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