Philippe Rahm Architectes
"Constructed Atmospheres"
Lecture
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | 6:00PM | ARCH 132 DF Pray Lecture Theatre
Philippe Rahm is a swiss architect (M.Arch EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 1993 and Ph.D University of Paris-Saclay in 2019), principal in the office of “Philippe Rahm architectes”, based in Paris, France. In 2002, Mr. Rahm was chosen to represent Switzerland at the 8th Architecture Biennale in Venice, and was selected to the 2008 Architectural Venice Biennale. His recent work includes the first prize for a masterplan of 62 hectares new district and a 15 hectares park at the Farini competition in Milan in 2019, the First Prize in 2011 for the 70 hectares Taichung Gateway Park (Jade Eco Park / Central Park) in Taiwan, completed in 2020, the First Prize for the 1800 m2 Agora of the French National Radio in Paris. Monographic books include “Constructed atmospheres” published by Postmedia, Milan, Italy, in 2014 and “Le Jardin Météorologique” published by B2 in France in 2019.
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. He has held professorships at the at Princeton University (2010-2012), Harvard University (2014- 2016), Columbia University (2016), Cornell University (2018-2020). In 2020, he is the curator and author of the exhibition and book “Natural History of Architecture” at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris. Climatic architecture”, a monographic book will be published for Spring 2023.
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