FOA
1995 – 2009 founded by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Farshid Moussavi Foreign Office Architects (FOA) was dissolved in 2009.
Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Alejandro Zaera-Polo
co-founded AZPML previously co-founded FOA and got recognised worldwide with his partner Farshid Moussavi by the Yokohama Port Terminal project. After the FOA was dissolved, Alejandro founded AZPA on his own – later AZPML when ex-FOA architect Maider Llaguno joined him. Alejandro Zaera-Polo was an architect at OMA, and unit master at Architectural Association. He also held director position … Read more
OMA
oma.com Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam that was founded in 1975 by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Greek architect Elia Zenghelis, along with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis. Projects: Founded: Active Design Offices: Past Design Offices: Active Site Offices: Past Site Offices: Partners: Previous Partners: Past: Built / … Read more
Educating the Architect
Alejandro Zaera-Polo in conversation with Roemer van Toorn The Berlage Institute from A to Z RvT Universities and schools of architecture help people to become an architect, in the same way you learn to be a lawyer or a doctor. With Wiel Arets as dean the Berlage-Institute was after another kind of teaching. The students … Read more
TU Delft / Berlage Institute
1990 – 2012 founded in Rotterdam Berlage Institute used to be an independent architecture school, in merged with TU Delft in 2012 and is now called The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design Past Directors: Wiel Arets (Berlage) Alejandro Zaera-Polo (Berlage) Vedran Mimica (Berlage) Key Teachers: Pier Vittorio Aureli (Berlage) Alumni: Shohei Shigematsu (Berlage) Fernando Donis (Berlage) Barend Koolhaas … Read more