Matthias Stippich PhD
MAS ETH, Architect and Urban Planner

Matthias Stippich is an Associate Partner at ASTOC and has extensive experience in architecture and urban planning. As a qualified architect and urban planner, he oversees projects on various scales, ranging from individual architectural schemes to large-scale regeneration areas. His work focuses on the development of urban and architectural concepts against the backdrop of digitalisation and limited planetary resources. He pays particular attention to the development of regional centres and rural areas, with their specific spatial and architectural challenges.

He works at the interface of city and architecture and deals with questions of social and spatial transformation. Through his teaching activities, including at the OST, KIT Karlsruhe, TU Munich and ETH Zurich, he combines research and practice. His expertise is regularly in demand at specialist events and discussion forums.

2025–today Associate Partner, ASTOC

2024-today ASTOC

2024-today elected lecturer OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

2023 Guest lecturer OST – University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland

2015-2024 Research assistant at KIT Karlsruhe

2014-2023 Echomar – Collective for applied architecture

2008-2013 Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.), “DiscountCity – on the history and future of the city of retail” KIT Karlsruhe

2012 Research assistant at TU Munich

2009-2010 LARS / Memmingen

2007-2011 International doctoral program “Research Laboratory Space”

2005-2006 postgraduate studies (MAS) ETH Zurich

2003-2009 and 2010-2014 Müller+Huber architectural office

1998-2003 Studied architecture at Biberach / Riß University of Applied Sciences

Born 1976 in Lahr / Black Forest

Memberships and commitment

Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects

German Werkbund BW

BDA (membership suspended)

Regular participation in juries and advisory bodies throughout Germany

From left Markus Stippich, Marlene Gehrmann

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Photo credit: Nina Gschlößl and Susanne Troll