| Academic Appointments |
| 2004- |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Program Director in the Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 2003 |
Visiting Design Critic, University
of California Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| 2003 |
Lecturer, Summer Academy, Neuburg
a. d. Donau, Germany |
| 1995-1997 |
Assistant Teacher, Technical
University Munich, Department for Landscape Architecture and
Planning, Germany |
| 1997 |
Lecturer, Summer Academy, Neuburg
a. d. Donau, Germany |
Professional Experience |
| 1999-2004 |
Associate, Peter Walker
and Partners, Berkeley, USA |
| 1997-1999 |
Hargreaves Associates, San
Francisco, USA |
| 1995-1996 |
Peter Latz & Partner, Freising,
Germany |
| 1992 |
Peter Latz - Wigbert Riehl,
Kassel, Germany |
| 1990-1992 |
Peter Latz & Partner, Freising,
Germany |
| 1988-1989 |
Klaus Meyer, Neuburg a. Inn,
Germany |
Education |
| 1995 |
Master of Landscape Architecture,
University Kassel, Germany |
| 1992 |
Graduate Engineer of Landscape
Architecture, Fachhochschule Weihenstephan, Germany |
Professional Awards |
| 2008 |
Honorary Award of the American Society of Landscape Architects
Contested Waters: The Tajo River in Spain
Option Studio at Harvard Graduate School of Design
Role: Main Instructor |
| 2005 |
Honorary Award of
the American Society of Landscape Architects
Parking Structure #4, Stanford University, CA
Office: Peter Walker and Partners
Role: Project Leader, Design and Construction Documentation |
| 2004 |
Entry of Note, International
Competition
National Aids Memorial, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Partner: Joseph MacDonald, Architect |
| 2000 |
First Prize,
San Francisco Prize 2000
International Competition Harvey Milk Memorial USA
Partner: LOMA, Kassel |
| 1996 |
First Prize,
Invited Competition
Barracks Conversion Halle, Germany
Office: Peter Latz and Partners
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| |
First Prize,
Invited Competition
Steelworks Voelklingen, Germany
Office: Peter Latz and Partners
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| 1995 |
Second Prize, International Ideas Competition
Designing the Inner Fringes of Green Heart Metropolis, The
Netherlands
Eo Wijerstichting Foundation
Partner: Petra Brunnhofer, Architect |
| 1994 |
First Prize, Design Competition
Church Plaza, Passau, Germany,
Office: Klaus Meyer, Architect
Role: Team Leader, Principal Designer |
| |
First Prize,
Urban Planning Competition
Urban Redevelopment Grafenau, Germany
Office: Klaus Meyer, Architect
Role: Team Leader, Principal Designer |
| 1993 |
Honorary Award,
Urban Planning Competition
Historic Center Friedberg, Germany
Partner: Tilman Latz |
| |
Karl Foerster-Prize
Lenné Competition Bassinplatz Potsdam, Germany |
| 1992 |
Phillips Award
Architectural Competition Light and Architecture
Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1991 |
First Prize,
Student Competition
Park Poing, Germany |
Grant
Awards |
| 2008 |
Option Studio Grant Award
Sao Paulo Housing Ministery (SEHAB)
Canthino do Ceu – A Piece of Heaven |
| |
Dean’s Annual Research Grant Program Award
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Landscape in the Non-Formal City |
| 2007 |
Option
Studio Grant Award (Part Two)
Civitas Nova, Toledo, Spain
Contested Waters: The Tajo River in Spain |
| |
Dean’s
Annual Research Grant Program Award
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Infrastructure in the Non-Formal City |
| |
Dean’s
Annual Research Grant Program Award (Part Two)
Harvard Graduate School of Design
TransUrban. Case II |
| |
Option
Studio Grant Award (Part One)
Civitas Nova, Toledo, Spain
The Landscapes of Castilla La-Mancha |
| 2006 |
Dean’s
Annual Research Grant Program Award (Part One)
Harvard Graduate School of Design
TransUrban. Charting Experiments for the City of the Future |
| |
The
Tozier Fund Award for Visual Education in the Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Green Roof Publication |
| 2005 |
Dean’s
Annual Research Grant Program Award
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Green Roof Hybrids |
Book Publications |
| 2008 |
TransUrban. Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future. Case Study 02: solarCity Linz-Pichling
with Thomas Schroepfer and Limin He
Design & Technology Report Series, Graduate School of Design
forthcoming |
| |
Reviving the Tajo River
Editor with Carl Steinitz
+ suma, Toledo, Spain
134p. 128 illus. |
| 2007 |
TransUrban.
Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future. Case
Study 01: Vauban,
with Thomas Schroepfer,
Design & Technology Report Series, Graduate School
of Design,
67p. 76 illus. |
| |
Green Roof-
A Case Study. Michael Van Valkenburgh’s Associates Design
for the Headquarters of the American Society of Landscape
Architects
Princeton Architectural Press, New York,
159p. 172 illus |
| |
An Alternative
Future for the Landscapes of Castilla-La Mancha
Editor with Carl Steinitz,
Foro Civitas Nova, Toledo,
100p. 112 illus. |
Articles and Book
Chapters |
| 2008 |
“Dirty Work“
Co-authored with John Beardsley
Growing Cities, Topos, Number 64 |
| |
“Faculty Project TransUrban“
Co-authored with Thomas Schroepfer
Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities?, Harvard Design Magazine, Number 28 |
| |
“Dirty Water: The Guarapiranga Reservoir, Parque Amelia: The City of Sao Paulo; Watery Voids: MMBB“
Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities?, Harvard Design Magazine, Number 28 |
| |
“Making History: The Favela Bairro Program and More“
Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities?, Harvard Design Magazine, Number 28 |
| |
“Improving Informal Settlements“
Co-authored with John Beardsley
Can Designers Improve Life in Non-Formal Cities?, Harvard Design Magazine, Number 28 |
| |
“Tactical Infrastructure“
Informal Toolbox, SLUMLAB, Columbia University
Editors: Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner, SEHAB Sao Paulo Housing Agency |
| |
“Environmental and Informal Urbanism – a Comparison“
Stadt im Klimawandel, Volume 2 of International Building Exhibition Hamburg, Editors: Oliver Hamm, Olaf Bartels |
| |
“Green Roofs in Dry Climates“
Proceedings of Water Expo Zaragoza, Spain, June |
| 2007 |
"Power Fusion:
Landschaftsurbanismus und grüne Infrastruktur in den USA" Garten+Landschaft,
April, Germany |
| |
"TransUrban:
Vauban"
With Thomas Schroepfer, Limin Hee
Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Sustainable
Development and Planning, Algarve, Portugal, April 25-27 |
| 2005 |
"Mesopotamian
Marshes and Modern Development" Conference Review, Landscape
Journal, November |
| 2002 |
"Towards
a European Landscape?" with Philippe Coignet, Conference
Review, www.juncus.com |
| 1997 |
"Workshop +
Vorträge. 40 Jahre Landschaftsarchitektur and der TU München",
Editorial Group, Landscape Architecture Department of
the Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 1992 |
"Der Raum
im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduktion. Über Materialität
und Virtualität" (Eng.: Space in the Time of its Technical
Reproduction. About Materiality and Virtuality), Thesis,
published at the Fachhochschule Weihenstephan, Germany |
Articles on Werthman's Work |
| 2007 |
Liat Margolis, Alexander Robinson, “Harvey Milk Memorial” in Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture, Germany: Birkhaeuser |
| 2006 |
Gewertz, Ken „Gund
sports thick head of ... sedum. Pilot study will retrofit
Gund Hall with a Green Roof," Harvard Gazette, Cambridge,
25 April 2006 |
| 2001 |
"Rosa Wolken
über der Stadt," Der Architekt, Cologne, October |
| |
"San Francisco
Prize 2000," Architekturjournal WETTBEWERBE,
Wien, February/March |
| 2000 |
"Pink Cloud
Envisioned for the Castro," San Francisco Chronicle,
September 14 |
| |
"Passauer Architekt
in San Francisco," Die Welt, Munich –October
30 |
Selected Lectures |
| 2008 |
Green Infrastructure
Public Lecture at the 9th Dominican Architecture Biennale Towards a Green Architecture, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| |
Dirty Work and TransUrban
Conference A Better World By Design, Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island |
| |
Green Roofs
Public Lecture, Architecture Department, The University of Texas at Austin University |
| |
Representation Breakdown – Landscape in the Non-Formal City
Lecture in the Series State of the Art, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| |
Dirty Work, TransUrban and Green Infrastructure in the Non-Formal City
Public Lecture, Exhibition Opening Informal Toolbox, City Hall, Sao Paulo |
| |
Informal Cities and Climate Change
Lecture, Landscape Architecture department, Hannover Universit |
| |
Madrid, Castilla La Mancha and the Tajo River
Conference Landscape Water & Sustainability, Spanish Society of Landscape Architects, Zaragoza, Spain |
| |
Water and Green Roofs in Dry Climates – A Speculation
Conference Water Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain |
| |
Global Warming and Urban Poverty – Observations on the Ground
Conference Global Warming, Lincoln Institute and Graduate School of Design, Harvard University |
| |
On Structure
Public Lecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, Technical University Munich, University of Rhode Island, USA |
| 2007 |
Approximations
for the Future
Public Lecture, Department of Landscape Architecture,
Technical University Munich, Germany |
| |
Reshaping
America’s Roofs
Conference Green Roofs, New York Botanical Gardens |
| |
Roof
Culture
Public Lecture, Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum,
Harvard University |
| 2006 |
Transurban:
Charting Experiments for the City of the Future
Public Lecture for Exhibition Opening, Graduate School
of Design, University Harvard |
| |
On Structure
– Transforming America’s Roofscape
Public Lecture, Landscape Department, University
Connecticut |
| 2005 |
Seven
Lunchbox Lecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard
University |
| 2004 |
Splitter
Hearing for the Assistant Professorship, Department of
Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard
University |
| 2003 |
Landscape
on Autopilot
Public Lecture, Department of Landscape
Architecture, Technical University Munich, Germany |
| |
Walking
II
Public Lecture, Department of Landscape Architecture,
Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 2002 |
Walking
Public Lecture, Department of Landscape Architecture,
University Kassel, Germany |
Exhibitions |
| 2008 |
Dirty Work: Landscape in the Non-Formal City in the Americas
Co-Curator: John Beardsley
Gund Hall Exhibition at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, January 28 – March 16
Traveling Exhibition: |
| |
|
Architecture Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December
Sao Paulo Housing Agency, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (February 2009)
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (October 2009) |
| 2007 |
TransUrban:
Charting Experiments for the City of the Future
Partner: Thomas Schroepfer
Traveling Exhibition: |
| |
|
Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore, Indonesia, April
Universität Chinghua in Peking, China, May
Universität Hong Kong, China, June
Space Group in Seoul, Korea, August
Fundacio Metropoli in Madrid, Spain, September |
| 2006 |
TransUrban:
Charting Experiments for the City of the Future
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, December |
| 2005 |
GSD
Green Roof
Partner: Katrin Scholz-Barth and Barbara Deutsch
Traveling Exhibition: |
| |
|
Graduate School of Design,
Harvard University, March
Conference "2020", Harvard University, April
Conference "Green Roofs For Healthy Cities", Boston,
May |
Current Research
Initiatives |
| 2007- |
Dirty
Work: Landscape in the Non-formal City
Partner: John Beardsley, Art Historian, Senior Lecturer,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
'Dirty Work' looks at built or projected landscape interventions in the
most dire circumstances of squatter settlements. The current focus is on
favela upgrading projects in Central and South America. |
| 2006- |
‘TransUrban’
Interdisciplinary Research Group
Partners: Thomas Schroepfer, Assistant Professor in Architecture,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Limin Hee, Assistant Professor in Urban Design, National
University of Singapore
TransUrban critically examines the most advanced built
examples of sustainable city planning in the world and tries
to derive new parameters for future city planning and design.
The first case examined was the 5,000 people city expansion
‘Vauban’ in Freiburg, Germany. The new city quarter ‘Solar
City Linz, Pichling’ in Austria is currently under review. |
| 2006- |
Low
Cost Green Roof Initiative
Partner: Katrin Scholz-Barth, Environmental Engineer,
Washington DC
The initiative installed several types of a low cost green roof on the roof
of the Graduate School of Design (2006, 2007). The GSD roof now serves as a
living experiment used for research and teaching in the school. Vegetation growth
and overall performance is closely monitored by the initiative. |
Professional Planning
and Design Experience |
CHRISTIAN WERTHMANN |
| 2004 |
Shrinking
Cities, Detroit, MI
International Design Competition
Partner: Leor Lovinger |
| |
National
Aids Memorial, San Francisco, CA
Golden Gate Park
Partner: Joseph MacDonald, Architect |
| 2003 |
Pentagon
Memorial, Washington, DC
International Design Competition
Partner: Leor Lovinger |
| 2002 |
Harvey Milk
Memorial Plaza and Memorial Center,
San Francisco, CA
Feasibility Study
Partner: LOMA, Kassel, Germany |
| 2000 |
Harvey
Milk Memorial, San Francisco,
CA
International Design Competition, San Francisco Prize
2000
Partner: LOMA, Kassel, Germany |
| 1996 |
Train
Station Buchloe, Germany
Urban Design Competition
Partner: Werner Lang Architects |
| |
Living
in the Garden City, Boeblingen, Germany
Urban Design Competition
Partner: Petra Brunnhofer (LOMA) |
| 1995 |
Park Former
Airport Munich-Riem, Germany
International Competition |
| |
Market Plaza Pfarrkirchen,
Germany
Urban Design Competition |
| |
Designing
the Inner Fringes of Green Heart Metropolis,
The Netherlands
International Ideas Competition, Eo Wijerstichting Foundation
Partner: Petra Brunnhofer (LOMA) |
| 1994 |
Church
Plaza, Passau, Germany
Design and Art Competition
Office: Klaus Meyer, Architect
Role: Team Leader, Principal Designer |
| |
Urban
Redevelopment Grafenau, Germany
Urban Planning Competition
Office: Klaus Meyer, Architect
Role: Team Leader, Principal Designer |
| 1993 |
Historic
Center Friedberg, Germany
Urban Planning Competition
Partner: Tilman Latz |
| |
Bassin
Square Potsdam, Germany
Lenné Competition |
| 1992 |
Light
and Architecture, Frankfurt,
Germany
Architectural Competition, Philips |
| |
Glockenturmplatz, Berlin,
Germany
Student Competition, Former Olympic Fields |
| 1992 |
Federal
Garden Exhibition Magdeburg, Germany
International Competition
Partner: Tilman Latz |
| 1991 |
Park
Poing, Germany
Student Competition |
PETER
WALKER AND PARTNERS, Berkeley, CA, 1999 - 2004 |
| 2004 |
San
Jose Airport, CA
Landscape Masterplan
Role: Project Leader |
| 2002-2004 |
University
Merced, 1st Phase, CA
Concept Design, Design Documentation, Construction Documentation
Architects: SOM, EHDD, Thomas Hacker Architects
Role: Project Leader
The first phase with three large institutional buildings, a power plant
and student dorms has been erected on a 200 acre parcel on top of a former golf
course. |
| 2002 |
University
Merced, CA
Landscape Masterplan
Architects: SOM
Role: Project Landscape Architect
The tenth Campus of the California State University System will gradually
be built out on a total area of 5,000 acres. |
| 2001-2003 |
Parking
Structure #4, Stanford University, CA
Concept Design, Design Documentation, Construction Documentation
Role: Project Leader
A 70,000 sf green roof was designed and built on top of a four story underground
parking garage. It serves as the entrance and meditative landscape for the university
hospital. |
| 2000 |
Milan City Expansion,
Italy
Landscape Masterplan
Architect: Foster and Partners
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| 1999 |
Headquarter
Deutsche Post, Bonn, Germany
Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects
Concept design
Role: Project Team |
| 1999-2003 |
Clark
Center, Stanford University, CA
Architects: Foster and Partners
Concept Design, Design Documentation, Construction Documentation,
Construction Observation
Role: Project Leader
Clark Center is a large new science building for
interdisciplinary research in the newly configured West Campus. It is
designed to be the new communication hub on campus |
| 1999-2000 |
West
Campus, Stanford University, CA
Masterplan
Role: Project Landscape Architect
The West Campus of Stanford University was restructured in order to accommodate
several large new research buildings necessitating a total reconfiguration of
circulation, outside connections and outdoor spaces. |
HARGREAVES
ASSOCIATES, San Francisco, CA, 1997 - 1999 |
| 1999 |
Warren
Campus, General Motors, Detroit, MI
Masterplan, Project Design
Architect: Gensler Associates
Role: Project Team |
| |
Courtyard
Thorndale, San Rafael, CA
Construction Documentation, Construction Observation
Role: Project Team, Project Landscape Architect |
| 1998-1999 |
Campus
Green, University Cincinnati, OH
Construction Documentation
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| 1998 |
Confluence
East, Guadelupe River Redevelopment, San Jose, CA
Construction Documentation
Role: Project Team |
| 1998-1999 |
Crissy
Field Park,San Francisco, CA
Construction Documentation, Construction Observation
Role: Project Team |
| 1997-1998 |
Fig
Grove Water Feature, Olympic Fields, Sydney, Australia
Construction Documentation
Role: Project Team |
| 1997 |
Clifton Gate,
University Cincinnati, OH
Construction Documentation
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| |
Riverfront Park
Portland, OR
Design Documentation
Role: Project Team |
PETER LATZ
UND PARTNER, Freising, Germany,
1995-1996 |
| 1996 |
Barrack
Conversion Halle, Germany
Invited Competition
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| |
Steelworks
Voelklingen, Germany
Invited Competition
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
1995-1996
|
Solar
City, Linz, Austria
Landscape Masterplan
Architects: Thomas Herzog, Foster and Partners, Richard
Rogers
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| WIGBERT
RIEHL, Kassel, Germany, 1992 |
1992
|
City
Hall Kassel, Germany
Design Documentation
Architects: HHLS, Kassel
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
| |
Koester
Residence, Germany
Design Documentation, Construction
Documentation
Role: Project Landscape Architect |
PETER
LATZ UND PARTNER, Freising, Germany,
1990 -1992 |
1990-1992
part time |
Ulm
University, Germany
Construction Documentation
Architects: Steidle and Partner
Role: Project Team |
| Contact: |
Christian Werthmann
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138 |
| e-mail: cwerthmann@gsd.harvard.edu |
