Petra Kempf is a New York based Architect and Urban Designer.  She holds a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt, Germany (1996), a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University in New York City (1997), and a Doctorate in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany (2008). She received a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, the Architectural League of New York's Young Architect Award and she was a Grant recipient from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She serves as a member on the editorial board for the “Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts,” and is the founder of “urbantransits,” an interdisciplinary research initiative focusing on the transient nature of cities. In addition, she has worked for the Department of City Planning in New York City, the Project for Public Space, and Richard Meier and Partners. Apart from her involvement in the public and private sector, she has taught at several universities including Cornell University, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design and the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions in the United States and Europe and has been featured in multiple publications. She is the author of You are the City (2009) and (K)ein Ort Nirgends, Der Transitraum im urbanen Netzwerk (2010).