Dr.-Ing. Sylvia Butenschön

She studied landscape management at the University of Hanover. Doctorate with the title “History of Dresden’s Urban Greenery” at the TU Dresden. Habilitation at the TU Berlin, teaching “History of Garden Culture and Garden Monument Preservation”. Professional background: Landscape architect in the engineering office for environmental planning Schmal & Ratzbor (Lehrte), editor for garden cultural topics at the internet magazine gardenweb-europe. Freelance activities: Garden monument conservation expertises. Her research focuses on urban and residential greenery of the 19th and 20th centuries, cultural landscape development and the theory and methodology of garden monument preservation. Since 2006, she has been a research associate at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning (ISR) at the TU Berlin for the subject area of Städtebauliche Denkmalpflege und urbanes Kulturerbe.