Susanne Brorson, born in 1979 in Stralsund, completed her architecture studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar in 2004, including study periods at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. After working in renowned architectural offices in Oslo, London, and Berlin, she founded her own, multiple award-winning practice, STUDIO SUSANNE BRORSON, on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The work of her office is closely connected to her research on vernacular and climate-responsive architecture in the Baltic region. The project ‘Eco Village Rügen’ received the German Design Award in 2022 in the category ‘Excellent Architecture, Eco Design’ as well as the BDA Prize 2024, while the ‘Experimental House Rügen’ received the BDA Prize in 2021 and the Callwey Award / Best Houses 2024.

Already in 2017, Susanne established the teaching format ‘Baltic Vernacular – An Experimental Laboratory’, which she taught at various schools of architecture and which encompasses design research and 1:1 experiments. In 2026, she completed her PhD dissertation ‘Baltic vernacular – a typological research as tool for climatic design’ with summa cum laude at TU Berlin.

Susanne has published and lectured internationally and has taught as a visiting professor at various universities, including RISEBA Riga, HafenCity University Hamburg, Università degli Studi RomaTRE in Rome, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. A focus of her teaching is experimental design and ‘knowing through making’, through 1:1 built spatial and material experiments that pursue a regenerative and climatic approach. Her contribution ‘Seasonal Wall Dressing’ was part of the exhibition ‘+/-1 – in search of well-tempered architecture’ at the Slovenian Pavilion of the 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2023. Her exhibition ‘Seasonal Spontaneousness’ was shown in 2024 at the Weissenhofwerkstatt in Stuttgart, and in March 2025 at Galleri SPARK in Malmö, Sweden. In 2023/24, Susanne was awarded the German Rome Prize for Architecture by the German Academy Villa Massimo.