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Photo: Hisao Suzuki
Christian Kerez
Christian Kerez nace en 1962 en Maracaibo, Venezuela, y obtiene el
título de arquitecto en el Instituto Federal de Tecnología de Zúrich.
Tras dedicarse a la publicación de sus obras en el campo de la fotografía de arquitectura, abre su propio estudio de arquitectura en
Zúrich, Suiza, en 1993. Fue nombrado profesor invitado de diseño y
arquitectura en el Instituto Federal de Tecnología de Zúrich en 2001,
profesor ayudante en 2003, y profesor titular de diseño y arquitectura en 2009. En 2012-2013 estuvo a cargo de la Cátedra de Arquitectura Kenzo Tange en el Graduate School of Design de la Universidad de Harvard, Cambridge, MA, EEUU. En la actualidad trabaja en diferentes programas de escalas diversas en Francia, la República Checa, Brasil y China, así como en el Pabellón de Suiza para
la próxima Bienal de Venecia 2016.
Premios y Distinciones
1999 Premio a las Bellas Artes, Swiss Art Scholarship
2005 Premio Suizo del Hormigón por el Edificio de
Apartamentos en Forsterstrasse
2012 Miembro del Royal Institute of British Architects
2014 Premio Internacional Velux Daylight por la Escuela
Leutschenbach
2015 Premio a la Sostenibilidad Holcim 2014,
Primera Mención Honorífica
Christian Kerez was born in 1962 in Maracaibo, Venezuela and obtained
his degree in architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich. After extensive published work in the field of architectural photography, he opened his own architectural office in Zurich, Switzerland, in
1993. He has been appointed as a visiting professor in design and architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich since 2001, as
assistant professor since 2003 and as full professor for design and architecture since 2009. In 2012-13 he led the Kenzo Tange Chair at the
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. He
is currently working on different programs in various scales in France, the
Czech Republic, Brazil and China, as well as on the Swiss Pavillion for the
coming Venice Biennale 2016.
Awards and Prizes
1999 Prize for Fine Arts, Swiss Art Scholarship
2005 Swiss Concrete Award for Apartment Building at
Forsterstrasse
2012 Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
2014 International Velux Daylight Award for Schoolhouse
Leutschenbach
2015 First Honourable Prize at Holcim Sustainability Award 2014
House with a Lake View
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Client
Architect
Project architect
Design team
Structural engineer
General contractor
Landscape design
Photographs
Thalwil, Switzerland
Rose Marie und Meinrad K. Eberle
Christian Kerez
Hannes Oswald, Raphael Jans
Christine Lotzemer-Jentges, David Kosdruy, Bastien Turpin,
Testsuya Okimura
Huber und Partner, Rapperswil
BGS, Rapperswil, Hans Bucher
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich
Hisao Suzuki, except Georg Aerni, pp.25, 26 and 28
Porto Seguro Social Housing
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Client
Architect
Project architect
Project team
Project management
General contractor
Local architects
Technical consultant
Geological engineer
Landscape design
Model photographs
São Paulo, Brasil
SEHAB - Urban Plan for the Paraisopolis Favela, São Paulo,
Housing Department, City of São Paulo
Elisabete França, Social Housing Director,
Maria Teresa Diniz dos Santos, Project leader
Christian Kerez
Josep Pons Miquel
Andreas Buchli, Angela Schütz, Hermes Killer, Oliver Dubuis,
Lukas Ingold, Stephan Lando, Lau Hing Ching, Yuji Mukaiyama,
Consórcio Domus, São Paulo
Consórcio Boa Morada, São Paulo
2AmaisV Arquitectos, São Paulo
Fernando Martines, São Paulo
Ludemann Engenheiros Associados, São Paulo
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich, Günther Vogt
Hisao Suzuki
Structural consultant
Mechanical engineer
Landscape architect
Rendering
Photographs
Culture Center CBD
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Architect
Competition team
Beijing Central Business District Core Area, Beijing, China
Christian Kerez
Junjie Yan, Yuxing Yi
Daniel Fuchs, Philip Poon, Maria Vega Lopez, Federico Rossi,
Chihiro Ishii, Stephan Lando
Structural engineer
Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd, Xin Zhao,
Deputy Director, Shuo Fang
Structural consultant Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Neven Kostic
Mechanical consultant HL Technik, Munich, Klaus Daniels
Renderings
Beijing Viewpoint CG Co. Ltd, Beijing
Photographs
Hisao Suzuki
House Okamura
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Client
Architect
Project team
Building management
Arch. consultant
Photographs
House with a Missing Column
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Architect
Project architect
Project team
Structural engineer
Building physics
Mechanical engineer
Bdng. management
Photographs
Zurich, Switzerland
Christine and Richard Müller
Christian Kerez
Werner Schührer, Hannes Oswald
Lukas Ingold, Nathanael Weiss, Hermes Killer, Oliver Dubuis,
Marc Leschelier, Angela Schütz, Lau Hing Ching
Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Joseph Schwartz, Neven Kostic
BAKUS, Zurich, Michael Herrmann, Clemens Moser
WL Partner AG, Rapperswil, Fabrizio Macari
Caretta + Weidmann, Zurich, Nicolas Dassler, Sandro Wölfli
Hisao Suzuki
University of Applied Sciences
and Arts, Muttenz
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Mechanical engineer
Landscape design
Photographs
Muttenz, Switzerland
Christian Kerez
Michael Haller, Joanna Skorzynska, Hermes Killer,
Takaaki Kikumoto, Zygmunt Borawski
DSP Tragwerk, Bruno Patt
Amstein & Walthert AG, Michael Santo, Andrian Altenburger
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich
Hisao Suzuki
Europaallee Office Building
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Architect
Competition team
Structural engineer
Mechanical engineer
Structural engineer
Rendering
Photographs
Zurich, Switzerland
Christian Kerez
Andreas Buchli, Werner Schührer, Josep Pons Miquel, Karin Von Wyl,
Filippo Santoni, Hermes Killer, Oliver Dubuis, Markus Jeschauning
Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Joseph Schwartz
HL Technik, Munich, Klaus Daniels
Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Joseph Schwartz, Neven Kostic
MIR, Norway
Hisao Suzuki
Zhengzhou, China
Christian Kerez
Junjie Yan, Yu Yang
Hermes Killer, Werner Schührer, Lukasz Stepnik, Jean-Baptiste Geley,
Uros Kostic, Oliver Dubuis, Isabel von Bechtolsheim, Sonja Flury
Structural consultant Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Joseph Schwartz, Neven Kostic
Mechanical consultant HL Technik, Munich, Klaus Daniels
Building technology
Urs Rieder, Luzern
Landscape design
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich, Günther Vogt
Rendering
Beijing Viewpoint CG Co., Ltd, Beijing
Photographs
Hisao Suzuki
Highrise Building 2, Zhengzhou
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Architect
Design team
Structural engineer
Zhengzhou, China
Christian Kerez
Junjie Yan, Yuxing Yi, Angela Schütz
Philip Poon, Jaemin Ha, Linda Zhang, Larisa Ovalles,
Andri Andrésson, Stephan Lando, Lau Hing Ching, Sunkyu Koh
Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd, Xin Zhao,
Deputy Director, Shixin Jiang
Prague, Czech Republic
Tomio Okamura
Christian Kerez
Miroslav Malý, Martin Kugelmeier
Nathanael Weiss, Marina Montresor, Andreas Papadantonakis,
Federico Rossi, Francesca d'Apuzzo
Petr Husák, Jiří Hušek
Osamu Okamura
Hisao Suzuki
Three Museums and a Square
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Architect
Competition team
Guangzhou, China
Christian Kerez
Yuxing Yi, Junjie Yan
Federico Rossi, Marina Montresor, Nathanael Weiss, Balthazar Donzelot,
Francesca d'Apuzzo, Andreas Papadantonakis, Cyrus Wong,
Sunkyu Koh, Ricardo Ploemen, Valentin Buchwalder, Micha Ringger
Structural engineer
Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. Shanghai
Structural consultant Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Joseph Schwartz
Landscape architects Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich, Günther Vogt
Renderings, Animation ArteFactoryLab, Paris
Beijing Viewpoint CG Co. Ltd. Beijing,
IDS Integrated Design Solutions, Australia
Photographs
Hisao Suzuki
Office Building, Lyon Confluence
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Architect
Project architect
Project team
Master plan
Local Architect
Project Management
Structural engineer
Environmt. engineer
Mechanical engineer
Developer
Renderings
Lyon Confluence, Lyon, France
Christian Kerez
Catherine Dumont d’Ayot
Martin Kugelmeier, Federico Rossi, Hermes Killer,
Werner Schürer, Nathanael Weiss, Marina Montresor, Jonas Rauber,
Francesca Gagliardi, David-Lloyd Ruggiero, Andreas Papadantonakis,
Lou Dumont d’Ayot, Micheal Godden, Holger Harmeier, Ginevra Masiello
Herzog de Meuron
AFAA Architecture, Lyon, Philippe Audart, Marc Favaro,
Anne-Sophie Rigal, Margaux Agnes, Yoan Bonhomme
MN2A, Paris, Pascale Wiscart
Batiserf Ingénierie, Fontaine, Philippe Clément, Frédéric Blanc,
Loic Fuentes, Nicolas Roger
Etamine, Lyon
Artelia Limonest
Icade Promotion - Territoire Sud Est
ArteFactoryLab, Paris
Flemish Radio and Television
Headquarters [VRT]
Highrise Building 1, Zhengzhou
Location
Architect
Design team
Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Neven Kostic
HL Technik, Munich, Klaus Daniels
Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten, Zurich, Günther Vogt
Beijing Viewpoint CG Co., Ltd, Beijing
Hisao Suzuki
Location
Architect
Competition team
Brussels, Belgium
Christian Kerez
Lion Haag, Jonas Rauber
Lou Dumont d’Ayot, Kornel Lewicki, Ginevra Masiello, Bavo Gladiné,
Sibe Duijsters, Stephanie Gibbons, Federico Rossi, Nathanael Weiss,
Marina Montresor, Ruben Castro, Alex Carpentier
Project manager
Van Belle & Medina Architects bvba, Antwerpen,
Kurt van Belle, Patricia Medina
Structural engineer
Greisch, Liège, Luc Demortier, Stéphanie Pareit
Structural consultant Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG, Zug, Neven Kostic
Energy & Sustainability Ingenium, Brugge, Nicolas Vyncke, Tom Bruynbroeck
Acoustics consultant Daidalos, Leuven, Filip Descamps, Paul Mees
Landscape architects Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, Paris, Michel Desvigne
Photographs
Hisao Suzuki
With special thanks to
Nathanael Weiss
for his help and support
Christian Kerez Zürich AG
Eibenstrasse 9
CH-8045 Zürich