CURRICULUM VITAE GEORG WINDECK
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: Georg Windeck 253 W 76 Street #7 New York, NY10023
Email: [email protected]
Citizenship: USA, Germany
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
2009 New York Registered Architect No. 033253
2009 Washington DC USGBC LEED accredited professional
2002 Berlin Member Chamber of Architects Nr.10817
EDUCATION
1994- Berlin Diplom-Ingenieur in Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin 2000 (Master of Architecture I equiv.)
1996 Berlin Sculpture studies at the Hochschule der Künste
ACADEMIC
2000-present New York The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
2009 Associate Professor Adjunct 2002 Assistant Professor Adjunct 2000 Instructor Adjunct
Honors Menschel Faculty Award 2010 for teaching and research integrating art, architecture and engineering
Bachelor level History of Architecture I, The Ancient (2000/01-2014/15) 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 18 th - 20 th 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 civic 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 (with Howard Brandston, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Bachelor / Master levels Advanced Topics / Grad. Seminar Technology: -The 20 th 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 Adjunct Faculty representative (2006/07-2011/12) Member of the Library Committee Committee (2008/09-2013/14) Member of the Academic Standards Committee (2008/09-2015/16)
2015 New York School of Visual Arts Critical Theory and the Arts (One-year Master of Art Program)
Master level Art City, City Art, On Site Social and spatial positions of contemporary art in New York City
2000-present Guest critic in various undergraduate and graduate programs: Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, City College, Parsons New School, Hochschule Rhein Main, TU Berlin, Syracuse University
Curriculum Vitae Georg Windeck 2 ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
2016 Kingston, NY Renovation and expansion of 1750’s stone inn
2016 Brooklyn Feasibility study for affordable housing in Bushwick
2016 New York Artist studio in the London Terrace building, Chelsea
2015 New York Remodeling of Central Park West penthouse
2014 Brooklyn Remodeling and historic preservation of brownstone in Bed-Stuy
2011 Princeton Das Thomas Mann Haus Founding member of the committee for a Thomas Mann Memorial Library in his Princeton residence; programming, historic preservation
2009 New York Corporate interior for branding agency in Soho warehouse building
2008 Berlin Extension of landmarked townhouse in Onkel Toms Hütte (Bruno Taut)
2006 Berlin L’Oreal store 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 Sans-souci
CONSULTANCIES AND CORPORATE PRACTICE
2012-present New York Superstructures Project Architect, historic preservation Engineers + Architects Duke House / NYU Institute of Fine Arts La Guardia Community College
2011 Berlin Kleine Metz Facade designer: construction documents Architekten for affordable housing in Neu-Ulm
2004- New York Hillier Architecture Architectural designer, project manager 2008 (now RMJM) for various laboratory buildings: Universities of Puerto Rico / Singapore East River Science Park Construction documents / supervision: Apartment building 5 th 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 survey / programming: Baroque palace Diedersdorf
1994 Berlin Grünberg Architectural Designer: und Partner Urban competition in Werder Mention
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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 Exhibition 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 Central Park Critical Theory and the Arts, SVA, New York, 2014 The Cloisters – Medieval Architecture in the American Landscape 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, Symposia, Workshops Raumbild und Bildraum (Painterly Space and Painted Space) Workshop on Surrealism and Architecture, with Prof. Holger Kleine Hochschule Rhein Main, Wiesbaden, 2016
Open City: Existential Urbanity Rome/Berlin/New York & Post Blast Lower Manhattan Panel moderator at book symposium, MoMA, New York, 2015
Researching the Intelligent City Symposium EUREF Institute, Intelligent City Forum Berlin, 2011 Material as Metaphor “Material Matters” conference University of East London, 2004
Curriculum Vitae Georg Windeck 5 PUBLICATIONS Authored book Construction Matters Author: Georg Windeck Co-editors Lisa Larson-Walker, Sean Gaffney, Will Shapiro Powerhouse Books, Brooklyn, 2016 Essays Städtebau - A Conversation with Georg Windeck In: Open City – Existential Urbanity Diane Lewis & Daniel Meridor, with Matthew Hitscherich Edizioni Charta, Milan, 2015
The Present Past (Vergangenheit vergegenwärtigen) In: Rome, Berlin, New York Authors: Diane Lewis, Peter Schubert, Georg Windeck Cooper Union Archive Publication, New York, 2002 Articles and reviews Since 9/11, Building Design and Construction in City Has Responded to Flaws TV documentary featuring interview with Georg Windeck By: Adam Balkin, in: NY 1 Spectrum News, September 10 th 2016
Book Review: Construction Matters By: John Hill, in: Archidose, A Daily Dose of Architecture archidose.blogspot.com, May 11 th , 2016
Erect Respect, Book Club III By: Alexandra Alexa In: PIN-UP Magazine , Issue 20, Spring 2016, pages 70-71
Architectural Details Series of individual chapter reviews from Construction Matters By: Paul Keskeys, in: Architizer: Architects, Buildings, Products architizer.com Mies van der Rohe’s Iconic I-Beams, March 30th , 2016 Herzog & De Meuron’s Pristine Timber Box, March 23 rd , 2016 Elissa and Alvar Aalto’s Patchwork Wall of Bricks, March 16 th , 2016 Toyo Ito’s Flowing Concrete Canopy, March 8 th , 2016
Construction Matters: How Advances in Brick, Steel, and Concrete Changed Architecture By: Patrick Sisson, in: Curbed NY: homes, neighborhoods, architecture and real estate, curbed.com, March 18 th , 2016
Cooper ‘Construction Crew’ Writes Book About Architectural Materials Text: Angela Starita, photos: Marget Long In: About Cooper Union > News, March 11 th , 2016 www.cooper.edu
Hello New York, hallo Berlin! Conversations with New-Yorkers from Berlin (Gespräche mit Wahl-New Yorkern aus Berlin) By: Andrea Huber, in: Berliner Morgenpost , October 11 th , 2015
New York, a City Reinvents Itself (New York, eine Stadt erfindet sich neu) Text: Lars Jensen, photos: Jürgen Frank In: Hauser Nr. 06 2006, pages 142-151 The Anti- Schinkel (Der Anti – Schinkel) By: Heinrich Wefing In: db Deutsche Bauzeitung Nr. 1 1996, pages 14-15
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Articles and reviews ctd. Berlin Flower-dreams and Fruitcakes (Berliner Blütenträume und Obstschnittchen) By: Heinrich Wefing In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Nr. 285 1995, page 39 Ideas for an Empty Site (Ideen für einen leeren Ort) By: Manfred Sack In: Zeit-Magazin Nr. 49 1995, pages 20-35 An Opening Flower in the Legacy of Schinkel (Eine sich öffnende Blume in der Nachfolge von Schinkel) In: Der Tagesspiegel Nr. 15458 1995, page 54
225 Building Academies (225 Bauakademien) By: Manfred Sack In: Die Zeit Nr. 43, October 20 th , 1995
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