Caroline Tao Niang Schonert
Master of Arts in Architecture
& Diploma in Film & Media
I'm a German Production Designer and Architect, currently living and working in Portland, OR.
I am enthusiastic about telling stories and conveying content through the design of spaces and worlds. I love bringing not only creativity, but also structure, optimization and innovation into my work. Find out more about me and my work on the following pages.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
A complete overview of my work can be found here.
Find a compact overview of my projects in my portfolio or have a more in-depth look at them by browsing through this site.
This architecture and urban planning project that began as my master’s thesis has grown into a serious site development plan for one of Germany’s biggest studio campuses near Munich.
Sustainable, social, logistically optimized, modern, and aesthetic: Take a look at the plans I devised with and for Bavaria Studios.
…and a story that wants to be told but doesn’t know how yet. This was my Diploma thesis in Film & Media / Production Design and I am still searching for the right way to make more out of it. A novel? A graphic novel? A game? I don’t know.
Read about salvager Dev’s life in a world shaped by climate change, economic inequality and moral decay.
This is my Sustainable Art Department Collective that I founded with two colleagues in Portland, OR. Because we want to do better, be greener in film and TV productions.
In our mission to rethink Art Department services we design, build and create to bring our clients’ vision to life in an environmental friendly, less wasteful way.
I used to fear the day I had to choose. Choose between architecture and film, between clarity and atmosphere, between aesthetic structure and creative chaos. Until I decided not too.
I chose to pursue both: Architecture and Film.
And my work profits from that decision every day.
Bringing both my passions together, combining those skills and experiences in all my projects,
is what makes me and my work unique.