2008 - 2009 German Academic Exchange Service DAAD Grant to teach at the University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture in Bremen, Germany
2007 Associate Professor the Department of Interior Design at Buffalo State
2006 Co-founder of the Department of Interior Design at Buffalo State
2002 Assistant Professor at the Design Department at Buffalo State
1997 – 2001 Research assistant at the Department of Architecture, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
1997 Dipl. Ing. Architecture, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
1995 Erasmus Exchange Student at the School of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, UK
since 1993 freelance work in architecture and interior design
1993 Dipl. Ing (Fh) Interior Architecture, University of Applied Sciences, Rosenheim, German
Book Chapters
Schnier, J. (2009). Entwurfsstile und Unterrichtsziele von Vitruv bis zum Bauhaus. In: Johannes, R. (Ed.) (2009). Entwerfen. Architektenausbildung in Europa von Vitruv bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Geschichte - Theorie – Praxis. Hamburg, Junius Verlag.
Schnier, J. (2002). Präzisionsarbeit. Ein Plädoyer für die notwendige Radikalität des kritischen Urteils. In: Conrads, U.; Führ, E. & Gänshirt, C. (Eds.) (2003). Zur Sprache bringen. Kritik der Architekturkritik. Series: Untersuchungen zur Theorie der Architektur. Vol.4 Münster, Waxmann.
Research Papers
Schnier, J (2015). "Between Dust and Decay. The Atmospheric Qualities of Patina." Proceedings of the Archtheo '15 Theory and History Conference in Istanbul, November 2015
Schnier, J. (2011). The Bulger Communication Center at Buffalo State. A building like a superhero. Buffalo Architecture Foundation Building Stories Collection.
Weber, R.; Schnier, J. & Jacobsen, T. (2008). Aesthetics of streetscapes: Influence of fundamental properties on aesthetic judgments of urban space. Perceptual and motor skills. Vol. 106(1), pp. 128-146.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18459363?dopt=Abstract
Schnier, J. (2008). Das Schweigen der Häuser. Cloud-Cuckoo-Land. International Journal for Architectural Theory. Vol. 2, December 2008.
Abstract (English):
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/journal1996-2013/inhalt/en/issue/2007-2.php#2-11
Full text German:
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/journal1996-2013/inhalt/de/heft/ausgaben/207/Schnier/schnier.php
Schnier, J. (2004) On the interdependency of thinking mode and design strategy. European Association of Architectural Education / Architecture Research Consortiums Council (EAAE/ARCC) conference "Between Research and Practice", Dublin 2 – 5 June 2004.
Schnier, J. (2002). Präzisionsarbeit. Ein Plädoyer für die notwendige Radikalität des kritischen Urteils. Cloud-Cuckoo-Land. International Journal for Architectural Theory. Vol. 2, December 2002.
Abstract (English)
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/eng/Subjects/subject022.htm#14
Full text German:
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/deu/Themen/022/Schnier/schnier.htm
Schnier, J. (2000): Das As im Ärmel des Architekten Cloud-Cuckoo-Land. International Journal for Architectural Theory. Vol. 2, December.
Abstract (English)
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/eng/Subjects/subject002.htm
Full text German:
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/deu/Themen/002/Schnier/schnier.htm
Schnier, J. (1999) In welchem Stile sollen wir entwerfen? Cloud-Cuckoo-Land. International Journal for Architectural Theory. Vol. 1, May 1999.
Abstract (English):
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/eng/Subjects/subject991.html#SvetozarZavarihin
Full text German:
http://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/deu/Themen/991/Schnier/schnier.html
Weber, R. & Schnier, J. (1999). Designing Design Exercises. Proceedings 33. European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE) Workshop Conference, Budapest, May 26 - 30, 1999.
Teaching Documentation, student projects featured in:
Lütkemeyer, I.; Mansfeld, U. & Pahl, K-A. (Eds.) (2010) Einblicke #2 Jahrbuch der School of Architecture Bremen, Dresden: TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften.
Schnier, J. (2008). Neumarkt Dresden. Studienarbeiten zum Gewandhausareal. Dresden.
Reiman, Ivan (Ed.) (2002) Jahrbuch der Fakultät Architektur. TU Dresden, Dresden University Press.
Schnier, J. (2016). "A Matter of Time. Patina as Interface between Place and Memory" International “Spatiality and Temporality” Symposium Warsaw, Poland, April 2016
Schnier, J. (2015) "Between Dust and Decay. The Atmospheric Qualities of Patina." Proceedings of the Archtheo '15 Theory and History Conference in Istanbul, November 2015
Schnier, J. (2010). The ineffable beauty of architecture. Problems and potential of communicating architecture through interpretations. Presentation given at the Eurau 10 European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design 5th edition Naples, June 2010.
Schnier, J. (2009). Identität und Stadt. Presentation at the Urban Planning Symposium „Deutschland zwischen Tradition und Moderne In welchem Stil wollen wir bauen?“ of the Society for the rebuilding of the Historical Neumarkt Dresden.
Schnier, J. (2008). Problems in Interpreting Architecture. Presentation given at the 7th Prague Interpretation Colloquium “Interpreting Architecture”, Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Philosophy, June 14 – June 15, 2008
Schnier, J. (2005). Auf der Rückseite des Mondes. Das schöpferische Potential projektiven Denkens. Blind Spot Symposium. Blitz Gallery, Dresden, June, 10th, 2005
Schnier, J, (2005). Salient cross-cultural dimensions in aesthetic judgments of urban streetscapes. Two presentations given at the 6th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology September 19 - 21 2005 in Bochum.
Schnier, J. (2004). On the interdependency of thinking mode and design strategy. European Association of Architectural Education / Architecture Research Consortiums Council (EAAE/ARCC) conference "Between Research and Practice", Dublin 2 – 5 June 2004.
Schnier, J. (2003). Muse und Methode. Guest Lecture Series Kunst der Gegenwart at the Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, January 14th, 2003
Weber, R.; Schnier, J. & Jacobsen, T. (2000) "Aesthetic Properties of Streetscape Perception -The Influence of Spatial - Geometric Properties on Aesthetic Judgments of Urban Space“ Proceedings XVI Congress of the Int. Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) New York, August 09-12, 2000
Weber, R. & Schnier, J. (1999). Designing Design Exercises. Proceedings 33. European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE) Workshop Conference, Budapest, May 26 - 30, 1999
