Ana
Paula
Nitzsche

Education

Bauhaus-University Weimar

Master of Science in MediaArchitecture
Thesis: Casa Arnstein 1939-41 — The entanglement of architecture and nature in Bernard Rudofsky's patio house in São Paulo, Documentary Film and Research
Honorable Mention for the Bauhaus Essentials 2016

UFMG – Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Diploma in Architecture and Urbanism
Thesis: School for Further Education and Cultural Center
Architectural Design and Master Plan

Exchange Program at the Bauhaus-University Weimar

Field of Study: Architecture and Urbanism

Colégio Loyola – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Elementary and High School

Work Experience

Renovation Project for Berlin-Kreuzberg Apartment

Planning and executing renovation work of a 42 m² Apartment in Kreuzberg, Berlin.
From small repairs on wall and wooden floors to acoustic ceilings. New kitchen including wiring work. Retrofitting from antique wooden doors. New storage system. Next step, bathroom refurbishment ongoing.

Exhibition Designer, Architect at neo.studio Berlin

Concept work, scenography, exhibition design and communication with in-house graphic designers and museums curatorial team. Technical coordination with specialists in lighting and carpentry. Focus on exhibits and hands-on objects with careful attention to accessibility and the existing architecture. Preliminary design submission for upcoming exhibitions at Deutsches Museum, Munich, and Open Air Museum of Ethnography Schwerin Mueß (Freilichtmuseum für Volkskunde Schwerin-Mueß).

Assistant at Futurium - House of Futures, Berlin

Working at Futurium Lab, Department of Education and Participation, with graphic layouts and engraving of text panels, name tags and warning signs for the opening exhibition of the museum.

Curator Assistent – FREIHEIT2050

Research and planning for the exhibition FREIHEIT2050, a vision for the future scenarios of the city of Munich. Blog S₂Lab content management. Curator: Julia Hinderink and Stenger2 Team

Architect – Stenger2

Working full time as an architect in the office Stenger2 Architekten und Partner in Munich, Germany. Experience with all phases of planning and construction according to the HOAI (work stages) in housing projects, office facilities, as well as retrofitting of inactive public buildings.

E-Tutor – Bauhaus-University Weimar

E-tutor (intern) at the professorship "Darstellungsmethodik", Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism.
Filming, editing and documenting academic material to be used as a learning tool.

Summaery 2016 – Bauhaus-University Weimar

This exhibition of master's thesis projects from Ana Paula Nitzsche, Ortrun Bargholz and Tamara. As well as the semester project Berlin – Wrocław: Architekturen der Moderne in dialogischen Bildern.
Centre for Documentary Architecture, Exhibition of documentary films about Forgotten Architecture
Supervision: Prof. Ines Weizman
Set design concept and execution

Hospital Felicio Rocho – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Following up the implementation of the executive project of the Hospital Felicio Rocho, part of the Felice Rosso Foundation. The extension project included a new Center for Research, a Studies Center and an auditorium for 150 people.

Summaery 2015 – Bauhaus-University Weimar

Centre for Documentary Architecture - www.documentary-architecture.org
Exhibition of documentary films about Forgotten Architecture
Supervision: Prof. Ines Weizman
Set design concept and execution

Events

XIV. Internationales Bauhaus-Kolloquium

Organisational assistance for 14th International Bauhaus-Kolloquium at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
Conference Director: Prof. Dr. Ines Weizman, CDA
Coordination: Katharina Benjamin
XIV. Int. Bauhaus-Kolloquium

Bauhausfest 2016 - Bauhaus, Dessau - Germany

Zirkus, Zirkus – von Schwarz nach Weiß
Short trailer of the performance by the group Kybernetischer Zirkus, to be projected onto the facade of the original building of the Bauhaus Dessau. Produced together with the architect Stefanie Holzheu.

Video Mapping Experiments - Haus am Horn, Weimar - Germany

Video facade animation developed as a semester project at the Bauhaus University Weimar for the Haus am Horn, UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus. The event was part of the "Lange Nacht der Museen" 2015.
Supervision: Prof. Andreas Kästner, chair Darstellungsmethodik
Video Mapping Experiments

From the Second Life - Tel Aviv, Israel - White City Network

Exhibition organised by the students based on their works on Forgotten Architecture with an interdisciplinary display that employed different types of media, including films, blueprints, literature and digital technologies, which depict various buildings that were designed by emigrant architects.
Supervision: Prof. Ines Weizman, CDA

Technical Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
Graphisoft ArchiCAD, Autodesk AutoCAD
Google Sketch Up, Cinema 4D Studio
Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects