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Matthias Böttger (born February 7, 1974) is a German architect and curator.
Matthias Böttger studied architecture and urban planning at the
University of Karlsruhe
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association.
KIT was created in 2009 w ...
and the
University of Westminster
, mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength
, type = Public
, established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster
, endowment = £5.1 million ...
, London. He worked as an architect in Cologne, Berlin and Paris. His scientific activity began at the
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to research and teaching in the field of experimental design. It was founded by the German Federal Government in 1994 and is based in the Bauhaus Dessau building in the state of S ...
, followed by the
University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wit ...
and the
ETH Zurich
(colloquially)
, former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule
, image = ETHZ.JPG
, image_size =
, established =
, type = Public
, budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021)
, rector = Günther Dissertori
, president = Joël Mesot
, ac ...
, where Böttger taught art and architecture.
In 2007–08 he was a visiting professor of art and public space at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
The Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg) was founded in 1662 by Jacob von Sandrart and is the oldest art academy in German-speaking Central Europe.
The art academy is situated in Nuremberg.
Classes ...
. From 2012 to 2017, he was Professor for ''Sustainable Architecture + Future Tactics'' (SAFT) at Kunstuniversität Linz. Since 2017 he is Professor and Head of the Institute HyperWerk at the Academy of Art and Design of
FHNW Basel.
Together with Friedrich von Borries, Matthias Böttger was 2008 the general commissioner and curator for the German contribution "Updating Germany – 100 Projects for a Better Future" to the XI. International
Venice Biennale of Architecture
Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian
Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...
. He was a fellow of the
Akademie Schloss Solitude
The Akademie Schloss Solitude is a foundation under public law. The main aspect of the Akademie is to promote mainly younger, particularly gifted artists and scientists by means of residency fellowships and also by organizing events and exhibitio ...
in Stuttgart and in 2010 took over the direction of the “aut architektur und tirol”, an Art Association of Architecture in Innsbruck. Since 2011 Matthias Böttger is the artistic director of the German Center of Architecture (DAZ) an initiative of the
Association of German Architects
The Association of German Architects (German: ''Bund Deutscher Architekten'', BDA) is an association of architects founded in 1903 in Germany. It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''der architekt''. The BDA has over 5,000 members. In 1995, it fo ...
(BDA) in Berlin. In 2013 he was the curator for the German contribution "Nos Brasil! We Brazil!" at the X. Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo.
Curatorial activity
*2016: Neue Standards. Zehn Thesen zum Wohnen, DAZ Berlin, KAZ im KuBA Kassel, Neues Museum Nürnberg, ait-Salon Köln, Baukulturzentrum Sachsen, afo Linz, etc.
*2013: Nós Brasil! We Brazil!, Casa do Povo, a German contribution to the X Bienal de Arquitetura de
São Paulo
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on behalf of the
Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...
and the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
BMVBS.
*2012: Why Architecture, German Center for Architecture DAZ, Berlin.
*2011: Raumproduktion, Seitenlichtsaal, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.
*2010: aut.raumproduktion, exhibition series with the conditions of the production of space, aut architektur und tirol, Innsbruck.
*2009: TV towers. 8,559 Meters of Politics and Architecture,
German Architecture Museum
The German Architecture Museum (german: Deutsches Architekturmuseum, links=no) (DAM) is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany. Housed in an 18th-century building, the interior has been re-designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers in 1984 as ...
(DAM) in Frankfurt.
*2008: Updating Germany. 100 projects for a better future, German contribution to the
Venice Biennale of Architecture
Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian
Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...
, commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
BMVBS.
*2006: Fanshop of Globalization. A traveling exhibition shown in Germany's fan zones during the football World Cup in cooperation with the
Federal Agency for Civic Education
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.
Writings
*with Friedrich von Borries (ed.): ''Fanshop of Globalisation . Federal Agency for Civic Education'', Bonn 2006, .
*with Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz (Ed.): ''Space Time Play – Computergames, Architecture and Urbanism'': The Next Level. Birkhäuser, Boston Basel Berlin 2007, .
*with Friedrich von Borries (ed.): ''Updating Germany. 100 Projects For a Better Future.'' Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern -Ruit 2008, .
*with Friedrich von Borries and Florian Heilmeyer (eds.): ''Better Future? Searching for the Spaces of Tomorrow.'' Merve, Berlin 2008, .
*with Friedrich von Borries and Florian Heilmeyer (ed.): ''TV Towers. 8,559 Meters Politics and Architecture.'' Jovis, Berlin 2009, .
*with Ludwig Engel and Juliane Otterbach (ed.): ''Talking futures. A miniature book about utopias and futures.'' Lost Books, Stuttgart 2010, .
*with Angelika Fitz (ed.): ''WELTSTADT – Nós Brasil! We Brazil.'' Goethe Institute, Munich, 2013, .
*with Stefan Carsten and Ludwig Engel, ''Speculations Transformations – Thoughts on the Future of Germany's Cities and Regions'', Zürich 2016, .
*with Olaf Bahner, ''Neue Standards. Zehn Thesen zum Wohnen'', Berlin 2016, .
References
External links
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raumtaktikHyperWerkGerman DAZ – Deutsches Architektur Zentrum
Weltstadt
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1974 births
20th-century German architects
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni
Living people
Academic staff of ETH Zurich
21st-century German architects