Carsten studied, after his apprenticeship as a carpenter, architecture in Berlin and Barcelona and worked in various architectural practices in Berlin and Rotterdam, such as Neutelings & Riedijk, ::dan pearlman and GRAFT.
| 2009 | Gründung von SPAR*K Architekten mit Gunnar Krempin und Malte Schröder |
| 2007 – 2009 | Employed at GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH |
| 2005 – 2007 | Employed at ::dan pearlman markenarchitektur |
| 2004 | graduation at the TU Berlin, employee in various architectural firms in Berlin |
| 1996 – 2004 | study of architecture at the TU Berlin and ETSAB/Barcelona |