| ARTIST NAME |
Christoph a. Kumpusch |
| TEAM NAME |
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| GROUP |
Group XVI, Apr 03 - Sept 03 |
| DISCIPLINE |
Architecture |
| WEBSITE |
www.christoph.a.kumpusch.com/ |
| BIO |
Christoph a. Kumpusch, is a Leonardo da Vinci Fellow; Rudolf M. Schindler Scholar; USAA Scholar and NCEA National Collegiate Engineering Award winner for outstanding commitment to academic excellence. He has taught at Cooper Union; Cornell University; Pratt Institute; OSU; SciArc; and Guangzhou University, China. His studios and seminars focus on political space, affect and the critical role of technology across cultures. At present he teaches at Columbia University - GSAPP. He is co-author of System Wien, editor of IDEA(u)topsy and consultant to the Architectural Forum and Association for Urban Development and Research in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Current projects include a community embassy in Kenya; a housing development at the Costa del Sol in Marbella; and a light-pavilion in Chengdu in collaboration with Lebbeus Woods and Steven Holl Architects.
After finishing his doctoral courses with distinction he commenced his dissertation “Detail-Kultur” an analysis of the cultural clash of building details and the culture of building and the history of the violence and turbulence of the built – from the turn of the century to what’s next. |
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| PORTRAIT |
© Christoph a. Kumpusch |
| FINAL PROJECT |
Installation and video, 2003
© MAK Center / Joshua White
Project Details...
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| JURY |
Franz Graf
Boris Groys
Zvi Hecker
Egidio Marzona
Peter Noever |
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