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Jana Revedin, Prof. Arch. PhD, born in Constance (D) in 1965, is a German Architect, Theorist and Writer.
She lives and works in Wernberg, Carinthia (A).
After her studies of Architecture and Urban Design in Buenos Aires, Princeton and Milan she was awarded
her PhD and qualified as a professor at IUAV Venice in 1999 and is today full professor of Architecture
and Design at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. The author of standard works on architectural
theory and the Founding President of the LOCUS Foundation for sustainable urban development published
her first novel “Lysis” (Wieser) in 2011,
followed by “Up the Hazelnut Path” (Styria Premium 2013) and
“Woman behind Hedges” (Styria Premium 2014). Her essays and short stories appear regularly in
literature collections and well-known feuilletons. In 2014 Jana Revedin was knighted French Chevalière
des Arts et des Lettres.
Monographs on Architecture
Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Living Urban Laboratory Karlskrona 2014/2015: Participatory Design for
circular growth and social inclusion”, BTH Press, Karlskrona 2015
Jana Revedin, “The radicant City: Why Sustainable Living Space grows like ivy”, in: “Re-enchanter le
Monde: L´architecture et la ville face aux grandes transitions”, Gallimard Paris 2014
Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design III: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and
the City”, Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2014
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Michael Kerbler, “Von nachhaltigen Lebensräumen zu menschlichen Innenräumen: im Gespräch mit Jana
Revedin”, in ”GLOBArt: Aufbruch”, Springer, Wien 2013
Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Living Urban Laboratory Karlskrona 2012/2013: Participatory Design for
circular growth and social inclusion”, BTH Press, Karlskrona 2013
Jana Revedin (edit.), “The eleven books on Architecture: Design Theories for a Society in Change”, BTH
Press, Karlskrona 2013
Jana Revedin, “Altes Handwerk in Venedig: Die Lagunenstadt neu entdeckt”, Styriabooks, Wien 2013
Jana Revedin, “Architecture in the Making: The gau:di student competition on Sustainable Architecture”
Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2012
Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design II: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and
the City”, Actes Sud, Arles 2011
Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design I: Towards a New Ethics in Architecture and
Town Planning”, Birkhäuser, Berlin/Bale/Boston 2009
Otto Kapfinger, “Jana Revedin: Woodframe-Housing Westend Wernberg“ in: “Neue Architektur in Kärnten“,
Pustet, Salzburg 2005
Jana Revedin, “Monument and Modernity: Hallenbauten as the Elements of Construction of the Democratic
Town”, National Library/IUAV, Rome/Venice 2000
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Domenico Luciani, Jana Revedin, “Garten, Landschaft: Wahlverwandtschaften”, Benetton Foundation,
Alinea, Milan 1992
Jana Revedin, “The Concept of Open Space in the Reformatory Architecture of the German Avant-Garde”,
National Library/Milan Polytechnic, Rome/Milan 1991
Awards and Recognitions
2006
Curator of the European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture gau:di
2007
Founder and Curator of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™
2009
Founding President of the LOCUS Foundation for Sustainable Urban Development
2010
UNESCO Patronage for the LOCUS Foundation´s work
2012
Member of the Board of Governors of the GdF-SUEZ Urban Strategy and Innovation Council
Founding Member of the Board of Governors of Rexel Foundation
2013
First Prize for Teaching Excellence European Schools of Planning
2014
Winner of the international UN Habitat Competition on the Renewal of Mass Housing
2014
Knight of the French Order Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres
www.revedin.com
www.locus-foundation.org