Biography

Max Schwitalla, born in 1980, fell in love with architecture and cities through skateboarding and studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and ETH Zurich from 2000 to 2006, graduating with a diploma/MSc ETH in architecture. From 2004 to 2005 he worked for Rem Koolhaas/OMA in Rotterdam and New York, and from 2007 to 2011 as a freelance architect for GRAFT in Los Angeles and Berlin, and for HENN in Berlin. As a design architect he was responsible, among other things, for major projects in China. In 2012 he founded Studio Schwitalla in Berlin with a focus on design and research for future urban mobility and urban development. He has undertaken cooperative projects with urban-planning departments of various municipalities as well as research partners and mobility experts such as Schindler Elevators, Audi, e.GO Mobile or the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. His other activities include lectures and workshops in Germany and abroad, publications and the development of experimental dome films. Max Schwitalla © Valeria Petkova https://studioschwitalla.com/