Christoph Hesse holds a Master of Architecture from ETH Zurich and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction from Harvard University. He is the founder of Christoph Hesse Architects, with studios established in Korbach (2010) and Berlin (2018). Among various national and international honors, he received the Architectural Record Design Vanguard Award in New York. His academic contributions encompass teaching and research at ETH Zurich, Harvard University, TU Darmstadt, and Cairo University. Additionally, he has served as a visiting design critic at Hong Kong University, Columbia University, Yale University, MIT, and Università della Svizzera italiana in Mendrisio. From 2020 to 2024, he was a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing and is currently teaching at Sapienza University of Rome.