published by Christoph Merian Verlag and Swiss Architecture Museum, 2014, edited by the Architecture Research Unit, London and the Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, 118 pages, 267 mm x 230mm, hardcover, English and German language, ISBN: 9783856166397, ISSN: 1662260X.
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This book is a catalogue of selected design drawings, models and sketches of three urban and three building design projects of Florian Beigel, Philip Christou and the Architecture Research Unit. The works have been selected to present the design thinking process rather than the finished results of the projects.
Each project is accompanied by a design reference: a painting, a photograph or a sculpture that is related to the development of the architectural concepts and spirit of the project. To a certain extent these references have been translated into the design proposals.
The Architecture Research Unit is an architecture design studio based at the London Metropolitan University since 1974. For Florian Beigel and Philip Christou the architectural work that they do developing spatial and constructional concepts at all scales from interior, building and urban designs is design as research.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Professor Florian Beigel as the winner of the 2014 RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education.
This prestigious award is awarded biennially to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the ‘advancement of architectural education’.
View RIBA website announcement
View CASS website announcement
Letter of Citation by Tom Emerson, published in the RIBA Journal
by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, with an introduction by Prof. Florian Riegler, published by Arjand, London, 2013, Davood Kiani, Consultant Editor, 191 pages, 129 illus. in colour, 287 mm x 180mm, hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9927666-0-3.
baukunst is a monographic series of books about the architectural design and theory of selected contemporary architects. International Editorial Board: Prof. Merritt Bucholz, Prof. Philip Christou, Prof. Klaus K. Loenhart, Prof. Florian Riegler, Prof. Kjeld Vindum, Ellis Woodman.
baukunst 01 is based on an edited transcription of a public lecture given by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou at the Universität der Künste Berlin on 23 April 2012.
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by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, published by Springer Vienna NewYork in August 2010, 160 p. 150 illus. in color, 275mm x 240mm, hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-7091-0367-8, is still available to purchase online at: http://www.degruyter.com
'Translations' is the first event of the exhibition series called ‘Spatial Positions’ beginning at the Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel in May. This exhibition presents three urban and three building design projects made by Florian Beigel, Philip Christou and the Architecture Research Unit, London.
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum
Steinenberg 7, Postfach 911, CH-4001, Basel
4 May - 26 May, 2013
Professor Florian Beigel of the Architecture Research Unit (ARU) at The Cass School of Architecture has been selected to receive the Grand Berlin Art Prize 2013.
Thursday, 25 October
6:30pm, The Forum, Spring House
40 Holloway Road
Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture & Design
London Metropolitan University
Cultivation and Culture is the 6th book in the series of design research publications of historical and contemporary architectural projects. During the autumn of 2011 Diploma in Architecture students at the London Metropolitan University tutored by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou visited and made studies of design precedents in various European cities as well as various parts of South Korea. Studies include: Soswaewon Garden, Korea; Byeongsan Seowon, Confucian Academy, Kyung Sang Buk-Do, Korea; Joh Sung Yong / Seoul Children’s Grand Park, Korea; Charles Bridgeman et al/ Stowe Gardens, Buckingham, UK; Aurelio Galfetti et al / Swimming Pool, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Sir John Soane / City wall, Bank of England, London; Frank Lloyd Wright / Broadacre City Project; Vincenzo Scamozzi / Barchessa, Villa Rotunda, Vicenza, Italy; etc.
Edited by Michael Dillon, James Decent, Ciaran Chapel-Canty, and Moa Rundlöf, with an introduction by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, 134 pages, 29.6cm x 24cm, published by the Architecture Research Unit, London, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-9571808-0-2.
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Written by Oliver Wainwright
Baukunst is the 5th book in the series: Urban Figures (2007), Landscape as City (2008), City Structures (2009) and Architecture as City (2010).
Design research studies of historical and contemporary architectural projects in various European cities made by Diploma students of architecture at the London Metropolitan University tutored by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou in the autumn of 2010. Studies include: Villa Oplontis, Torre Annunziata, Italy; Markli/Apartment Building in Sargans; Michelangelo/Laurentian Library, Florence; Siza/Swimming Pool, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, Dollgast/Reconstruction of the Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Mies/Courtyard Houses, Berlin; Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy, etc.
Edited by Robert Grover, Joseph Little, Sara Oxley, David Valinsky. 138 pages, 29.6cm x 24cm, published by the Architecture Research Unit, London, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-9544484-9-3.
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The Architecture Research Unit has been invited by the Co-Directors of the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale (Korean architect Seung H-Sang and the Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei), to design one of 13 urban follies in the centre of the city Gwangju, South Korea. The urban folly project is part of a long term urban regeneration project of Gwangju City, where more than 50 urban follies are planned to be built in the next 10 years. The follies are located where the old city wall used to stand (demolished early 1900s) and along a linear park within a dis-used railway line.
Architects and artists invited to design an urban folly this year:
Vito Acconci (USA), Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, ARU (UK), Cho Sung Ryong (Korea), Peter Eisenman (USA), Juan Herreros (Spain), Kim Se Jin and Chung Se Hoon (Korea), Dominique Perrault (France), Francisco Sanin (USA), Seung H-Sang (Korea), Nader Tehrani, Office dA (USA), Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Atelier Bow Wow (Japan), Ai Wei Wei (China), Alejandro Zaera-Polo (UK).
The Gwangju Design Biennale will be open to the public from 2 September to 23 October, 2011.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
6:30 pm, Forum
Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design
London Metropolitan University
40 Holloway Road, London N7 8JL
tel: 020 7133 2201
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Monday, 29 November 2010
7:30pm
British Council
Hungkuk Life Building
4F, Hungkuk Life Insurance Building
226, Shinmunno 1-ga, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82 2 3702 0600
Download the invitation in Korean(pdf)
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The Architecture Research Unit has been invited by Kazuyo Sejima, Director of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale "People Meet in Architecture" to exhibit the ARU Saemangeum Island City project.
The ARU exhibition room is in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini. Go to the far left corner of the building after entering the main entrance. The Venice Biennale will be open to the public from 29 August to 21 November, 2010.
by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, with contributions by Dominique Boudet (Consultant Editor), photo essay by Kang Woon-gu, and conversation with Ellis Woodman will be published by Springer Vienna NewYork in August 2010, 160 p. 150 illus. in color, 275mm x 240mm, hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-7091-0367-8.
Available to purchase online at: http://www.degruyter.com
2nd editions are now available of an ongoing series of design research studies of historical and contemporary architectural projects made by diploma students of architecture at the London Metropolitan University during the past 3 years, tutored by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou and published by the Architecture Research Unit, London. A limited number of copies have been printed and can be purchased from online booksellers.
Urban Figures, 120 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9544484-8-6, (1st edition student copies printed without ISBN number 2007); Landscape as City, 144 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9544484-5-5, (1st edition 2008); and City Structures, 164 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9544484-6-2, (1st edition 2009).
Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
6:30 pm, Forum
London Metropolitan University, Department of Architecture and Spatial Design,
40 Holloway Road, London N7 8JL
tel: 020 7133 4450
An extensive photographic catalogue of the architectural projects so far built as part of the 1st Phase of Paju Bookcity, near Seoul, Korea, with texts by Yi Ki-Ung, Seung H-sang, Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, and Hyungmin Pai. Published by Kimoondang Publishing Co., Seoul, 2010, ISBN: 978-89-6225-198-2.
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YoulHwaDang Book Hall Building, Paju Book City, has been nominated in the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 at the Design Museum, London. The exhibition showcasing 100 international projects from seven design disciplines; architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport, opens to the public 17 Feb and runs until 6 June 2010.
Design Museum
Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
17 Feb - 31 October, 2010
Design research studies of historical and contemporary architectural projects in various European cities made by Diploma students of architecture at the London Metropolitan University tutored by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou in the autumn of 2009. This is a useful resource for architects and urban designers. Edited by Lucy Pritchard, Oliver Sheppard, Angela Tsang, David Valinsky, 106 pages, 30cm x 24.4cm, published by the Architecture Research Unit, London, 2010, ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-9544484-7-9.
This is the 4th book in the series: Urban Figures (2007), Landscape as City (2008) and City Structures (2009).
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Written by Ellis Woodman
The aim of the exhibition is to present for the first time in Korea original drawings and concepts of recent built architectural projects and urban design works by the Architecture Research Unit, London. The selected projects demonstrate the design idea of architecture as city. A range of city scales will be shown.
Gallery Lonchel
60 - 4 Nonhyundong, Kangnamgu, Seoul, Korea
tel: (02) 2037-0017.
http://www.lonchel.com
Thursday, 20 Aug. (6:00pm) - exhibition private view
Friday, 21 Aug. (2:00pm) - Lecture/Seminar: ‘Saemangeum- designing an infrastructure of islands’ with lecture by Florian Beigel
Download:
'An Ideas Competition In Saemangeum in South Korea Has Seen Florian Beigel's Ideas Expressed On An Epic Scale', by Kieran Long, June 2009, p.84-89.
Annual lecture at London Met by Florian Beigel, and exhibition opening
Thursday 19 March 2009
at 6:30 pm
ASD Gallery, Department of Architecture and Spatial Design, London Metropolitan University, 40 Holloway Road, London N78JL,
tel: 020 7133 2201
Exhibition opening times:
19 March – 18 April 2009
Mon-Fri 10am – 7pm
Sat 10am-2pm
The exhibition is planned as a journey through ARU’s thinking and drawing process in the design of a new city in South Korea, the size of Central London. The display will include original sketches, urban research precedent studies, photographs taken on site, and design concept models.
ARU is currently preparing a book about the Saemangeum Island City project that will be published later this year.
Design research studies made in the autumn of 2008 by Diploma students of architecture at the London Metropolitan University tutored by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou. This is a useful resource for design project work at the urban scale. Edited by Xenia Adjoubei, Alessandra Greggio, Mayuko Kanasugi, Lucy Pritchard, and Alex Thomas. 162 pages, 29.5cm x 24cm, published by the Architecture Research Unit, London, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-9544484-6-2.
Available to purchase online at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6856472
Written by Ellis Woodman
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Private view: 4 November 2008, 6:30 pm
Public opening: 5 -15 Novemver 2008, Mon - Fri 10 am - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 2 pm
This exhibition is a selection of some of the most delicate and charming sketches that Raphael Pennekamp made during the past few years.
Sketch: Raphael Pennekamp, study sketch at Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli, Italy
Korean Pavilion 2008
CRITICAL TOPIC: PAJUBOOKCITY AS CULTURESCAPE
Photo: Opening of Korean Pavilion, 12 Sept. 2008 - Florian Beigel (left), and Yi Ki Ung, Chairman, Bookcity Culture Foundation (right)
Three international teams have been asked to respond to comments of the jury in preperation of presentation to Korean Central Government Task Force on Saemangeum. The three winning teams are: London Metropolitan University; MIT; Columbia University.
'Florian Beigel + ARU, Maison d'edition Paju, Coree Du Sud' by Dominique Boudet, Issue 177, March 2008, p.76-81, ISSN 0998-4194.
Preview selected pages (2.2MiB pdf)
Edited by Alexander Gore, Paul Rawson, Nicola Read, Matt Whittaker. Introduction by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou. Precedent research work by Diploma Unit One students at London Metropolitan University. Published by Architecture Research Unit, London, Jan. 2008, 142 pages, 14 colour pages, 296mm x 240mm, ISBN 798-0-9544484-5-5.
Thursday, 28 Feb. 2008 6:30 pm.
London Metropolitan University, Department of Architecture and Spatial Design,
40 Holloway Road, London N78JL
tel: 020 7133 2711
The longest sea wall in the world (34km) has been completed at Saemangeum, South Korea. This has the potential to reclaim more 400 sq km of new land. ARU has been asked to find a vision for a new free trade city.
Naver.com news page (in Korean)
C3 Korea, 'Building for Positive People Company', by Florian Beigel, Philip Christou, Jong-Hoon Choi, Issue 279, Nov. 2007, p.126-137, ISSN 1227-611111.
C3 Korea, 'Urban Figures' A Few Notes Towards the Idea of a More Figurative Architecture, by Florian Beigel, Philip Christou, Issue 279, Nov. 2007, p.120-125, ISSN 1227-611111.
Terre Cuite, Brick Architecture, amc Le Moniteur Architecture, 2007, 'Maison D'Edition Positive People Publishing Inc.' by Dominique Boudet, p. 26-31.
AMC Le Moniteur Architecture, Special Issue, VERRE / GLASS ARCHITECTURE 35 projets / projects, 'Societe D'Edition Youl Hwa Dang, Youl Hwa Dang
Written by Ellis
Woodman.
A lecture in two parts with an introduction by Florian Beigel:
(1) On Ancient Architecture (1hr 47 mins)
(2) On his Own Work (1hr 20 mins)
A high resolution version of the lecture is available for purchase as a set of 2 DVD disks by ordering through a bookshop or on the internet using: Architektur Fest A lecture by Peter Markli ISBN: 978-0-9544484-3-1.
or go to the following link: waterstones
Organised and published by: Architecture Research Unit,
London Metropolitan University
© Architecture Research Unit
Location: Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro
Curator: Luís Tavares Pereira
Producer: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
The exhibition covers a range of situations where various renowned European architects present projects that were implemented outside their country of origin in the broader European arena. ARU will present the landscape infrastructure project in Germany, Kunstlandshaft Cospuden.
Following the exhibition hosted by ARU and the Dept. of Architecture and Spatial Design, London Metropolitan University held in November 2006, a book has been published by ARU including texts about one selected recent work by each of the 3 architects : Virgilio Gutierrez Herreros; Juan Antonio Gonzalez Perez; Arsenio Perez Amaral, (Spanish and English language), ISBN: 0-9544484-2-1. This booklet can be purchased at:
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London, 'Beigel + ARU / Positive People Inc.', texts by Kim Jong Kyu, Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, Jong-Hoon Choi, 14 June 2007, p.29-43, ISSN: 0003-8466.
Written by Edwin Heathcote, read the article at FT.COM
Guest-edited by Michael Spens, ‘Landscapes of the Second Nature, Emptiness as a Non-Site Space’, by Michael Spens, Vol 77, No 2, March-April 2007, p. 88-97, ISBN: 13 9780470034798, ISBN: 10 0470034793.
We expect to update with new photos until the project is complete.
18:30, 40 Holloway Road, London N7
During the past decade this has become an annual event where new works of the Architecture Research Unit are presented to the architecture school and the London architectural community. Beigel will discuss in detail the Positive People publishing house in Korea, completed this month, and the ARU entry to the Stockholm City Library Competition last autumn.
This lecture is open to the public, and admission is free.
Following the exhibition hosted by ARU and the Dept. of Architecture and Spatial Design, London Metropolitan University held in November 2006, a book will be published by ARU including texts about one project each by the 3 architects, Virgilio Gutierrez Herreros, Juan Antonio Gonzalez Perez, and Arsenio Perez Amaral. Expected publication date: April 2007. ISBN: 0-9544484-2-1.
Designed by Florian Beigel + ARU, London and Choi JongHoon + NIA, Seoul
The construction of the pair of adjacent buildings for Poti People are expected to be completed in early April, 2007.
The public opening of the building is being planned for August, 2007 to celebrate the Poti People Publishing Company having moved into the new buildings at Paju, and to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the founding of the company.
by Tim Abrahams, Dec. 2006, p.56-62.
by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, issue 57, 2006, p.38-44,
ISBN13: 978-3-7667-1713-9.
by Andrew Yang, issue 92, Oct. 2006, p. 350-360.
by Joseph Grimma, issue 879, March 2005, p.30-47.
exhibition catalogue, New London Architecture, p.28-29.
Exhibition curated by Kim Young-joon. Texts by Kristin Feireiss, Hans-Jurgen Commerell, and Seung H-sang, (German and English language), 2005, p. 20-21,
ISBN: 3-937093-52-2.
Special issue on the architectural works in Europe and Korea of the Architecture Research Unit, London and the Metropolitan Architecture Research Unit, Seoul, (Korean and English language), Issue No. 241, Sept. 2004, p.36-137, ISSN 1227-611103.
Published and produced by the Architecture Research Unit. Edited by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou. Forward by Florian Beigel and Nina Lundvall. Includes a selection of drawings of 3 final thesis student design projects by - Silvia Filippelli, Nina Lundvall, Melanie Carvalho, and Martin Landivar - tutored by Beigel and Christou at the London Metropolitan University, 2001-02. ISBN 978-0-9544484-0-0.
Published by the Architectural Association, London. Edited by Mohsen Mostafavi and Ciro Najle. Texts by numserous people including: 'Designing the Rug and Not the Picnic: Paju Landscape Script, Paju Book City, Seoul, Korea, 1999 - Present' by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, p. 76-81, ISBN 1 902902 30 0.