IoA Sliver Lecture Ben van Berkel, May 22, 7pm

Ben van Berkel, UNStudio, Architect, Amsterdam
UN, Vienna and Us
Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Ams- terdam and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987.
In 1998 Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos established UNStudio (United Net). UNStudio presents itself as a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure. Current projects are the restructuring of the station area of Arnhem, the mixed-use Raffles City in Hangzhou, a masterplan for Basauri, a dance theatre for St. Petersburg and the design and restructuring of the Harbor Ponte Parodi in Genoa. Ben van Berkel has lectured and taught at many architectural schools around the world. Currently he is Professor of Conceptual Design at the Staedelschule and for the Spring term 2011 he was awarded the Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor‘s Chair at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Central to his teaching is the inclusive approach of architectural works integrating virtual and material organization and engineering constructions.
May 22, 2012, 7pm, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Lichthof 2
UPCOMING SLIVER EVENTS 2012
June 4th: Sliver Gallery [applied] Foreign Affairs: Ghana
June 5th: Francesca von Habsburg, Chairman TBA21, Vienna
17/05/12
September 26th!! Next Entry Exam Winterterm 2012/13

Exam: September 26 - 28, 2012
Submission of the Portfolio: September 24 - 25, 2012
10/05/12
Midreviews
Studio Zaha Hadid
Guests: Pierre Andrea Angius (Zaha Hadid Architects) & Students from the Design Research Lab/AA London
April 23, 10 am, Studio Lynn, University of Applied Arts, 1st floor
Studio Greg Lynn
Guest: Jeff Kipnis
May 12, Studio Lynn, University of Applied Arts, 4th floor
Studio Hani Rashid
Guests: Theodore Sarantoglou, Sebastian Andia
May 29, Studio Rashid, University of Applied Arts, 3rd floor
16/04/12
Finals- and Diploma Reviews
19. 6. 2012
Final Review Studio Hani Rashid
24.6.2012
Final Review Studio Zaha Hadid
25. 6. 2012
IoA-Diploma Reviews
Studio Greg Lynn, Studio Hani Rashid, Studio Zaha Hadid
Jury: Klaus Bollinger, Brian Cody, Wolf D. Prix (Head), Zaha Hadid, GregLynn, Hani Rashid, External Examiner: Achim Menges
26. 6. 2012
Review Studio Greg Lynn
Guest: Kristy Balliet
15/04/12
Statement IoA
I am using the current situation to make a point of stating that our Institute of Architecture has nothing to do with this embarrassing and incomplete presentation of the competition project of Wolfgang Tschapeller in the entrance hall of our University.
The project for the Extension of the University of Applied Arts was nominated as the winning proposal by an "internationally renowned
jury" *).
Wolf D. Prix
(Dean of the Institute of Architecture)
(*)
Kobermaier, MA 19 Vienna
Stich, MA 21 Vienna
Sokol, BIG Vienna
Dürhammer, BIG Vienna
Kada, BIG Architektur Beirat Vienna
Pruscha, Vienna
Kwinter, New York
Tagliabue, Barcelona
Decq, Paris
Cook, London
30/03/12