Maud Cassaignau is an urban designer, architect and academic. She grew up in France and Luxembourg and studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and Columbia University. After graduating from the ETH Zurich, she worked for renowned practices in New York City, Paris and Zurich on a variety of competitions and built projects.
In 2005 she co-founded the architecture and urban design practice XPACE with Markus Jung. Through her work, she has overseen the completion of housing and adaptive reuse projects, and worked on prize-winning urban designs. In 2011 XPACE relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where it continued working on a wide range of projects.
Maud's practice and research explores processes of urban transformation, incorporating resources as drivers for sustainable growth. It evolves around the interaction of design, place and context, aiming at finding socially, historically and environmentally responsive design solutions.
In parallel to practising, Maud has more than 15 years of international academic experience holding positions at ETH Zurich, FHNW Basel, HES-SO Fribourg and, since 2011, at Monash University. She is regularly invited as a guest critic and speaker at universities in Australia and Europe including RMIT University, Melbourne University, University of Technology Sydney, Southeast University Nanjing, Bauhaus Dessau, Liverpool University and the Venice Biennale.
