Sophie Wolfrum
Sophie Wolfrum (* 1952 in Aue ) is a German city and regional planner and retired professor ; until 2018 she held the chair for urban development and regional planning at the Technical University of Munich .
Life
Sophie Wolfrum was born in Aue in the Saxon Ore Mountains and left the GDR as a child with her parents before the Wall was built . From 1970 to 1975 she studied spatial planning at the University of Dortmund , where she passed the state examination in urban development in 1984 with the degree of graduate engineer . From 1995 to 1996 she was visiting professor at the University of Kassel (GHK), department of urban planning / landscape planning.
In 1989 she founded an architecture and urban planning office with Alban Janson . In 2003 she accepted a call from the Technical University of Munich to the chair for urban development and regional planning at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich.
“That is actually the daily bread of a city planner or an urban planner: changing situations because the circumstances change. This previous total devotion to car traffic has resulted in an underground car park under Max-Joseph-Platz and everyone can drive their car in front of the opera. Actually, this attitude is long gone, as one would say: But we still have this infrastructure to this day. It's still there and that's why it's used. "
Awards
Sophie Wolfrum was awarded the Hugo Häring Prize in 1997, together with Alban Janson for the project “... Stadtgarten Böblingen ” . In 2006, Janson & Wolfrum, together with Frank Roser, Heike Mezger, Claus Walker and Dietmar Meck, received the German Urban Development Award for the Ostfildern project : Scharnhauser Park district in Ostfildern .
Publications (selection)
- with Alban Janson : Architecture of the City. Kraemer, Stuttgart 2016.
- with Nikolai von Brandis: Performative urbanism. Generating and designing urban space. Jovis, Berlin 2015.
- (Ed.): Platzatlas. Urban spaces in Europe. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2014.
- (Ed.): Theodor Fischer Atlas. Urban planning Munich. Schiermeier, Munich 2012.
Web links
- Till Dörken: Interview with Sophie Wolfrum This is how a Munich professor wants to end the rental price madness in Germany. focus from December 15, 2017.
- Sabine Ree: Chair of Urban Development and Regional Planning, Technical University of Munich - Wolfrum, Sophie br.de/fernsehen/ard-alpha
- Prof. Sophie Wolfrum speaks about the housing shortage in Munich: “I see it as my job to deliver high quality urban planning” bba specialist magazine for architects, planners and civil engineers from February 27, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uniform diversity. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 24, 2011
- ↑ Prof. Sophie Wolfrum professoren.tum.de
- ^ Landscape architects: Angela Bezzenberger, Darmstadt and Brigitte Schmelzer, Stuttgart.
- ^ Regine Geibel: A conversation with Prof. Sophie Wolfrum muenchenarchitektur.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfrum, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aue |