Uta Pottgiesser

TH OWL

Biography

Uta Pottgiesser, Architect, PhD, is Chair of Heritage & Technology at TU Delft (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment), The Netherlands and also Professor of Building Construction and Materials at TH OWL and there member of the Institute of Design Strategies (IDS), Germany. Dr. Pottgiesser has more than twenty-seven years experience as a practising architect and researching scientist concerned with the protection, reuse and improvement of the built heritage and environment. As co-founder and member of the European Facade Network (efn) and co-founder of the international "Master of Integrated Design (MID)” at TH OWL, she has been researching, teaching and lecturing internationally. Since 2022 she serves as Chair of DOCOMOMO International, an NGOa with 80 national working parties worldwide. She is member and vice-chair of German working party and was Chair of the Docomomo International Specialist Committee of Technology (ISC/T) from 2016-2021.

She is a reviewer and (co-) author of several international journals and publications with a focus on construction and heritage topics and is editor-in-chief of the Docomomo Journal.

Dr. Pottgiesser graduated with a Diploma in Architecture from TU Berlin (1991) and obtained her PhD (Dr.-Ing.) from TU Dresden (2002), both in Germany, on the topic of “Multi-layered Glass Constructions. Energy and Construction.” She holds a professional degree as an Architect (1993).