Heike Kaiser's Folio

Title

Job Seeker, Student, Landscape Architect

Education

2007 - present: Landscape Architecture (MA Sc.) at University of Kassel, Germany
2002 - 2007: Landscape Planning (Dipl. Ing.) at University of Kassel, Germany

Years of Professional Experience

1-4

Current Employment

University of Kassel. Dept. of Architecture, Urban Design + Landscape Planning, Faculty of Land Use

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Influences

whatever I see, influences me

Current Projects

04/2009 - present: work project / MA thesis: "Balfour Forest as a front yard: How a Community forest can improve local identity and regional image of a Development city"

04/2009 - present: IFLA competition subject / MA thesis: "Green infrastructure in Balfour Forest: future landscapes, sustainable infrastructure and people for tomorrow"

04/2009 - present: Online seminar on "365 rural landscapes LE:NOTRE Mundus"

03/2009 - present: research project: "How to improve tutorial support for BA student internships abroad"

10/2006 - present: Study report on the "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" from a landscape-architectural viewpoint

Completed Projects

10/08 - 02/2009: Online seminar on "365 urban landscapes LE:NOTRE Mundus"

10/07 - 07/08: Experimental Field: Surfaces - _flowing_\*/_forms_ - Surface [r]evolution via Parametric Design: New outdoor Surfaces + Furniture for the Mensa area, University of Kassel, Germany

04/08 - 07/08: Online seminar on "International Student Workshop >Dilek Peninsula + Great Menderes Delta National Park, Turkey<"

05/08: International students Landscape Planning + Open Space Design workshop: New regional Concepts + Strategic land use Alternatives for the Dilek peninsula + Great Menderes delta National park, Kusadasi, Turkey

10/07 - 02/08: Online Seminar on "Dialogue: European Landscape Architecture"

09/07: Green Inside: Final Diploma Presentation on Interior Landscaping

04/07 - 07/07: Experiental Landscape "Vliegbasis Deelen": New regional Concepts + Strategic land use Alternatives for the former military grounds "Camp Koningsweg North" and "Seven Provinces", Arnhem, Netherlands (thesis subject)

10/06 - 03/07: International students workshop "Visible past": New land use Concepts reg. the Redevelopment of former military grounds, Arnhem, Netherlands

10/06 - 01/07: Urban Plaza Friedewald: Student Open Space Design Competition, Faculty of Construction Economics, Dept. of Architecture, Urban Design + Landscape Planning, University of Kassel, Germany

10/06 - 02/07: Urban Riverbanks: New open space Concepts for the Town center of Naumburg, Germany

10/04 - 07/05: Volcanic Landscapes of Hessen: New tourism Concepts for Cultural basalt Landscapes, North Hessen, Germany

04/04 - 07/04: The Schlagd: New open space Design for an Urban Waterfront, Kassel, Germany

Biography

03/2009 - present: internship / MA thesis research @ Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL), Israel www.kkl.org.il

09/2008 - present: research assistant @ Faculty of Land Use, Dept. of Architecture, Urban Design + Landscape Planning, University of Kassel, Germany

07/2008 - 09/2008: freelancing @ Lütteken Gardening + Landscaping, Winterberg, Germany www.luetteken.com

10/2007 - 07/2008: student advisor + teaching assistant @ Faculty of Land Use, Dept. of Architecture, Urban Design + Landscape Planning, University of Kassel, Germany

05/2006 - 02/2008: freelancing @ akp_ Urban Design + Regional Development, Kassel, Germany www.akp-planung.de

08/2005 - 02/2006: internship @ Gideon Sarig Landscape Architecture + Urban Design, Tel Aviv, Israel

09/2003 - 07/2004: internship + Freelancing @ akp_ Urban Design + Regional Development, Kassel, Germany www.akp-planung.de

05/2002 - 09/2002: internship @ Lütteken Gardening + Landscaping, Winterberg, Germany www.luetteken.com

07/2001 - 08/2001: internship @ Schmidt + Mengeringhausen Architects, Olsberg, Germany

Other Crafts/ Interests

playing acoustic guitar
travelling + trekking in Asia, the Middle East, Europe...
photography
yoga + swimming
reading, writing songs + poems
playing pool + table soccer