SWITZERLAND
GUY LAFRANCHI
Director
He was born 1966 in Bern, Switzerland. Educated in Architecture
at the ETH-Zürich, Diploma under Professor Flora Ruchat 1994.
Since 1995 in private practice. Realisation of the project Villa Alpenstrasse 27, Bern, 1995. Collaboration with Lebbeus Woods since 1995. Worked on the Tank-project, Bern, 1995-6. Associate Director of the RIEAeuropa since 1997. Co-founder of the RIEAeuropa.ch, Bern, Switzerland. GLAD Company (Guy Lafranchi Applied Design) since 2009. Dean of the Bachelor Architecture Design Department at the University of Applied Sciences Berne Switzerland since 2006.Realisation of the project Erweiterung Landhaus Waldegg, Zollikofen, Switzerland, 1998.
Lives and workes in Bern.
PROJECTS
2005 “CWT Chicago”
2004 “Territoire Imaginaire”
2003 “Siyathemba South Africa”
2002 “Earthquake Memorial Taiwan”
2001 “Egyptian Museum”
1999 “Itacare Brasil”
EXHIBITIONS
Has lectured on his work at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam, TU Eindhoven, TU Berlin, Architecture Faculty Lund, Sweden, University of Alicante, Spain, Arthall Malmö, Sweden, TU Oslo, Norway, Politecnico Torino . 1999 Exhibition in the Aedes Gallery Berlin.
PUBLICATIONS
2004 “Urbanomad”(SpringerWienNewYork)
2001 “Prisoners of Museum” (SpringerWienNewYork)
1999 “Archonpoison” (SpringerWienNewYork)