Dipl.-Ing. Christine Edmaier

Christine Edmaier was chair of the BDA Berlin (Association of German Architects) from 2002 to 2009. She moved on to become the Vice President of the Chamber of Architects Berlin and took over Presidency from 2013 to 2021. She has been running her office for architecture and urban planning for over 30 years, since 2015, with partners as “S. E. K. Architekten, Säum Edmaier Krischan”. In addition, she taught at the TU Berlin in the fields of landscape architecture and urban planning and was a professor for urban design at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee from 1996-1997. Christine Edmaier studied architecture and urban planning at the UDK Berlin and at the I.A.U. Venice and received a DAAD scholarship. She has been a member of the Berlin State Monument Council since 2015 and is committed to the preservation and protection of existing buildings, in particular the still endangered post-war architecture in Berlin. Christine Edmaier calls for more quality, experimentation, and innovation in architecture and urban planning through transparent and fair procedures, preferably through open competitions involving the creativity of young and smaller planning offices.