Chris Dercon (born 1958), is a Belgian art historian, curator, and museum director. Dercon has worked and published extensively on the future of museums, working with architects Rem Koolhaas, Robbrecht en Daem, Herzog and De Meuron, Gunther Vogt and Francis Kéré.[1][2] Early lifeDercon studied History of Art at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, then Theatre Research and … Read more
co-founder of Mann Office Marieke van den Heuvel graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 1999 during the early days of Lidewij Edelkoort’s directorship, when the school adapted its more practical, product driven design approach towards a more conceptual informed direction. Following a scholarship year at Fabrica in Italy, she set up camp in Amsterdam. … Read more
co-founder of Mann Office previously Associate at OMA Stephan Petermann holds a Master’s degree in the History of Architecture and the Theory of Building Preservation from the University of Utrecht (2001-2007) and studied Architecture at the Technical University of Eindhoven (2001-2005).He worked for architecture magazine VOLUME in 2005 and joined OMA in 2006 assisting OMA’s … Read more
Architect, Researcher pelindervis.com Architect. Lives and works in Istanbul as an independent researcher, writer and editor. Her research and related activities focus mainly on 20th century architecture and design in Turkey. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University, completed her master’s degree at the History of Architecture Program of the same institution. After working in her architectural … Read more
Neyran Turan is professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding partner at NEMESTUDIO. Turan’s work explores the role of architecture in the climate crisis. Her most recent work expands this scope into the interaction between alternative forms of planetary imagination and architectural practice. Turan’s practice, NEMESTUDIO, has received widespread recognition … Read more
Shumon Basar (born 15 October 1974) is a British writer, editor and curator. Contents 1 Life and education 2 Books 3 Magazines 4 Global Art Forum 5 Format 6 Curating 7 External links 8 Notes Life and education[edit] Basar was born in Pabna, Bangladesh, in 1974. His mother Dilruba Basar emigrated with him to the United Kingdom, to … Read more