Carolin Mees

Email:

meesc@newschool.edu

Profile:

Carolin Mees is an architect, writer and educator living in New York City. She has worked since 2005 individually and collaboratively in the field of architecture and urban design. Ms. Mees has published her PhD thesis in architecture at the Berlin University of Arts with focus on Community Gardens in New York City from a perspective of social urban planning. She is currently teaching the courses Sustainable Systems, Designing Urban Agriculture, the Architecture Design Studio of the Summer School of Constructed Environments and has taught the course Architecture Design Studio 2 at Parsons The New School. In addition she was an Assistant Professor at the Graz Technical University's Institute of Architecture and Landscape and a Research Associate at the University of Hohenheim's Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture. Carolin Mees has worked with various teams of architects and artists, coordinated the participative design of new community gardens for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and is responsible for the design of small architecture projects for public open spaces in New York City.

Degrees Held:

PhD / Dr.-Ing. in Architecture, Berlin University of Arts

Master / Dipl.-Ing. in Architecture, Berlin University of Arts

Bachelor / Vordiplom in Architecture, University of FIne Arts of Hamburg

Professional Affiliations:

Registered Architect, AKNW

Recent Publications:

Participatory planning, design and self-built structures for public urban gardens: Community gardens and Casitas in the South Bronx
Proceedings of the Sustainable Built Environments Conference, peer-reviewed, September 2016 - Author: Carolin Mees

Rebuilt Rubble - Community Gardens in the South Bronx from 1970s to the 21st century: Common land use in the inner city from a socioeconomic open space planning perspective. PhD thesis, Berlin University of Arts, Faculty of Architecture, 2015 - Author: Carolin Mees

OfficeUS - Interview
Bauwelt 21.14: Werkstatt Biennale - Author: Carolin Mees

Urbane Landwirtschaft
Bauwelt 39.12: Urbane Landwirtschaft - Editors: Nils Ballhausen, Carolin Mees

Zwischen Hobby und Stadtplanung: Urbane Landwirtschaft
Bauwelt 39.12: Urbane Landwirtschaft - Author: Carolin Mees

Community Gardening Works! ACGA 2011 Conference
Cities and the Environment (CATE), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012 - Editors: Nancy Falxa-Raymond, Carolin Mees

Zoned out: The Potential of Urban Agriculture Planning to turn against its roots.
Cities and the Environment online Journal (CATE), peer reviewed, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012 - Authors: Edie Stone, Carolin Mees

Food, homes and gardens: public community gardens potential for contributing to a more sustainable city
Sustainable food planning: evolving theory and practice, 2012 - Authors: Edie Stone, Carolin Mees

Shigeru Ban in West Chelsea
Bauwelt 03.12: Zusammen und getrennt, 2012 - Author: Carolin Mees

Architekturfakultät der Cornell-Universität in Ithaca: Architekturlehre im Schaufenster.
Bauwelt 39-40.11: Gebaute Landschaft, 2011 - Author: Carolin Mees

Guerilla Gardening und andere politische Gartenbewegungen. Eine globale Perspektive.
Urban Gardening: Über die Rückkehr der Gärten in die Stadt, 2011, Ed. Christa Müller - Authors: Ella von der Haide, Julia Jahnke, Severin Halder, Carolin Mees

A public garden per resident? The socio-economic context of homes and gardens in the inner city
ISHS Acta Horticulturae 881, 2010 - Author: CarolinMees

Städtisches Land gemeinschaftlich genutzt.
Stadt und Grün, 2010/3 - Author: Carolin Mees

Bürgerparks und Nachbarschaftsgärten in Berlin
Stadt und Grün, 2010/3 - Author: Carolin Mees

Module urbaner Landwirtschaft
Stadt und Grün, 2010/9 - Author: Carolin Mees

Urban Agriculture. Nahrungsmittelproduktion und Stadt
Arch+ 196/197: Post-Oil City, 2010 - Author: Carolin Mees

Community Gardens in New York City: Privat-gemeinschaftlich genutzte öffentliche Gärten für innerstädtischen Wohnraum im Freien
KUNST - GARTEN - KULTUR. Ed. Gröning, Gert; Hennecke, Stefanie Hennecke. Berlin, 2010 - Author: Carolin Mees

Guerilla Gardening und andere politische Gartenbewegungen. Eine globale Perspektive.
Urban Gardening: Über die Rückkehr der Gärten in die Stadt, 2011, Ed. Christa Müller - Authors: Ella von der Haide, Julia Jahnke, Severin Halder, Carolin Mees

Orchids in Politics and the Public Garden: The Untermyer Park in Yonkers, NY
Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, peer reviewed, Volume No. 29.3, 2009 - Author: Carolin Mees

Urban Gardens and Poverty: An Analysis on the example of the Community Gardens in the South Bronx of New York City
ISHS Acta Horticulturae, 762, 2008 - Author: Carolin Mees

Stadterneuerung in Shibam, Shibam / Jemen
Bauwelt, 01.10.07 - Author: Carolin Mees

Haus auf Tinos, Pantelis Nicolacopoulos - Aus dem Material der Insel
Bauwelt, 07.09.07 - Author: Carolin Mees

Hotel Russland
Bauwelt, 31.08.07 - Author: Carolin Mees

Kita in Berlin-Oberschöneweide
Bauwelt, 17.08.07 - Author: Carolin Mees

BauNetzWoche#55 - Das Querformat für Architekten
Baunetz, 16.11.07 - Author: Carolin Mees

Research Interests:

Architecture, urban planning, community gardening, urban gardening, urban agriculture, community-based planning, participatory design and planning, urban design, social public open space planning, social urban design and culture, food design planning

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