1952
Born on the Fifth of July in Lima, Peru to Anna Kochansky from Flensburg and Prof Dr Manuel Cuadra from Lima.
Nationality: German
Native-tongues: German and Spanish
Foreign languages: English, French, Portuguese  

1958-1960
Enrolment in Flensburg

1960-1966, 1969
Attendance of the German-Peruvian Alexander-von-Humboldt-School in Lima

1967-1968
Attendance of “Altes Gymnasium” (grammar school) in Flensburg

1970-1976
Academic studies and diploma in architecture at Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima
First relevant professional experience in the architectural office Cooper Graña Nicolini
First teaching at Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima

1977-1984
Academic studies in architecture at the Darmstadt University of Technology, study visits to Hamburg and Berlin
Promotion at the Darmstadt University of Technology

1984-1990
Research assistant and assistant lecturer of Prof Dr Günter Behnisch in the subject areas of designing and architectural design in the Architecture Department at the Darmstadt University of Technology

1988
Profesor Invitado at the Architecture Department of Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1987-1995
Assistant lecturer for the Philosophical-Historical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg, Department of Art History

1995-1997
Visiting professor for history and Theory of architecture at the Public University for Visual Arts Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main

1991-1999
Advisor of the architectural association in Hesse in the fields of foundation work and background work / conception and controlling of miscellaneous symposia, workshops and other arrangements / editor and author of miscellaneous publications

1996-2002
Chief of the International Architecture Discourse in Frankfurt, a series of lectures by the German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Since 1999
State secretary of the Association of German Architects (BDA) in the state of Hesse

2003-2004
Substitute professor for history of architecture and design at the Architectural Department, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning at the University of Kassel

Since 2005
Professor and chief for the subject areas history of architecture and history of the designed environment at Department No. 6: Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning of the University of Kassel