Christoph Kohl (architect)

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Christoph Kohl
Born1961
Bolzano, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationArchitect
Practice KK Urbanism · Architecture · Landscape
Projects Brandevoort

Christoph Kohl (born 1961, in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy) is an architect and urban planner.

Architect person trained to plan and design buildings, and oversee their construction

An architect is a person who plans, designs and reviews the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, which derives from the Greek, i.e., chief builder.

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Biography

After his studies of architecture at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria, he finished his thesis at the IUAV of the University of Venice, Italy, in 1988. Since 1993, he has run an architectural office in partnership with Rob Krier [1] in Berlin, Germany. Since June 2010 he has been partner and director of KK Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH / Berlin, Germany and of Christoph Kohl Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH / Berlin, Germany.

Rob Krier is a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect, urban designer and theorist. He is former professor of architecture at Vienna University of Technology, Austria. From 1993 to mid-2010 he worked in partnership with architect Christoph Kohl in a joint office based in Berlin, Germany.

The Berlin-based firm of Rob Krier and Christoph Kohl Architekten is among the representatives of a movement in architecture and urban design that builds on the traditions of the European city. They use traditional methods to create contemporary reconstruction of the urban fabric. [2] Since their participation in the construction and coordination of Kirchsteigfeld, [2] a planning project near Potsdam, Germany, that was built according to their urban design proposal, [3] Rob Krier and Christoph Kohl have been responsible for the design of planning projects in different European countries, with a focus on the Netherlands: De Resident [4] in The Hague (The Netherlands), Noorderhof [5] [6] in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Meander [4] [6] in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), the new town of Brandevoort [4] near Helmond (The Netherlands), Slot Haverleij, [5] ’s-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) and Citadel Broekpolder in Beverwijk-Heemskerk [7] (The Netherlands).

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Works

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Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Kleefisch-Jobst, Ursula / Flagge, Ingeborg (Eds.): Rob Krier: A Romantic Rationalist; Architect and Urban Planner, Springer, 2005.
  2. 1 2 Sagharchi, Alireza / Steil, Lucien: NEW PALLADIANS. Modernity and Sustainability for 21st Century Architecture, London 2010, ISBN   978-1-902889-12-2, p. 132-135.
  3. ↑ Rob Krier, Christoph Kohl: The making of a Town: Potsdam-Kirchsteigfeld. Papadakis Publishers, 1999.
  4. 1 2 3 Ibelings, Hans: Architectural tour guide to Unmodern Holland, A10 new European architecture, 2005, p. 58-60.
  5. 1 2 Ibelings, Hans: Unmodern Architecture. Contemporary Traditionalism in the Netherlands. Nai Publishers, Rotterdam 2004, p. 77-79, p. 80-81; p. 90-99; p. 108-110.
  6. 1 2 Kloos, Maarten / Wendt, Dave (Eds.): Formats for living. Contemporary floor plans in Amsterdam, ARCAM, Amsterdam, 3rd edition 2006 (first published 2000), p. 117, p.140-141, p.148.
  7. ↑ Uhde, Robert: New Old City: Rob Krier · Christoph Kohl, Berlin, Germany, Deutsche BauZeitschrift 6/2004, S. 106−111.


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