Katrin Albrecht

Job Title: Professor and researcher Institutional affiliation: Institute for Architecture/ArchitekturWerkstatt, University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland OST

Architect, researcher, lecturer. Graduation in Architecture at ETH Zurich, studies in Rome (Istituto Svizzero di Roma 2008/09) and PhD at ETH Zurich on the architecture of Angiolo Mazzoni (2014). Researcher at ETH Zurich (2015-2017 on handbooks for urban design 1870–1950; 2017-2018 on Flora Ruchat-Roncati at ETH Zurich). Lecturer and researcher in history and theory of architecture and urban design at the Institute for Architecture, University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland (since 2017). Current research on work-related housing and urban development in Eastern Switzerland 1850-1970; planning and design of contemporary public spaces in rural settlement areas.

Publications

Albrecht, K. “Neues Bildmaterial für neue Raumwahrnehmungen. Fotografie in der Städtebauliteratur an der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert.” ReVue, 04/2021. https://www.re-vue.org/beitrag/theorie-bildmaterial

Albrecht, K. “Die Wiederentdeckung der italienischen Bau- und Gartenkunst. Maria Pasolinis Beitrag zur Städtebautheorie in Italien nach der Jahrhundertwende.” In Frauen blicken auf die Stadt. Architektinnen, Planerinnen, Reformerinnen. Theoretikerinnen des Städtebaus II, edited by K. Frey and E. Perotti, 59–96. Berlin: Reimer, 2019.

Albrecht, K. “Gustavo Giovannoni e Angiolo Mazzoni. Rapporti studenteschi e professionali.” In Gustavo Giovannoni e l’architetto integrale. Atti del convegno internazionale, edited by G. Bonaccorso and F. Moschini, 337–344. Roma: Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, 2019.

Albrecht, K., and L. Zurfluh. “Between Decoding and Recoding. Rudolf Eberstadt’s ‘Handbuch des Wohnungswesens’ and Raymond Unwin’s Manual ‘Town Planning in Practice’.” In Recoding the City, edited by B. Hentsche and H. Stühlinger, 119–137. Berlin: Jovis, 2019.

Magnago Lampugnani, V., K. Albrecht, H. Bihlmaier, and L. Zurfluh (Eds.) Manuale zum Städtebau. Die Systematisierung des Wissens von der Stadt 1870–1950. Berlin, 2017.

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