Finn Geipel

Finn Geipel (* November 23, 1958 in Stuttgart) is a German Architect and Urbanist. He is co-founder of the architecture and urban planning office LIN.[1]

Life

Geipel studied architecture from 1981 to 1987 at the University of Stuttgart.[1] In 1983, together with Bernd Hoge and Jochen Hunger, he founded Labfac, Laboratory for Architecture, a network of architects and artists. In 1987, collaboration with Nicolas Michelin began a new chapter of Labfac in Paris.[1][2]

In 2001, Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi founded the architecture and urban planning office LIN. Based in Berlin and Paris, the office works on a wide range of projects and research assignments throughout Europe. Recent projects include the renovation of Saint-Nazaire submarine bunker, the Cité du Design in St. Etienne and Grand Paris Métropole Douce.[1]

Finn Geipel is a full-time professor of architecture and building science in the architecture department at Berlin Institute of Technology, since 2000. He is the advisor of the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture (LIA), a research branch of LIN at Berlin Institute of Technology.[3][4] He has been a visiting professor at École Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) Paris, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura (ESARQ) Barcelona, Columbia University New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[5] (MIT) Boston-Cambridge.[6][7]

Since 2012, Finn Geipel has been a member of the Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University of Berlin.[8]

Finn Geipel is a member of the AIGP-Atelier International du Grand Paris, the scientific advisory board of the Grand Paris Métropole Douce.

Work

Awards

Publications

Links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joseph Hanimann: Finn Geipel . Stand: 3. Dezember 2012
  2. The Berlage Institute:Finn Geipel
  3. Technische Universität Berlin, Architekturfakultät
  4. LIA
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  6. DBZ:Der große Plan
  7. Detail:Stadt der Zukunft - im Haus der Gegenwart
  8. Bild Wissen Gestaltung. Ein interdisziplinäres Labor
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