Authors
Eckhard Feddersen born in 1946, sees himself as a mediator. After studying architecture in Karlsruhe, the USA and Berlin, he became a member of the faculty of architecture at the Technical University of Berlin and later tutor for design and building construction. Since 1973, Eckhard Feddersen has designed and realised buildings in the social sector, for old people, people with disabilities, and children. In the same year, he set up an architectural office together with Wolfgang von Herder, followed in 2002 by the office Feddersen Architekten, focusing further on property concepts for the social sector. In 1999, he was Director of Planning for the Berlin Building Exhibition; in 2003, he initiated the Competency Network for Health, Care and Disabilities in Berlin with participants from politics, medicine and welfare organisations. Together with Insa Lüdtke, he founded Cocon Concept Feddersen Lüdtke Consulting in 2008 which focuses on transformations in the housing sector. He has lectured and published widely. As part of their continuing collaboration and exchange, Eckhard Feddersen and Insa Lüdtke also published “Lost in Space – Architecture and Dementia” (Basel, 2014). In 2014, Eckhard Feddersen passed his office into the hands of his colleagues Stefan Drees and Jörg Fischer. He continues to work in a freelance capacity on topics concerning old age and multi-generational living.
Insa Lüdtke born in 1972, studied architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Dipl.-Ing.) and works as a freelance journalist for diverse media with special focus on architecture and health. As a founder and member of a network of professionals, she works actively in the field of architecture and publicity. From 2002 to 2008, she was responsible for public relations at Feddersen Architekten. In 2006, she was a member of the advisory committee at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) for the exhibition “Living in the Future”. She is a member of the advisory board of the magazine MedAmbiente. Building on her publicity work at Feddersen Architekten, she founded Cocon Concept Feddersen Lüdtke Consulting in 2008 together with Eckhard Feddersen, focusing on transformations in the housing sector. Insa Lüdtke as run Cocon Concept independently since 2010. She lectures widely, chairs discussions and has written for numerous publications. As part of their continuing collaboration and exchange, Eckhard Feddersen and Insa Lüdtke have since published “Lost in Space – Architecture and Dementia” (Basel, 2014).
Dr Helmut Braun 1948-2014, was a qualified social education worker and social gerontologist. His doctoral thesis examined determining parameters for the care provision requirements of elderly people (Kassel, 1992). After working in the planning unit of the Social Welfare Department and as Head of Department for the Welfare of the Elderly at the City of Munich, he became managing director and later longstanding chairman of the board of the KWA (Kuratorium Wohnen im Alter), one of the largest operators of senior residences in Germany. In 2008, he also became chairman of the board of ProCurand AG, one of the largest nursing home providers in Germany. In a voluntary capacity, Helmut Braun was vice president of the German Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG) between 1988 and 1994 and a board member of the national conference on quality assurance in the care and health industries (BUKO-QS). He was a lecturer in Munich, Kassel, Dortmund and Heidelberg and published numerous articles on care for the elderly, social policies and planning for the elderly.
Dr Stefan Dreßke studied sociology in Berlin and London and lectures at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Kassel. His fields of expertise include studies of different aspects of health care provision, including outpatient care, psychosocial care in hospitals, palliative care, rehabilitation, and pain management and therapy.
Maria Dwight was founder and president of Gerontological Services, Inc., a market research and consulting firm founded 30 years ago, and is now lead consultant for GSIResearch in Seattle, Washington. Over her 48-year career, she initiated the first Geriatric Authority in the USA, has undertaken research, provided consulting services and held lectures, seminars and speeches throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. She has taught in the summer programme at Harvard Graduate School of Design for 26 years.
Dietmar Eberle born in 1952, is a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and heads the ETH Centre for Research on Architecture, Society and the Built Environment. After studying architecture in Vienna (diploma in 1978 under Anton Schweighofer), he was one of the initiators of a new architectural scene in Vorarlberg, Austria (1979-1982) along with Markus Koch, Norbert Mittersteiner and Wolfgang Juen. Since 1983, he has taught in various academic positions at Hanover, Vienna, Linz, Zurich, New York, Darmstadt and Hong Kong. From 1984 to 2009, he worked together with Carlo Baumschlager and continues to run the internationally renowned architecture firm Baumschlager Eberle Architects, which has twelve offices in eight countries.
Angelika Hausenbiegl born in 1964, has a master’s degree in nursing theory from the University of Vienna. Her diploma project examined the healing properties of laughter and humour in geriatric care. She trained to become a certified hospital manager at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, earning an E.D.E. Certificate as Home Manager as well as an Eden Associate Certification (Eden Europe, Eden-Alternative TM). She is currently writing her sociology dissertation at the University of Vienna on the living and housing requirements of an increasingly older society.
Bernhard H. Heiming born in 1963, is a structural engineer and has worked for 30 years in London, Frankfurt and Berlin as a project coordinator, director, technical director and managing director in the property sector. He is currently managing partner at EG Projekt Baumanagement GmbH in Berlin and is involved in the development, project management, project controlling as well as project supervision, consultation and marketing of property projects throughout Germany. He is chairman of the Housing for the Elderly Task Group at the Federal Association of Independent Property and Housing Associations (BFW).
Matthias Hürlimann is a partner in the consulting practice altervia GmbH in Zurich and Lucerne and studied architecture and planning at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In 1970 and 1972, he worked in the office of Colin St. John Wilson in London, before heading the research project “Gestaltungsplan” at the ORL Institute of the ETH and thereafter leading the Swiss National Fund research project on identifying barriers for the disabled and elderly in buildings, undertaken at the Institute for Construction Research at the ETH Zurich. Matthias Hürlimann is founder and co-owner of the architectural office archi-NETZ which focuses on projects in housing, social facilities, buildings for the disabled and the elderly as well as agriculture. He is also co-founder of the Swiss Centre for Construction for the Disabled. Together with Dr Rudolf Welter, he provides consultation and project supervision for construction and organisational development and renovation/conversion projects in the disabled and elderly housing sectors. He writes for specialist publications and runs further education courses.
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