Mark Kammerbauer is a German-American urbanist, architect, and artist. His work covers interdisciplinary socio-spatial perspectives, city and disaster, and research-based planning and design strategies.
Mark Kammerbauer: Planning Urban Disaster Recovery. Spatial, institutional and social aspects of urban disaster recovery in the U.S.A. - New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Forewords by Bernd Nentwig and Dieter Hassenpflug. Published by VDG Weimar. Available January 2013. Order it here or click the cover image!
2012-present Lecturer (Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten), Ohm Hoschschule Nürnberg, Chair Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch
2011-present Research Associate, TU Munich, Studio of Spatial Arts and Lighting Design, Prof. Deubzer
2008-2012 Dissertation "Planning Urban Disaster Recovery", Bauhaus University Weimar
2009 Visiting researcher, Tulane University New Orleans, DAAD Doctorate Scholarship
2008 1. Prize: Alumni Award AFEU e.V. for best annual Master Thesis
2007 Field research in New Orleans, Master Thesis "The Making of Catastrophe"
2006 DRO City Planning Office Amsterdam Team OGS
2005-2007 Postgraduate studies at IfEU Bauhaus University Weimar
2003-2005 Freelance collaboration for M Link Architekt BDA, Munich Germany
2000 Founding of www.nexialist.com interdisciplinary art project
1999-2003 Architectural designer for Poskanzer Skott Architects AIA, NJ USA
1999 Diploma, Thesis, Design Studio Prof. Deubzer, TU Munich
Publications:
Kammerbauer M (2013): PLANNING URBAN DISASTER RECOVERY. Spatial, institutional and social aspects of urban disaster recovery in the U.S.A. – New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Weimar: VDG/Schriftenreihe Bau- und Immobilienmanagement
Kammerbauer M (2013): Socio-spatial Phenomena of Urban Disaster: Schismourbanism as 'Design'. In: Milev Y (2012): Design Anthropology. München: Peter Lang (forthcoming)
Kammerbauer M (2012): Schismo-urbanism: Cities, Natural Disaster, and Urban Sociology. Disasters Journal (peer-reviewed, in production)
Kammerbauer M (2011): An integrated Socio-Spatial Research Framework for long-term Urban Disaster Recovery (presented paper). Urban Affairs Association 41st Conference, 16-19 March 2011, New Orleans/USA
Kammerbauer M (2010): Schismourbanism: Cities, Natural Disaster, and Urban Sociology (presented paper). XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, 11-17 July 2010, Gothenburg/Sweden
Kammerbauer M (2010): Planning for Dystopia/Green (Non-)Re-Building? Der Fall New Orleans. In: Derive, No. 39, 5/2010
Kammerbauer M (2009): Urbane Krisenmobilität und Permanenz: Post-Katrina New Orleans. Risk and Planet Earth – Conference Proceedings (poster), Universität Leipzig
Kammerbauer M (2008): Evacuation and Return: Crisis Mobility in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina (presented paper). EFMSV Environment, Forced Migration & Social Vulnerability International Conference, 9-11 October 2008, Bonn/Germany
Kammerbauer M (2007): The Making of Catastrophe. Katrina, New Orleans, The Lower Ninth Ward. Postgraduate Master Thesis. Institute for European Urban Studies, Bauhaus University Weimar
Kammerbauer M (2007): ‘New Orleans, Katrina, soziale Verwundbarkeit’, in Wiederaufbau nach Naturkatastrophen, Borgmann N, Weisel A (eds). TU München
Kammerbauer M (2007): ‘Regeneration in Sheffield: From Radical Intervention to Partnership’, in Music-City, Sports-City, Leisure-City - The role of culture and creativity in inner city regeneration, Bergmann A, Cormier B (eds). Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität
Kammerbauer M (2007): ‘Transurbanity: Planning for City Networks’, in Jahrbuch der Modellprojekte Yearbook of Model Projects 2005/2006 2006/2007, Christ W, Fladt M (eds). Fakultät Architektur, IfEU – Institut für Europäische Urbanistik, Bauhaus Universität Weimar. Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität
Presentations:
2013 BAU 2013, Architekturgalerie München e.V., München/Germany
2012 IAPS 22. Conference, Glasgow/UK
2011 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam/Germany
2011 Projekt City2020+ / HumTec RWTH Aachen, Aachen/Germany
2011 Urban Affairs Association 41st Conference, New Orleans/U.S.A.
2010 XVII World Congress of Sociology, Urban Futures, Gothenburg/Sweden
2008 Environment, Forced Migration & Social Vulnerability. International Conference, Bonn/Germany
2008 TU Berlin Lst. Prof. Finn Geipel Laboratory for Integrative Architecture, Berlin/Germany
2007 Bauhaus Univ. Weimar Lst. Prof. Dr. Kari Jormakka Theorie und Geschichte der modernen Architektur, Weimar/Germany
2007 TU München, Ergänzungsfach Gender in Architektur und Städtebau, München/Germany