Institute
Philipp Reinsberg
Mag.arch.
Sen.Lect.
Philipp Reinsberg is an architect, researcher, and lecturer. He studied architecture and industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and completed his master carpenter qualification (Holzbau-Meister) in 2025. He gained international experience through various interdisciplinary projects and regularly develops social interventions and experimental wooden structures in collaborative constellations. He was a key member of the [A]FA Labs between 2012 and 2014, during which he co-designed the internationally awarded HaduwaApata project in Apam, Ghana. Since 2016, he has been working with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as an international expert in design and wood technology. He was part of the Conceptual Joining research team funded by the PEEK program of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and also served as a co-editor of the book Conceptual Joining (Birkhäuser, edition Angewandte, 2022). Since 2022, he has been teaching within the [A]FA team. He also teaches at the Institute of Art Sciences and Art Education (DAE/DEX) at the Angewandte, where he leads the course Studio Holz, focusing on design, experimentation, and fabrication with solid wood and wood-based materials.