Martin Jasper (born on November 14, 1979, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a German-Ecuadorian architect, founder of the architecture studio Jasper Architects, who designed the UP! Berlin building.
Martin Albert Jasper | |
|---|---|
 Martin Jasper | |
| Born | Martin Albert Jasper November 14, 1979 |
| Nationality | German Ecuadorian |
| Alma mater | Universität der Künste Berlin, Politecnico di Milano, Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Accademia di Belli Arti di Brera Milano |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Jasper Architects |
| Buildings | UP! Berlin |
| Website | https://jasperarchitects.com |
Career
editAfter graduating from high school in Santiago de Chile,[1] Martin Jasper was enrolled as an assistant painter of the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín in Quito, Ecuador.[2] Jasper applied for Berlin University of the Arts (UDK) and moved to Berlin, where he won the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes scholarship.[1] He also studied at the Architecture School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile and at the Polytechnic University of Milan.[3]
He taught Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of the Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China.[4] He finished his academic training in fine art and painting at the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy.[2]
Jasper worked at the architecture studio Metrogramma Associati, in Milan[5] and at the Berlin office of English studio Foster + Partners.[4][2] In 2008 he founded his own studio, Jasper Architects, based in Berlin, Buenos Aires and Vienna.[6][7]
Martin Jasper obtained the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) certificate and has become a promoter and adviser of the DGNB around the world.[8][9][10][11] The DGNB promotes the construction of economical and sustainable buildings.[12]
In 2012, the Central Society of Architects of Argentina (SCA) presented Jasper with the First Prize for Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design for the project "Casa Eco Solar”, a self-sufficient building built in San Salvador de Jujuy.[13][14][15]
In 2016 Jasper won the competition to transform a mall of the Centrum Warenhaus chain once in East Berlin into a smart office building named UP! Berlin.[16][17] The mall was erected in 1979[18] next to East Berlin's Central Station (now Berlin Ostbahnhof)[19][20] and the transformation was finished in 2021.[21]
References
edit- ^ a b "Martin Jasper - Arquitecto". TOPceos (in Spanish). 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ a b c "Desplazamientos: el trabajo transnacional de Jasper Architects, por Bisman Ediciones". Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish). 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Desplazamientos: el trabajo transnacional de Jasper Architects". Litoralpress. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Optimización de recursos: sustentabilidad y arquitectura low tech". Revista Mandu'a - #390 (in Spanish). October 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "De smart cities y smart buildings a sustentabilidad low tech". Revista Costos 240 (in Spanish). September 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Jasper Architects - Berlin, Germany - Architects - About". German-Architects. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "people". DEN Architecture. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Sellos verdes en debate". Clarin. Clarin Arquitectura. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Presentación VI Seminario Internacional Arquitectura Urbana + Sustentable: Conferencia Sistema Alemán de Certificación de Construcción Sustentable". ARQA. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Conferencia: "Eficiencia Energética en la Construcción"". Gobierno ciudad de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Taller de construcción sustentable en el IVC". Gobierno ciudad de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "German Sustainable Building Council". World Green Building Council. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Clarin (13 November 2012). "Compromiso con el medio ambiente". Clarin. Clarin Arquitectura. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Weber Saint Gobain. "Premio ADUS – Arquitectura y Diseño Urbano Sustentables- Primera Edición". Weber Saint Gobain. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Casa ecológica de Jujuy Recibió distinción nacional". Tres Lineas. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ Boro Communication (22 May 2020). "Martin Jasper, architect: After this period we will use resources and spaces more consciously and efficientl". Boro Communication. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Plataforma Arquitectura (23 October 2020). "Desplazamientos: el trabajo transnacional de Jasper Architects, por Bisman Ediciones". Plataforma Arquitectura. Archdaily. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Ulrich, Paul (6 March 2018). "Extravaganter Umbau: Ex-Kaufhof am Ostbahnhof wird zum Glaspalast". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Ulrike, Kiefert (4 July 2020). "Fassade am Bürohochhaus am Ostbahnhof ist fast fertig". Berliner Woche. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Thomas, Frey. "Wenn das Baukollegium urteilt". Berliner Woche. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Berliner Zeitung (4 December 2020). "Der Kudamm wird zur Provinz, die Hoffnung liegt im Digitalen". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 25 April 2021.