The Knight's Move: Markus Miessen
Wednesday March 17, 2010, 8 pm
Location: Hogewal 1-9
Language: English
Reservations: see bottom of this page
Markus Miessen (1978) is an architect, spatial consultant and writer migrating between Berlin, London and the Middle East. In 2002, he set up Studio Miessen, a collaborative agency for spatial practice and cultural analysis, and in 2007 was founding partner of the Berlin-based architectural practice nOffice. In various collaborations, Miessen has published books such as The Violence of Participation (2007) and Did Someone Say Participate? An Atlas of Spatial Practice (2006). His work has been published and exhibited widely, including at the Lyon, Venice, and Shenzhen Biennials.
Markus Miessen has taught and lectured at institutions such as the Architectural Association (2004-2008), Columbia and MIT. He is a consultant for a.o. the Serpentine Gallery, the Dutch organization SKOR and the Swiss think tank W.I.R.E.; in 2008, he initiated and now directs the Winter School Middle East (Dubai, Kuwait, Iran). His forthcoming book is entitled The Nightmare of Participation (2010). Currently Miessen is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture (Goldsmiths, London) and an editor of ARCHIVE (Berlin/Turin).
Website nOffice
Website Studio Miessen
Up to You
The lecture by Markus Miessen accompanies the exhibition Up to You, featuring the work of architect Yona Friedman, designer Thomas Lommee and artist Navid Nuur.
The Knight's Move
The lecture by Markus Miessen is also part of 'The Knight's Move', a series of lectures by eminent international speakers
who stand out by their unusual, enlightening and inspirational visions
concerning the city, urbanity, the public domain, and community. Just
as the knight moves in an atypical and unusual way across the
chessboard, Stroom likewise wants to cut across all disciplines and
thus stimulate rethinking the city.
This series of lectures is made possible by the financial support of the Netherlands Architecture Fund.
Archive 'The Knight's Move' 2009-present
- Wednesday 17 Mar '10 8 pm
- Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
- Entrance: free
