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Alessandro L.B. Vassella
Alessandro L. B. Vassella,
Swiss architect, graduated from ETH Zurich.
Dipl. architect ETH/SIA
| born in Zurich | |
| 1968-72 | Study of architecture at the ETH Zurich |
| 1970 | Practical training in the studio Vastu-Shilpa of Balkrishna V. Doshi, Ahmedabad, India |
| 1972–77 | Co-author of Louis I. Kahn - Complete Work 1934-74, teaching assistant at the chair of Prof. Dolf Schnebli, and with guest professor Aldo van Eyck, at the ETH Zurich, and working as an architect in Zurich |
| 1978-2008 | Practicing in Berlin, until 1981 as project supervisor for the reconstruction of Erich Mendelsohn's cinema Universum and conversion into the theatre Schaubühne. In the beginning of the eighties intensive study of ecology in its widest sense, including Permaculture design with Bill Mollison, Australia. Ecological consultant for the International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987 (IBA ’87); Member and director of the ’Working Group on Ecological Urban Reconstruction’: consultancy and research for ecological building and town planning. Since 1988: own studio in Berlin for Architecture and Ecology: design and site supervision of ecological projects, work on concepts and expertise reports, lectures, publications; 1989–90: Visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Participation in competitions as Expert and Member of Jury; Basic research on school building; performing pilot projects and project consultancies, research in the field of ecology, sustainability and longevity mainly on building materials and further development of building facilities, with concentration on water-management. Cooperation with Reinhard P. Groszmann; experimental and ecological building, mainly public buildings: new construction, refurbishing, modernization of listed buildings, performing EU-subsidised projects for public and private clients. Development of an overall concept for consultancy in the field of tourism; overall ecological concept for the Windermere Eco Development, including the refurbishment of the hotel Windermere Island Club, Bahamas |
| Since 2009 | Practicing in Zurich again as architect and consultant, project developments for several clients. Editor of the audio book Louis I. Kahn—Silence and Light, Park Books Zurich, 2013, reprint 2019. In preparation: reprint of the 1st edition of Louis I. Kahn - Complete Work 1934-74 – in cooperation with the Louis Kahn Estonia Foundation |
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