Biography
Matthias Böttger studied architecture and urban planning in Karlsruhe and London. Today he works as a university lecturer, curator and urbanist. He began his academic career at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, followed by the University of Stuttgart and ETH Zurich, where he taught art and architecture. From 2012 to 2017 he was a professor and head of the Institute for Space and Design at the University of Art and Design Linz. Since 2017, he has been head of HyperWerk and a professor at the Academy of Art and Design HGK FHNW in Basel. Since 2021, he has been head of the IXDM there, with the BA in Process Design and MA in Transversal Design.
In 2008, Matthias Böttger was Commissioner General and curator of the German contribution “Updating Germany – 100 Projects for a Better Future” at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. In 2013, he was curator of the German contribution “Nòs Brasil! We Brazil!” at the 10th Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo. From 2011 to 2022 he was artistic director of the German Architecture Center DAZ in Berlin.
With his office raumtaktik since 2003 and since 2016 in urbanegestalt with Johannes and Ulrich Böttger, he has been working on spatial intelligence and interventions in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture and urban planning. Recent publications include “Speculations Transformations. Reflections on the Future of Germany's Cities and Regions” and “Concern for the Existing - 10 Strategies for Architecture.”