Kai Michael Dietrich

CEO - Manufacturing Cities

Greater Hamburg Area

About

I am passionate about making cities work for the people who live in them. I am a value-driven urban designer with extensive experience in managing complex, large-scale projects and conducting spatial analyses.

Experience

  • CEO at Manufacturing Cities - Stadtentwicklung & Beratung
    Jun 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

    Manufacturing Cities Stadtentwicklung & Beratung initiates, develops and implements infrastructure to promote local economy. The use of existing resources and activation of existing and new producers is at the forefront of each project. By infrastructure we understand spatial analyses of urban spaces and private properties, intensification studies, workshops for the cooperative development of visions and mission statements, strategic and integrated urban development concepts, master plans and the implementation of temporary interventions.

  • Freelancer at Urban Design
    2009 - Present · 17 yrs 7 mos

    Offering guided tours on sustainable architecture and urban development processes in Hamburg as well as lectures about completed projects and guest criticism in the scientific context.

  • Research Associate at Technische Hochschule Lübeck
    Oct 2020 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Working in the programme Sustainable Development of Urban Regions (SURE) with a focus on East- and South-East Asia. The programme is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

  • IBA Hamburg GmbH (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Project Manager
      Mar 2015 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Managing complex projects densifying urban areas in Hamburg, Germany.

    • Management Assistant
      Feb 2014 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Working with Uli Hellweg, IBA’s Director, with a focus on completing projects and transferring IBA’s objectives to a permanent public regional development agency

  • Junior Urban Designer at KCAP Architects&Planners
    Nov 2008 - Aug 2009 · 10 mos

    Working on the strategic long-term development vision for the city of Perm (Russia) as a member of the Perm Strategic Masterplan team.