Max studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart and at the ETH, Zurich.

He received his Diploma in Architecture from the ETH, Zurich in 2006. He founded Studio Schwitalla in 2012 after he was working with Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Rotterdam/New York, Graft, Berlin/Los Angeles and HENN, Berlin. 

He has been a regular studio/seminar instructor or guest critic at the AA London, Rio Academy, TU Berlin, UdK Berlin, ETH Zurich, TU Dresden and the Aedes Network Campus Berlin.

Quote: Future mobility technologies will allow us to find new ways and to break new ground: we must once again build cities with the focus on spatial qualities for people and not for cars and elevators!