Katharina Hürlimann-Siebke is an economist and partner in the consulting network altervia.ch. After many years working in public relations for universities and as a journalist and communications expert in Germany, she began working in Switzerland from 2000 onwards as a consultant and project partner in the field of living environments for the aged. She is the author of numerous professional publications and research reports, including on approaches to overcoming steps and changes of level in old buildings, commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Building for the Disabled, and was the editor and coordinator for the production of the handbook for designing for people with dementia, for the project “Idea a + b” on self-sufficient living for older and disabled people commissioned by benabita, and for the toolkit for municipal policy for the aged (alterspolitik. ch). Currently, she is involved in work for pflegewohnung.ch and participates in consulting projects for realising concepts for the aged.
Dr. rer. phil. Marie-Therese Krings-Heckemeier is chair of the executive board of empirica ag Research and Consulting in Berlin. In addition, she is a member of the Pro Seniore future development council, a member of the Association for Cooperative Housing Projects, a member of Netzwerk S for holistic approaches to social real estate, and a member of the DIN German Institute for Standardisation Project Committee on Services for Sheltered Housing for the Elderly. Since 1976, Marie-Therese Krings-Heckemeier has worked in research and consulting for national and federal state ministries, local municipalities, housing associations, investors, banks, life insurers and building societies, among others. Her work focuses on urban and regional development, property markets and special types of real estate including real estate abroad, town planning policy, care and living concepts for the elderly, lifestyle research, and sociospatial analysis and project controlling as part of the “Soziale Stadt” programme for socially integrative cities.
Yasmine Mahmoudieh born in 1961, studied art history in Florence, architecture in Geneva, interior design in Belmont and received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Design in 1985 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). After founding offices in Los Angeles and Berlin, since 1999 mahmoudiehdesign operates from Berlin and London and conceives and realises projects in the hotel, restaurant, retail and workplace sectors. Her office has won numerous awards for interior design projects including, among others, the Intercontinental Berchtesgaden Resort in Obersalzberg, the AON Headquarters in Hamburg, parts of the Coconut Grove Plaza in Miami, an office building for Tishman Speyer and the Radisson SAS in Copenhagen. Yasmine Mahmoudieh teaches as a guest lecturer at the École Hôtelière de Lausanne, at the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon and at universities in London, New York (NYU), Los Angeles (UCLA), Monte Carlo, Shanghai and Moscow.
Johanna Myllymäki-Neuhoff is an educationalist (Dipl.-Päd.) and gerontologist (Dipl.Pyschogerontol.) and studied social policy and social services at the Universities of Siegen, Erlangen-Nuremberg and Kuopio in Finland (Lic.SSc. (Fin)). Since the 1990s she has worked as a teacher and lecturer at universities in Germany and Finland. After many years in the academic realm, as project coordinator for a pilot project centre for dementia and as a gerontologist for a large social welfare provider, Johanna Myllymäki-Neuhoff currently works as a gerontologist and coordinator in the Centre for Geriatric Medicine at Nuremberg Clinic. She has published widely on the topic of dementia and care for the elderly.
Beth Tauke is an Associate Professor of Architecture and former Associate Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo – State University of New York. She plays a leading role in university education activities for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) and is one of the co-editors of Universal Design Education Online and co-editor of Diversity and Design: Understanding Hidden Consequences, Routledge, 2016, together with Dr Korydon Smith and Dr Charles Davis, as well as of Universal Design: New York, NYC Mayor’s Office, 2001, with Dr G. Scott Danford.
Harms Wulf born in 1958, is a landscape architect. Since founding Harms Wulf Landschaftsarchitekten in 1992, his office has increasingly focused on the design of barrier-free outdoor environments for private and public use in the health, education and elderly care sectors. To pursue his commitment to the design of barrier-free environments, Harms Wulf was an active member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects’ Committee for the Barrier-Free Design of Cities and Buildings between 2002 and 2015, where he was chair of the committee for several years.
Evmarie Zell born in 1979, is a business economist and real estate agent. After studying at Heilbronn University, she joined Kubus360 GmbH in Stuttgart in 2006. For ten years, she was responsible for the department of Real Estate Portfolio Management as one of the four business divisions, before becoming joint managing director together with Dagmar Hämmerling and Bernd Richmann. Kubus360 takes a holistic approach to real estate, considering all phases of their life cycle. In the Real Estate Portfolio Management division, the focus lies predominantly on extensive existing building stock and facilities, especially those of not-for-profit welfare associations. Based on needs assessments, the company develops new, forward-looking master plans with a view to securing their long-term economic feasibility and improving usability.
Nikolaos Tavridis born in 1969, studied business economics and is a consultant for the operation and running of residential schemes for the elderly. After working in management for care providers as a controller, financial director and member of the management team at Casa Reha Betriebs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and as managing director of ProVita Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, in 2001 he became a partner in axion consult GmbH in Hamburg. In addition, he is also managing director of the Elbschloss Residenz GmbH, the Elbschloss Residenz Klein Flottbek GmbH and other operating companies working throughout Germany.
Dr Rudolf Welter is a partner in the consulting practice altervia GmbH in Zurich and Lucerne, an architect, and an environmental and organisational psychologist. He studied at the University of Michigan and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and wrote his dissertation on adaptive building for hospitalised long-term patients. Rudolf Welter develops and implements innovative planning methods and ways of increasing user participation in social organisations and health institutions (hospitals, clinics, care homes) and in municipal policy for the aged with a view to designing living and health care environments. Since 1980, he has worked as a freelance project consultant, supervisor, and coach for project teams working on the construction and organisation of development and renovation/conversion projects. He is the author of numerous articles and has previously taught in universities and run further education courses.
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