He received his Diploma of Architecture degree from the University of Darmstadt where he was an assistant professor from 1996 until 2001. He has been guest professor at the at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe (2004) and worked as a scientific fellow at the ZIT research project experimental fields for sustainable architecture in Darmstadt (2001-2004). In 2004 he earned his doctorate with a dissertation on planning methods of adaptable architecture from the University of Darmstadt. From 2005 until 2010 he was professor and director of the Studio for Sustainable Architecture at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart. Since 2010 he is professor and director of the Laboratory for Experimental Architecture, Art and Research at the University of Technology, Arts and Sciences. His work includes the Power Station Darmstadt, and the Machine Hall Darmstadt.