On World Tour with AnA
Architects, not Architecture aims to bring to the stage what we normally don’t see. On stage are well-known architects, who instead of talking about their award winning international projects, are asked to talk about themselves. They speak about their path, their influences and experiences, and dive deeper into their intellectual biography. JUNG is honoured to be one of the sponsors of the international AnA Events.
Singapore Edition
March 13, 2025 | 4 pm at SOTA Studio Theatre
Charu Kokate, Safdie Architects
Richard Hassell, WOHA
Elora Hardy, IBUKU
March 13, 2025 | 4 pm at SOTA Studio Theatre
Charu Kokate, Safdie Architects
Richard Hassell, WOHA
Elora Hardy, IBUKU
The speakers
Charu Kokate sees architecture as a catalyst for positive change, influencing communities and cities alike. As Senior Partner and Director of Safdie Architects' Singapore office, she leads the firm's projects across Asia, ensuring that complex designs are executed with precision and integrity. Her portfolio includes iconic landmarks such as Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport, both recipients of Singapore's prestigious President's Design Award. She has also contributed to projects such as Altair Towers in Sri Lanka, Boulevard 88 | EDITION Singapore, and Surbana Jurong's rainforest campus. Currently, Charu is part of the leadership team overseeing the expansion of Marina Bay Sands. A champion of humanist design, Charu represents Safdie Architects at global forums such as TEDx and the World Architecture Festival. As a thought leader, speaker and mentor, she is dedicated to empowering women in design and inspiring the next generation of architects.
www.safdiearchitects.com
Richard Hassell is the co-Founding Director of WOHA. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1989 and was awarded Master of Architecture from Melbourne’s RMIT University in 2002. He has lectured at many universities, had served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and was appointed the Seidler Chair in the Practice of Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. WOHA projects are living systems that connect to the city as a whole. With every project, the practice aims to create a matrix of interconnected human-scaled environments that foster community, enable stewardship of nature, generate biocentric beauty, activate ecosystem services and build resilience. WOHA apply their systems thinking approach to architecture and urbanism in their building design as well as their regenerative masterplans. WOHA received a number of architectural awards such as the Aga Khan Award for One Moulmein Rise as well as the RIBA Lubetkin Prize and International Highrise Award for The Met in Bangkok. The practice was awarded the CTBUH Urban Habitat and Best Mixed-Use Building and World Architecture Festival World Building of the Year for Kampung Admiralty and CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide for the Oasia Hotel Downtown and the Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore.
www.woha.net
Elora Hardy is the founder and creative director of IBUKU, a studio at the forefront of nature-integrated architecture that has completed over 60 bamboo structures in Bali and the surrounding region. She grew up in Bali until the age of 14, then moved to the United States where she earned a degree in Fine Arts and worked as a print designer for Donna Karan in New York. She returned to Bali in 2010 to found IBUKU, which focuses on sustainable design using bamboo and other natural materials. She has been recognized for her pioneering work by Architectural Digest and the Royal Society. A TED speaker, she has lectured worldwide at institutions including MIT, the World Government Summit, and the US Green Building Council. Her innovative approach has led IBUKU to design over 200 groundbreaking structures that redefine materiality and spatial experience.
www.ibuku.com
www.safdiearchitects.com
Richard Hassell is the co-Founding Director of WOHA. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1989 and was awarded Master of Architecture from Melbourne’s RMIT University in 2002. He has lectured at many universities, had served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and was appointed the Seidler Chair in the Practice of Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. WOHA projects are living systems that connect to the city as a whole. With every project, the practice aims to create a matrix of interconnected human-scaled environments that foster community, enable stewardship of nature, generate biocentric beauty, activate ecosystem services and build resilience. WOHA apply their systems thinking approach to architecture and urbanism in their building design as well as their regenerative masterplans. WOHA received a number of architectural awards such as the Aga Khan Award for One Moulmein Rise as well as the RIBA Lubetkin Prize and International Highrise Award for The Met in Bangkok. The practice was awarded the CTBUH Urban Habitat and Best Mixed-Use Building and World Architecture Festival World Building of the Year for Kampung Admiralty and CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide for the Oasia Hotel Downtown and the Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore.
www.woha.net
Elora Hardy is the founder and creative director of IBUKU, a studio at the forefront of nature-integrated architecture that has completed over 60 bamboo structures in Bali and the surrounding region. She grew up in Bali until the age of 14, then moved to the United States where she earned a degree in Fine Arts and worked as a print designer for Donna Karan in New York. She returned to Bali in 2010 to found IBUKU, which focuses on sustainable design using bamboo and other natural materials. She has been recognized for her pioneering work by Architectural Digest and the Royal Society. A TED speaker, she has lectured worldwide at institutions including MIT, the World Government Summit, and the US Green Building Council. Her innovative approach has led IBUKU to design over 200 groundbreaking structures that redefine materiality and spatial experience.
www.ibuku.com
Recent events
Paris Edition
February 6, 2025 | 7 pm at Quartier Général
Jean-Christophe Masson, Hamonic+Masson
Corinne Vezzoni, Corinne Vezzoni & Associés
Bernard Desmoulin, Desmoulin Architectures
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February 6, 2025 | 7 pm at Quartier Général
Jean-Christophe Masson, Hamonic+Masson
Corinne Vezzoni, Corinne Vezzoni & Associés
Bernard Desmoulin, Desmoulin Architectures
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The speakers
Jean-Christophe Masson was born in Marseille, France in 1967. He is managing director and co-founder of the practice ‘Hamonic+Masson & Associés’. He graduated from the National Superior School of Architecture of Paris – Belleville, he has over 20 years of architecture experience. Jean-Christophe manages and coordinates all the office’s projects from conception to completion. These projects range from urban master plan to residential and public use architecture in France and on the international scene. He was a teacher at the School of Special Architecture from 2006 to 2008 and associate teacher at the Versailles school of architecture 2008-2016. Jean-Christophe is also a frequent guest speaker at European and international conferences. He is also a founding member of the French Touch collective, which promoted and showcased inventive French architecture through the publication of numerous annuals and reviews.
www,hamonic-masson.com
Corinne Vezzoni is a consultant architect to the City and Metropolis of Lyon, and also a consultant architect to the French State. Corinne Vezzoni has been awarded the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture and has been nominated for the Grand Prix National d'Architecture in 2018, 2022 and 2024. She was nominated for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award for the Bouches-du-Rhône Archives and Loan Library, and also received the 2015 Women Architects Award, the 2018 Born Awards for Thecamp and the W.A.Ve - Workshop Architecture Venice - Jury Prize for her project for a ferry terminal developed during a residency. On the environmental front, the agency's Thémis building in Paris was the first to win the Ministry of Housing's E+C- award. In addition to her work as an architect, Corinne Vezzoni teaches at the University of Aix-Marseille, where she has a master's degree in urban planning and development, and occasionally lectures at the Arts et Métiers and Polytechnique Marseille Château-Gombert schools. For 12 years, she was a member of the CESER (Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in the prospective and cultural sections.
www.vezzoni-associes.com
Bernard Desmoulin graduated in 1981, and studied beneath the glass dome of the Grand Palais before working in diverse firms in Paris and New York. In 1984, he was admitted for a two year residency in the prestigious Villa Medicis in Roma. Awarded as one of the best young architects after he returned, he won the architecture and landscape contest with the construction of the Frejus’ Necropolis, and created his firm in 1990. Among his achievements are various public amenities, often dedicated to culture and expressing a contemporary bias in some notable places (Villa Medicis, Rodin Museum, Louvre Palace, Zone Rosa in Mexico, Cluny’s abbey, Château de Versailles…). His work embraces architecture, landscape and museography. Honored with the Equerre d’Argent Prize in 2009 for the conception of the Leo Delibes Conservatory in Clichy, he also won the Silver medal of the Architecture Academy in 2000. He’s often invited as a lecturer for national and international conferences. Lastly, Bernard Desmoulin is a professor at the National Architecture School of Paris Val de Seine, and a consultant architect for the State.
www.desmoulin-architectures.com
www,hamonic-masson.com
Corinne Vezzoni is a consultant architect to the City and Metropolis of Lyon, and also a consultant architect to the French State. Corinne Vezzoni has been awarded the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture and has been nominated for the Grand Prix National d'Architecture in 2018, 2022 and 2024. She was nominated for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award for the Bouches-du-Rhône Archives and Loan Library, and also received the 2015 Women Architects Award, the 2018 Born Awards for Thecamp and the W.A.Ve - Workshop Architecture Venice - Jury Prize for her project for a ferry terminal developed during a residency. On the environmental front, the agency's Thémis building in Paris was the first to win the Ministry of Housing's E+C- award. In addition to her work as an architect, Corinne Vezzoni teaches at the University of Aix-Marseille, where she has a master's degree in urban planning and development, and occasionally lectures at the Arts et Métiers and Polytechnique Marseille Château-Gombert schools. For 12 years, she was a member of the CESER (Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in the prospective and cultural sections.
www.vezzoni-associes.com
Bernard Desmoulin graduated in 1981, and studied beneath the glass dome of the Grand Palais before working in diverse firms in Paris and New York. In 1984, he was admitted for a two year residency in the prestigious Villa Medicis in Roma. Awarded as one of the best young architects after he returned, he won the architecture and landscape contest with the construction of the Frejus’ Necropolis, and created his firm in 1990. Among his achievements are various public amenities, often dedicated to culture and expressing a contemporary bias in some notable places (Villa Medicis, Rodin Museum, Louvre Palace, Zone Rosa in Mexico, Cluny’s abbey, Château de Versailles…). His work embraces architecture, landscape and museography. Honored with the Equerre d’Argent Prize in 2009 for the conception of the Leo Delibes Conservatory in Clichy, he also won the Silver medal of the Architecture Academy in 2000. He’s often invited as a lecturer for national and international conferences. Lastly, Bernard Desmoulin is a professor at the National Architecture School of Paris Val de Seine, and a consultant architect for the State.
www.desmoulin-architectures.com
Amsterdam Edition
January 30, 2025 | 7 pm at Vondelkerk
Bjarne Mastenbroek, SeARCH
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
Donna van Milligen Bielke, studio Donna van Milligen Bielke
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January 30, 2025 | 7 pm at Vondelkerk
Bjarne Mastenbroek, SeARCH
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
Donna van Milligen Bielke, studio Donna van Milligen Bielke
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The speakers
Bjarne Mastenbroek has been practicing architecture in the Netherlands and abroad for over 30 years. Since founding SeARCH in 2002, he has established a practice characterized by a continuous exploration into the intimate and reciprocal relationship between architecture and site. Mastenbroek was chairman of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects from 2010-2011. He takes part as jury member in prestigious competitions and has given talks around the world. Mastenbroek was ‘Dutch Architect of the Year’ in 2009. Mastenbroek, in collaboration with Dick van Gameren, is the master planner of the IJDock, a prestigious project realised in the waterfront in the centre of Amsterdam. On a newly created island, apartment building, hotel, new palace of justice and a marina are completed after the 20 year long process of redeveloping the IJ-region. The Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa, winner of the Aga Khan award and Villa Vals in Switzerland on which he collaborated with CMA has won among others, the award for sustainability from the Chicago Athenaeum and the Wallpaper Design Award – both clear examples of how Mastenbroek’s architecture is designed to exist in nature without dominating it. The Isbjerget apartment buildings has won the MIPIM award 2013 (best residential buildings) and is another example of pioneering urbanism and architecture in an area in transition. Mastenbroek has taught at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, TU Delft, the International University of Catalonia and the University of Auckland.
www.search.nl
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, FAIA is a Partner at BIG who brings his architectural expertise to proposals around the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up BIG’s business development–which currently has the office working in over 40 different countries. He also oversees BIG’s Urban scales projects and supports BIG’s Landscape projects. He is registered as an architect in the USA (13 states) and Canada. Kai-Uwe most recently contributed to the resiliency plan BIG U to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. First envisioned through the Rebuild by Design competition to develop proactive responses to Superstorm Sandy, it is now being constructed with a completion date in 2026. Further projects include Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Queens Park, Smithsonian Master Plan, Pittsburgh Master Plan and Miami Beach Square. He complements his professional work through previous teaching assignments at the University of Pennsylvania, IE University in Madrid, and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Kai-Uwe formerly was on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.
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Donna van Milligen Bielke (1983) is an architect with an outspoken vision. In 2014, Van Milligen Bielke received the Prix de Rome for architecture for a plan for organizing the public space in Rotterdam. Van Milligen Bielke is fascinated by the redefinition and positioning of boundaries, and the influence of architecture on public space. Rather than classifying architecture in volumes, and the city as a collection of volumes, she sees architecture as a means of shaping, connecting and responding to urban fabric. She thus operates on the border of architecture and urban design and moves between different scale levels, from the architectural interior to the urban fabric.In 2019 she received the Young Maasskant Prize Studio Donna van Milligen Bielke has been working together with Ard de Vries Architects since 2017. Together they work on a diverse range of projects together from private to public, smaller and larger cultural buildings. For their building “the Kunstwerf” in Groningen they won the Abe Bonnema Prize in 2023.
dvmb.nl
www.search.nl
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, FAIA is a Partner at BIG who brings his architectural expertise to proposals around the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up BIG’s business development–which currently has the office working in over 40 different countries. He also oversees BIG’s Urban scales projects and supports BIG’s Landscape projects. He is registered as an architect in the USA (13 states) and Canada. Kai-Uwe most recently contributed to the resiliency plan BIG U to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline. First envisioned through the Rebuild by Design competition to develop proactive responses to Superstorm Sandy, it is now being constructed with a completion date in 2026. Further projects include Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Queens Park, Smithsonian Master Plan, Pittsburgh Master Plan and Miami Beach Square. He complements his professional work through previous teaching assignments at the University of Pennsylvania, IE University in Madrid, and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Kai-Uwe formerly was on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.
big.dk
Donna van Milligen Bielke (1983) is an architect with an outspoken vision. In 2014, Van Milligen Bielke received the Prix de Rome for architecture for a plan for organizing the public space in Rotterdam. Van Milligen Bielke is fascinated by the redefinition and positioning of boundaries, and the influence of architecture on public space. Rather than classifying architecture in volumes, and the city as a collection of volumes, she sees architecture as a means of shaping, connecting and responding to urban fabric. She thus operates on the border of architecture and urban design and moves between different scale levels, from the architectural interior to the urban fabric.In 2019 she received the Young Maasskant Prize Studio Donna van Milligen Bielke has been working together with Ard de Vries Architects since 2017. Together they work on a diverse range of projects together from private to public, smaller and larger cultural buildings. For their building “the Kunstwerf” in Groningen they won the Abe Bonnema Prize in 2023.
dvmb.nl
Porto Edition
November 6, 2024 | 7 pm at Auditorio Francisco de Assis, Porto
Manuel Aires Mateus, Aires Mateus
Andreia Garcia, Architectural Affairs
Nuno Brandão Costa, brandão costa
November 6, 2024 | 7 pm at Auditorio Francisco de Assis, Porto
Manuel Aires Mateus, Aires Mateus
Andreia Garcia, Architectural Affairs
Nuno Brandão Costa, brandão costa
The speakers
Manuel Aires Mateus was born in Lisbon in 1963 and graduated from Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon in 1986. He started collaborating with the architect Gonçalo Byrne in 1983 and started developing projects with his brother, Francisco, in 1988. The office Aires Mateus was then established independently by the two brothers although it was housed in Gonçalo Byrne's studio in the first years. The increasing scale of work made them establish a larger and autonomous space to fulfill the demands. Since then the scale and the number of projects have been prolific, resulting in several national and international awards. The visibility of their work has led to them holding numerous lecturer and instructor positions at several institutions. Among these are Harvard GSD, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, as well as several others in Portugal. The firm now spans two studios, both based in Lisbon, and extends to several partnerships with local studios for international work. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2010 and 2016, along with being awarded the Premios Enor Award in 2006, the Pessoa Prize in 2017 and the Wallpaper Design Award in 2018.
www.airesmateus.com
Andreia Garcia (Guimarães, 1985) is an architect, curator, researcher and teacher. Her interests focus on the contemporary practice of architecture in an era marked by strong technological advances and a progressive ecological crisis. She is a member of the Centre for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design. She is the author of several books and has been invited to teach at several international universities. She is currently vice-president of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Beira Interior, where she teaches on the Architecture MA programme. She is the founder of Architectural Affairs, which works in the discipline of architecture through design, curation and publishing. As an architect, her work has been shortlisted for: FAD Awards (2018, 2019 and 2020); Dezeen Awards (2019); BigMAT Award (2019); HAUSER Award (2020); Mies van der Rohe (2022). She is co-founder of Galeria de Arquitectura in Porto, an independent space dedicated to reflecting on Architecture, the City and Territory. In 2023 she was the curator of the Portuguese representation at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
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Nuno Brandão Costa (Oporto, 1970) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) in 1994, where he finished his PhD in 2013 and has been teaching since 1999. He did a curricular internship with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, from 1992 to 1993 and in 1998 he began his own project practice following having won 1st prize at the public competition for the project of the Library of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon. His work covers a considerable diversity of scales and programmes. The construction of the Campanhã Bus Terminal (TIC) and the rehabilitation and expansion of the São João de Deus social housing neighbourhood, both in Porto, are more recent and worth mentioning. His work was exhibited at the 8th Venice International Architecture Biennale in 2004, at the Architecture Biennale of São Paulo in 2005, Portugal Now at Cornell University, New York in 2007, and the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale in 2021. He was nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Award in 2008, 2021 and 2023, for the BSI - Swiss Architectural Award in 2012, was a runner up of the FAD Award in 2017, and won the Expresso journal award for project in social, economic and environmental impact and the Gran Premio Enor 2023.
www.brandaocosta.com
www.airesmateus.com
Andreia Garcia (Guimarães, 1985) is an architect, curator, researcher and teacher. Her interests focus on the contemporary practice of architecture in an era marked by strong technological advances and a progressive ecological crisis. She is a member of the Centre for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design. She is the author of several books and has been invited to teach at several international universities. She is currently vice-president of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Beira Interior, where she teaches on the Architecture MA programme. She is the founder of Architectural Affairs, which works in the discipline of architecture through design, curation and publishing. As an architect, her work has been shortlisted for: FAD Awards (2018, 2019 and 2020); Dezeen Awards (2019); BigMAT Award (2019); HAUSER Award (2020); Mies van der Rohe (2022). She is co-founder of Galeria de Arquitectura in Porto, an independent space dedicated to reflecting on Architecture, the City and Territory. In 2023 she was the curator of the Portuguese representation at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
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Nuno Brandão Costa (Oporto, 1970) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) in 1994, where he finished his PhD in 2013 and has been teaching since 1999. He did a curricular internship with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, from 1992 to 1993 and in 1998 he began his own project practice following having won 1st prize at the public competition for the project of the Library of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon. His work covers a considerable diversity of scales and programmes. The construction of the Campanhã Bus Terminal (TIC) and the rehabilitation and expansion of the São João de Deus social housing neighbourhood, both in Porto, are more recent and worth mentioning. His work was exhibited at the 8th Venice International Architecture Biennale in 2004, at the Architecture Biennale of São Paulo in 2005, Portugal Now at Cornell University, New York in 2007, and the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale in 2021. He was nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Award in 2008, 2021 and 2023, for the BSI - Swiss Architectural Award in 2012, was a runner up of the FAD Award in 2017, and won the Expresso journal award for project in social, economic and environmental impact and the Gran Premio Enor 2023.
www.brandaocosta.com
London Edition
October 3, 2024
Sumita Singha, Ecologic Architects
Chris Precht, Studio Precht
Ole Scheeren, Büro Ole Scheeren
October 3, 2024
Sumita Singha, Ecologic Architects
Chris Precht, Studio Precht
Ole Scheeren, Büro Ole Scheeren
The speakers
Sumita Singha is an architect, teacher, and writer with awards including UIA: UNESCO, Women In Business and Atkins Inspire. She received an OBE for services to architecture in 2021. Sumita founded Architects For Change, the Equality forum at RIBA, and is past Chair of Women In Architecture. She has served on RIBA committees for decades. Currently, she is a nationally elected RIBA Councillor and Board Trustee for Education. Sumita Singha served as a non-executive Director in the NHS for nine years. She is a trustee of Architects Benevolent Society, and Commonwealth Association of Architects; and founding director of Charushila, an environmental design charity. She has also taught sustainable design for over 25 years and is an external examiner at several universities. Sumita Singha is the author of many books and articles on architecture, inclusion, coloniality, and women in architecture.
www.ecologicarchitects.com
Chris Precht is a renowned Austrian architect celebrated for his innovative and sustainable design approach. Co-founding the architecture studio Precht with his wife, Fei Tang, he integrates principles of ecology, modular design, and technology to create striking, environmentally conscious structures. Some of his most notable projects include the "Farmhouse," which merges urban living with vertical farming, and the "Bert" treehouse, which emphasizes a whimsical, organic design. Precht's work emphasizes the harmony between the built environment and the natural world, often incorporating greenery and natural materials. His designs have garnered international recognition and numerous awards, positioning him as a leading voice in contemporary sustainable architecture.
www.precht.at
Ole Scheeren is a German-born architect and principal of Büro Ole Scheeren. His landmark projects shape the way we interact with our cities and generate new social narratives through a bold vision of architecture as highly connective and integrative environments. Ole Scheeren is Büro Ole Scheeren’s chief designer and responsible for steering the company’s business, creative vision and strategic development. His projects have won numerous awards including the CTBUH 10 Year Award 2023 for the Interlace in Singapore, the CTBUH Urban Habitat Award 2021 for DUO in Singapore, and the CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide Award 2013 for the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing. In 2022 the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany dedicated the large scale exhibition ole scheeren : spaces of life to Ole Scheeren’s work.
www.buro-os.com
www.ecologicarchitects.com
Chris Precht is a renowned Austrian architect celebrated for his innovative and sustainable design approach. Co-founding the architecture studio Precht with his wife, Fei Tang, he integrates principles of ecology, modular design, and technology to create striking, environmentally conscious structures. Some of his most notable projects include the "Farmhouse," which merges urban living with vertical farming, and the "Bert" treehouse, which emphasizes a whimsical, organic design. Precht's work emphasizes the harmony between the built environment and the natural world, often incorporating greenery and natural materials. His designs have garnered international recognition and numerous awards, positioning him as a leading voice in contemporary sustainable architecture.
www.precht.at
Ole Scheeren is a German-born architect and principal of Büro Ole Scheeren. His landmark projects shape the way we interact with our cities and generate new social narratives through a bold vision of architecture as highly connective and integrative environments. Ole Scheeren is Büro Ole Scheeren’s chief designer and responsible for steering the company’s business, creative vision and strategic development. His projects have won numerous awards including the CTBUH 10 Year Award 2023 for the Interlace in Singapore, the CTBUH Urban Habitat Award 2021 for DUO in Singapore, and the CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide Award 2013 for the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing. In 2022 the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany dedicated the large scale exhibition ole scheeren : spaces of life to Ole Scheeren’s work.
www.buro-os.com
Copenhagen Edition
September 24, 2024
Carlo Ratti, Carlo Ratti Associati
Anders Lendager, Lendager
Siv Helene Stangeland, Helen & Hard
September 24, 2024
Carlo Ratti, Carlo Ratti Associati
Anders Lendager, Lendager
Siv Helene Stangeland, Helen & Hard
The speakers
Carlo Ratti is a founding partner of the international architecture and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and has established several tech start-ups in the United States and Europe. Ratti graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and later carried out his MPhil and Ph.D. work at the University of Cambridge-completing his Ph.D. thesis as a Fulbright Scholar at MIT. In December 2023, he was named as Curator of the Venice Biennale Architettura 2025. One of the top ten most-cited scholars in urban planning, Ratti has co-authored over 750 academic publications. He has consulted international bodies from the European Union to the Queensland Government. He was a curator of the BMW Guggenheim Pavilion in Berlin, the Future Food District Pavilion for the 2015 World Expo in Milan, the chief curator at the 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Shenzhen, and a creative mediator at the European Nomadic Biennale Manifesta 14 Prishtina. Ratti’s work has been exhibited worldwide at venues including New York City's MoMA, the Venice Biennale, the Science Museum in London, Expo 2015 Milan, and Expo 2020 Dubai.
www.carloratti.com
Anders Lendager is an architect, Creative Director and founder of Lendager. His company has established itself as a front runner and one of the most influential architecture studios and strategic consultancies working within sustainability and circular economy. Anders oversees various projects and ensures the implementation of cutting-edge approaches to change-making in the built environment within a wide range of typologies, scales and consultancy services. He aims to push the boundaries and scale sustainable transition throughout the value chain. He graduated as an architect from the Aarhus School of Architecture and has since been immersed in the development and promotion of sustainability in practice and as an external consultant, keynote speaker and international lecturer on resource efficiency, innovation, and holistic sustainability. His pioneering spirit has positioned him as a recognized proponent of turning strategy into concrete actions.
www.lendager.com
Siv Helene Stangeland is a Norwegian architect recognized for her innovative and sustainable design approaches. She co-founded Helen & Hard, an architectural firm established in 1996 with Reinhard Kropf, which has gained international acclaim for its environmentally conscious projects and creative use of timber. Stangeland's work emphasizes ecological responsibility and social inclusivity, integrating natural materials and community-centric designs. Her notable projects include the Vennesla Library and Cultural Center, which exemplifies her commitment to sustainable architecture and has won several awards for its unique and functional design. A graduate of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and the Architectural Association in London, Stangeland has also been active in academia, contributing to architectural education and discourse. Through her work, she continues to push the boundaries of sustainable architecture, making significant contributions to the field both in Norway and globally.
www.helenhard.no
www.carloratti.com
Anders Lendager is an architect, Creative Director and founder of Lendager. His company has established itself as a front runner and one of the most influential architecture studios and strategic consultancies working within sustainability and circular economy. Anders oversees various projects and ensures the implementation of cutting-edge approaches to change-making in the built environment within a wide range of typologies, scales and consultancy services. He aims to push the boundaries and scale sustainable transition throughout the value chain. He graduated as an architect from the Aarhus School of Architecture and has since been immersed in the development and promotion of sustainability in practice and as an external consultant, keynote speaker and international lecturer on resource efficiency, innovation, and holistic sustainability. His pioneering spirit has positioned him as a recognized proponent of turning strategy into concrete actions.
www.lendager.com
Siv Helene Stangeland is a Norwegian architect recognized for her innovative and sustainable design approaches. She co-founded Helen & Hard, an architectural firm established in 1996 with Reinhard Kropf, which has gained international acclaim for its environmentally conscious projects and creative use of timber. Stangeland's work emphasizes ecological responsibility and social inclusivity, integrating natural materials and community-centric designs. Her notable projects include the Vennesla Library and Cultural Center, which exemplifies her commitment to sustainable architecture and has won several awards for its unique and functional design. A graduate of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and the Architectural Association in London, Stangeland has also been active in academia, contributing to architectural education and discourse. Through her work, she continues to push the boundaries of sustainable architecture, making significant contributions to the field both in Norway and globally.
www.helenhard.no
Stockholm Edition
September 11, 2024
Andreas Lyckefors, Olsson Lyckefors
Thomas Sandell, sandellsandberg
Dominique Petit-Frère, Limbo Accra
September 11, 2024
Andreas Lyckefors, Olsson Lyckefors
Thomas Sandell, sandellsandberg
Dominique Petit-Frère, Limbo Accra
The speakers
Dominique Petit-Frère is a Ghanaian-Haitian spatial practitioner who combines architecture, ecology, and politics in her work through design, research and exhibitions. As the co-founder of Limbo Accra, her practice is centered on transforming unfinished building projects into new opportunities. The practice's name is inspired by the numerous incomplete concrete structures scattered across the urban landscape of West Africa and signifies a commitment to contextually rooted, resilient and climate-appropriate designs. In 2023, the studio was awarded the Henrik F. Obel Foundation grant to develop 'The Liminal Archive,' Africa's first digital archive of incomplete building projects and modernist ruins using photogrammetric scans and 3D representations. The archive has been exhibited at prestigious events such as the Sharjah Architecture Triennale and the Chicago Architecture Biennale, as well as various galleries and institutions across Europe.
www.limboaccra.online
Andreas Lyckefors is an architect and co- founder of Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur with studios in Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden. He currently runs Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur with Johan Olsson. Upon graduating in 2005 Andreas and Johan founded Olsson Lyckefors Arkitekter. Several of the office's works have been recognized and awarded both nationally and internationally. Dezeen Awards shortlisted the practice in the category ”Emerging Studio of the Year” in 2022. In 2023, Merkurhuset by Bornstein Lyckefors was awarded the Swedish Architects Kasper Salin Prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious architecture awards in Sweden. The project was also nominated for Mies van Der Rohe Awards 24.The office is engaged in a broad architectural spectrum, ranging from large scale architecture to interior design and research studies in projects for private, corporate, and public clients. With an exploratory approach and a focus on the emotional experience of architecture, the essence of Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur's work is the search for narrative qualities in strategic, poetic, and communicative architecture.
www.olssonlyckefors.se
Thomas Sandell, born in 1959 in Jakobstad, Finland, graduated in 1990 from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1995, he founded the company Sandellsandberg together with Ulf Sandberg and Joakim Uebel with a vision that everything communicates. From 2014 Sandellsandberg became exclusively an architectural firm and since 2016 it is part of AFRY. Early in his career, Thomas had the opportunity to work on several large projects, including the Museum of Modern art in Stockholm. He is known for several buildings, for example Stockholmsbörsen, Gåshaga brygga on Lidingö and product design for IKEA. He has worked with several Swedish and international furniture producers such as B&B Italia, Capellini, Svenskt Tenn and Asplund. His broad design has earned him many prestigious awards, everything from the Red Dot Design Awards, Rödfärgspriset to various urban planning awards and a three-time winner of the ROT-award.
www.sandellsandberg.se
www.limboaccra.online
Andreas Lyckefors is an architect and co- founder of Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur with studios in Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden. He currently runs Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur with Johan Olsson. Upon graduating in 2005 Andreas and Johan founded Olsson Lyckefors Arkitekter. Several of the office's works have been recognized and awarded both nationally and internationally. Dezeen Awards shortlisted the practice in the category ”Emerging Studio of the Year” in 2022. In 2023, Merkurhuset by Bornstein Lyckefors was awarded the Swedish Architects Kasper Salin Prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious architecture awards in Sweden. The project was also nominated for Mies van Der Rohe Awards 24.The office is engaged in a broad architectural spectrum, ranging from large scale architecture to interior design and research studies in projects for private, corporate, and public clients. With an exploratory approach and a focus on the emotional experience of architecture, the essence of Olsson Lyckefors Arkitektur's work is the search for narrative qualities in strategic, poetic, and communicative architecture.
www.olssonlyckefors.se
Thomas Sandell, born in 1959 in Jakobstad, Finland, graduated in 1990 from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1995, he founded the company Sandellsandberg together with Ulf Sandberg and Joakim Uebel with a vision that everything communicates. From 2014 Sandellsandberg became exclusively an architectural firm and since 2016 it is part of AFRY. Early in his career, Thomas had the opportunity to work on several large projects, including the Museum of Modern art in Stockholm. He is known for several buildings, for example Stockholmsbörsen, Gåshaga brygga on Lidingö and product design for IKEA. He has worked with several Swedish and international furniture producers such as B&B Italia, Capellini, Svenskt Tenn and Asplund. His broad design has earned him many prestigious awards, everything from the Red Dot Design Awards, Rödfärgspriset to various urban planning awards and a three-time winner of the ROT-award.
www.sandellsandberg.se
Stockholm Edition
September 21, 2023
Louise Masreliez, Marge Arkitekter, Stockholm
Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård, Tham & Videgård, Stockholm
Sandi Hilal, DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Research), Bayt Sahour/Stockholm
September 21, 2023
Louise Masreliez, Marge Arkitekter, Stockholm
Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård, Tham & Videgård, Stockholm
Sandi Hilal, DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Research), Bayt Sahour/Stockholm
The speakers
Louise Masreliez co-founded Marge Arkitekter in 2002, and has been practicing architecture since 1994. Her work spans a wide range of cultural projects, as well as projects with high historical value. She has served on several committees and juries, and has been awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for her artistic achievements.
www.marge.se
Tham & Videgård are based in Stockholm, Sweden, and directed by co-founders and lead architects Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård. Since the start in 1999, the practice has attracted attention for its many innovative built works developed with inspiration from the specifics of each site. Tham & Videgård's projects have won several national and international awards. In 2008 and 2015, they won the Kasper Salin Prize for best new architecture in Sweden. Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård are members of the Royal Academy of Arts and regularly teach and lecture at schools of architecture in Sweden and abroad.
www.thamvidegard.se
Sandi Hilal co-founded DAAR (Decolonizing Art Architecture Research) in 2007, which is an architectural and art collective with Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman in Beit Sahour, Palestine. She is also an educator and visiting professor at Lund University in Sweden, and her latest publications include ‘Refugee Heritage’ and ‘Permanent Temporariness’. Along with Alessandro Petti, they received the Golden Lion for Best Participation from the 18th Annual La Biennale di Venezia.
www.decolonizing.ps
Copenhagen Edition
July 5, 2023
Jan Gehl
Kerstin Thompson, Kerstin Thompson Architects
Anna Heringer, Studio Anna Heringer
The speakers
Jan Gehl,
(Denmark, 1936), architect, professor, and consultant on urban design, has
focused his career on improving the quality of urban life, by reorienting the
design of the city towards the people in the cities: public life, pedestrians,
and cyclists. His books include the by now “classics” “Life between Buildings”
and “Cities for People”. Published in more than 40 languages. Major City
improvement projects with Gehl Architects include Copenhagen, Melbourne,
Sydney, London, Moscow and New York.
Jan Gehl
has been awarded the ”Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize for exemplary contributions
to Town Planning” by The International Union of Architects , honorary doctor
degrees in Edinburgh, Toronto, Varna and Halifax and is honorary fellow of the
Architectural Institutes in Denmark, UK (RIBA), USA, Canada, Scotland, Ireland
as well as the Planning Institutes in Australia and Ireland.
Anna
Heringer uses architecture as a tool to improve lives. As an architect and
honorary professor of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, Building
Cultures, and Sustainable Development she is focusing on the use of natural
building materials. She has been actively involved in development cooperation
in Bangladesh since 1997. Her diploma work, the METI School in Rudrapur got
realized in 2005 and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007. Over the
years, Studio Anna Heringer has realized further projects in Asia, Africa, and
Europe. Anna is lecturing worldwide at conferences, including TED and has been
visiting professor at various universities such as Harvard and ETH Zurich.
She
received numerous honors: the OBEL Award 2020, the Global Award for Sustainable
Architecture, Curry Stone Design Prize, the Femmes Architects Award 2020, the
Loeb Fellowship at Harvard’s GSD and a RIBA International Fellowship. Her work
was widely published and exhibited in the MoMA New York, the V&A Museum in
London and at the Venice Biennale among other places.
www.anna-heringer.com/vision
Kerstin
Thompson is principal of Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA), a Melbourne-based
practice she founded in 1994, and an adjunct professor at RMIT and Monash
University. A committed design educator, she regularly lectures and runs
studios at various schools across Australia and New Zealand. In recognition for
the work of her practice and contribution to the architecture profession and
its education, Kerstin was elevated to life fellow by the Australian Institute
of Architects in 2017. She plays an active role in promoting quality design,
within the profession and the wider community, through her position as panel
member on the Office of the Victorian Government Architect’s Design Review
Panel and board member for the Melbourne Housing Expo, a research group led by
the University of Melbourne.
A
passionate defender of civic space and advocate for extracting new life from
built heritage, KTA’s redevelopment of the Broadmeadows Town Hall won the 2020
Victorian Architecture Medal. Current works focus on education and cultural
programs, including the Bundanon Art Museum and the Bridge at Shoalhaven NSW,
and the Jewish Holocaust Centre.
www.kerstinthompson.com
Paris Edition
June 15, 2023
Nicolas Laisné, Nicolas Laisné Architectes
Manuelle Gautrand, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahm architectes
June 15, 2023
Nicolas Laisné, Nicolas Laisné Architectes
Manuelle Gautrand, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahm architectes
The speakers
Nicolas Laisné was trained in several cultures: India with Raj Rewal, the United States with Steven Holl, and Europe with Jean Nouvel. For the Arbre Blanc, one of his most emblematic creations (2019), he has immersed himself in Japanese and Mediterranean cultures. Nicolas Laisné has a concern for nature and a way of softening the boundary between interior and exterior, through the effects of thresholds and gentle porosity. With his open-mindedness, natural curiosity and taste for dialogue, Nicolas Laisné multiplies influences and limits the weight of dogmas. His decompartmentalized vision of architecture leads him to invite philosophers, ergonomists, botanists, artists and data scientists to his table. He forms a new transdisciplinary team for each project.
His latest projects (L’Arbre Blanc, L’Arboretum in Nanterre, L’Atelier de l’Arsenal in Paris, the Althéa and Tilia housing projects in Vélizy, Nice Méridia, etc.) reflect his desire to open up architecture. So that it gives more space to everyone, including nature, in ever denser cities. So that it integrates the new uses of society, and their accelerated evolution. So that it makes the sharing of space a happy experience of conviviality.
www.nicolaslaisne.com
Manuelle Gautrand was born in Marseille (France) and obtained her graduate diploma in Architecture from the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier”. In 1991 she set up her practice; she lives and works in Paris. As the principal architect at Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, she is responsible for the design and construction of a diverse range of buildings, including cultural facilities (theaters, museums, cultural centres), offices, housing, commercial and leisure facilities, etc.
She works for large public clients and institutions as much as for private clients, in France and abroad. “Re-enchant the city” and thus to bring emotion, to reinvent, to renew, to innovate and to propose the unexpected answers, to be bold and plural are the founding principles of the architecture of Manuelle Gautrand.
www.manuelle-gautrand.com
Philippe Rahm graduated as architect from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1993 and received a Ph.D in architecture from the University of Paris-Saclay in 2019. He has held professorships at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell Universities since 2010 in the USA.In 2008, he founded the internationally renowned architectural firm Philippe Rahm architectes in Paris. The practice is recognized in the field of architecture and sustainable urban development, their expertise is in the invention and practical implementation of technical, social and aesthetic solutions to meet the challenges of climate change, air pollution and new environmental standards.
His recent work includes the first prize for the Farini competition in Milan in 2019, the 70 hectares Taichung Gateway Park in Taiwan, completed in 2020, the First Prize for the 1800 m2 Agora of the French National Radio in Paris, and a 2700 m2 Exhibition architecture for the Luma Foundation in Arles, France. He has received the Silver Medal of the French Academy of Architecture in 2019 and was made a knight of the Order of Cultural Merit of Monaco in 2017.
www.philipperahm.com
His latest projects (L’Arbre Blanc, L’Arboretum in Nanterre, L’Atelier de l’Arsenal in Paris, the Althéa and Tilia housing projects in Vélizy, Nice Méridia, etc.) reflect his desire to open up architecture. So that it gives more space to everyone, including nature, in ever denser cities. So that it integrates the new uses of society, and their accelerated evolution. So that it makes the sharing of space a happy experience of conviviality.
www.nicolaslaisne.com
Manuelle Gautrand was born in Marseille (France) and obtained her graduate diploma in Architecture from the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier”. In 1991 she set up her practice; she lives and works in Paris. As the principal architect at Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, she is responsible for the design and construction of a diverse range of buildings, including cultural facilities (theaters, museums, cultural centres), offices, housing, commercial and leisure facilities, etc.
She works for large public clients and institutions as much as for private clients, in France and abroad. “Re-enchant the city” and thus to bring emotion, to reinvent, to renew, to innovate and to propose the unexpected answers, to be bold and plural are the founding principles of the architecture of Manuelle Gautrand.
www.manuelle-gautrand.com
Philippe Rahm graduated as architect from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1993 and received a Ph.D in architecture from the University of Paris-Saclay in 2019. He has held professorships at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and Cornell Universities since 2010 in the USA.In 2008, he founded the internationally renowned architectural firm Philippe Rahm architectes in Paris. The practice is recognized in the field of architecture and sustainable urban development, their expertise is in the invention and practical implementation of technical, social and aesthetic solutions to meet the challenges of climate change, air pollution and new environmental standards.
His recent work includes the first prize for the Farini competition in Milan in 2019, the 70 hectares Taichung Gateway Park in Taiwan, completed in 2020, the First Prize for the 1800 m2 Agora of the French National Radio in Paris, and a 2700 m2 Exhibition architecture for the Luma Foundation in Arles, France. He has received the Silver Medal of the French Academy of Architecture in 2019 and was made a knight of the Order of Cultural Merit of Monaco in 2017.
www.philipperahm.com
London Edition
June 08, 2023
Cindy Walters, Walters & Cohen
Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects
Joe Morris, Morris + Company
June 08, 2023
Cindy Walters, Walters & Cohen
Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects
Joe Morris, Morris + Company
The speakers
Cindy Walters is director and co-founder of Walters & Cohen Architects. Since establishing the practice with Michál Cohen in 1994, Cindy has been responsible for a variety of projects in the UK and abroad, including several schools, Vajrasana Buddhist Retreat Centre in Suffolk, the Gallery of Botanical Art in Kew Gardens, and the Dorothy Garrod Building for Newnham College, Cambridge. She believes strongly in creating beautiful buildings and spaces that have civic and social purpose and encourage a wider conversation about architecture. Buildings designed by Cindy have been called elegant, miraculous and timeless. They are unique to their context, create a sense of place and are loved by the people who use them.
Cindy and Michál provide a supportive, creative environment, one where staff know they are appreciated. Outside the practice, Cindy regularly contributes to academic and professional institutions as an external examiner, speaker, competition judge and mentor. Her long-standing involvement with the RIBA includes being on the jury for the Lubetkin Prize, Stirling Prize, President’s Research Awards, Honours Committee and a member of the RIBA Validation Panel. In 2019 she became chair of the Architecture Foundation. She is also one of the Design Council’s associates, a governor at Regent High School and completed a PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2022.
www.waltersandcohen.com
Alison Brooks, Founder and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects London, is one of the UK’s most highly awarded and internationally acclaimed architects. Born and educated in Canada, she moved to London in 1987 and established her practice in 1996. With built works encompassing urban design and housing, private houses, public buildings for the arts and higher education, she is the only architect to have received the profession’s three most prestigious UK awards: the RIBA Stirling Prize, Manser Medal (twice) and Stephen Lawrence Prize.
Her work reflects a commitment to generous, inclusive city-building and a uniquely sculptural design language beautifully demonstrated in her recently completed Cohen Quadrangle for Exeter College, Oxford. Landmark urban projects include Ely Court, London, the Stirling-prize-winning Accordia, Cambridge and Cadence in King’s Cross. Her public and education buildings include Folkestone’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts Centre and the ‘Smile’, a spectacular public pavilion for the 2017 London Design Festival. Private houses continue to serve as a focussed platform for the practice’s design research, from the much-celebrated 2001 VXO House to 2021 RIBA House of the Year, Windward House. She has been invited to exhibit her practice’s work at the Venice Architecture Biennale three times.
www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com
Joe Morris is an architect spearheading Morris+Company across two studios, one in the creative district of London’s Shoreditch, the other in Copenhagen. In a career spanning 25 years of professional practice which has achieved widespread international recognition, Joe has increasingly advocated a sense of urgency for fair and transparent practice, inclusivity and equality, through open dialogue and critical debate, whilst encouraging the broader company to take ownership of projects and develop their own careers and interests.
Morris+Company is a growing studio, recently included on the AJ100 definitive record of the UK’s largest architecture practices, and its direction and governance is a shared endeavour across the director team and beyond. Accordingly, each member plays a vital part in driving the practice to achieve exemplar service and output. Joe’s focus is directed towards the Workplace Sector (spearheading the #Office+ Programme), Majors (providing strategic oversight on all major projects) and International (working collaboratively with our Danish Team to build our sister studio in Copenhagen, as well build on relationships in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Oslo).
www.morrisand.company
Cindy and Michál provide a supportive, creative environment, one where staff know they are appreciated. Outside the practice, Cindy regularly contributes to academic and professional institutions as an external examiner, speaker, competition judge and mentor. Her long-standing involvement with the RIBA includes being on the jury for the Lubetkin Prize, Stirling Prize, President’s Research Awards, Honours Committee and a member of the RIBA Validation Panel. In 2019 she became chair of the Architecture Foundation. She is also one of the Design Council’s associates, a governor at Regent High School and completed a PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2022.
www.waltersandcohen.com
Alison Brooks, Founder and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects London, is one of the UK’s most highly awarded and internationally acclaimed architects. Born and educated in Canada, she moved to London in 1987 and established her practice in 1996. With built works encompassing urban design and housing, private houses, public buildings for the arts and higher education, she is the only architect to have received the profession’s three most prestigious UK awards: the RIBA Stirling Prize, Manser Medal (twice) and Stephen Lawrence Prize.
Her work reflects a commitment to generous, inclusive city-building and a uniquely sculptural design language beautifully demonstrated in her recently completed Cohen Quadrangle for Exeter College, Oxford. Landmark urban projects include Ely Court, London, the Stirling-prize-winning Accordia, Cambridge and Cadence in King’s Cross. Her public and education buildings include Folkestone’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts Centre and the ‘Smile’, a spectacular public pavilion for the 2017 London Design Festival. Private houses continue to serve as a focussed platform for the practice’s design research, from the much-celebrated 2001 VXO House to 2021 RIBA House of the Year, Windward House. She has been invited to exhibit her practice’s work at the Venice Architecture Biennale three times.
www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com
Joe Morris is an architect spearheading Morris+Company across two studios, one in the creative district of London’s Shoreditch, the other in Copenhagen. In a career spanning 25 years of professional practice which has achieved widespread international recognition, Joe has increasingly advocated a sense of urgency for fair and transparent practice, inclusivity and equality, through open dialogue and critical debate, whilst encouraging the broader company to take ownership of projects and develop their own careers and interests.
Morris+Company is a growing studio, recently included on the AJ100 definitive record of the UK’s largest architecture practices, and its direction and governance is a shared endeavour across the director team and beyond. Accordingly, each member plays a vital part in driving the practice to achieve exemplar service and output. Joe’s focus is directed towards the Workplace Sector (spearheading the #Office+ Programme), Majors (providing strategic oversight on all major projects) and International (working collaboratively with our Danish Team to build our sister studio in Copenhagen, as well build on relationships in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Oslo).
www.morrisand.company
Madrid Edition
April 27, 2023
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Souto Moura
Fuensanta Nieto, Nieto Sobejano
Emilio Tuñón, Tuñón y Albornoz
April 27, 2023
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Souto Moura
Fuensanta Nieto, Nieto Sobejano
Emilio Tuñón, Tuñón y Albornoz
Copenhagen Edition
November 17, 2022
Gert Wingårdh, Wingårdhs
Sumayya Vally, Counterspace
Kathrin Gimmel, JAJA Architects
November 17, 2022
Gert Wingårdh, Wingårdhs
Sumayya Vally, Counterspace
Kathrin Gimmel, JAJA Architects
The speakers
Gert Wingårdh, architect SAR/MSA, is Wingårdhs owner and CEO. He was born in Skövde in 1951 and graduated from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg 1975. He founded Wingårdhs in 1977, and since then the quality of the office’s large production has generated many prizes and awards both in Sweden and internationally. Wingårdhs is an innovative architecture practice that has presented benchmark buildings for sustainable, sensual and efficient design for forty years. The internationally operating office is based in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö. A staff of circa 200 professionals all operates under the company’s founder.
The office has pioneered thru a wide range of design, from masterplans, housing schemes, civic buildings and transport facilities to private homes, interiors and product design. In a process of dialogue, the architects work intimately together not only with clients, but also with superior specialists in every stage of the design process. No other Swedish firm has been bestowed with more Kasper Salin Awards, the main national prize, which Gert Wingårdh have received six times. Most recently 2021 for Helsingborg Water Tower.
Gert himself has been awarded the Prince Eugene Medal and the Gustaf Dalén Medal, among others. He’s an Hon.D.Tech and professor at Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg, and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
www.wingardhs.se
Sumayya Vally is principal of the award-winning architecture and research studio Counterspace—a design, research and pedagogical practice searching for expression for hybrid identities and territory, particularly for African and Islamic conditions—both rooted and diasporic. Her design process is often forensic, and draws on the aural, performance and the overlooked as generative places of history and work.
In 2019, Counterspace was invited to design the 20th Serpentine Pavilion in London, making Vally the youngest architect ever to win this internationally renowned commission. As Artistic Director, Vally is currently working on curating the first Islamic Arts Biennale taking place in Jeddah in 2023. She is currently collaborating on the design of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Monrovia, Liberia, the first presidential library dedicated to a female head of state, where she will oversee the scenography, pavilions, and exhibition spaces. She is also working on a garden and gathering place commemorating the 5th Pan-African Congress held in Manchester, UK, in 1945. The practicee operates adjacent to the academy. For six years she led the masters’ studio, Unit 12, at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg—founded by Professor Lesley Lokko, with the intent to create a curriculum for the African continent. She has taught and lectured widely, most recently as Pelli Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
www.counterspace-studio.com
Kathrin Gimmel is a Swiss/Danish Architect and partner at Copenhagen-based JAJA Architects where she is involved in all aspects of the studio’s work. JAJA is a practice with great passion for the extraordinary and the everyday aspects of creating architecture and urban strategies and strives to offer playful and functional responses to the specific circumstance of each project. The studios work is experienced by both the brain and the heart and includes praised projects such as Konditaget Lüders, Vraa School, and Streetmekka Aalborg.
Besides her work at JAJA Architects, Kathrin is curious to explore and contribute to the architectural profession through advisory work and teaching. In 2019 she headed a studio at the summer school W.A.Ve at IUAV in Venice and she has previously been tutoring at the studio “Urbanism and societal change” at KADK in Copenhagen where she co-edited the book “Atlas of the Copenhagens”, investigating the mechanisms of sustainable city measurement in regards to the urban territory of Copenhagen.
www.jaja.archi
The office has pioneered thru a wide range of design, from masterplans, housing schemes, civic buildings and transport facilities to private homes, interiors and product design. In a process of dialogue, the architects work intimately together not only with clients, but also with superior specialists in every stage of the design process. No other Swedish firm has been bestowed with more Kasper Salin Awards, the main national prize, which Gert Wingårdh have received six times. Most recently 2021 for Helsingborg Water Tower.
Gert himself has been awarded the Prince Eugene Medal and the Gustaf Dalén Medal, among others. He’s an Hon.D.Tech and professor at Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg, and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
www.wingardhs.se
Sumayya Vally is principal of the award-winning architecture and research studio Counterspace—a design, research and pedagogical practice searching for expression for hybrid identities and territory, particularly for African and Islamic conditions—both rooted and diasporic. Her design process is often forensic, and draws on the aural, performance and the overlooked as generative places of history and work.
In 2019, Counterspace was invited to design the 20th Serpentine Pavilion in London, making Vally the youngest architect ever to win this internationally renowned commission. As Artistic Director, Vally is currently working on curating the first Islamic Arts Biennale taking place in Jeddah in 2023. She is currently collaborating on the design of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Monrovia, Liberia, the first presidential library dedicated to a female head of state, where she will oversee the scenography, pavilions, and exhibition spaces. She is also working on a garden and gathering place commemorating the 5th Pan-African Congress held in Manchester, UK, in 1945. The practicee operates adjacent to the academy. For six years she led the masters’ studio, Unit 12, at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg—founded by Professor Lesley Lokko, with the intent to create a curriculum for the African continent. She has taught and lectured widely, most recently as Pelli Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
www.counterspace-studio.com
Kathrin Gimmel is a Swiss/Danish Architect and partner at Copenhagen-based JAJA Architects where she is involved in all aspects of the studio’s work. JAJA is a practice with great passion for the extraordinary and the everyday aspects of creating architecture and urban strategies and strives to offer playful and functional responses to the specific circumstance of each project. The studios work is experienced by both the brain and the heart and includes praised projects such as Konditaget Lüders, Vraa School, and Streetmekka Aalborg.
Besides her work at JAJA Architects, Kathrin is curious to explore and contribute to the architectural profession through advisory work and teaching. In 2019 she headed a studio at the summer school W.A.Ve at IUAV in Venice and she has previously been tutoring at the studio “Urbanism and societal change” at KADK in Copenhagen where she co-edited the book “Atlas of the Copenhagens”, investigating the mechanisms of sustainable city measurement in regards to the urban territory of Copenhagen.
www.jaja.archi
Amsterdam Edition
October 18, 2022
Liesbeth van der Pol, Dok architecten
Ellen van Loon, OMA
Carolyn Leung, Superimpose
October 18, 2022
Liesbeth van der Pol, Dok architecten
Ellen van Loon, OMA
Carolyn Leung, Superimpose
The speakers
Liesbeth van der Pol graduated cum laude from Delft University of Technology in 1988. She spent a year studying at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain in 1982. Before and after her studies, she worked at various Dutch and foreign architecture firms. In 1989 she established herself as an independent architect with Herman Zeinstra. In 1995 she set up the firm Atelier Zeinstra van der Pol with her partner Herman Zeinstra. The firm grew rapidly and soon gained a reputation for its wide variety of projects, including residential housing and buildings for the cultural and industrial sectors. In 2007, she co-founded Dok architects, which she is runs together with Patrick Cannon. She was Chief Government Architect from 2008 to 2011 and Supervisor of Schiphol Airport from 2014 to 2017.
In addition to her work as architect, Van der Pol is a guest lecturer at various universities and academies, and she has sat on numerous juries. She was head of Man and Public Space at the Eindhoven Design Academy and is a regular guest speaker at lectures, debates, conferences and workshops. In 1992 Van der Pol received the Charlotte Köhler Prize for architecture from the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund, and in 1993 she was awarded the Maaskant Prize for young architects in Rotterdam. She has received a host of other awards as well over the years, ranging from awards for the use of materials to public awards.
www.dokarchitecten.nl
Ellen van Loon joined OMA in 1998 and became Partner in 2002. She has led award-winning building projects that combine sophisticated design with precise execution. Recently completed projects led by Ellen include the shop-in-shops for Jacquemus at Galeries Lafayette and Selfridges (2022), the temporary store on Avenue de Montaigne in Paris for Tiffany & Co. (2022), Monumental Wonders exhibition for SolidNature in Milan (2022). Bvlgari Fine Jewelry Show (2021), Brighton College (2020), BLOX / DAC in Copenhagen (2018), Rijnstraat 8 in The Hague (2017), and Lab City CentraleSupélec (2017).
Other projects in her portfolio include Fondation Galeries Lafayette (2018) in Paris; Qatar National Library (2017); Amsterdam’s G-Star Raw Headquarters (2014); De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands (2013); CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012); New Court Rothschild Bank in London (2011); Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow (2011); Casa da Musica in Porto (2005) – winner of the 2007 RIBA Award; and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (2003) – winner of the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award in 2005. Ellen is currently working on The Factory Manchester – a large performing arts venue for the city; Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) Berlin – Europe’s biggest department store – and KaDeWe Vienna; and the Palais de Justice de Lille.
www.oma.com
Carolyn Leung is a director and co-founding partner at the international architecture practice Superimpose Architecture with entities in Beijing, Rotterdam and Hong Kong. Carolyn lived in Hong Kong during her early years and is educated in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. She holds a MSc degree (Distinction) from the Delft University of Technology (TUD) in The Netherlands and is a registered architect in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Prior to co-founding Superimpose in 2016, Carolyn worked at renowned award-winning practices including Foster + Partners London (2009-2012), URBANUS Beijing (2013) and Benoy Beijing (2013-2016). As a partner of Superimpose, she has been involved with all award-winning projects including Micr-O in Hangzhou, Re-Veil and Y-Loft City in Changzhi and the Vanke Sky-City TOD in Hangzhou, which is currently close to completion.
Carolyn has been the recipient of “40 under 40: China‘s outstanding designer” in 2021. She has been invited to speak at Dutch Embassy NCIO, Chinese University of Hong Kong, RMIT and ROCA Gallery Beijing and as a critic at Oxford Brookes University and the AA Summer school in Beijing. Superimpose was the co-curator for the Dutch Pavilion at the Guangzhou Design Week 2021 and hosted the event “Superstrategies”, which focuses on the discourse of solutions and strategies during the design process.
www.superimposearchitecture.com
In addition to her work as architect, Van der Pol is a guest lecturer at various universities and academies, and she has sat on numerous juries. She was head of Man and Public Space at the Eindhoven Design Academy and is a regular guest speaker at lectures, debates, conferences and workshops. In 1992 Van der Pol received the Charlotte Köhler Prize for architecture from the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund, and in 1993 she was awarded the Maaskant Prize for young architects in Rotterdam. She has received a host of other awards as well over the years, ranging from awards for the use of materials to public awards.
www.dokarchitecten.nl
Ellen van Loon joined OMA in 1998 and became Partner in 2002. She has led award-winning building projects that combine sophisticated design with precise execution. Recently completed projects led by Ellen include the shop-in-shops for Jacquemus at Galeries Lafayette and Selfridges (2022), the temporary store on Avenue de Montaigne in Paris for Tiffany & Co. (2022), Monumental Wonders exhibition for SolidNature in Milan (2022). Bvlgari Fine Jewelry Show (2021), Brighton College (2020), BLOX / DAC in Copenhagen (2018), Rijnstraat 8 in The Hague (2017), and Lab City CentraleSupélec (2017).
Other projects in her portfolio include Fondation Galeries Lafayette (2018) in Paris; Qatar National Library (2017); Amsterdam’s G-Star Raw Headquarters (2014); De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands (2013); CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012); New Court Rothschild Bank in London (2011); Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow (2011); Casa da Musica in Porto (2005) – winner of the 2007 RIBA Award; and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (2003) – winner of the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award in 2005. Ellen is currently working on The Factory Manchester – a large performing arts venue for the city; Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) Berlin – Europe’s biggest department store – and KaDeWe Vienna; and the Palais de Justice de Lille.
www.oma.com
Carolyn Leung is a director and co-founding partner at the international architecture practice Superimpose Architecture with entities in Beijing, Rotterdam and Hong Kong. Carolyn lived in Hong Kong during her early years and is educated in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. She holds a MSc degree (Distinction) from the Delft University of Technology (TUD) in The Netherlands and is a registered architect in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Prior to co-founding Superimpose in 2016, Carolyn worked at renowned award-winning practices including Foster + Partners London (2009-2012), URBANUS Beijing (2013) and Benoy Beijing (2013-2016). As a partner of Superimpose, she has been involved with all award-winning projects including Micr-O in Hangzhou, Re-Veil and Y-Loft City in Changzhi and the Vanke Sky-City TOD in Hangzhou, which is currently close to completion.
Carolyn has been the recipient of “40 under 40: China‘s outstanding designer” in 2021. She has been invited to speak at Dutch Embassy NCIO, Chinese University of Hong Kong, RMIT and ROCA Gallery Beijing and as a critic at Oxford Brookes University and the AA Summer school in Beijing. Superimpose was the co-curator for the Dutch Pavilion at the Guangzhou Design Week 2021 and hosted the event “Superstrategies”, which focuses on the discourse of solutions and strategies during the design process.
www.superimposearchitecture.com
Norway Edition
September 1, 2022
Peter Cook, CHAP
Reiulf Ramstad, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Beate Hølmebakk, manthey kula
September 1, 2022
Peter Cook, CHAP
Reiulf Ramstad, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Beate Hølmebakk, manthey kula
The speakers
Sir Peter Cook has been a pivotal figure within the global architectural world for over half a century. He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the RIBA in 2002 as one of the founding members of the influential Archigram group. His unbuilt projects such as Plug-in City and Way out West-Berlin are extensively published, while he has built in many countries, including Osaka, Berlin, Frankfurt, Madrid, and Vienna to name a few.
www.chap.id
Reiulf Ramstad, head of the Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA), adheres to a definitive ideology. The firm displays a humanistic approach in all of their work. “Architecture should enhance the quality of the environment,” Ramstad claims, rather than impose itself on it.
www.reiulframstadarkitekter.com
Beate Hølmebakk’s practice, manthey kula, is an internationally recognized office, working in the span of architecture, landscape architecture and art. It has become known for small but beguiling architectural interventions that play with form and context in unexpected ways and has been represented in several international architecture collections, biennales, and exhibitions.
www.antheykula.no
www.chap.id
Reiulf Ramstad, head of the Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA), adheres to a definitive ideology. The firm displays a humanistic approach in all of their work. “Architecture should enhance the quality of the environment,” Ramstad claims, rather than impose itself on it.
www.reiulframstadarkitekter.com
Beate Hølmebakk’s practice, manthey kula, is an internationally recognized office, working in the span of architecture, landscape architecture and art. It has become known for small but beguiling architectural interventions that play with form and context in unexpected ways and has been represented in several international architecture collections, biennales, and exhibitions.
www.antheykula.no
Denmark Edition
May 27, 2021
Julian Weyer, C.F. Møller Architects
Sinus Lynge, EFFEKT
May 27, 2021
Julian Weyer, C.F. Møller Architects
Sinus Lynge, EFFEKT
The speakers
Julian Weyer was born in Berlin, and has lived in Denmark since 1975, where he finished his studies at the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1994. Since then, he has lectured at the School of Architecture, and worked professionally as an architect and at C.F. Møller Architects, before becoming a partner of C.F. Møller Architects in 2007.He has extensive experience in the field of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, including numerous competition wins and award-winning designs.
Weyer is also a frequent lecturer worldwide, and author of articles and book publications. Awards include the European Architecture Award, the Iconic Award, the International Architecture Award, Civic Trust Awards, RIBA International Award, Aarhus and Odense Municipality Architecture Awards, Residential of the Year WAN AWARD, Commercial of the Year WAN AWARD, Worldwide Brick Award and the Danish Academy Council prize.
www.cfmoller.com
Sinus Lynge is an architect, urban planner and one of the two founding partners at EFFEKT. Since EFFEKT was founded in 2007, Sinus has lead more than hundred national and international projects within urban planning, architecture, urban spaces and innovative, sustainable strategies and concepts for future living. All projects centered around social coherence and vibrant city life, as well as intelligent solutions to energy consumption and sustainability.
Sinus has acted as a professional and creative driving force behind several of EFFEKT’s successful, international projects. During the fall semester 2019, Sinus Lynge taught a studio on sustainable design at the University of Washington. As a partner at EFFEKT, Sinus has received Nykredits Motivation Award for EFFEKT’s focus on social inclusion in urban planning and architecture.
www.effekt.dk
Weyer is also a frequent lecturer worldwide, and author of articles and book publications. Awards include the European Architecture Award, the Iconic Award, the International Architecture Award, Civic Trust Awards, RIBA International Award, Aarhus and Odense Municipality Architecture Awards, Residential of the Year WAN AWARD, Commercial of the Year WAN AWARD, Worldwide Brick Award and the Danish Academy Council prize.
www.cfmoller.com
Sinus Lynge is an architect, urban planner and one of the two founding partners at EFFEKT. Since EFFEKT was founded in 2007, Sinus has lead more than hundred national and international projects within urban planning, architecture, urban spaces and innovative, sustainable strategies and concepts for future living. All projects centered around social coherence and vibrant city life, as well as intelligent solutions to energy consumption and sustainability.
Sinus has acted as a professional and creative driving force behind several of EFFEKT’s successful, international projects. During the fall semester 2019, Sinus Lynge taught a studio on sustainable design at the University of Washington. As a partner at EFFEKT, Sinus has received Nykredits Motivation Award for EFFEKT’s focus on social inclusion in urban planning and architecture.
www.effekt.dk
UK Edition
May 6, 2021
Simon Allford, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Catrina Stewart, Office S&M
May 6, 2021
Simon Allford, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Catrina Stewart, Office S&M
The speakers
Simon Allford is a founding director of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. He leads a studio of two hundred architects working around the world on the design and construction of projects that reflect his belief that outstanding architecture must last through time and accommodate different uses to those that called it into being, whilst offering an extraordinary and delightful backdrop to the theatre of everyday life.
Simon works on a wide range of scales and typologies. Notable projects include the Angel, Tea and Yellow Buildings as well as Adelaide Wharf, the Saatchi Gallery and Chobham Academy. He recently completed White Collar Factory on Old Street, offices for Google and YouTube at Pancras Square, a tower at 240 Blackfriars, three mixed use projects on Regent Street for the Crown Estate, and an academic building for the University of Amsterdam. He is currently working on projects around the UK, in Europe, the US and India.
Simon is a frequent teacher, judge of major awards and competitions, a writer, and critic. He is currently a visiting professor at the GSD Harvard, and a Trustee of the London School of Architecture and Chickenshed Theatres Trust. Simon is a former chair of the Architecture Foundation and will assume the Presidency of RIBA from 1 September 2021.
www.ahmm.co.uk
Catrina Stewart founded, together with Hugh McEwen, Office S&M, an award-winning architecture practice working with a 50/50 split of public and private clients on individual homes, new-build housing, workspace retrofit and public realm projects.
Office S&M responds to the context of each project – house, street or neighbourhood – acknowledging the existing, while deploying colour and narrative inventively to create drama. Built projects include: Valetta House (2017), which won the NLA Don’t Move, Improve! 2018 ‘Best use of materials’ award; Salmen House (2017); Janus House (2018); and Finsbury Park High Street shops (2017), all in London. Current projects include: Mill Corner House, a newbuild house in East Sussex; the Green Room in Newham; Nag’s Head Market, Holloway; and Chipstead Way, Croydon.
Achievements to date include: winning Building Design’s Young Architect of the Year Award (2020); inclusion in The Architects’ Journal’s 40 under 40 – a showcase of architecture’s brightest up-and-coming talent (2020); and recognition as a Rising Star by RIBA Journal (2019). Office S&M will feature in The Architecture Foundation’s New Architects 4, to be published in 2021.
www.officesandm.com
Simon works on a wide range of scales and typologies. Notable projects include the Angel, Tea and Yellow Buildings as well as Adelaide Wharf, the Saatchi Gallery and Chobham Academy. He recently completed White Collar Factory on Old Street, offices for Google and YouTube at Pancras Square, a tower at 240 Blackfriars, three mixed use projects on Regent Street for the Crown Estate, and an academic building for the University of Amsterdam. He is currently working on projects around the UK, in Europe, the US and India.
Simon is a frequent teacher, judge of major awards and competitions, a writer, and critic. He is currently a visiting professor at the GSD Harvard, and a Trustee of the London School of Architecture and Chickenshed Theatres Trust. Simon is a former chair of the Architecture Foundation and will assume the Presidency of RIBA from 1 September 2021.
www.ahmm.co.uk
Catrina Stewart founded, together with Hugh McEwen, Office S&M, an award-winning architecture practice working with a 50/50 split of public and private clients on individual homes, new-build housing, workspace retrofit and public realm projects.
Office S&M responds to the context of each project – house, street or neighbourhood – acknowledging the existing, while deploying colour and narrative inventively to create drama. Built projects include: Valetta House (2017), which won the NLA Don’t Move, Improve! 2018 ‘Best use of materials’ award; Salmen House (2017); Janus House (2018); and Finsbury Park High Street shops (2017), all in London. Current projects include: Mill Corner House, a newbuild house in East Sussex; the Green Room in Newham; Nag’s Head Market, Holloway; and Chipstead Way, Croydon.
Achievements to date include: winning Building Design’s Young Architect of the Year Award (2020); inclusion in The Architects’ Journal’s 40 under 40 – a showcase of architecture’s brightest up-and-coming talent (2020); and recognition as a Rising Star by RIBA Journal (2019). Office S&M will feature in The Architecture Foundation’s New Architects 4, to be published in 2021.
www.officesandm.com
China Edition
March 24, 2021
Dong Gong, Vector Architects
Lyndon Neri, Neri&Hu Design
March 24, 2021
Dong Gong, Vector Architects
Lyndon Neri, Neri&Hu Design
The speakers
Dong Gong founded Vector Architects in 2008. He has been teaching Design Studios at Tsinghua University since 2014. Dong received Bachelor & Master of Architecture from Tsinghua University, followed by a diploma at University of Illinois where he received the Master of Architecture. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked for Richard Meier & Partners and Steven Holl Architects in New York.
His practice has earned international recognition by his representative works, including Seashore Library, Seashore Chapel, Alila Hotel in Yangshuo, the Renovation of the Captain’s House, Changjiang Art Museum, and Suzhou Intangible Cultural Center. He was elected as the Foreign Member of French Academy of Architecture in 2019 and in the same year, was appointed as the Plym Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
www.vectorarchitects.com
Lyndon Neri is the founding partner of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office. Alongside his design practice, Lyndon has been deeply committed to architectural education and has lectured across the globe in various universities and professional forums. He was appointed as the John C. Portman Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2019, and received the distinguished Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor Chair at Yale School of Architecture in 2018. He has previously taught at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture. He co-authored and edited Persistence of Vision: Shanghai Architects in Dialogue, published by MCCM Creations in 2007.
Lyndon is also Founding Partner of Design Republic in Shanghai since 2006, a design platform incorporating retail concept, design and cultural exhibitions, and education. In 2015, he was appointed as the Creative Directors of Stellar Works, an international furniture brand that honors and advances the spirit and heritage of Asian crafts and traditions. Lyndon has been a board member of Roll & Hill LLC. in Brooklyn since 2010.
www.neriandhu.com
His practice has earned international recognition by his representative works, including Seashore Library, Seashore Chapel, Alila Hotel in Yangshuo, the Renovation of the Captain’s House, Changjiang Art Museum, and Suzhou Intangible Cultural Center. He was elected as the Foreign Member of French Academy of Architecture in 2019 and in the same year, was appointed as the Plym Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
www.vectorarchitects.com
Lyndon Neri is the founding partner of Neri&Hu Design and Research Office. Alongside his design practice, Lyndon has been deeply committed to architectural education and has lectured across the globe in various universities and professional forums. He was appointed as the John C. Portman Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2019, and received the distinguished Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor Chair at Yale School of Architecture in 2018. He has previously taught at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture. He co-authored and edited Persistence of Vision: Shanghai Architects in Dialogue, published by MCCM Creations in 2007.
Lyndon is also Founding Partner of Design Republic in Shanghai since 2006, a design platform incorporating retail concept, design and cultural exhibitions, and education. In 2015, he was appointed as the Creative Directors of Stellar Works, an international furniture brand that honors and advances the spirit and heritage of Asian crafts and traditions. Lyndon has been a board member of Roll & Hill LLC. in Brooklyn since 2010.
www.neriandhu.com
The Netherlands Edition
March 10, 2021
Nanne de Ru, Powerhouse Company
Dikkie Scipio, KAAN Architecten
March 10, 2021
Nanne de Ru, Powerhouse Company
Dikkie Scipio, KAAN Architecten
The speakers
Nanne de Ru is a founding partner of Powerhouse Company and has headed up the Rotterdam office since its opening in 2005. Nanne holds a Master of Excellence in Architecture from The Berlage, where he graduated in 2002, as well as a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, which he completed in 1998. In addition to running a global architecture practice, Nanne also teaches and lectures on architecture and design. Between 2013 and 2016, Nanne de Ru was director of The Berlage Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design in Delft. His work takes him across the world, from Santiago to Shenzhen.
Nanne de Ru’s work has been commended with a number of awards, including the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects in 2011, the Dutch Design Award in 2008 and the NAi/ AM Award in 2008. In 2015, Nanne de Ru co-founded RED Company with Niels Jansen in order to explore new ways of commissioning and developing architecture.
www.powerhouse-company.com
Dikkie Scipio is professor, architect and founding partner of KAAN Architecten. She runs the Rotterdam based office together with Kees Kaan and Vincent Panhuysen. After exploring various crafts, Dikkie Scipio studied applied arts and interior design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and successively trained as an architect at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. Scipio’s training allows her to lead work ranging from large-scale master plans to furniture and interior design, from initial concept to execution. Renovation and extension of listed monuments are complex projects that play a central role in her architectural practice. She is currently working on several such projects, namely the renovation and extension of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn.
Dikkie Scipio is an international lecturer and sits on several juries, in 2018 she joined Nai010 Publishers’ advisory board. Since 2019, she is Professor of Architectural Design at Münster University of Applied Sciences.
www.kaanarchitecten.com
Nanne de Ru’s work has been commended with a number of awards, including the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects in 2011, the Dutch Design Award in 2008 and the NAi/ AM Award in 2008. In 2015, Nanne de Ru co-founded RED Company with Niels Jansen in order to explore new ways of commissioning and developing architecture.
www.powerhouse-company.com
Dikkie Scipio is professor, architect and founding partner of KAAN Architecten. She runs the Rotterdam based office together with Kees Kaan and Vincent Panhuysen. After exploring various crafts, Dikkie Scipio studied applied arts and interior design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and successively trained as an architect at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. Scipio’s training allows her to lead work ranging from large-scale master plans to furniture and interior design, from initial concept to execution. Renovation and extension of listed monuments are complex projects that play a central role in her architectural practice. She is currently working on several such projects, namely the renovation and extension of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn.
Dikkie Scipio is an international lecturer and sits on several juries, in 2018 she joined Nai010 Publishers’ advisory board. Since 2019, she is Professor of Architectural Design at Münster University of Applied Sciences.
www.kaanarchitecten.com
Lithuania & Ukraine
January 27, 2021
Andre Baldišiute, DO Architects
Oleg Drozdov, Drozdov Partners
January 27, 2021
Andre Baldišiute, DO Architects
Oleg Drozdov, Drozdov Partners
The speakers
Andrė Baldišiūtė is a founder of DO ARCHITECTS and one of the initiators of educational platform Architecture [discussion] Fund in Vilnius, Lithuania. She is an architect of the young generation visible in the public and professional fields, putting particular importance on the creative process with a team. “An architect doesn’t know everything but the team does” is the leading architect’s principle, while uniting specific qualities around her is the superpower. Her ability to approach big and strategic projects with delicacy allows scaling down to the personal environment.
Andrė’s main portfolio contains urban conversion of Ogmios quarter from military area to public and commercial space, development of Svencele coastal village, from a duck farm to a kite surfing paradise. She ignites the creative spirit of the team at DO architects and always achieves uncompromised results solving complex design tasks with simple, yet elegant solutions. Her driving ambition, lateral thinking and strong leadership form an architectural powerhouse that inspires everyone around her.
www.doarchitects.lt
Oleg Drozdov graduated from Kharkiv University of Civil Engineering with a degree in architecture in 1990. In 1997, he established “Drozdov & Partners” architectural practice. The office works on a wide international scale (South Korea, France, Switzerland, the USA, Spain, Kuwait) and embraces the philosophy of critical artistic pragmatism.
Oleg has curated Ukrainian projects at the Rotterdam Biennale of Architecture “The Flood” in 2005 and Moscow Biennale of Architecture in 2012. He was also in charge of “Terralogia” art project (Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2015) and “Patiologia” project (Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2007) which was an in-depth research into the nature of patio houses.
In 2017, he founded Kharkiv School of Architecture, the first private architectural school in Ukraine. Currently, he is a key tutor at the department of techniques and technology, and focus on the search for a new understanding of tectonics. In addition to that, he was one of the authors and reviewers of a course project in Columbia University GSAPP in 2011 is currently one of the experts of EU Mies Award.
www.drozdov-partners.com
Andrė’s main portfolio contains urban conversion of Ogmios quarter from military area to public and commercial space, development of Svencele coastal village, from a duck farm to a kite surfing paradise. She ignites the creative spirit of the team at DO architects and always achieves uncompromised results solving complex design tasks with simple, yet elegant solutions. Her driving ambition, lateral thinking and strong leadership form an architectural powerhouse that inspires everyone around her.
www.doarchitects.lt
Oleg Drozdov graduated from Kharkiv University of Civil Engineering with a degree in architecture in 1990. In 1997, he established “Drozdov & Partners” architectural practice. The office works on a wide international scale (South Korea, France, Switzerland, the USA, Spain, Kuwait) and embraces the philosophy of critical artistic pragmatism.
Oleg has curated Ukrainian projects at the Rotterdam Biennale of Architecture “The Flood” in 2005 and Moscow Biennale of Architecture in 2012. He was also in charge of “Terralogia” art project (Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2015) and “Patiologia” project (Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2007) which was an in-depth research into the nature of patio houses.
In 2017, he founded Kharkiv School of Architecture, the first private architectural school in Ukraine. Currently, he is a key tutor at the department of techniques and technology, and focus on the search for a new understanding of tectonics. In addition to that, he was one of the authors and reviewers of a course project in Columbia University GSAPP in 2011 is currently one of the experts of EU Mies Award.
www.drozdov-partners.com
Seoul Edition
January 6, 2021
Kim In-cheurl, Archium
Cho Byoung-soo, BCHO Partners
January 6, 2021
Kim In-cheurl, Archium
Cho Byoung-soo, BCHO Partners
The speakers
Kim In-cheurl is a South Korean architect, who was born in Jinhae. He studied architecture at Hong-ik University in Seoul and received his master’s degree from Kuk-min University. After he had gained experience working in the office of Aum Dok-moon, he established his own practice called Inje architects, which was later renamed to archium. He has worked as a professor at Chung-ang University, was member of the Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy and currently holds the position of City Architect for the Busan Metropolitan Area.
His work has been honored with various national awards, including multiple awards of the Korean Institute of Architecture, the Kim Su Geun Architecture Award and the Seoul Architecture Award for the Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Hall, the headquarter for Woongjin Think Big and Urban Hive.
Apart from that, he has published several books and showed his work at the 3-Korean Architetcs Exhibition in Tokyo, Heyri Art Valley Exihibition and Paju Book City Exhibition in Berlin as well as the Mega City Network in Frankfurt, Germany.
www.archium.co.kr
Cho Byong-soo is founder of BCHO Partners, a forty people firm founded in Seoul, Korea in 1994. The firm, which is run by Byoungsoo Cho and two partners, started as a design-build office with a focus on simple structures and strong regard for nature. The design team has been working very closely with contractors and multiple fabrication specialists in various disciplines, including stone masons, product designers, wood workers, potters, and engineers.The firm also has multiple professional collaborators throughout the world in North and South America. BCHO Partners believe that buildings, furniture, and art are made, not created. Each architectural project, encompassing various scales and programs, explores the phenomenon of light and space, fabrication and construction methods, recycling and reusing, and a broad sense of sustainability (social/cultural/physical) which uses collective creative energy to reduce the demand for grid energy.
Cho Byoung-soo has taught at various universities including Aarhus School of Architecture, Universitat Kaiserslautern, YonSei, HanYang, GyoungGi, and Harvard University. He has received KIA Award, Cri-Arc Award, AIA Honor Award, in Montana Chapter and in N.W. Pacific Regional. His recent works include Jipyoung Guesthouse, Hyundai Global Training Center, Concrete Box House, Ramp Building, and Be.Twixt. His firm has been selected as one of eleven Design Vanguard Firms by Architectural Record (Dec. 2004).
www.choarchitects.com
His work has been honored with various national awards, including multiple awards of the Korean Institute of Architecture, the Kim Su Geun Architecture Award and the Seoul Architecture Award for the Kim Ok-Gil Memorial Hall, the headquarter for Woongjin Think Big and Urban Hive.
Apart from that, he has published several books and showed his work at the 3-Korean Architetcs Exhibition in Tokyo, Heyri Art Valley Exihibition and Paju Book City Exhibition in Berlin as well as the Mega City Network in Frankfurt, Germany.
www.archium.co.kr
Cho Byong-soo is founder of BCHO Partners, a forty people firm founded in Seoul, Korea in 1994. The firm, which is run by Byoungsoo Cho and two partners, started as a design-build office with a focus on simple structures and strong regard for nature. The design team has been working very closely with contractors and multiple fabrication specialists in various disciplines, including stone masons, product designers, wood workers, potters, and engineers.The firm also has multiple professional collaborators throughout the world in North and South America. BCHO Partners believe that buildings, furniture, and art are made, not created. Each architectural project, encompassing various scales and programs, explores the phenomenon of light and space, fabrication and construction methods, recycling and reusing, and a broad sense of sustainability (social/cultural/physical) which uses collective creative energy to reduce the demand for grid energy.
Cho Byoung-soo has taught at various universities including Aarhus School of Architecture, Universitat Kaiserslautern, YonSei, HanYang, GyoungGi, and Harvard University. He has received KIA Award, Cri-Arc Award, AIA Honor Award, in Montana Chapter and in N.W. Pacific Regional. His recent works include Jipyoung Guesthouse, Hyundai Global Training Center, Concrete Box House, Ramp Building, and Be.Twixt. His firm has been selected as one of eleven Design Vanguard Firms by Architectural Record (Dec. 2004).
www.choarchitects.com
France Edition
December 8, 2020
Dominique Coulon, Dominique Coulon & Associés
Jean-Christophe Masson, Hamonix+Masson & Associés
December 8, 2020
Dominique Coulon, Dominique Coulon & Associés
Jean-Christophe Masson, Hamonix+Masson & Associés
The speakers
Dominique Coulon was born in the Jura region of eastern France in 1961 and studied architecture in Strasbourg and Paris-Belleville. After graduating in 1989, he set up his office in Strasbourg, in eastern France. In 1991, he won the Villa Medici Hors les Murs award and travelled in the United States, In 2008 the agency adopted the name of Dominique Coulon & associés. It mainly develops projects in the public sector, but also works on a range of programmes: libraries, hospital buildings, theatres, swimming pools, music schools, exhibition halls, school assembly halls, sports facilities, homes, university buildings, etc. In parallel with his production, Dominique Coulon has also taught at the School of Architecture in Strasbourg since 2007. He founded the master’s degree in ‘Architecture and Complexity’.
www.oulon-architecte.fr
Jean-Christophe Masson was born in in Marseille, France in 1967. He is managing director and co-founder of the practice ‘Hamonic+Masson & Associés’. Graduated from the National Superior School of Architecture of Paris – Belleville, he has over 20 years of architecture experience.
Jean-Christophe manages and co-ordinates all of the office’s projects from conception to completion. These projects range from urban master plan to residential and public use architecture in France and on the international scene. He was teacher at the School of Special Architecture from 2006 to 2008 and associate teacher at the Versailles school of architecture 2008-2016. Jean-Christophe is also a frequent guest speaker at European and international conferences.
www.hamonic-masson.com
www.oulon-architecte.fr
Jean-Christophe Masson was born in in Marseille, France in 1967. He is managing director and co-founder of the practice ‘Hamonic+Masson & Associés’. Graduated from the National Superior School of Architecture of Paris – Belleville, he has over 20 years of architecture experience.
Jean-Christophe manages and co-ordinates all of the office’s projects from conception to completion. These projects range from urban master plan to residential and public use architecture in France and on the international scene. He was teacher at the School of Special Architecture from 2006 to 2008 and associate teacher at the Versailles school of architecture 2008-2016. Jean-Christophe is also a frequent guest speaker at European and international conferences.
www.hamonic-masson.com
Virtual World Tour
December 3, 2020
Ma Yansong, MAD Architects
Thomas Heatherwick, Heatherwick Studio
December 3, 2020
Ma Yansong, MAD Architects
Thomas Heatherwick, Heatherwick Studio
The speakers
Ma Yansong, born in Beijing, is recognized as an important voice in the new generation of architects. He is the first Chinese architect to win an overseas landmark-building project. As the founder and principal of MAD Architects, Ma leads design across various scales. In recent years, many of Ma’s designs follow his conception of the “Shanshui City”, which is his vision to create a new balance among society, the city and the environment through architecture. Since designing the “Floating Island” in 2002, Ma has been exploring this idea through an international practice.
At MAD, Ma has created a series of imaginative works, including Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Absolute Towers, Harbin Opera House, Hutong Bubble 32, Ordos Museum, Chaoyang Park Plaza, Huangshan Mountain Village, etc. In 2014, Ma was selected as the principal designer for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which made him the first Chinese architect to design overseas culture landmark. Parallel to his design practice, he has also been exploring with the public the cultural values of cities and architecture through domestic and international solo exhibitions, publications and art works.
www.i-mad.com
Thomas Heatherwick, is a British designer whose prolific and varied work over two decades is characterised by its ingenuity, inventiveness and originality. Defying the conventional classification of design disciplines, Thomas founded Heatherwick studio in 1994 to bring the practices of design, architecture and urban planning together in a single workspace. Thomas’ unusual approach applies artistic thinking to the needs of each project, resulting in some of the most acclaimed designs of our time.
Based in London, Heatherwick studio is currently working in four continents on projects valued at over £2 billion. Following the success of the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, Heatherwick studio has gone on to win exciting design briefs including the Learning Hub at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, the new Google campuses in London and California in collaboration with BIG, and a new terminal for Singapore’s Changi Airport in partnership with KPF. Thomas has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Royal Academician and in 2004 became the youngest Royal Designer for Industry.
www.heatherwick.com
At MAD, Ma has created a series of imaginative works, including Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Absolute Towers, Harbin Opera House, Hutong Bubble 32, Ordos Museum, Chaoyang Park Plaza, Huangshan Mountain Village, etc. In 2014, Ma was selected as the principal designer for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which made him the first Chinese architect to design overseas culture landmark. Parallel to his design practice, he has also been exploring with the public the cultural values of cities and architecture through domestic and international solo exhibitions, publications and art works.
www.i-mad.com
Thomas Heatherwick, is a British designer whose prolific and varied work over two decades is characterised by its ingenuity, inventiveness and originality. Defying the conventional classification of design disciplines, Thomas founded Heatherwick studio in 1994 to bring the practices of design, architecture and urban planning together in a single workspace. Thomas’ unusual approach applies artistic thinking to the needs of each project, resulting in some of the most acclaimed designs of our time.
Based in London, Heatherwick studio is currently working in four continents on projects valued at over £2 billion. Following the success of the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, Heatherwick studio has gone on to win exciting design briefs including the Learning Hub at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, the new Google campuses in London and California in collaboration with BIG, and a new terminal for Singapore’s Changi Airport in partnership with KPF. Thomas has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Royal Academician and in 2004 became the youngest Royal Designer for Industry.
www.heatherwick.com
Virtual AnA 03
July 8, 2020
Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti
Sou Fujimoto, Sou Fujimoto Architects
July 8, 2020
Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti
Sou Fujimoto, Sou Fujimoto Architects
The speakers
Stefano Boeri was born in 1956 in Milan. In 1980 he graduated at Politecnico in Milan and in 1989 he received his PhD from Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia. Full Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico in Milan, Boeri has been a guest professor at various universities, including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Strelka Institute in Moscow. He has been designer and member of the Scientific Board at Skolkovo Innovation Center and is director of the Future City Lab (FCL) of Tongji University in Shanghai. He was Councillor for Culture in Milan from 2011 to 2013. Since February, 2018 Stefano Boeri is Chairman of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, staging exhibitions, conferences and events on art, design and architecture.
Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido in 1971. He graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University. In 2000, he established Sou Fujimoto Architects. Among his recent renowned projects is the 1st prize for the 2014 International Competition for the Second Folly of Montpellier, France (“L’Arbre Blanc”). In 2015, 2017 and 2018, he won several international competitions with 1st prize in various European countries. In 2019, he was selected as the Master Architect for Tsuda University Kodaira Campus Master Plan development. His notable works include; “Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013” (2013), “House NA” (2011), “Musashino Art University Museum & Library” (2010), “House N” (2008) and many more.
Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido in 1971. He graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University. In 2000, he established Sou Fujimoto Architects. Among his recent renowned projects is the 1st prize for the 2014 International Competition for the Second Folly of Montpellier, France (“L’Arbre Blanc”). In 2015, 2017 and 2018, he won several international competitions with 1st prize in various European countries. In 2019, he was selected as the Master Architect for Tsuda University Kodaira Campus Master Plan development. His notable works include; “Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013” (2013), “House NA” (2011), “Musashino Art University Museum & Library” (2010), “House N” (2008) and many more.
