Stefan Rettich is architect and partner at KARO* architects. He has taught at the Bauhaus Kolleg in Dessau from 2007-2011 and has been since then Professor for Theory and Design at the School of Architecture Bremen. In 2016 he was appointed as Professor for Urban Design at the University of Kassel.

KARO* is a conceptual platform for communication, architecture and spatial tactics based in Leipzig and Hamburg since 1999. The members Stefan Rettich, Antje Heuer and Bert Hafermalz work as architects, artists, critics and journalists, as well as teachers. The main focus of KARO* is on social relations and their impact on the built environment. KARO* has been invited to various exhibitions, e.g. the XI. and the XII. Architecture Biennale in Venice and has been awarded with the European Prize for Urban Public Space in 2010, the Brit Insurance Design Award in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2011.

http://www.karo-architekten.de/