About
Theo Deutinger tdeutinger@the-department.eu
Theo Deutinger is an architect, writer, and designer of socio-cultural studies. He is the founder and head of The Department (TD), an office that combines architecture with research, visualization, and conceptual thinking at all scale levels from global planning, urban master plans, and architecture to graphical and journalistic work.
His "Handbook of Tyranny", published in 2018, has won numerous awards, including the FILAF Architecture Book Award 2018. Deutinger’s work was part of international presentations at the 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2014), the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (2017), and Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York (2019).
Theo Deutinger has taught project studios at the Berlage Institute at TU Delft, the Strelka Institute in Moscow, and Harvard Graduate School of Design. Currently, he is teaching at TU Vienna.
Pia Prantl pprantl@the-department.eu
Leads The Department of architecture and spatial planning. Pia Prantl gained experience in architecture offices like Brandlhuber+, Stadtlabor and Snøhetta but is also experienced in landscape design and exhibition design. She graduated with her master thesis at the University of Innsbruck.
Charlotte Kaulen ckaulen@the-department.eu
Leads The Department of communication and coordination. Charlotte Kaulen studied urban planning (B.Sc.) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg and completed her master's degree in European Urban Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar.
Barbara Krajcar bkrjcar@the-department.eu
architectural intern
Niko Görge
architectural intern
Tianrong Wu
architectural intern
Collaborators (former and present)
Catarina Dantas (Portugal)
Simon Davis (Germany)
Romuald Dehio (Germany)
Conxa Gene Garcia (Spain)
Philipp Goedhart (Austria)
Michael Hadjistyllis (Cyprus)
Andreas Kofler (Italy)
Theresia Kohlmayr (Austria)
Marieke Kums (The Netherlands)
Nina Maeno (France)
Ana Rita Marques (Portugal)
Elisa Mante (Greece)
Elena Megia Nieto (Spain)
Federica Muccichini (Italy)
Christopher Pandolfi (Canada)
Johannes Pointl (Austria)
Laura Polidoro (Italy)
Stefan Prins (the Netherlands)
Hema Priya Kabali (India)
Joao Prates Ruivo (Portugal)
Beatriz Ramo (Spain)
Thomas Raben-Lange (Denmark)
Frank Rödiger (Germany)
Yoko Sano (Japan)
Katja Schneider (Germany)
Andrew Snow (Canada)
Bernd Upmeyer (Germany)
Federica Vazzana (Italy)
Barbara Weingartner (Austria)