Prof. Olaf Drehsen | Born 1967 in Düren
1987–1994 studied architecture at RWTH Aachen | 1990–1993 worked at Behnisch + Partner, Stuttgart | 1994–1995 worked at Kowalski in Düsseldorf | 1995 founded own architecture firm in Aachen | 1995–1998 worked at the office of Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), Hamburg/ Aachen | 1998 founded WJD Architekten in Cologne with Frederik Jaspert | 2000 founded JSWD Architekten in Cologne with Frederik and Konstantin Jaspert, Jürgen Steffens and Rolf Watrin | since 2000 managing partner of JSWD, Cologne | since 2009 sole managing partner of JSWD Architekten GmbH & Co. KG | since 2015 vice president of the Designing Advisory Council of the city of Düren, Germany | since 2019 Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF), School of Architecture and Community Design (SACD), USA | from august 2020 Professor (Markborough Distinguished Chair) at the USF SACD
Photo: Christa Lachenmaier
