Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch./USA Marc Kirschbaum

Marc Kirschbaum is an architect and architectural theorist, professor for architectural theory and design, as well as head of the architecture programme at SRH University Heidelberg. He was head of the inter- and transdisciplinary research project Reallabor STADT-RAUM-BILDUNG (Real World Laboratory CITY-SPACE-EDUCATION) and is intensively engaged in learning architectures and human-space relationships. He studied architecture and urban planning in Kassel and Manchester/GB, and, as a Fulbright scholar, architectural theory in Seattle/USA. Together with Prof. Kai Schuster, he is a founder and partner of pragmatopia | architecture.city.life in Kassel/Germany. In addition, he works as a reviewer, judge and consultant in university, research and practice contexts.

Current publications:

Kirschbaum, Marc; Fock, Mara (2021): Über die Räumlichkeit des Menschen. Körper, architektonische Räume, Vorstellungsräume. In: Zeitschrift für Kommunikationsmanagement Nummer 1/2021, S. 53–65.

Kirschbaum, Marc; Wacker, Albrecht; Zevallos, Belen (2020): Das schulische   Lernraumportfolio: vielfältige Räume für das Lernen von morgen. In: Schulen. Neubau | Umbau | Sanierung. März 2020. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, S. 18–22.

Wacker, Albrecht; Kirschbaum, Marc (2020): The transformation of schools: Spatial potentials and the limits of educational architecture and neighborhoods. In: Silke Trumpa,  Emma Kostiainen,  Isolde Rehm, Matti Rautiainen (Eds.): Innovative schools and learning environments in Germany and Finland. Research and findings of comparative approaches. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 95–107.

Kirschbaum, Marc (2019): Pädagogik braucht Raum. In: Erziehung & Wissenschaft 09/2019 Essen: Stamm Verlag, S. 2.

Gstach, Doris; Kirschbaum, Marc (2019): The underestimated role of language-based   tools in landscape architecture: theory, empiricism, practice. In: Karsten Jorgensen,   Nilgül Karadeniz, Elke Mertens, Richard Stiles (Eds.): The Routledge Handbook of Teaching Landscape. London: Routledge (peer-review), pp. 223–232.

Kirschbaum, Marc; Wacker, Albrecht (2018): Den Schul(um)bau sozial-ökologisch gestalten. In: GAiA 4/2018. München: oekom Verlag (peer-review), S. 396–398.

Gstach, Doris; Kirschbaum, Marc (2016): Language as design tool. An empirical and design perspective in the field of architecture and planning. In: Architectural Science Review, Vol.  59, Issue 6. Sydney: Taylor & Francis (peer-review), pp. 465–473.

Latest lectures:

Kirschbaum, Marc. Wechselwirkungen: Von Mensch und Raum zu Lernen und Schulbau. Lecture in the seminar „Mensch und Raum“ by Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Schuster and Prof. Ansgar Lamott, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, 12.12.2018

Kirschbaum, Marc & Zevallos, Belen. Schule als Lebensraum für alle … im Schulgebäude. Lecture at the Reallabor symposium, University of Stuttgart, 19.10.2018

Kirschbaum, Marc & Zevallos, Belen. #LearningHappens – The challenge of innovative learning spaces. 2. Conference on Innovation in Higher Education, SRH University Heidelberg, 30.11.2017

Kirschbaum, Marc; Bartels, Andreas, Alimardani, Mandana & Zevallos, Belen. Transdisciplinary research design on learning spaces (poster presentation). 2. Conference on Innovation in Higher Education, SRH University Heidelberg, 30.11.2017

Kirschbaum, Marc & Alimardani, Mandana. Räume fürs Lernen – Was braucht die Schule? Hohenloher Academy, Heidelberg, 22.06.2017

Kirschbaum, Marc & Alimardani, Mandana. Rethinking Schools in the context of pedagogic and demographic shift. International Transitions Conference of Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal, 08.09.2016