Annette Rudolph-Cleff, Prof. Dr.-Ing. has been Professor of Urban Design and Urban Development at TU Darmstadt since 2006. She has worked as an architect in her own practice and for Jean Nouvel in Paris. She received her doctorate with distinction from the University of Karlsruhe. With a focus on energy networks and water-sensitive urban design, she is engaged in interdisciplinary research on resilience strategies and sustainability. In the LOEWE center emergenCITY she leads a project on inclusion and integration in the digital resilient city. She is on the advisory board of several German cities (Baden-Baden, Lörrach, Pfullingen) and regularly participates as a jury member in architectural and urban design competitions. She is a member of the professional networks of the Chamber of Architects of Baden-Württemberg, the Deutscher Werkbund, the German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning (DASL), and the scientific board of the Association of German Architects (BDA).
E-Mail: rudolph@stadt.tu-darmstadt.de
Research interest
My research interest in the DFG Research Training Group “Organising Architectures” focuses on the complex framework conditions of architectural and urban design. The discussion of projects often obscures the processes behind their realization and their implications for the future. This applies to difficult colonial architecture just as it does to globally-styled showcase architecture in international competitions. The question of how futuristic concepts emerge can probably only be answered by critically examining the influence of institutions, networks and public discourse on the development of the built environment. I am looking forward to interdisciplinary collaboration with students and colleagues and to discovering together the previously hidden backgrounds of architectural and urban projects.
