1998 – 2000
Master of Professional Studies in International Development (MPS-ID), Cornell University, USA
(Thesis) Planning, Land Use and Social Space in Brazil's Federal District. The case of the Plano Piloto's Internal Periphery. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. William Goldsmith).

1996
FAU, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

1993 – 1994
FAU, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

1990 – 1997
Diploma in Architecture (Dipl.-Ing), Hochschule der Künste Berlin
(Thesis) Urban expansion system for Brasília. (Supervisors: Prof. Alfred Grazioli; Prof. Adolf Krischanitz).

1988 – 1989
Latin-American Institute, Freie Universität Berlin

1987 – 1988
Departmento de Humanidades, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

Since 2014
Researcher
Habitat Unit, TU Berlin

2011 – 2014
Principal
desenho Lda., Inhambane, Mozambique

2006 – 2011
Advisor to the Provincial Directorate of Public Works and Housing in Inhambane, Mozambique
Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst / GIZ

2004 – 2006
Partner
G+S Architects, Hanover

2001 – 2004
Researcher
Institute for Design and Urbanism, Department of City- and Spatial Development, Leibniz University Hannover

1998 – 2000
Partner
Gruppe SARS, Berlin

Since 2014
Coop-City Network: Housing for Sustainable Urban Futures

Habitat Unit, TU Berlin (In preparation)

1999 – 2000
Structural change of the planned city Schewtschenko, Kazakhstan

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur (ÖGFA)

SS 2015
Seminar:A house a flat a hut a hat: affordable housing around the world. Habitat Unit, TU Berlin

WS 2014/2015
Urban Design Studio: Kreuzberg – Leben macht Stadt. Habitat Unit, TU Berlin

WS 2012/2013
Design Studio: Las Talitas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

SS 2011, 2012
Seminar: Arquitectura e desenho de Hotéis. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

SS 2004
Design Studio: Expo_next generation. Leibniz University Hanover

Workshop: Gleisdreieck Letter. Franco-German Design Workshop, Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Port Development Setúbal. Universidade Moderna de Setúbal

Workshop: Alpine fringe regions – the culture of the Walser. Fachhochschule Liechtenstein

WS 2003/2004
Design Studio: Olympic Village Leipzig. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: La Tourette monastery / L'Arbresle. Franco-German Design Workshop, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon

SS 2003
Seminar: Zukunftswerkstadt (-tt). Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Identity in the City: Trani. Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Workshop: Innere Stadterweiterung – Lerther Bahnhof, Berlin. Franco-German Design Workshop, BTU Cottbus

WS 2002/2003
Workshop: Gare St. Paul. Franco-German Design Workshop, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon

Workshop: Brandenburg/Havel. Academy of the Arts Berlin

SS2002
Design Studio: Die schrumpfende Stadt – Eisenhüttenstadt, Rathenow, Stendal. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Ihmezentrum. Franco-German Design Workshop, Leibniz University Hannover

WS 2001/2002
Seminar: Die schrumpfende Stadt. Leibniz University Hannover

Design Studio: Dresden - Johannstadt. Leibniz University Hannover

Coordination lecture series: Stadtentwicklung unter negativen Vorzeichen. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Canal du Jonage. Franco-German Design Workshop, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon

SS 2001
Seminar: Architektur und Städtebau in den Niederlanden. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Insel Borkum. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Elbabwärts. Leibniz University Hannover

Workshop: Urban shrinkage in the context of Tucumán. Universidad Nacional deTucumán

WS 2000/2001
Workshop: Technopolis 2001, Braunschweig. Leibniz University Hannover

Books

with Jean-Paul Vermeulen and Valéria Salles (2012) Gestão de Património. (Self-learning module). POEMA Publications, Ministry of Education, Maputo.

with Jean-Paul Vermeulen and Eduardo Jaime Gomana (2010) Gestão de Património. POEMA Publications, Ministry of Education, Maputo.

Book contributions

(2012) Criando cidade: Infra-estrutura urbana. História do planeamento urbano. Resumos. In: Schetter, G., Manual prático de formação em Planeamento Urbano.

Refereed articles

(2010) How come there's a window in our wall? The construction of knowledge in Mozambican vernacular. / Wieso haben wir ein Fenster in unserer Wand? Die Herstellung von Wissen in der vernakulären Architektur Mosambiks. Candide, (3).

Other articles and publications

(2011) Ein Haus in das kein Regen rinnt... Aufbau eines öffentlichen Wartungssystems in der Provinz Inhambane. GIZ-Brief 01.

(2003) city@ost-x=? Der Stadtumbau Ost in der Architekturlehre. Leibniz University Hanover.

(2002) Die gute Stube. Favela-Sanierung in Tamarutaca. ARCH+, (159/160).

with SARS (2001) Aktau-Schewtschenko. Umbau, (18).

with SARS (2000) Aktau. Die Planstadt am Kaspischen Meer. Bauwelt, (16).

with Sebastian Soukup (1997) Brasília, Long. 47º53' w, Lat. 15º47s. Caramelo, (9).

Conference papers

(2015) The obvious response: public consultation as a tool for urban planning in Mozambique, Local Government and Urban Governance: Citizens responsive innovations in Europe and Africa, IGU, Universidade de Lisbon.

with M. Gómez Salas de Schetter (2014) Developing the 2013 Inhambane Master Plan Southern Africa Cities Study Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

(2009) Landscapes of knowledge, thresholds into uncertainty oder Wie kommt das Fenster in die Wand? 
Constructing Knowledge – Das Wissen in der Architektur, Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen.

(2008 - 2009) O planeamento físico como base do ordenamento territorial e urbano, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo de Inhambane, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.

(2004) Stadterneuerung durch Platzgestaltung,  Öffentlicher Raum in Lyon, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

(2003) Brasília – paradigmas espaciais de uma metrópole em crescimento. Universidade Moderna de Setúbal.

(2001) Bedingungen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert, Urban 21 – Panorama der Stadtentwicklung in den Entwicklungsländern, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

(2001) Den Ort verdichten – von Martin Heidegger zu Derek Walcott, Kulturleistung und Mobilität in Lyrik und Philosophie. École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon.

(2001) Randstad y la tercera edad del modernismo holandés, Lecture series at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and the Order of Architects Tucumán.

(2001) Berlin – desarollo urbano y arquitectonico durante la decada del noventa. Lecture series at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and the Order of Architects Tucumán.

(2001) Brasilia – de ciudad planeada a region dispersa. Lecture series at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and the Order of Architects Tucumán.

(2001) La ciudad disminuyente: gestalt de un proceso. Lecture series at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and the Order of Architects Tucumán.

(2000) Functional urbanism in a post-functional state: Urban development and social relations in Aqtau with Schlieps, Arlt, Richter, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur, Vienna.

(2000) Development hypothesis on the city of Schewschenko with Schlieps, Arlt, Richter. Goethe-Institute Almaty.

2005
architecture competition, 5th prize
awarded for Centro de Arte la Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

2004
architecture competition, 1st prize
awarded for Ferry-Porsche-Congress-Center, Zell am See

urban design competition, 3rd prize
awarded for Ehemalige Gendarmerie-Zentralschule Mödling

2003
architecture competition, 2nd prize
awarded for Winseler Zentrum: Wohnbebauung und Rathaus (with Jens Giesecke)

1999
Wilhelm Schütte Grant from the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur
awarded to SARS Group for research on the city of Schewtschenko, Kazakhstan

Research and travel grant from Mario Einaudi Centre and the Graduate School at Cornell University
awarded to undertake 2-months research for a master thesis in Brasília

architecture and urban design competition, 1st prize
awarded for EUROPAN 5: Standort San Basilio (with Gruppe SARS)

1998
Fulbright grant
awarded for one year to Cornell University

urban design competition, 4th prize
awarded for Östlicher Abschnitt der Messestadt München-Riem (with Thomas Richter)

1996
Erasmus stipend
awarded for one semester to the University of Porto

Association of German Architects (BDA)
Member

cinemameu - International African Film Festival
Organization and Management 2011 – 2013