Renate Weissenböck is an architect with extensive experience in design and realization of complex projects. In parallel, she is researching and teaching in academia. She is a professor at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences Germany), a lecturer at FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (Austria), and a post-doc researcher at Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic). Her work focusses on conceptual, experimental and future-oriented design. In her research, she explores the role of different digital media in the design process, such as industrial robots and Augmented Reality, working in the tension field between human, craft and machine.
Renate Weissenböck holds a Master of Architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York, and a PhD from Graz University of Technology. She has worked with internationally recognized architecture firms Asymptote Architecture and Coop Himmelb(l)au. Renate Weissenböck has been teaching and researching at Graz University of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, University of Innsbruck, Art University Linz, University of Applied Sciences in Munich and University of Volos in Greece, as well as at Kennesaw State University and University of Miami in the U.S. She has exhibited, presented and published her work and research in Europe, Asia, Australia, the U.S. and Canada. Renate was awarded the Faculty Prize of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and a Fulbright Grant, as well as a postgraduate-scholarship and a research-grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry.