Kerstin Höger
About
Kerstin Höger is Professor in Architecture and Urban Design at NTNU since 2009
Background
Kerstin Höger studied architecture at the TU Berlin, the MIT and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Since 1999 she works with her architectural and urban design office on complex, large scale projects such as urban revitalization areas, mixed-use and corporate developments, knowledge territories, and city development plans. Recent master plan projects include the Im Neuenheimer Feld Heidelberg, Backnang West Neighbourhood, Science City Copenhagen, Sluppen Trondheim, and the Campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Alongside her practical work, she has worked in academia for over 20 years: from 1999-2009 as scientific employee and lecturer at the ETH Zurich, and since 2009 as tenured professor for architecture and urban design at the NTNU. Kerstin has co-hosted several conferences and symposia on contemporary urbanism. She is editor and author of the book “Campus and the City”, co-published by Kees Christiaanse.
Competencies
Kerstin is an expert on urban design and development. Her teaching and research projects include Eco-heritage Urbanism, The Architecture of the Neighbourhood, Urban Design Typologies, In/Formal Urbanism, Urban Waterfronts, Clusters and Valleys, Sustainable Campus Benchmarks, and Branding and the City.
She regularly appears as a speaker at international conferences and acts as reviewer, jury and committee member at prestigious public and private institutions (e.g. Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld, Swiss National Science Foundation, AHO, ETHZ, EPFL, Harvard and MIT). She has written for numerous specialist magazines and book publications. Amongst other accolades, she has received a Fulbright Scholarship (1996-98), the TU Berlin Diploma Prize (1999), the ETH Research Project (2004-08), a NTNU Research Grant (2010), and various urban design and architectural awards.
Concentrations
Her concentrations is sustainable urban transformation and development in regard to the traditional city, the urban landscape, and the rapidly growing megacity. Densification, conversion and renaturization of urban area, reactivation of fallow lands, transformation of our cultural landscape, growth and reversibility, networks and participation, mobility and climate change are urgent urban challenges she is concerned about.
Her leitmotiv is to shape our urban spaces liveable, beautiful, and open. Based on the “genius loci” and context of a place, we develop artistic concepts, strategic instruments, and design rules. Societal tendencies are reflected in development scenarios and creatively integrated into robust urban design and architectural projects. Thereby, we reconcile the evolutionary forces of urban transformation with formal planning and architecture in an open urban design. In this way, high-quality urban spaces can be created, which are specific and yet responsive to their context, and thus can contribute to a sustainable transformation of our cities and regions.
Publications
2021
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Backnang 4.0 Model.
City of Backnang, Internet. 2021.
Model (architecture)
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Backnang 4.0 Review, IBA 2027 – Quartier Backnang West, with Urban Catalysts.
wa Architektur Zeitschrift.
volum 06/2021.
Chronicle
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Backnang 4.0: Symbiotische Gemeinschaften.
International Building Exhibition 2027 Stadtregion Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
CAMPUS KOMPAKT: Wissens- & Lebensraum im Neuenheimer Feld.
Stadtblatt Heidelberg, Sonderbeilage Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld.
Chronicle
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Campus Kompakt.
Conclave with experts
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld; Heidelberg. 2021-09-06 - 2021-09-06.
Other
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Campus Kompakt: Wissens- und Lebensraum Im Neuenheimer Feld.
City of Heidelberg, Internet. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Campus Kompakt: Wissens- und Lebensraum im Neuenheimer Feld.
Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . City and University of Heidelberg, Federal State of Baden-Württemberg; Heidelberg. 2021-10-04 - 2021-10-07.
Arcithecture exhibition
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Höger, Kerstin;
Hofsbro, Erik Frydenlund.
(2021)
Time Space Existence.
NTNU AAR4605 Urban Design and Architecture
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KiT); Trondheim. 2021-05-28 - 2021-06-11.
Arcithecture exhibition
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Justnes, Fredrik;
Magelssen, Sigurd Røgeberg;
Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
HYBRID.
Aspelin Ramm, Oslo. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
2020
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2020)
International idea competition: Backnang West.
IBA'27 (International Building Exhibition Stadt Region Stuttgart), Stuttgart. 2020.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2020)
International urban planning competition: Backnang West Neighbourhood 2050 – »The Caring Town«.
IBA'27 (International Building Exhibition Stadt Region Stuttgart), Stuttgart. 2020.
Arcitecture drawing
2019
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
INF Campus Kompakt, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld / Neckarbogen, Plannungsatelier Stufe 2.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
INF Kompakt | Campus im Campus, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld / Neckarbogen, Plannungsatelier Stufe 3.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
Lebendiges und grünes Wissensquartier – Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Menschen.
Stadtblatt Heidelberg, Sonderbeilage Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld.
volum 27 (8).
Article
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
Studio Lofoten Everyday | Holiday.
Master Studio Urban Design and Architecture
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU IAP; Trondheim. 2019-12-10 - 2020-01-10.
Arcithecture exhibition
2018
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
INF Campus Kompakt, Planungsatelier Stufe 1, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld/ Neckarbogen Heidelberg.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2018.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
INF Campus Kompakt: Masterplan Ideas Im Neuenheimer Feld Heidelberg / Neckarbogen.
Public Presentation, Exhibition and Workshop: Masterplan Ideas Im Neuenheimer Feld Heidelberg / Neckarbogen
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . City and University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg. 2018-10-17 - 2018-10-18.
Arcithecture exhibition
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
Studio Heidelberg.
Master Studio Urban Design and Architecture
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU AD/ IAP; Trondheim. 2018-12-11 - 2019-01-18.
Arcithecture exhibition
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
Urbanisme.
Tidsskriftet A.
volum 1.
publications.INTERVJUSKRIFTL
2017
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2017)
Oslo Skøyen - From Node to Urban Waterfront.
Studio Oslo Skøyen
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU AD; Trondheim. 2017-12-07 - 2018-01-19.
Arcithecture exhibition
2014
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Bergheim West: Wissensviertel am Nackarpark.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City I - Barrios Altos.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City II - Avenida Brasil.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City III - Avenida Argentina.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Vertical City.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Marie Curie EPFL Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme, EPF Lausanne ENAC, International Evaluation Committee.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Review on «NTNU 2060 – Visjoner for campusutvikling».
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Urban Design Theories - A Review.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Urban Typologies.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin;
Lykke, Bjarte;
Jørgensen, Magnus;
Rø, Øystein;
Johnsen, Astrid Christine;
Seim, Janne Celia;
Palacio, Fabio Alberto Hernandez;
Knapskog, Marianne.
(2014)
WISSENSVIERTEL BERGHEIM WEST The Always Open City Campus.
IBA Academy
[Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . IBA Heidelberg; Heidelberg. 2014-03-11 - 2014-03-22.
Arcithecture exhibition
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Knapskog, Marianne;
Lykke, Bjarte;
Palacio, Fabio Alberto Hernandez;
Jørgensen, Magnus;
Rø, Øystein;
Höger, Kerstin;
Seim, Janne Celia;
Johnsen, Astrid Christine.
(2014)
WISSENSVIERTEL BERGHEIM WEST The Always Open City Campus.
IBA Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Tyskland. 2014.
Model (architecture)
2013
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2013)
Landhof Areal Basel, Project Competition , Report of the Jury, editor Friederike Meinhardt.
2013.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin;
Hünerwadel, Nicolas.
(2013)
Lima Megacity / La Tercera Lima – Formal and informal urbanism. Towards an open architecture and urban design. International Master Studio & Symposia NTNU-URP.
Briefs
Journal publications
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Backnang 4.0 Review, IBA 2027 – Quartier Backnang West, with Urban Catalysts.
wa Architektur Zeitschrift.
volum 06/2021.
Chronicle
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
CAMPUS KOMPAKT: Wissens- & Lebensraum im Neuenheimer Feld.
Stadtblatt Heidelberg, Sonderbeilage Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld.
Chronicle
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
Lebendiges und grünes Wissensquartier – Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Menschen.
Stadtblatt Heidelberg, Sonderbeilage Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld.
volum 27 (8).
Article
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
Urbanisme.
Tidsskriftet A.
volum 1.
publications.INTERVJUSKRIFTL
Artistic productions
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Backnang 4.0: Symbiotische Gemeinschaften.
International Building Exhibition 2027 Stadtregion Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
-
Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
Campus Kompakt: Wissens- und Lebensraum Im Neuenheimer Feld.
City of Heidelberg, Internet. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
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Justnes, Fredrik;
Magelssen, Sigurd Røgeberg;
Höger, Kerstin.
(2021)
HYBRID.
Aspelin Ramm, Oslo. 2021.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2020)
International idea competition: Backnang West.
IBA'27 (International Building Exhibition Stadt Region Stuttgart), Stuttgart. 2020.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2020)
International urban planning competition: Backnang West Neighbourhood 2050 – »The Caring Town«.
IBA'27 (International Building Exhibition Stadt Region Stuttgart), Stuttgart. 2020.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
INF Campus Kompakt, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld / Neckarbogen, Plannungsatelier Stufe 2.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2019)
INF Kompakt | Campus im Campus, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld / Neckarbogen, Plannungsatelier Stufe 3.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2019.
Arcitecture drawing
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2018)
INF Campus Kompakt, Planungsatelier Stufe 1, Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld/ Neckarbogen Heidelberg.
Stadt Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. 2018.
Arcitecture drawing
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Bergheim West: Wissensviertel am Nackarpark.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City I - Barrios Altos.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City II - Avenida Brasil.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Mega City III - Avenida Argentina.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Lima Vertical City.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Marie Curie EPFL Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme, EPF Lausanne ENAC, International Evaluation Committee.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Review on «NTNU 2060 – Visjoner for campusutvikling».
2014.
Report
-
Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Urban Design Theories - A Review.
2014.
Report
-
Höger, Kerstin.
(2014)
Urban Typologies.
2014.
Report
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Höger, Kerstin.
(2013)
Landhof Areal Basel, Project Competition , Report of the Jury, editor Friederike Meinhardt.
2013.
Report
Teaching
Courses
Media
2021
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Campus Kompakt. Masterplan Im Neuenheimer Feld . City of Heidelberg; University of Heidelberg. 2021-09-23 - 2021-09-23.
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Programme participationHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Ergebnisvorstellung Städtebaulicher Wettbewerb IBA’27-Quartier Backnang West. City of Backnang [Internett]. 2021-04-30.
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Programme participationHöger, Kerstin. (2021) New European Bauhaus: Nordic Co-Design. https://www.nordicbauhaus.eu/ [Internett]. 2021-03-24.
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Programme managementHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Public lecture "Deep Urbanism" by Markus Schaefer. NTNU [Internett]. 2021-11-11.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld. Advisory council . Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; Hamburg. 2021-09-29 - 2021-09-30.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld. Adviser meeting . Hafen City Hamburg; online. 2021-06-01 - 2021-06-01.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2021) Science City Hamburg Bahrensfeld. Advisory Council . Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; Hamburg. 2021-02-24 - 2021-02-24.
2020
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2020) Eco-heritage Urbanism. Stadtlandschaften . ZHAW; Winterthur. 2020-03-04.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2020) IBA’27 Project Backnang West. Colloquium and guided tour . City of Backnang and IBA Stuttgart; Backnang. 2020-07-20.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2020) Science Campus Heidelberg. City development and traffic committee (SEVA) . City of Heidelberg; digital. 2020-07-01.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2020) Science City Hamburg Bahrensfeld. Advisory Council . Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; Hamburg, digital. 2020-11-26 - 2020-11-26.
2019
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InterviewHöger, Kerstin. (2019) Masterplan Neuenheimer Feld - Interview zum Entwurf. Stadt Heidelberg [TV]. 2019-07-09.
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InterviewHöger, Kerstin. (2019) Perspektiven für das Neuenheimer Feld. Stadt Heidelberg [Internett]. 2019-02-12.
2018
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2018) Cities in the City - Urbanity, Heritage and Nature. Colloquium Architecture and Urban Design ETH Zürich . ETH Zürich; Zürich. 2018-04-11 - 2018-04-13.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2018) Industrial cultural heritage as driver for sustainable development. Cultural Heritage . University of Giessen; Giessen. 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-21.
2014
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) Scalability & (Urban) Sustainability. Harvard MIT ISCN Conference: Pushing Boundaries . Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA. 2014-06-01 - 2014-06-04.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) Scalability & Sustainability, Panel Moderator. Harvard MIT ISCN Conference . Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge. 2014-06-01 - 2014-06-04.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) Sustainable Urban and Campus Design. Harvard MIT ISCN: Pushing Boundaries . Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA. 2014-06-01 - 2014-06-01.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) The Craftsman, The Poet and The Architect - "Re-Souling the Rational Mind" (Edith K. Ackermann). Learning Theories . Programme for Teacher Education; Trondheim. 2014-10-21 - 2014-10-21.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) Towards an Open Urban Design and Architecture. IBA Academy and Summit Heidelberg . IBA Heidelberg, City of Heidelberg; Heidelberg. 2014-03-18 - 2014-03-18.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2014) Urban Waterfront - The City meets the Sea. Der byen møter vannet, Themakveld . Hippodamus; Trondheim. 2014-10-22 - 2014-10-22.
2013
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Campus und die Stadt – Wissensterritorien, kreative Räume und urbane Netzwerke / Campus and the City – knowledge territories, creative spaces and urban networks. Faculty lecture Bern University . Bern University of Applied Sciences; Bern, Kornhausforum. 2013-04-25 - 2013-04-25.
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InterviewHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Landhof Areal Basel: competition procedure and results. Basel [Avis]. 2013-05-07.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Lima Mega City: Formal-Informal Urbanism. Towards an Open Urban Design and Architecture. Lecture & Workshop Welcome with Juvenal Barraco and Nicolas Hünerwadel . URP - NTNU; University Ricardo Palma, Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism. 2013-09-24 - 2013-09-24.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Stadtraum & Landschaftsraum – erforschen, festigen, entwerfen / Cityscape & Landscape – explore, stabilize, conceptualize. Faculty lecture University of Stuttgart . University Stuttgart, Faculty Architecture & Urban Planning; Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart. 2013-07-04 - 2013-07-04.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Urban Design – own oeuvre. Welcome Workshop & Symposia Lecture URP-NTNU . NTNU-URP Faculty of Architecture; Lima, University Ricardo Palma Centro Cultural Ccori Wasi. 2013-02-11 - 2013-02-11.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Urban Design.1 – contemporary urban phenomena, concepts and projects (high-density nodes and transition areas). Faculty Lecture URP . University Ricardo Palma, Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism; Lima, URP. 2013-09-30 - 2013-09-30.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin. (2013) Urban Design.2 – contemporary urban phenomena, concepts and projects (knowledge territories and the cultural landscape). Lecture URP . University Ricardo Palma, Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism; Lima, URP. 2013-10-11 - 2013-10-11.
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Academic lectureHöger, Kerstin; Hünerwadel, Nicolas. (2013) Formal-Informal Urban Design & Architecture: The Case of San Felipe and Previ, Lima, Peru. Guided tour . NTNU-URP; Lima. 2013-09-29 - 2013-09-29.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin; Hünerwadel, Nicolas. (2013) Lima Mega City.1: Urban transformation of industrial zone from Lima to El Callao. Presentation to Alicorp Corporation . Alicorp S.A.; Lima. 2013-09-27 - 2013-09-27.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin; Hünerwadel, Nicolas. (2013) Lima Mega City.1: studio results on urban transformation of Barrios Altos, Av. Argentina and Av. Brasil. Presentation to Municipality of Lima . Municipality of Lima; Lima. 2013-10-10 - 2013-10-10.
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Popular scientific lectureHöger, Kerstin; Hünerwadel, Nicolas. (2013) Lima Mega City: studio projects on the urban transformation of Barrios Altos, Av. Argentina and Av. Brasil. Presentation to Centenario Corporation . Centenario SAA; Lima. 2013-10-03 - 2013-10-03.
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LectureHöger, Kerstin; Reiser, Juan. (2013) Urban and architectural development of Lima – from pre-Columbian to contemporary Peru. Colloquium . Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Prof. Juan Reiser; Lima. 2013-10-15 - 2013-10-15.
2012
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LectureHöger, Kerstin. (2012) Landhof Areal Basel: Urban Design, Landscape Architecture and Architecture Competition. Jury sessions and program proposal . Bau- und Verkehrsdepartment des Kantons Basel-Stadt; Basel. 2012-08-15 - 2013-05-15.