tell the story of place in an innovative way and apply contemporary ideas for continuing the tradition of culture in place. They generate atmosphere and change the human perception of space and of nature. Each task definition is taken through a process of design consideration which enfolds options and determines a finally optimized decision as result of a strict cooperation with client, user and cost management. The firm's overall aims are to renew continuously the human scale and to bring nature close to people. This is bound to strong concepts for planting design, to an innovative selection of plants and material and to a vision for the aimed to atmosphere of the space to be created – which will make the user become active in feeling and occupying the space. The specific desire is to conceptualise and build the next large public park, if necessary as a temporary park, preparing for urban development, urban gardening and biodiversity, integrating the ‘third landscape’ and counter-balancing the damages left from industrialisation processes. Awards 2017 Firm of the Year, American Architecture Award in Urban Design 2016 American Architecture Prize, Silver Prize Winner, "Park Killesberg, Stuttgart, Germany" 2015 WAN Landscape Award, 1. Preis, "Park Killesberg, Stuttgart, Germany" 2013 DGNB Gold Certification, for the project "Think K- Forum K, Stuttgart, Germany“ 2009 BDLA Prize, for the project "Villa Heldmann Garden, St. Gilgen, Austria" 2008 Premio Internazionale Torsanlorenzo for the project "Villa Heldmann Garden, St. Gilgen, Austria" 2008 Premio Internazionale Torsanlorenzo for the project "Paulinum Grammar School, Schwaz, Austria" 2006 Premio Internazionale Torsanlorenzo for the project "Federal Garden Exhibition – BUGA, Munich, Germany" 2006 Premio Internazionale Torsanlorenzo, for the project "Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Germany" 2003 Architecture + Technology Award, for the project “Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy, Freiburg, Germany” 2002 Hans Bickel Prize, for overall work 1998 International Trend Prize, for the project "Kempinski Hotel Airport, Munich, Germany" Projects Rainer Schmidt's work has been showcased in a number of publications, displaying a wide variety of built projects of residential gardens, historic museum landscapes, temporary garden exhibitions, parks, and open public spaces. Rainer Schmidt has been in collaboration with Architect Helmut Jahn on many projects over the previous years, including the landscapes of Munich Airport, Weser Tower, and Highlight Towers. Built Museum of Art, Mannheim, Germany (2018) Allianz Campus, Munich, Germany (2016) Redesign of the clinic of the Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (2016) Campus University Applied Sciences