Renate Walter (* 1983) studied at ETH Zurich and at the Southeast University of Nanjing, China. She graduated from ETH in 2009 with Prof. M. Sik. Renate Walter worked for Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten Zürich, E2A Architekten Zürich and for the Office for Building Buildings Zurich. She has been an independent architect since 2015 and founded WALDRAP in 2017 with Sebastian Lippok. From 2022 - 2023 she was a full professor at HFT Stuttgart. Since 2023 she has been a visiting professor at the USI - Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio.