Karin Hartmann

Karin Hartmann is an architect and an author as well as associate member of the Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten (BDA). She researches, writes, and speaks on building culture and intersectional feminism. Since 2013 she has initiated artistic and architectural interventions in the urban fabric of Paderborn and written for both industry publications and her own blog. From 2016 to 2021 she was a policy officer at the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). Karin Hartmann is first chairwoman of the career network for female architects, architektinnen initiative North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2023 she is guest professor of the Claiming*Spaces Collective at Technical University (TU) Vienna.