Prof. Markus Lager, Dipl. Ing.

Markus Lager has been a university professor of Circular Design and Construction in the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Landscape Architecture since October 1, 2026. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig. From 2014 to 2021, he led the firm Kaden+Lager, which helped shape the field of multi-story hybrid timber construction in Germany, including the SKAIO timber high-rise in Heilbronn (DGNB Diamond 2019). Since 2022, he has co-directed the Berlin-based firm LAGERSCHWERTFEGER with Ramona Schwertfeger. From 2020 to 2022, he was a visiting professor at the University of Stuttgart; starting in 2023, he served as professor of interdisciplinary timber construction at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, where he co-founded the Speculative Engineering Institute (SPENI) in 2024. In Kassel, he plans to teach and conduct research on how detachable connections and the reuse of building components can lead to contemporary, resource-efficient design—with design-and-build projects as the central format.