Finn Geipel (born 23 November 1958 in Stuttgart) is a German Architect and Urbanist. He is co-founder of the architecture and urban planning office LIN.[1]

Life edit

Geipel studied architecture from 1981 to 1987 at the University of Stuttgart.[1] In 1983, together with Bernd Hoge and Jochen Hunger, he founded Labfac, Laboratory for Architecture, a network of architects and artists. In 1987, collaboration with Nicolas Michelin began a new chapter of Labfac in Paris.[1][2]

In 2001, Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi founded the architecture and urban planning office LIN. Based in Berlin and Paris, the office works on a wide range of projects and research assignments throughout Europe. Recent projects include the renovation of Saint-Nazaire submarine bunker, the Cité du Design in St. Etienne and Grand Paris Métropole Douce.[1]

Finn Geipel is a full-time professor of architecture and building science in the architecture department at Berlin Institute of Technology, since 2000. He is the advisor of the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture (LIA), a research branch of LIN at Berlin Institute of Technology.[3][4] He has been a visiting professor at École Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) Paris, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura (ESARQ) Barcelona, Columbia University New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[5] (MIT) Boston-Cambridge.[6][7]

Since 2012, Finn Geipel has been a member of the Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University of Berlin.[8]

Finn Geipel is a member of the AIGP-Atelier International du Grand Paris, the scientific advisory board of the Grand Paris Métropole Douce.

Work edit

  • Flexible Roof of Arena, Nîmes, France (1989)
  • École Nationale d’Arts Décoratifs, Limoges, France (1990–1994)
  • Théâtre de Cornouaille, Quimper, France (1991–1998)
  • Exhibitionspace Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France (2003)
  • Alvéole 14, Transformation Submarine Bunker, St. Nazaire, France (2003–2007)
  • Syn chron, Installation Carsten Nicolai, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (2005)
  • Cité du Design, St. Etienne, France (2004–2009)
  • Grand Paris Métropole Douce, Paris, France (2008–2009)
  • Atelier Building Pajol, Paris, France (2008–2012)
  • Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Paris Métro station, Paris, France, 2022

Awards edit

  • 2010: Chevalier de la Légion d‘Honneur
  • 2006: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Publications edit

  • Jac Fol: Labfac: Finn Geipel, Nicolas Michelin Laboratory for Architecture Centre Georges Pompidou, 1998 Paris, ISBN 2-85850-948-4
  • Wilhelm Klauser, Catherine Métais-Bürend, Isabelle Taudière: LABFAC In: L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui n°327 April 2000, Paris
  • Finn Geipel, Giulia Andi: Cité du Design – Saint-Étienne Editions Jean-Michel Place, 2006 Paris, ISBN 2-85893-880-6
  • Finn Geipel, Giulia Andi, équipe LIN: Grand Paris métropole douce : Hypothèses sur le paysage post-Kyoto Ed. Nouvelles éditions Jean-Michel Place, 2009 Paris, ISBN 2-7010-1548-0

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Joseph Hanimann: Finn Geipel [1]. Stand: 3. Dezember 2012
  2. ^ "The Berlage Institute:Finn Geipel". Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Technische Universität Berlin, Architekturfakultät". Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  4. ^ "LIA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  5. ^ "People | MIT Architecture". architecture.mit.edu. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Deutsche BauZeitschrift". www.dbz.de. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Stadt der Zukunft - im Haus der Gegenwart". Detail.de. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Bild Wissen Gestaltung. Ein interdisziplinäres Labor". Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2022.