Berlin

The Berlin branch of our office has been open/in operation since 2010. Our office, located on Linienstrasse in the centre of Berlin, allows us to work on projects in Germany.

Günther Vogt

Founding Director

Günther Vogt (*1957) studied landscape architecture at the Intercantonal Technical College in Rapperswil after completing his training as a gardener. VOGT Landscape Architects emerged from the former partnership with Dieter Kienast in Zurich in 2000, followed by branch offices in London (2008), Berlin (2010) and Paris (2019). Since 2005, he has taught as a professor at the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich. In 2012 he was a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim in the same year. In 2010 Günther Vogt opened the Case Studio VOGT as a platform for interdisciplinary projects between teaching and practice. As a passionate collector and curious traveller, he searches for ways to read, interpret and describe the landscape, finding answers to questions about future forms of urban coexistence. His work is characterised by an exchange between different disciplines and cooperation with artists.

Maren Brakebusch

Managing Director & Member of Office Management

m.brakebusch@vogt-la.ch

Maren Brakebusch (*1974) studied landscape architecture at Leibniz Universität Hannover and has been Professor of Garden and Landscape Architecture at FH Potsdam since 2022. After working in Berlin and Hanover, she joined VOGT Landscape Architects in 2002 and heads the four offices in Zurich, London, Berlin and Paris as overall office manager and president of the supervisory board. She is passionate about supervising selected projects and has taught as a guest lecturer at FH Potsdam (2017-2021) and ETH Zurich (2020-21).

Thomas Kissling

Managing Director & Member of Office Management

+41 44 360 54 80 / +41 79 471 33 88
t.kissling@vogt-la.ch

Thomas Kissling (*1980) studied architecture at ETH Zurich after his apprenticeship as an interior designer and worked as a research assistant and senior assistant at Günther Vogt's professorship at ETH Zurich between 2010 and 2021. He taught future architects at FH Potsdam (2020/2021) and ETH Zurich (2022/2023) and is the editor of the publications "Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities", "Mutation and Morphosis" and "Solid-Fluid-Biotic" (all Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich). He has worked for VOGT Landscape Architects since 2021 and heads the four offices in Zurich, London, Berlin and Paris as overall office manager.

Florian Mänz

Head of Berlin Office & Member of Office Management

+49 30 288 74 67 23
f.maenz@vogt-la.de

Florian Mänz (*1977) found his way to landscape architecture via work in gardening and landscaping. He studied at the TU Berlin and has been a member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects since 2010. Before joining VOGT in 2013, he worked as a freelancer for multiple offices in a national and international context. In addition to his work on numerous award-winning projects and competitions, he is involved in various universities as a guest critic and speaker. Since 2021, he has headed the Vogt Landschaft office in Berlin and is a member of the management team.

Jennifer Winkelmann

Administration and Finance

+49 30 288 74 67 22
j.winkelmann@vogt-la.de

Landscape Architect Dipl.-Ing., AK Berlin

Employed with Vogt Landscape since 2018
Studied landscape architecture at the TU Berlin

Training as a Landscape Gardener

Hannes Heucke

Project Manager

+49 30 288 74 67 24
h.heucke@vogt-la.de

Lecturer in Design and Presentation at BHT Berlin since 2020

Landscape Architecture Dipl.-Ing.

Employed with Vogt Landscape since 2016
Studied Landscape Architecture at TU Dresden