OPEN LECTURE PROGRAM
MEET THE LANDSCAPE OF[F] LIMITS 2024 LECTURERS
Philippe Rahm
Philippe Rahm (born in 1967) is a swiss architect (M.Arch EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 1993 and Ph.D University of Paris-Saclay, France in 2019), principal in the office of “Philippe Rahm Architectes”, based in Paris. His work, which extends the field of architecture from the physiological to the meteorological, has received an international audience in the context of sustainability. In 2002, Mr. Rahm was chosen to represent Switzerland at the 8th Architecture Biennale in Venice, and was one of the 25 Manifesto’s Architects of Aaron Betsky’s 2008 Architectural Venice Biennale. He participates at the Architecture Biennales of Chicago in 2017 and 2023, of Seoul in 2017, Sharjah in 2018, Tallinn in 2022, Madrid and Tbilisi in 2024 among other. His recent work includes the first prize for the Farini competition (with OMA) in Milan in 2019, the First Prize in 2011 for the Taichung Gateway Park in Taiwan, completed in 2020 (with Mosbach Paysagistes), the First Prize for the Agora of the French National Radio in Paris. He has participated in a number of exhibitions worldwide. He has held professorships at the AA School in London (2005-2006), Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in Switzerland (2004 – 2005), ETH Lausanne (2006 – 2007), School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen (2009-2010), in Oslo at the AH (2010-2011), Harvard GSD (2014-2016), at Cornell University (2019-2021), at Columbia University 2016, 2023 and 2024 where Mr. Rahm is currently Dean’s Visiting Associate Professor. From 2010 to 2012, he held the Jean Labatut Professorship in Princeton University, USA. He is currently a tenured associate professor at the National Superior School of Architecture in Versailles, France (ENSA-V) and Studio Critic at HEAD-Genève. He has lectured widely, including at Yale, Beijing Forum, UCLA and the ETH Zürich.
website: http://www.philipperahm.com/
Marina Otero Verzier
Dr. Marina Otero Verzier is an architect and researcher. She is a Dean’s Visiting Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York, where she leads the ‘Data Mourning’ clinic, an educational initiative focused on the intersection between digital infrastructures and climate catastrophe, by invitation of Dean Andrés Jaque. In 2022, Otero received Harvard’s Wheelwright Prize for a project on the future of data storage. Otero was the Head of the MA Social Design Masters at Design Academy Eindhoven from 2020-2023. From 2015 to 2022, she was the Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Institut, where she led initiatives focused on labor, extraction, and mental health from an architectural and post-anthropocentric perspective, including “Automated Landscapes,” “BURN-OUT,” and “Lithium: States of Exhaustion.” Previously, she was Director of Global Network Programming at Studio-X, Columbia GSAPP. Otero has curated exhibitions such as Wet Dreams at Mayrit, Madrid Biennial of Design and Architecture, CentroCentro (2024), ‘Compulsive Desires: On Lithium Extraction and Rebellious Mountains’ at Galería Municipal do Porto (2023), ‘Work, Body, Leisure’ at the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2018), and ‘After Belonging’ at the Oslo Architecture Triennale (2016). She has lectured at universities around the world and taught architecture studios and seminars at the Royal College of Art in London, ETSA Madrid, Barnard College and Columbia GSAPP in New York, the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, HEAD Geneva, and UC de Chile in Santiago, among others. Otero studied at TU Delft, ETSA Madrid, and Columbia GSAPP. In 2016, she received her PhD at ETSA Madrid. Her PhD thesis, Evanescent Institutions (2016), examines the emergence of new paradigms for institutions.
website: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/45-marina-otero-verzier
Maria Auböck
Maria Auböck Born in Vienna, architect specialized in landscape architecture. Tenure professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Head of Vienna based landscape architecture studio, together with János Kárász – realizing projects in several European countries. Guest professorships at Rhode Island School of Design, at Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, at Technical University of Vienna and Munich. Research projects on landscape architecture and urban planning; revitalisation projects for historical gardens. Conception and design of exhibitions concerning topics of landscape and nature. Member of several advisory boards for urban design, city planning and art in public space (such as Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Salzburg).
János Kárász
János Karasz Born in Hungary, architect and social scientist, specialized in landscape architecture. Head of Vienna based landscape architecture studio, together with Maria Auböck – realizing projects in several European countries. Guest professorships at universities and Rode-les trig sociology of laming, urban desigilan, and landscape architecture. Numerous research projects on landscape architecture, urban sociology and urban planning. Conception and design of exhibitions in Austria and other central European countries concerning topics of urban culture and urban anthropology. UNESCO-consultancies in Europe and Africa.
website: https://www.auboeck-karasz.at/
Annalisa Metta
Annalisa Metta, architetta, PhD, Italian Fellow presso l’American Academy di Roma (2016-17), è professoressa ordinaria di architettura del paesaggio all’Università Roma Tre. Si occupa di progettazione degli spazi aperti, attraverso approfondimenti teorico-critici e ricerca applicata. Tra i suoi progetti recenti, il parco sul Lungotevere Flaminio a Roma (2018-2024), l’installazione Every 9 Days per la mostra Regeneration (American Academy in Rome, 2022). Nel 2023 cura la sezione La natura è di casa nell’ambito della mostra Home Sweet Home alla Triennale di Milano. Tra i suoi libri, Il paesaggio è un mostro. Città selvatiche e nature ibride (DeriveApprodi, 2022).
