agents programme in Berlin, Dessau and Weimar to foster collaboration with local schools and museums: https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/programmes/bauhaus-agents-1.html

2016–2017
Taught the “Raumstrategien” module of the International Joint Master’s Programme in European Architecture at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and at universities in Tallinn, Lisbon, Haifa, Berlin, Innsbruck and Ljubljana

2013–2014
Head of the Summer Academy, University of Sydney (USYD), Curatorial Practice: “Kunst und Architektur on site and nonsite”, Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB)

2010–2014
Taught and headed the first, second and third-year students in the Draft/Design Studio department and School of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, University of Sydney (USYD)

2011–2013
Taught and headed the curatorial practice area in the bachelor’s and master’s programme of the School of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, University of Sydney (USYD)

2011–2013
Represented the Architecture department in the First Year Experience Working Group (FYEWG), University of Sydney (USYD)

2009–2013
Reviewed doctoral (PhD) and master’s (MPhil) theses, University of Sydney (USYD) and University of New South Wales (UNSW)

2012
Member of the academic selection committee for the “Immaterial Materialities: Materiality and Interactivity in Art and Architecture” Interstices Under Construction Symposium, Sydney

2006–2010
Taught the Theory and History of Art and Architecture in the Architecture, Design and Urban Planning department, University of Sydney (USYD), and in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

2009
Member of the academic selection and organisational committee for the “Spatial Phrases” SEAM Symposium (dance/film/architecture), Sydney

Current

Since 2022
Vice President of the Foundation for Art and Design in Basel (FAB)

Since 2021
Advisory board of Architekturwoche Basel (AWB)

Since 2018
Advisory board of the SNB Bern visitors centre

Since 2017
Board of trustees of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

Since 2015
Jury member of the German Ecodesign Award, Berlin

Additional posts in juries and advisory boards, 2015–2019

• International architecture competition for design of Bauhaus Museum Dessau
• Percent-for-art competition for Bauhaus Museum Dessau
• Hannes Meyer Award
• German contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture
• SYN Award of the SYN Stiftung Kunst Design Wissenschaft
• Architectural competition for the Max Liebling Haus in Tel Aviv
• Advisory board of White City Center, Tel Aviv
• Foresight Filmfestival
• Architecture Award of Saxony-Anhalt
• International Marianne Brandt Contest