Jette Cathin Hopp, Norway – ENG

Growing up multilingual with Norwegian, German and Danish, Jette Cathrin Hopp studied Architecture in the masterclass of Prof. Peter Cook and Prof. Enric Miralles at the Städelschule – Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt am Main.

She is Snøhetta’s director for acquisition and new projects in Europe and the UK and part of the executive management of Snøhetta Oslo.

Jette has extensive experience in complex both Norwegian and international projects, leading major international project developments and competitions. She regularly lectures at architectural symposia, conferences, international institutions, and universities, sharing Snøhetta’s philosophy and design ideas. She is also a jury chair for several architecture competitions and prizes. Jette Hopp is a member of the board of trustees of the Schelling Architecture Foundation and was appointed president of the jury for the Italian Architecture Prize in 2021.

As a critic, Jette Cathrin Hopp is regularly invited to architecture universities worldwide. She holds a teaching position at the University of Technology and Design, Wismar and is the studio director for Snøhetta Venice Studio, the annual summer school programme. Jette has been appointed as a member of the Oslo City Architecture Council, Oslo Kommune, Norway, and chair of the Advisory Council on Urban Planning of Kiel Municipality, Germany.

Examples of her experience are her role as team leader for the museum project at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for the Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo; Project Director for the Elbtower in Hamburg; Operntower Düsseldorf, Centre Monnaie “OXY“ in Brussels, the Roshen Concert Hall in Kyiv, as well as piloting sustainability projects in Norway, such as Powerhouse One in Trondheim and the concept phase of Powerhouse Kjørbo in Sandvika, the world’s first refurbished positive energy building.