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RCT / red corner talks #1 / Jovanovic Weiss - Rumpfhuber
Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss born in1967, (Subotica) is an architect educated at Harvard University and Belgrade University. He recently collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron architects and is the founder of Normal Architecture Office as well as co-founder of School of Missing Studies, network for cultural and urban research.
His recent book âAlmost Architectureâ, published by Merz&Solitude and kuda.nao explores the roles of architecture vis-Ã -vis democratic processes, abrupt political changes and architectural appearance of post-communist ideologies.
He is an Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art_Architecture at Temple University and lectures at Harvard GSD and at Penn School of Design. He is a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths College, University of London with a dissertation on the positive spatial aspects of Balkanization.
He exhibited and lectured about his work at the universities and museums in Western Europe, North America and Japan and he published internationally.
Andreas Rumpfhuber is Architect and Researcher with an office in Vienna, Austria.
Andreas is member of the Researchers and Artists Collective roundtable.kein.org at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College in London, he was PhD-stipendiate (2005-2008) at the Center for Design Research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. His PhD-dissertation âArchitecture of Immaterial Labourâ will be published in fall 2010 at TURIA+KANT.
Andreas was lecturing and teaching amongst others at TU Vienna, TU Graz, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Goldsmiths College, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, he was curating a.o. âSchindler Lectureâ series (2004-2007) at the Austrian Society of Architecture (www.oegfa.at), the Conference âPolitics of Designingâ at The Danish Doctoral Schools of Architecture & Design. He is regularly writing for the Vienna Street-Newspaper Augustin, as well as for divers international Architecture/Art magazines and journals such as: Springerin, Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, dérive, Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, UmBau, Arkitekten, bauwelt.
RCT / red corner talks #1 / Czech - Pogacnik
Hermann Czech stuÂdierte Architektur an der TechÂniÂschen HochÂschule und in der MeisÂterÂschule von Ernst Plischke an der Akademie der bilÂdenÂden Künste in Wien. 1958 und 1959 war er SeÂminÂarÂteilÂnehÂmer bei Konrad Wachsmann an der SomÂmerÂakaÂdeÂmie in SalzÂburg.
An der Akademie für anÂgeÂwandte Kunst in Wien war er von 1974 bis 1980 AsÂsisÂtent bei Hans Hollein und Johannes Spalt, 1985/86 GastÂproÂfesÂsor an derÂselÂben HochÂschule. 1988/89 und 1993/94 war er GastÂproÂfesÂsor an der Harvard University in Cambridge/USA, 2004-07 GastÂproÂfesÂsor an der ETH Zürich.
Sein unÂgleichÂarÂtiÂges arÂchiÂtekÂtoÂniÂsches Werk umÂfasst PlaÂnunÂgen, Wohn-, Schul- und HoÂtelÂbauÂten ebenso wie InÂterÂvenÂtioÂnen in kleiÂnem MaÃÂstab und AusÂstelÂlungsÂgeÂstalÂtunÂgen. Seine ProÂjekte haben starÂken Bezug zum KonÂtext und beÂinhalÂten beÂwusst die vorÂhanÂdeÂnen WiÂderÂsprüÂche. Ab den 1970er JahÂren (»Architektur ist Hintergrund«) wurde HerÂmann Czech zum ProtÂagoÂnisÂten einer neuen »stillen« ArÂchiÂtekÂtur, die »nur spricht, wenn sie geÂfragt wird«.
Er ist Autor zahlÂreiÂcher kriÂtiÂscher und theoÂreÂtiÂscher PuÂbliÂkaÂtioÂnen zur ArÂchiÂtekÂtur. In seiÂner TheoÂrie spieÂlen die BeÂgriffe Umbau und Manierismus eine zenÂtrale Rolle.
RCT / red corner talks #1 / Lerup - Lootsma
Professor Lars Lerup, Dean at the Rice School of Architecture, Rice University in Houston, Texas, writes on architecture, design, art and urbanism. Using predominantly field observation, Lerup relies on many disciplines for his continuously evolving point of view: sociology, philosophy, political theory, design theory and history. One of his main interests since his thesis at Harvard has been suburbanization and its architectural, urban and socio-economic consequences. Currently his work is concentrated on the proliferation of Suburbia, the possible existence of a âglobal suburbiaâ and the clash been progressivist notion of control and capitalist laisser-faire.
Bart Lootsma (Amsterdam, 1957) is a historian, critic and curator in the fields of architecture, design and the visual arts. He is a Professor for Architectural Theory at the Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck and Guest Professor for Architecture, European Urbanity and Globalization at the University of Luxemburg. Before, he was Head of Scientific Research at the ETH Zürich, Studio Basel, and he was a Visiting Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna; at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg; at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. He held numerous seminars and lectured at different academies for architecture and art in the Netherlands.
Bart Lootsma was guest curator of ArchiLab 2004 in Orléans and he was an editor of ao. Forum, de Architect, ARCHIS and GAM. Bart Lootsma published numerous articles in magazines and books. Together with Dick Rijken he published the book âMedia and Architectureâ (VPRO/Berlage Institute, 1998). His book âSuperDutchâ, on contemprary architecture in the Netherlands, was published by Thames & Hudson, Princeton Architectural Press, DVA and SUN in the year 2000; âArchiLab 2004 The Naked Cityâ by HYX in Orléans in 2004.
Bart Lootsma is Board Member of  architektur und tirol in Innsbruck and reserve-member of the Council for Architectural Culture at the Cabinet of the Austrian Prime Minister in Vienna. was a member of several governemental, semi-governemmental and municipal committees in different countries, such as the Amenities Committee in Arnheim, the Rotterdam Arts Council, the Dutch Fund for Arts, Design and Architecture, Crown Member of the Dutch Culture Council, Member of the Expert Committee 11. International Architecture Biennale, Venice 2008, at the German Ministry for Building and Planning as well as curator of the Schneider Forberg Foundation in Munich.
RCT / red corner talks #1 / Weizman - Planer
Eyal Weizman is an Architect based in London. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London and completed his PhD at the London Consortium, Birkbeck College. He is the director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College. roundtable.kein.org. Since 2007 he is a member of the architectural collective âdecolonizing architectureâ in Beit Sahour/Palestine. Since 2008 he is a member of BâTselem board of directors. Weizman has taught, lectured, curated and organised conferences in many institutions worldwide. His books include The Lesser Evil [Nottetempo, 2009], Hollow Land [Verso Books, 2007], A Civilian Occupation [Verso Books, 2003], the series Territories 1,2 and 3, Yellow Rhythms and many articles in journals, magazines and edited books.
CHRISTOPH PLANER IS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK. WHILE STUDYING ARCHITECTURE HE ALSO WORKED FOR NOX/LARS SPUYBROEK IN ROTTERDAM. HE IS A STUDENT ASISSTANT AT BART LOOTSMAS CHAIR OF ARCHITECTURAL THEORY AND CO PRODUCER OF THE RED CORNER TALKS.
RCT / red corner talks #1 / Rahm - Böttger
Philippe Rahm, born in 1967 studied at the Federal Polytechnic Schools of Lausanne and Zurich. He obtained his architectural degree in 1993. He works currently in Paris (France) and Lausanne (Switzerland). In 2002, he was chosen to represent Switzerland at the 8th Architecture Biennale in Venice and is one of the 20 manifestoâs architects of the Aaron Betskyâs 2008 Architectural Venice Biennale. He is nominee in 2009 for the Ordos Prize in China and was in 2008 in the top ten ranking of the International Chernikov prize in Moscow. In 2007, he had a personal exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. He has participated in a number of exhibitions worldwide (Archilab 2000, SF-MoMA 2001, CCA Kitakyushu 2004, Frac Centre, Orléans, Centre Pompidou, Beaubourg 2003-2006 and 2007, Manifesta 7, 2008, Louisiana museum, Denmark, 2009). Philippe Rahm was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome (2000). He was Head-Master of Diploma Unit 13 at the AA School in London in 2005-2006, Visiting professor in Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in Switzerland in 2004 and 2005, at the ETH Lausanne in 2006 and 2007 and he is currently guest professor at the Royal School of Architecture of Copenhaguen. He is working on several private and public projects in France, Poland, England, Italy and Germany. He has lectured widely, including at Cooper Union NY, Harvard School of Design, UCLA and Princeton.
Matthias Böttger, born 1974, studied architecture and urban planning in Karlsruhe and London. He heads the Berlin-based think-tank âraumtaktik â spatial intelligence and interventionâ. 2007/2008 he was Visiting Professor for Art and Public Space at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremburg. In 2008 he was commissioner and curator for the German contribution âUpdating Germanyâ Projects for a Better Futureâ to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. 2009 was a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. Currently he teaches âArt + Architectureâ at the ETH Zürich and 2010 he runs the exhibition space aut - Architektur und Tirol - in Innsbruck and curates the series aut.raumproduktion.