Prof. Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
Beyond the Parametric
Prof. Ben van Berkel, UNStudio, Amsterdam, Shanghai spoke about "Amphibious Hamburg- Parametric Designs for an Olympic Aquatic Centre"
Date: Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 7 pm
Location: Campus Rainvilleterrasse, ground floor, Rainvilleterrasse 4, 22765 Hamburg
Prof. Ben van Berkel, UNStudio, Amsterdam, Shanghai
Ben van Berkel, born in Utrecht in 1957, the Netherlands, is the Co-Founder and Principal Architect of UNStudio in Amsterdam and Shanghai. Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987. Currently he is Professor Conceptual Design at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt am Main and was recently awarded the Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor's Chair at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.