Gisela Baurmann

Gisela Baurmann is an award-winning architect and designer who practices and teaches in Europe and the US. She was born in Paris, France and is a German citizen.
Education
Baurmann received her Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University (1994), where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar. She had previously studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London on a DAAD grant and the Technical University of Berlin, where she received her Diplom Ingenieur in Architecture (1991).
Practice
Baurmann's work employs cultural techniques as conceptual models in computational design and fabrication. She is founding partner, together with Jonas Coersmeier, of the practice Büro NY (based in New York and Berlin) which has realized projects in New York and Germany; the firm's work has focused on public urban space, nature and synthesized natural systems as well as the advancement of design and construction technologies. Previously, Baurmann worked as a project architect in Germany, where she designed and constructed a church and congregation hall in Frankfurt.
Academia
Baurmann teaches regularly at University of Pennsylvania and Pratt Institute. In the past, she has taught at Princeton University, Columbia University, and Cornell University, and has served as chair of the Department of Design and Building Design at the Technical University of Berlin.
Publications
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Recognition
Competition placements
* Finalist, Lecture Hall Complex, RWTH Aachen (2009)
* Finalist and first runner-up, World Trade Center Memorial Competition, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (2003)
* 2nd place, GreenPlaza, Van Alen Institute (2001)
 
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