Faculty

USR faculty organises itself as a network system. Tutors – whether artists, architects, builders or academics – are in turn hosts, moderators and conversational partners. USR faculty members and its associates share an interest for trans-disciplinary topics and hands-on research.

USR discards the traditional vertical teacher-student system in favour of a network system where individuals are partners in the process of learning.

STAFF MEMBERS:

Markus Bader
urban practice
conversations
future

Suzanne Labourie
informal economies
research
domestic

Rosario Talevi
alternative pedagogies
network
international

Louise Nguyen
conceptual design
archive
identity

Kim-Fabian von Dall’Armi
community manager
on-site expert
postpolitics

ADMISSION BOARD:

Katja Aßmann
Artistic Director, Urbane Künste Ruhr

Prof. Dr. Dirk Baecker
Chair for Cultural Theory and Managment, Witten University
Benjamin Förster-Baldenius
Architect, raumlaborberlin

Jens Hendrix
Urban Planning Department Hattingen

Gilly Karjevsky
Curator, Co-director 72 Hours Urban Action

Joanne Pouzenc
Architect, Founder Berlin Unlimited

Hans-Werner Tata
Kulturbüro Witten

ASSOCIATED STAFF:

Local and international guests are invited to contribute to the creation of critical learning environments and experiences that break away from the established and regulated environments of knowledge production.

Laura Lovatel & Federica Menin

Ethel Baraona Pohl

Antoine Aubinais

Isshaq Al Barbary

Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga

Zuloark

Sofia Dona

Dr. Mary Dellenbaugh

Failed Architecture

Julia-Lena Reinermann

Anna Hentschel

Kerem Jehuda Halbrecht