Prof. Barbara Holzer
Barbara Holzer is an architect, exhibition designer, and professor for design at Peter Behrens School of Arts at University of Applied Sciences in Dusseldorf. After graduation, she worked for several years as a freelance architect based in Berlin, where among her collaborations were multiple projects with Studio Daniel Libeskind. In 2004, she founded with Tristan Kobler their studio Holzer Kobler Architekturen in Zurich; in 2012, a further office in Berlin was set up. Currently, besides urban design and architecture projects, the two studios implement diverse permanent and temporary exhibitions; many of them merge approaches and themes from contemporary history, society, and art. In Barbara Holzer’s work memorial design and commemorative culture in architecture and scenography are core themes. Her expertise in this field makes her a frequent panel speaker, interview partner, and contributor to different publication formats. In addition, she is a member of various expert committees; she has recently presided the jury in the competition for the Munich Olympics Memorial, which was inaugurated in 2017. Among Barbara Holzer’s current projects are the permanent exhibition of Buchenwald Memorial, opened in 2016, and the scenography of the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar, where the opening is scheduled for 2019.