Chris Bosse
| Chris Bosse | |
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| Born |
September 30, 1971 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards |
2004 Venice Architecture Biennale Award, 2005 Interior Design Award, 2006 I. D. Annual Design Review USA 2006 IDEA Awards, Overall Winner 2007 Bulletin Smart 100 2007 SMH ‘People to watch’ 2008 AR Emerging Architects 2009 Interior Design award 2009 AAFAB AA London 2009 Cityscape Award Sustainability 2009 SMH Top 100 Most Influential 2009 jury at World Architecture Festival |
| Practice | Chris Bosse |
| Buildings |
Beijing National Aquatics Centre |
2004 Venice Architecture Biennale Award, 2005 Interior Design Award, 2006 I. D. Annual Design Review USA 2006 IDEA Awards, Overall Winner 2007 Bulletin Smart 100 2007 SMH ‘People to watch’ 2008 AR Emerging Architects 2009 Interior Design award 2009 AAFAB AA London 2009 Cityscape Award Sustainability 2009 SMH Top 100 Most Influential
Beijing National Aquatics Centre
Moet Marquee
Digital Origami Masdar City Centre MSWCT Michael Schumacher Tower Sherman Library MTV Awards Green Void Tower Skin Jeju Hills Harbin Ice Hotel
Chris Bosse is a German-born architect, resident in Sydney in Australia. He was a key designer of the Beijing National Aquatics Centre that was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Educated in Germany and Switzerland, he worked with several high-profile European architects before moving to Sydney.
For many years Bosse has based his work on the computational study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions. His research lies in the exploration of unusual structures pushing the boundaries of the traditional understanding of structure and architecture with digital and experimental formfinding. Chris Bosse's master's degree dealt with the implementation of virtual environments into architecture.
The potential for naturally evolving systems such as snowflakes, spider webs and soap bubbles for new building typologies and structures informs Bosse’s work – the geometries in nature create both efficiency and beauty. But above all the human is the centre of his investigations.
Whilst Associate Architect with PTW, Bosse was a key designer of the Watercube for Beijing Olympics [winner of Atmosphere Award, 9th Venice Architecture Biennale] and was recognized in the 2007 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture, RIBA London.
He co-founded LAVA the Laboratory for Visionary Architecture, with Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck in 2007. LAVA has offices in Sydney, Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi As of 2010[update] Bosse works as an Adjunct Professor and Research Innovation fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia.
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