Phillip Schmitz, Germany

Keynote Lecturer

Phillip Schmitz studied architecture at the Technical University Braunschweig and with Prof. Jan Gehl at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Kopenhagen, Department Urban Design.

He worked for several architecture offices in Hamburg and Braunschweig with a focus on housing, for Baumschlager-Eberle in Austria and for McKinsey&Company as a consultant.

As office manager Phillip Schmitz worked for Architekten Vahjen+Partner, specialists for retail property in prime business locations.

Phillip Schmitz is head of technical management and head of innovation management at Volkswagen Immobilien. He is responsible for the errection of 500 new flats on top of the existing 9000 units Volkswagen Immobilien holds in Wolfsburg. With his team he developes the new district „Steimker Gärten“ with more than 1250 flats in Wolfsburg.

As a living lab for smart mobility it becomes an important part of the initiative #WolfsburgDigital, which the city of Wolfsburg and Volkswagen announced in December 2016.