Hans Hortig studied landscape architecture at the Technical University Berlin, the ETH Zurich and the School of Design, Mysore. In 2013, he joined the Architecture of Territory project under Professor Topalovic at the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore and at the ETH Zurich where he taught design and research studios, organized lecture series and guided numerous student works. Since 2015, he has been running the cartographic studio maps&more with Karoline Kostka and recently started his PhD research on processes of extended urbanization in Southeast Asian palm oil plantation landscapes.