CURRICULUM VITAE GEORG WINDECK
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: Georg Windeck 137 W 142nd Street New York NY 10030
Email: [email protected]
Citizenship: USA, Germany
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
2009 New York Registered Architect No. 033253
2009 Washington DC LEED accredited professional
2002 Berlin Member Chamber of Architects Nr.10817
EDUCATION
1994- Berlin Diplom-Ingenieur in Architecture, Technical University Berlin 2000 (Master of Architecture I equiv.)
1996 Berlin Sculpture studies at the Academy of Fine Arts
ACADEMIC
2000-present New York The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
2009 Associate Professor Adj. 2002 Assistant Professor Adj. 2000 Instructor Adj.
2010 Honors Menschel Faculty Award 2010 for teaching and research integrating art, architecture and engineering
Bachelor level History of Architecture I, The Ancient (2000/01-2015/16) Buildings and architectural concepts of Antiquity Stone Age, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome
History of Architecture II, The Modern (2000/01-2004/05) The history of modern architecture in Europe and America 18th- 20th C Artistic intentions and social ideals of modernity
Design I Architectonics (2006/07) Introduction to design concepts: Representation of space and structure Architectural elements and their functions; principles of form finding (with Tamar Zinguer and Anthony Titus)
Design IV Architectural Urbanism (2001/02-2005/06, 2009/10) Design in the urban context: site specific contemporary architecture Analysis of historic landmarks and city plans; theories of urbanism (with Diane Lewis, Peter Schubert, Mersiha Veledar)
The Feltman Seminar in Light and Lighting (2004/05) Light as design tool in architecture und city planning Theory of light in art, natural science, and philosophy (Cooper Union School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Master level Advanced Topics / Grad. Seminar Technology (2007/08-2013/14) The 20th Century in Detail- Construction Principles of Modernism Technological inventions and artistic expression (2007/08 – 2009-10) Face Off – Façade Design in Contemporary Theory and Practice The boundary between interior and exterior (2010/11-2013/14) The Modern Spectrum – Color in Architectural Design and Construction Color in architectural design and representation (2014/15-2015/16)
Administrative Member of the Library Committee and the Academic Standards Committee (2008/09-2015/16) Adjunct Faculty representative (2006/07-2011/12)
2014-present New York School of Visual Arts Critical Theory and the Arts Graduate Program
Master level Art City, City Art, On Site Social and spatial positions of contemporary art in New York City
Guest critic in various undergraduate and graduate programs: Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, City College, Catholic University, Parsons New School, Hochschule Rhein Main, TU Berlin, Syracuse University
Georg Windeck 2 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2016 New York Artist studio in the London Terrace building, Chelsea
2015 New York Renovation of Central Park West Penthouse
2014 New York Renovation and conversion of historic Stuyvesant Heights Brownstone
2011 Princeton Das Thomas Mann Haus Founding member of the committee for a Thomas Mann memorial library in his Princeton residence; programming, historic preservation
2008 Berlin Extension of landmarked townhouse in Onkel Toms Hütte (Bruno Taut)
2006 Berlin L’Oreal retail concept design for Macy’s department store
2004 Berlin Renovation and furniture design for private residence
2000 Potsdam Residential master plan at historic royal gardens of Sanssouci
CONSULTANCIES AND CORPORATE PRACTICE
2012 New York Superstructures Project Architect, historic preservation Engineers + Architects Duke House / NYU Institute of Fine Arts La Guardia Community College
2011 Berlin Kleine Metz Technical designer: construction documents Architekten for social housing in Neu-Ulm
2004- New York Hillier Architecture Lead designer, project manager 2008 (now RMJM) for various laboratory buildings: Universities of Puerto Rico / Singapore East River Science Park Construction documents / supervision: Apartment building 5th Avenue
2003 Berlin Heike Büttner Architectural designer: Architekten Competition trade center for 1.Prize Berlin Mitte
2000 New York Diane Lewis Architectural designer: 2002 Architect Cast iron building renovation Programming/planning art school
1997 Berlin Illig Weickenmeier Architectural designer: und Partner Competition department store Mention
1995 Berlin Terhechte Site surveyor / programming: Baroque palace Diedersdorf
1994 Berlin Grünberg Architectural Designer: und Partner Urban competition Werder Mention
Georg Windeck 3 COMPETITIONS
2011 Weimar Neues Bauhaus Museum International Design Competition
2008 Tallin Estonian Academy of Arts Art school building with theater and exhibition hall
2007 Siracusa Europan 9 “Sustainable Landscapes” Landscape garden in Siracusa, Sicily
2005 Crakow Tadeusz Kantor Museum 2. Prize Gallery building in medieval city center
2003 New York New Housing for Brooklyn Affordable apartment buildings with urban park
2003 Seoul Nam June Paik Museum Semifinalist Museum for video and installation art
1997 Alonnisos International Center for Holistic Medicine Mention Sanatorium and research clinic on Greek island
1995 Berlin Bauakademie 1. Prize Design proposals for the historic Schinkel site
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Rome “The Wine-Dark Sea” Results of Europan 9 Italy Ex GIL Gallery
2008 Tallinn Exhibition of competition results Gallery of the Eesti Kunstiakadeemia
2005 Krakow X MBA 10. International Architecture Biennale Crakow
2004 New York “New Housing NY” innovative social housing for New York Center for Architecture AIA New York Chapter
2003 Seoul Selected proposals Nam June Paik Museum competition Total Museum Suwon
2002 Berlin “Rome-Berlin-New York” projects by Cooper Union students UIA 2002 World Congress of Architects
1999 Berlin “200 Jahre Bauakademie” (“200 years Building Academy”) Anniversary exhibition of the Technical University Berlin
1996 Düsseldorf “Bauakademie in Glas” (“Building Academy in glass”) GLASTEC tradeshow for glass technology
Gelsenkirchen “Originale statt Kopie” (“Originals instead of copies”) Galerie für Architektur und Arbeit
Berlin “Noch nie gezeigt” (“Never shown before”) Berlinische Galerie - Martin Gropius Bau
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SELECTED LECTURES
Keynote speaker The Effects of Changing Mobility on Architecture and Urbanism Happold Building Talks Berlin, 2011 Elektropolis 2.0 EUREF Institute, Intelligent City Forum Berlin, 2010 Invited lectures The Bandit Towers of New York Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2014 The Cloisters – Medieval Architecture of New York Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2014 Bulk, and the sky it is built into – New York high rise architecture Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2014 Socialist Coops and Punk House Squads Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2013 On Architectural History Introduction to Architecture, Cooper Union, New York, 2013 Junk, and the ground it is built on – what’s wrong with New York City architecture? Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2012 Das Innere Detail (The Inner Detail) Hochschule Rhein Main, Wiesbaden, 2011 Construction Matters Columbia University School of Architecture New York, 2010 Steel Construction in Modern Architecture Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, 2010 Berlin as Germania School of the Humanities and Social Sciences New York, 2010 Stair - Case Columbia University School of Architecture New York, 2009 Architecture of Lost Time Alexandria Architecture Center Washington DC, 2003 The Museum Plan Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies New York, 2000 Conferences and Symposia Researching the Intelligent City Symposium EUREF Institute, Intelligent City Forum Berlin, 2011 Material as Metaphor “Material Matters” conference University of East London, 2004
Georg Windeck 5 PUBLICATIONS Books Construction Matters Author: Georg Windeck Co-editors Lisa Larson-Walker, Sean Gaffney, Will Shapiro Powerhouse Books, New York, 2016 Rome, Berlin, New York Authors: Diane Lewis, Peter Schubert, Georg Windeck Cooper Union Archive Publication, New York, 2002 Selected essays and articles Städtebau Georg Windeck in conversation with Diane Lewis in: Open City – Existential Urbanity Charta, Milan, 2015 New York, eine Stadt erfindet sich neu (New York, a city reinvents itself) in: Häuser Nr. 06 (2006) pages 142-151 Der Anti – Schinkel (The Anti- Schinkel) in: db Deutsche Bauzeitung Nr. 1 (1996) pages 14-15 Berliner Blütenträume und Obstschnittchen (Berlin Flower-dreams and Fruitcakes) in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nr. 285 (1995) pages 39 Ideen für einen leeren Ort (Ideas for an empty site) in: Zeit-Magazin Nr. 49 (1995) pages 20-35 Eine sich öffnende Blume in der Nachfolge von Schinkel (An opening flower in the legacy of Schinkel) in: Der Tagesspiegel Nr. 15458 (1995) page 54
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