Manuel Kretzer
Director @Materiability Research Group
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Materiability Research Group
Dessau, DE
EDUCATION
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Dipl.-Ing.(arch), Architecture
Technische Universität Dresden
Architecture
University of South Australia
Architecture
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Diplom, Architecture
SKILLS
ABOUT MANUEL KRETZER
Dr. Sc. Manuel Kretzer is professor for Material and Technology at the Department of Design, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. From October 2015 until March 2018 he was visiting professor at the Braunschweig University of Art teaching the subject ‘Digital Crafting’. From 2010 until 2015 he has been Scientific and Teaching Assistant at the Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD), ETH Zürich where he was responsible for coordinating and leading the postgraduate Master of Advanced Studies class’s digital design and production modules. His research aimed at the notion of a soft and dynamic architecture with a specific focus on new (smart) material performance, which also formed the core of his doctoral thesis. Emerging from this research he initiated materiability in late 2012, a free educational platform that attempts to connect architects, designers and artists and provides access to cutting edge new material developments and technologies. Manuel is also founding partner of responsive design studio based in Cologne. The office works on various scales, including architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, furniture and object design, and provides individual digital design and fabrication services. He has previously worked with Philip Beesley Architects (PBAi) in Toronto, Canada on the development and realisation of interactive environments and taught seminars in temporary experimental architecture at the Institute for Industrial Building Production (ifib), University of Karlsruhe (TH). An overview of his work can be found at and
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