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Keynote Lecture Ben van Berkel, MIPIM Asia, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong
United Kingdom Architecture News - Aug 14, 2014 - 16:51 2774 views
Keynote Address By Prof. Ben Van Berkel, Co-Founder & Principal Architect at UNSTUDIO
03 Dec 2014, 09:00 - 10:00
Grand Ballroom
Ben van Berkel, born in Utrecht, 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.
UNStudio is a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure. Current projects include restructuring the station area of Arnhem, the Raffles City mixed-use development in Hangzhou, a dance theatre for St. Petersburg and the design and restructuring of the Harbor Ponte Parodi in Genoa. 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.
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