VOGT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Business Administration M.Sc. Employed With Vogt Landscape Architects since 2017
- Organisation Development
Amalia Bonsack (*1991) studied architecture at the Polytechnics in Lausanne (BSc EPFL) and Zurich (MSc ETH). From 2017 to 2023, she was a scientific collaborator at Günther Vogt's chair at the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at ETH Zurich. In this capacity, she taught the course "Territory of the city", focusing on the development of multi-scalar landscape strategies in response to social, ecological and climatic challenges facing European metropolises. She was also edition manager of the book Mutation and Morphosis, published in 2020 by Lars Müller Publishers. After several years' experience between Zurich and Geneva, she joined VOGT in 2024 as head of the Paris-based office Vogt Paysage - Urbanisme.
Job Titles:
- Architect B.Sc., Master of Engineering
Job Titles:
- Architect M.Sc
- Landscape Architect M.Sc
Job Titles:
- Head of Berlin Office & Member of Office Management
Florian Mänz (*1977) found his way to landscape architecture via work in gardening and landscaping. He studied at the TU Berlin and has been a member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects since 2010. Before joining VOGT in 2013, he worked as a freelancer for multiple offices in a national and international context. In addition to his work on numerous award-winning projects and competitions, he is involved in various universities as a guest critic and speaker. Since 2021, he has headed the Vogt Landschaft office in Berlin and is a member of the management team.
Günther Vogt (*1957) studied landscape architecture at the Intercantonal Technical College in Rapperswil after completing his training as a gardener. VOGT Landscape Architects emerged from the former partnership with Dieter Kienast in Zurich in 2000, followed by branch offices in London (2008), Berlin (2010) and Paris (2019). From 2005 to 2023, he taught as a professor at the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) at the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich. In 2012 he was a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim in the same year. In 2010 Günther Vogt opened the Case Studio VOGT as a platform for interdisciplinary projects between teaching and practice. As a passionate collector and curious traveller, he searches for ways to read, interpret and describe the landscape, finding answers to questions about future forms of urban coexistence. His work is characterised by an exchange between different disciplines and cooperation with artists.
Job Titles:
- Administration and Finance
Job Titles:
- Project Manager / Landscape Architect M.a. ( TUM ), Urbanism
Job Titles:
- Architect M.Sc., Landscape Architect in Ed
Job Titles:
- Office Manager
- Managing Director & Member of Office Management
Maren Brakebusch (*1974) studied landscape architecture at Leibniz Universität Hannover and has been Professor of Garden and Landscape Architecture at FH Potsdam since 2022. After working in Berlin and Hanover, she joined VOGT Landscape Architects in 2002 and heads the four offices in Zurich, London, Berlin and Paris as overall office manager and president of the supervisory board. She is passionate about supervising selected projects and has taught as a guest lecturer at FH Potsdam (2017-2021) and ETH Zurich (2020-21).
Job Titles:
- Head of London Office & Member of Office Management
Martijn Slob (*1982) studied landscape architecture at Wageningen University. He has worked as a landscape architect in New York, Zurich, and London, working on projects of all typologies and scales. He joined VOGT in 2011, initially in the Zurich office, before moving to London. He is currently the head of VOGT Landscape in London and a member of the management team.
Job Titles:
- Landscape Architect in Ed
Job Titles:
- Project Manager / Landscape Architect B
Job Titles:
- Deputy Head of London Office & Senior Project Manager
Job Titles:
- Spatial Development & Landscape Architect M.Sc
Job Titles:
- Administration and Finance
Job Titles:
- Head of Case Studio & Member of Office Management
Simon Kroll (*1984) studied landscape architecture at Leibnitz University Hanover and has worked for VOGT Landscape Architects Zurich since 2010. In 2020, he was a research assistant in Maren Brakebusch's guest studio at ETH Zurich, focusing on changing climatic conditions of today's urban landscapes and possible landscape architectural and urban design interventions of different scales. Since 2017, he has been a member of the management team and, as head of Case Studio VOGT, is responsible for research projects, product development and exhibitions.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director & Member of Office Management
Thomas Kissling (*1980) studied architecture at ETH Zurich after his apprenticeship as an interior designer and worked as a research assistant and senior assistant at Günther Vogt's professorship at ETH Zurich between 2010 and 2021. He taught future architects at FH Potsdam (2020/2021) and ETH Zurich (2022/2023) and is the editor of the publications "Landscape as a Cabinet of Curiosities", "Mutation and Morphosis" and "Solid-Fluid-Biotic" (all Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich). He has worked for VOGT Landscape Architects since 2021 and heads the four offices in Zurich, London, Berlin and Paris as overall office manager.
Job Titles:
- Administration and Finance