CONFRONTING URBAN REALITIES
Lecture by Ralf Pasel, Visiting Professor, Academy of Architecture and Urban Planning Rotterdam

Ralf Pasel and 4 of his students will give a lecture on their WOC – Working On Cities Research and Design Studio hold in Ghana last year. Objective of the studio was to obtain insight in the cultural and social structures of informal settlements in order to contribute more and more effectively to the environment of the urban poor.

TOP Delft
19 Aug 2010 - 20:00h
Hippolytusbuurt 14
2011 HN Delft

Galerie Leo presents TRADITION TODAY! by pasel.künzel architects
One of our finest houses V23K16 is presently presented at Rodenrijselaan 18 in Rotterdam, NL.

The small but nice exhibition seeks to establish a link between the old traditional Dutch housing typology of ‘Grachtenpand’ and the modern interpretation of its ancestor by pasel.künzel architecs.

Walk by and have a look!

Rotterdam’s first vertical gardens designed by pasel.künzel architects With a grand inauguration ceremony beginning of June, newly elected alderman of Rotterdam, Alexandra van Huffele presented the first two green façades to the city of Rotterdam.

The green twins, flanking a part of Rotterdam’s main market, were realized with a sustainable bio-cladding-system, contributing to the municipalities City Lounge Project, a vision for enhancing public spaces in Rotterdam.

Jury OS-House Competition
Ralf Pasel is appointed as member of the jury of the Open Source House Competition.

The OS-House Competition addresses housing shortages in Ghana and aims to provide affordable, flexible and sustainable housing to improve the quality of life of the urban poor.

Blue Award 09
The Working on Cities Programme (WOC) of Visiting Professor Ralf Pasel was awarded with an Honorable Mention in the Blue Award 2009 in Vienna.

Jury: The project ‘Royal Trees of Ghana’ is based on a subtle study of the qualities of the land, the local species of vegetation and the population’s behavior in both private and public spaces.

pasel.künzel architects is not only involved in developing the product itself but is also engaged in designing a branding strategy reaching from corporate identity to communication tools.

The new GreenWaveSystem product was presented for the first time to the public at the international façade trade fair ‘GEVEL’ at Rotterdam’s AHOI from 27th to 29th of January 2010.

pasel.künzel architects at NAi
Open City
Our Elemental project in Chile is part of this years’ 4th International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. It contributes to the Open City by referring to ‘informal urban developments’ that had been legalized and turned ‘formal’ by a collective and participatory building process of several stake holders, under which government, architect and client.

To be seen at:

Zeeën van Vrijheid
Article in De Architect 10/2009
Ralf Pasel and Frederik Künzel have published an article on ‘freedom of individual planning’ in this years’ October issue of the Dutch magazine De Architect.

The article describes the chances and dilemmas of private developments in high dense urban environments - from niche to trend. The matter is vehemently discussed and argued about in the actual debate of city planning in the Netherlands.

De Architect, 10/2009, p. 20-25

Cover NBD Magazine
Our project V23K18 has been chosen for the front cover of NBD Magazine 10/2009. The extensive article of our work focuses on two of our projects in Leiden, the Netherlands: V23K16 and V23K18.

pasel.künzel architects at NAi-Bookshop
Zeeën van Vrijheid Exhibition!
‘City is: Home!’ is the focus of the exhibition featuring our top 10 private housing projects in the Netherlands. The exhibition is to be seen at the central exhibition hall at the NAi in Rotterdam.

Royal Visit!
Curator Ralf Pasel gave a private, guided tour through the Parallel Cases Exhibition to Prince Willem-Alexander – Prince of Orange and Prince of the Netherlands –, Minister Jacqueline Cramer (Ministery of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) and Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (Mayor of the City of Rotterdam).

Debate pasel.künzel architects at RAP Architectuurcentrum Leiden
Ralf Pasel and Frederik Kuenzel will take part in the debate on private housing developments in urban environments in the Netherlands today. The debate will particularly highlight the relationship between the role of architects and private clients.

Exhibition pasel.künzel architects at RAP Architectuurcentrum Leiden
The exhibition ‘Ik bouw!’ gives a compelling retrospective on the last five years of building in Leiden, the Netherlands and features the best-realized projects.

OPEN CITY - SMART CITY
Städtebau als informeller Planungsprozess

Ralf Pasel gives a lecture on informal urbanism at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

Date: 27th October 2009 - 18:30 hours
Location: TU Dresden, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design

SOFT CITY Exhibition – Stroom Den Haag

WOC-Working on Cities of visiting professor Ralf Pasel presents the GHANA*ATL in the Soft City exhibition of Contemporary Art Centre Stroom, Den Haag.

Other participating artists are:
Pushwagner (Norway)
Azra Aksamija (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Dubravka Sekulic (Serbia)

Date: 13th September - 8th November, 2009
Location: Hogewal 1-9, 2514 HA The Hague, NL

N-AERUS Conference

Keynote speaker Ralf Pasel talks about the Open City in relation to the sub-themes community, collective, diaspora, squat and refuge.

Date: 01-03 October 2009
Location: IHS Rotterdam, Building T, 3062 PA Rotterdam,
www.ihs.nl/urban_professionals/10th_n_aerus_conference
http://www.ihs.nl/news_events/news/news_detail/article/14337/
www.n-aerus.net

Grand Opening Ceremony IABR
4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: Parallel Cases - Open City

Curator: Ralf Pasel
Exhibition Design: pasel.künzel architects
More than 600 people attended the official opening of the Parallel Cases exhibition of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam on September 25th, 2009.

Keynote speakers of the opening ceremony were:
Ralf Pasel (GER/NL), Curator, Visiting Professor and Principal Architect of pasel.künzel architects
Ricky Burdett (UK), Centennial Professor in Architecture and Urban Planning at the London School of Economics (LSE)
Lars Lerup (US), Professor and Dean of Rice University Houston, Texas

4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam:
Parallel Cases - Open City

Curator: Ralf Pasel
Exhibition Design: pasel.künzel architects
45 academic projects from 28 universities worldwide feature the Open City, contributing to the debate around Designing Coexistence.

Parallel Cases is an example of the Open City par excellence. It is set in the old gigantic industrial RDM shipyard in the middle of the Port of Rotterdam, proving that abandoned urban areas can be opened up again for city life.

The Parallel Cases exhibition is on show from
Sept. 25th until Dec. 13th 2009.
Location: Heijplaatstraat 21, 3089 JB Rotterdam
For more information see also: www.iabr.nl

WOC - Working on Cities wins Biennale Award

WOC-Working on Cities of visiting professor Ralf Pasel has received this year’s Parallel Cases Biennale Award of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam for their project GHANA*ATL in Kumasi, Ghana.

The international jury consisted of:
Liesbeth van der Pol (NL), Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands
Lars Lerup (US), Professor and Dean of Rice University Houston, Texas,
Dieter Läpple (Ger), Professor of Urban and Regional Economics of the HCU Hamburg
Emiliano Gandolfi (IT), Architectural Critic
Floris Alkemade (NL), Architect and Urban Planner

African Perspectives Conference 2009 – Pretoria, South Africa

WOC-Working on Cities by visiting professor Ralf Pasel presents the results of this years Ghana*ATL at the African Perspectives Conference 2009 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Date: 25-28 September 2009
Location: University of Pretoria, South Africa

For more information see: www.africanperspectives.info, www.archiafrika.org

IKTINOS AWARD – GHANA*ATL

One of the student teams of visiting professor Ralf Pasel has won this year’s Iktinos Award, with their proposal ‘Royal Trees for Ayigya’, Ghana.

WOC - Working on Cities: GHANA*ATL

After an intensive year of studying informal conditions of our cities in general and the intuitive settlement of Aygya, Kumasi, Ghana in particular, the final presentation of the GHANA*ATL will round up this years WOC-Working on Cites program.

The results will be presented to the public for the first time and will comprise an extended analysis on the status of the informal city and on Ayigya, impressions from the field trip to Ghana in January, February and July and the integral final project proposals.

WOC - Working on Cities

Visiting professor Ralf Pasel has founded and set up the WOC-Working on Cities program that explores informal urban structures in order to contribute more and more effectively to the environment of the urban poor.

This annual program is set up in interdisciplinary teams - architects, urban planners and urban managers - collaborating this year with the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) affiliated to the Erasmus University Rotterdam en the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana.

This year’s program GHANA*ATL works on the informal settlement of Ayigya in the city of Kumasi, Ghana.
36 students and 6 teachers from 3 universities work collectively on 4 interdisciplinary projects, tackling the core problems of Ayigya on 4 different scales.

Form more information see: www.workingoncities.com
or: www.ravb.nl, www.ihs.nl, www.knust.edu.gh

Mission accomplished: V36K08/09

pasel.künzel architects just completed construction works for this luxury villa in the Netherlands.

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Opgeleverd: ‘Hide & Expose, Nieuw Leyden te Leiden.NL

The third exemplar of a series of eleven different residential houses in the urban plan by MVRDV at Nieuw Leyden, Leiden is accomplished.

| 36 July 2009

THE HIDDEN CITY – 5th International Summer School 2009

15 august – 27 august Frederik Künzel will teach at this year’s International Summer School in Rotterdam. The Summer School is designed to provide bachelor and master students and young professionals an exercise in dealing with a unique, yet realistic design problem. The themes are based on the subthemes of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam Open City - Designing Co-existence. SUM 2009 is organized by Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Rotterdam Department of Housing and Urban Planning (dS+V).

Parallel Cases: Sept 25th – Dec 11th

Location: RDM Shipyard
Heijplaat 23
3089 JB Rotterdam
+31 (0)10 2832310

Opening: Fri. September 25, 2009

pasel.künzel architects was also commissioned to do the architectural and graphic design of the PARALLEL CASES exhibition at the former RDM Shipyard.

Opgeleverd: ‘GROENE KAMER, Nieuw Leyden te Leiden.NL
This private house situated in the urban plan by MVRDV
at Nieuw Leyden, Leiden is accomplished.

Lecture Ralf Pasel at Bund Deutscher Architecten - BDA - Berlin, Germany On November 28, 2008 Ralf Pasel will take part in the 12. Berliner Gespräch and give a lecture on ‘Ethik und Ethnik’ at 12:30h at
Akademie der Wissenschaften
Leibniz-Saal
Gendarmenmarkt
D-10117 Berlin-Mitte

Lecture pasel.künzel architects at Technical University Berlin, Germany Ralf Pasel and Frederik Künzel will give a lecture on ‘Steps ‘n Slabs’ at TU Berlin on October 30, 2008. Starting at 17:30h.
TU Berlin IFA
Straße des 17. Juni 152
Halle 7
D-10623 Berlin

Lecture pasel.künzel architects at Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau, Germany Ralf Pasel and Frederik Künzel will give a lecture on ‘Steps ‘n Slabs & General Work’ during the Dessauer Gespräche on October 29, 2008.
Starting at 18:30h.
Hochschule Anhalt
Gebäude 08/R006 – großer Hörsaal
D-06846 Dessau

Lecture at Academy of Architecture and Urban Design Rotterdam On October 16, 2008 Ralf Pasel will give a lecture on ‘How to Upgrade a Slum?’ at
Academie voor Bouwkunst Rotterdam
G.J. de Jonghweg 4-6
3015 GG Rotterdam

| 26 May 2008

Nomination Bauhaus Award. pasel.künzel architects is nominated for the prestigious Bauhaus Award 2008.
Hence we will present our entry at the final jury session on June 21, 2008 in Dessau.DE

| 25 May 2008

Eerste paal house V36K08/09. Construction for our latest private house in Leiden.NL will start on May 16, 2008.

| 24 May 2008

ARCHITEKTURPREIS.FÜNF. Architectural Award – member of jury. Ralf Pasel will be member of the jury for the architectural award ‘Architekturpreis.fünf’ in Dresden, Germany on May 5th, 2008.

| 23 May 2008

5 MINUTES OF FOAM. Lecture at Academie van Bouwkunst Rotterdam. On May 9, 2008 Ralf Pasel will give a presentation on our work in Chile at the AvB Rotterdam.

| 22 March 2008

WORKSHOP GREVELINGEN. Teaching at the Academy for Fine Arts, Willem de Kooning in Rotterdam. On March 18, 2008 Ralf Pasel, Oliver Thill (Atelier Kempe Thill) and others will hold a workshop about the region of Grevelingen / Zuid Holland.

| 21 January-March 20

TRADITION TODAY. Het Laurentskwartier in Rotterdam. Together with Hans Ibelings and Sjoerd Soeters, Ralf Pasel will teach this year’s Architecture Winter School at the Academy of Architecture and Urban Design in Rotterda

Pecha Kucha Amsterdam. On December 19, pasel.künzel architects will give a high-speed presentation at the Pecha Kucha Night in Amsterdam, starting at 20h20. Location: Club 11.

Pecha Kucha Rotterdam. Together with various artists, designers and architects, Ralf Pasel will give a high-speed presentation on November 28, at 20h20 at Off Corso in Rotterdam.

INTENSE LAAGBOUW. Academie van Bouwkunst Groningen, The Netherlands. On November 23 2007 we are invited to give a lecture about one of the main topics in the Netherlands: High-dense low-rise building developments.

GREEN MACHINE - Towards a Sustainable Future for Urban Development 09 july – 20 july Ralf Pasel will teach at this year’s International Summer School in Rotterdam – SUM 2007. SUM 2007 is organized by Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Cityports Academy Rotterdam and Archiprix International.
Masters of the SUM 2007 include also Ruurd Gietema (KCAP) and Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV).

Exhibition! 03 july – 30 august. Our prize-winning project Groenvink will take part in an exhibition on housing schemes in Rijswijk. To be seen at the Centrale Bibliotheek in Rijswijk NL. Open: Mon - Fri 13h00 - 17h30, Sat 11h00 - 14h00

Look at this … Construction has started for our prize-winning project four seasons and groene kamer in Leiden.NL

Pecha Kucha Night Rotterdam. Ralf Pasel will take place in a presentation marathon together with various other artist, designers and architects. Don’t miss it!

KNOOPPUNT LEIDEN Tentoonstelling van vier architectenbureaus Exposition of four architectural offices from January 17th till February 24th, 2007 with reception on
1st of February at 8:00 p.m

Eerste paal Veld 23, Nieuw Leyden te Leiden, The Netherlands On 18th January the construction will start for two of our projects: four seasons & Groene Kamer

SLOW FORWARD I FAST MOTION The Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany On Dec. 12 2006 we are invited to give a comparing on two different housing projects in two different countries: Chile and The Netherlands.

3rd Prize Casa Nova competition, The Hague, The Netherlands For the Casa Nova 2006 our competition entry ‘Groenvink’ won a 3rd prize in the Casa Nova 2006 competition for the location in Rijswijk, Stadsgewest Haaglanden, NL.

Prototypes & Urban Strategies. Series of lectures in Germany. On Oct. 25, 2005 at the Technical University of Dresden, on Oct. 28, 2005 at the Technical University of Berlin and on Nov. 01, 2005 at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

The lectures focus on the boundaries between individual and mass housing and the question whether architectural strategies can be exported from one side of the world to the other.

1st Prize Library Competition Cork, Ireland For the Capital of Culture 2005 our competition entry ‘Ribbon of Books’  won a 1st prize for the Ideal Library in Cork, Ireland.

Lecture at SGASU University of Samara, Russia On July 28, Ralf Pasel will give a lecture ‘About the Menu, the Recipe, the Ingredients and about Cooking… of the City’  at the Architecture Faculty of the Institute for Architecture and Design of Samara, Russia.

International Summer Architecture School ISAS, Samara, Russia Ralf Pasel is invited to teach a design studio at the ISAS from July 25th – August 6th at the University of Samara, Russia.

The studio ‘…and in between?’  will highlight the relationship between the city and the voids in between the build volumes.

| 3  28 June 2005

Official opening ‘Informatiecentrum Nieuw Leyden’ Come and have a look at our 1:1 wallpaper façade of our prizewinning design four seasons! (Open during the whole summer)

| 2  17 February 2005 17:30-20:00

'The pardox of the architecture competition' Lectures from pasel.künzel architects, Lars Mosman (BEMOG) and Döll - Atelier voor bouwkunst.

| 1  March 2005

Portraits of Ralf Pasel and Frederik Künzel,
by Marcel Theodore Anthony Bosch.

www.mtabosch.nl

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