Born in 1977 and grown up in the austrian alps.
First participation in a rammed earth project of martin rauch (www.lehmtonerde.at) in 1998. From that time further involvement in projects until 2005. Graduation in 2005 as architect at the department for architecture at the technical university in Vienna. In the years 2006 and 2007 travels in India which are further opening the interest in responsible construction with natural materials. Participation in the design and construction process of the green school on bali (www.greenschool.org) From 2007 onwards focus on workshops for layperson as well as professional builders, architects, iengineers and assisting design teams in implementing rammed earth in their projects.