The Faculty of Architecture and Design welcomes professor Marlène Witry, professor Dr. Philipp Reinfeld and professorship replacement Max Haug.
Prof. Marlène Witry
Subject: Design and design methodology
Marlène Witry, born in 1988, worked at Boltshauser Architekten in Zurich after graduating from the Technical University of Munich (2013) until 2016. In 2016, she founded Schürmann + Witry Architekten with Stephan Schürmann. At the same time, she taught at Roger Boltshauser's chair at EPFL Lausanne and ETH Zurich until 2021, focussing on sustainable construction and rammed earth. She curated the exhibition "Pisé - Rammed Earth: Tradition and Potential" and co-authored the book of the same name. From 2019 to 2020, she taught at MSA Münster together with Theres Hollenstein. In her work and teaching, Wity devotes herself to projects of various sizes and orientations. In addition to large-scale school and urban development projects, she is particularly interested in smaller architectural interventions with social relevance. One example of this is the "Mombachbädle" project, with which she is committed to a more active use of the Neckar in Stuttgart. Prof. Marlène Witry was appointed professor at HFT Stuttgart on 1 March 2025.
Photo: © Sven Weber
Prof. Dr. Philipp Reinfeld
Subject area: Designing virtual spaces
Philipp Reinfeld was a deputy professor for Experience Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at HFT Stuttgart for three semesters from 2023 to 2025. Previously, he was a research assistant, academic counsellor and deputy head at the Institute of Media and Design in the Department of Architecture at TU Braunschweig. He also taught on the Master's programme in Architecture and Urban Research at the AdBK Nuremberg. He studied architecture at the TU Berlin (Dipl.-Ing.) and the AdBK Nuremberg (M. Arch.). In 2016, he completed his doctorate at the Institute for Architectural Theory at the University of Innsbruck with the thesis "Image-Based Architecture. Photography and Design". From 2006 to 2013, Reinfeld was a partner in the architecture firm BOOM/ERA in close project cooperation with Brandlhuber+ in Berlin. His research and teaching focusses on the effects of media representations of space on the perception and production of architecture and the city. In 2016, he founded the teaching research focus "Architectural Design in Virtual Reality", which was included in the TU Braunschweig's "Good Teaching Innovation Programme" in 2019. Reinfeld is co-editor of the publication series "Architektur der Medien | Medien der Architektur" published by Brill/Fink Verlag. Prof. Dr. Philipp Reinfeld was appointed professor at HFT Stuttgart on 1 March 2025.
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Professorship replacement Max Haug
Subject: International Project Management
As an architect and project manager, Max Haug is familiar with all service phases in a wide variety of roles and contractual constellations, both as a planner and consultant. He began his career at MGF Architekten in Stuttgart in 2007 after completing his architectural studies at the University of Stuttgart. He specialised in hospital construction and international projects at HWP-Planungsgesellschaft and from 2013 at Drees & Sommer, where he managed major construction projects in various delivery models.
Since 2021, he has focused on user project management and has been working on the opera renovation for the Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart since October 2023. His work as a user representative requires a high level of communication skills in order to mediate between the construction industry and the theatre world.
His academic career is completed with a degree in architecture in Madrid and a postgraduate degree in International Project Management at the HFT Stuttgart, complemented by a double degree from Liverpool John Moores University. His master's thesis, which was awarded the Real Estate Research Prize in 2015, analysed the organisational structures of public developers.
Photo: © Christoph Kolossa