Dr. Alexander Stumm is a research associate at the Universität Kassel and a substitute professor of architectural theory at the B-TU Cottbus. He is active as a journalist in various architectural media, and has worked as an editor for Arch+, BauNetz and Bauwelt, among others. His doctoral dissertation "Architektonische Konzepte der Rekonstruktion" appeared in 2017.

Luise Rellensmann is a professor for architectural upgrades, monuments conservation, and building surveying at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. With her research on "Monuments Preservation without Conservators" and on garages in the GDR, she interrogates conventional conceptions of historic preservation, calling for a critical and transformative preservation and architectural practices.