Born 1960 in Trier (Treves), Germany | 1982-1989 studied architecture at RWTH Aachen, Germany | 1989–1992 worked at Behnisch + Partner, Stuttgart | 1992-1995 assistant to Prof. Vladimir Nikolic at RWTH Aachen | 1992 founded Jaspert & Steffens Architekten in Cologne with Konstantin Jaspert | 2000 founded JSWD Architekten in Cologne with Frederik and Konstantin Jaspert, Rolf Watrin and Olaf Drehsen | since 2000 partner of JSWD, Cologne | since 2001 lecturer, among others, at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences | 2002 substitute professor at Bochum University of Applied Sciences | 2003-2006 visiting professorship at "University of Mining and Technology", Xuzhou, China I 2005 substitute professor at TU Darmstadt, Medal of Honour of the Faculty of Architecture | since 2003 member of the board of koelnarchitektur e. V. association, the Cologne online forum for architecture and urban planning, since 2006 chairman of the board | 2009-2023 shareholder of JSWD Architekten GmbH & Co. KG | 2015-2020 visiting professorship at "School of Architecture and Design", Beijing Jiaotong University, China
