Christoph Palmen is a deputy professor in the Department of Design and Building Construction at the University of Kassel and a research assistant at the Lower Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Monuments.
Professional career
- since 2024: Deputy Professor and Head of the Department of Design and Building Construction, Institute of Architecture, University of Kassel
- since 2023: Research assistant at the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation, Inventory and Special Areas Department
- 2021 – 2024: Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences 21
- 2021 – 2022: Lecturer at the Department of Design and Sustainable Building, University of Kassel
- 2017: Book publication “Konstruktionen des Leichtbaus – Das Prinzip Speichenrad” (Reimer Verlag)
- 2015: Exhibition “Frei Otto in Kassel 1955/2015” (AOK House at Friedrichsplatz, Kassel)
- 2011 – 2016: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) with a dissertation on the design history of tensile spoked wheels and tensegrity (Commission: Prof. Mirko Baum, Prof. Brigitte Häntsch, Prof. Dr. Detlef Kuhl, Prof. Dr. Werner Lorenz, Prof. Helmut C. Schulitz)
- 2009 – 2015: Research assistant at the Department of Design and Building Construction, University of Kassel
- since 2009: freelance architect, awards and recognitions in architectural competitions, collaboration in various architectural offices
- 2006 – 2008: Collaboration with Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, London
- 2000 – 2007: Studied architecture in Kiel, Hanover and Aachen. Awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Prize of RWTH Aachen University
Articles, contributions and publications
An overview can be found at https://independent.academia.edu/ChristophPalmen

Contact details
Christoph Palmen
E-Mail: christoph.palmen@nld.niedersachsen.de
Telephone: +49 (0)511 925-0
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