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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Ute Schneider, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, opens an external URL in a new window (E260) within the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien, assuming her post as University Professor for Urban Design, with effect from 1.12.2020.

After training as a carpenter and several years of experience as an interior designer, Ute Schneider studied at the University of Stuttgart from 1990, where she graduated in architecture and urban planning in 1998. During her studies, she worked in various German and Dutch, internationally operating architecture firms, including at Neutelings Riedijk Architects. In 1998 she founded the architecture office Zipherspaceworks, opens an external URL in a new window together with three partners (Ippolito, Fleitz and Weismann)in Stuttgart with a focus on working on various disciplines ranging from urban planning, architecture, exhibition design and product design to graphic and web design. In 2002 she founded her own office "umaoffice". In 2003 Ute Schneider started her collaboration with the architecture office KCAP, opens an external URL in a new window from Rotterdam, founded their Swiss branch in Zurich in 2006 and took over the management there in 2009. She has been a partner of KCAP since 2016.

In addition to her work as a planner, Ute Schneider has worked on various exhibitions and publications for  KCAP and is active in numerous competition juries and design advisory boards. She is regularly invited to give lectures and reviews as well as teaching at various international universities. From 2012 to 2018 she was in charge of urban planning integration at the University of Liechtenstein. In 2018 she held a visiting professorship at the Technical University of Munich.

Ute Schneider is the head of the urban design, opens an external URL in a new window research area (E260-01).

Publications by Ute Schneider in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.