Doris Bechtel

Doris Bechtel is a Research Fellow at the Chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, Technical University of Munich (TUM), specializing in climate-resilient construction methodologies and life cycle assessment. She concurrently operates her architectural practice "Doris Eckert und Köhler Lilienthal Architekten" since 2020 and maintains membership in the Bavarian Chamber of Architects.

Her educational foundation includes a B.Sc. in Architecture from TU Darmstadt and CVUT Prague (2009-2012), followed by an M.Sc. in Architecture from TU Darmstadt and KTH Stockholm (2013-2016), where she received the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship.

Bechtel's research pioneers the integration of economic viability with climate adaptation in building practices, focusing on life cycle cost analysis of urban ecosystems and developing criteria catalogs for climate-responsive architectural competitions. Her work bridges environmental science, architectural design, and economic modeling to transform theoretical sustainability concepts into implementable building standards.

Analysis of her publications reveals a consistent trajectory toward operationalizing climate resilience through quantifiable metrics, particularly in urban tree valuation and grey-green-blue infrastructure systems. This research cluster demonstrates how interdisciplinary evaluation frameworks can reconcile ecological benefits with economic constraints in municipal planning contexts.

As an assistant lecturer for "Sociocultural Perspectives of Sustainable Cities" at TUM, she contributes to academic training while applying practical insights from her architectural practice. Her collaborations with the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment underscore the policy relevance of her economic evaluation methodologies.

Bechtel actively participates in TUM's "Green City of the Future" initiative and "Urban Green Infrastructure" research group, where she develops tools like the climate-friendly planning competition catalog. Her dual role in academia and practice enables direct translation of research findings into real-world building projects through her architectural working group.