Thilo Mechau (1941-2024)

The KIT Department of Architecture mourns the loss of the former head of the Central Photo Workshop Thilo Melchau, who passed away on April 8, 2024 at the age of 83.
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Thilo Melchau was head of the Central Photo Workshop from 2000 to 2006. After an apprenticeship as a photographer in Hanover, he joined the Institute for Industrial Building Production and the Institute for Building Design at the Department of Architecture at the University of Karlsruhe as early as 1965. In 1972, he passed his master craftsman's examination and from 1978 worked as a lecturer in architectural photography at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. This was followed by teaching assignments at the Karlsruhe University of Education (1989 - 1992) and the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Karlsruhe (1990 - 2006). In 2000, he took over the management of the Central Photo Workshop, which he held until his retirement in 2006.
Our sympathy goes out to his family. We will always honor his memory.

Further information: https://www.atelierhaus-neue-schule.de/thilo-mechau