BIArch: Philippe Rahm.
09/12/2011.
L'Entresol - Sala Jujol, La Pedrera. BIArch [BCN]14/12/2011. 19:00 h.
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The third installment of the Fall 2011 BIArch Conversations series will be held on Wednesday, December 14th, between Visiting Professor Philippe Rahm and Cecilia Obiol, Assistant Director of the Barcelona Institute of Architecture.
Mollier houses. Climates for living in. Philippe Rahm Architectes.
Mollier houses. Climates for living in. Philippe Rahm Architectes.
Vaporization. Atmosphere of water. Philippe Rahm Architectes.
Vapor apartments. Philippe Rahm Architectes.
Rahm is principal of Philippe Rahm Architectes based in Paris and has taught and lectured widely at institutions including the AA in London, the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture and the ETH Lausanne. Currently a visiting lecturer at Princeton University SoA he is also leading the short design studio titled ‘Spectral Process’ in the MBIArch Master’s Program.
Philippe Rahm. Source: BIArch.
Cecilia Obiol. Source: BIArch
The Conversations series aim to bring the current theoretical dissertations being developed in the 2011-2012 MBIArch master’s program to the public, with four of this Fall’s Visiting Professors being led by one of the members of the BIArch academic body to discuss the ideas, topics and methodologies they are researching in an effort to explore new perspectives.
The event will take place on Wednesday, December 14 at 7pm at L’Entresol – Sala Jujol of La Pedrera (Passeig de Gràcia, 92). Seating is limited and previous confirmation is required, with a registration fee of four euros. Please visit www.biarch.eu/event to make your reservation.
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Philippe Rahm
Philippe Rahm studied at the Federal Polytechnic Schools of Lausanne and Zurich obtaining his architectural degree in 1993, and is principal at Philippe Rahm architectes in Paris, France.
In 2002 he was chosen to represent Switzerland at the 8th Architecture Biennale in Venice and was one of the 25 manifesto’s architects of the Aaron Betsky’s 2008 Architectural Venice Biennale. He was a nominee in 2009 for the Ordos Prize in China and in 2008 was in the top ten of the International Chernikov prize in Moscow. 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) and in 2007 he had a personal exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
He was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome in 2000. He has taught at the Architectural Association in London (2005-2006), the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in Switzerland (2004, 2005), the ETH Lausanne (2006, 2007) and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (2009-2010). Currently a visiting lecturer of Architectural Design at Princeton, Rahm has lectured widely including at Cooper Union NY, Harvard School of Design, UCLA and ETH Zurich.
Cecília Obiol
Cecília Obiol studied architecture at the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB).
Since 2003 she has worked in various offices in Barcelona and London, developing at the same time independent activities as an architect, editor and curator. She was assistant professor at ETSAB from 2007 to 2010, and has been serving on the board as spokesperson for the Association of Architects of Catalunya (COAC) since 2010. She was an Assistant Professor at the Barcelona Institute of Architecture between 2010 and 2011 and Assistant Director since 2011.
