Nikolaus Knebel
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt BDA
Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
German University of Technology in Oman (affiliated to RWTH Aachen)
contact +968-98886823
nikolaus.knebel@gutech.edu.om
1972 born in Aachen, Germany
Married, two children
German national
Education
1999 Post-Degree Scholarship for research and practice in Japan
from Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft
studied architecture
1998 Diplom-Ingenieur Architekt (equivalent of MSc)
Diplomklasse Prof. Mathias Sauerbruch
1996 Technische Universiteit Delft
1995 National University of Singapore
1992 Technische Universität Berlin
Buildings and Projects
Co-founder of African Building Research Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
with Prof. Dr. Jörg Baumeister, Prof. Ingo Becker
2009 - Farm Villages in Gojjam, Ethiopia (university-industry linkage)
Masterplan for the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa
2008 Concept Study for Guesthouse for the German Embassy in Addis Ababa
Concept for an Affordable Housing Expo in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Concept for a New Zoo in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Partner in Knebel & von Wedemeyer Architekten BDA, Berlin, Germany
with Henning von Wedemeyer
2007 Extension of a Chapel in Potsdam, Germany
Invited international competition for a bridge in Constance, Germany
2006 Invited international competition for a city hall in Lielvarde, Latvia
(3rd prize)
Invited competition for a villa in Tutzing, Germany
International competition for the extension of Stockholm City Library
2005 Invited international competition for a European Culture Center in Aachen
(honorable mention)
Interior designs for chapels in Leipzig, Germany
2004 Assembly hall for a factory in Bochum, Germany
Invited international competition for a culture forum in Jurmala, Latvia
(1st prize)
2003 House at the Baltic Sea in Ahrenshoop, Germany
Refurbishment of a historic villa in Berlin, Germany
Masterplan for Bismarck Castle, Germany
Study for a House in Laudenbach, Germany
Works in project partnerships
with Prof. Kirsten Schemel, Alexander Moers, Stefan Rethfeld, Lars Loebner
2002 Interior design for a business consultancy company in Berlin, Germany
2001 International competition for Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt
2000 Berlin Pavillon in Hongkong
Berlin Pavillon at World Expo in Hannover
Consulting
2006 Consultant to City of Dresden for World Heritage Sites (with Prof. Schuster)
2002 Consultant to the Masterplan Office in Addis Ababa
Employment
2001 Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau Germany
Local Development Plan for Mercato, Addis Ababa
1999 Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Tokyo, Japan
Competition for a Hospice in Paris (1st prize)
1996 Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam
Universal Studios Headquarters, Los Angeles
1993 British Landmark Trust, Vicenza. Italy
Renovation of Palladian Villa Saraceno
Memberships
2005 - Member of the German Federation of Architects
(Bund Deutscher Architekten)
2002 - Member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects
(Architektenkammer Berlin)
Competition Juries
2009 Consultant to Jury for International competition for
the New Building for the Peace & Security Building of the African Union
Awards
2007 BDA Best Building in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1997-2007
BDA Best Building in North Rhine Westfalia / Bochum 2004-2007
2005 House of the Year 2005 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
(honorable mention)
2004 BDA Berlin Young Talent Award Hans-Schaefers-Preis
(honorable mention)
2003 European Architecture Photography Prize
(honorable mention)
Exhibitions
2007 Best Buildings in East Germany
at German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt
2006 Emerging Identities East - Young European Architects
at German Architecture Center in Berlin (DAZ)
traveling exhibition to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Venice
2005 Export – projects of German architects abroad
at German Architecture Center in Berlin
Cost Efficient Conversions of Residential Spaces
at BDA Gallery in Berlin and Kassel
Cost Efficient Conversions of Commercial Spaces
at BDA Gallery in Berlin and Kassel
da!2005 Annual Exhibition of Berlin Chamber of Architects
at Stilwerk in Berlin
2004 da!2004 Annual Exhibition of Berlin Chamber of Architects
at Stilwerk Berlin
BDA Young Talents Award Hans-Schäfers-Preis
at BDA Gallery in Berlin
2003 European Architecture Photography Prize
at Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Wilkhahn Forum, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Freiburg,
Nürnberg, Kassel, Zürich
2002 Urban Drift – New Tendencies in Urbanism at Pavilion Moskau, Berlin
Teaching
Academic Positions
2009 Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
Department of Urban Planning and Architecture
German University of Technology in Oman (affiliated to RWTH Aachen)
2010-11 Head of Department
2007-09 Guest Professor of Architectural Design and Heritage
Faculty of Technology
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (German Development Corp., GTZ)
2008 Deputy Head of Department
2007 Chairman of Curriculum Reform Committee
2003-07 Assistant Professor
at the Chair of Architectural Design & Building Construction
(Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schuster)
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany
2006-07 Chairman of Faculty Steering Committee (Fakultätsrat)
Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Building Construction
Workshops and Summer Schools
2008 Summer School - The Heritage of Modern Architecture in Addis Ababa
Workshop on Urban Design - Addis Ababa University and TU Darmstadt
2004 Workshop on World Heritage Studies - BTU Cottbus, Ferrara University
2000 Workshop on Perceptions of Space - Hong Kong University, China
Guest Lectures
2009 Association of Ethiopian Architects
2008 University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 Book Fair, Leipzig
2006 German-Syrian University in Homs, Syria
Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, India
2005 Beijing Institute of Technology, China
BNCA College of Architecture in Pune, India
German Architecture Center, Berlin, Germany
2004 University of Ferrara, Italy
2003 Technical University Munich, Germany
2002 Harbor-City University Hamburg, Germany
Municipality of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2000 Hong Kong University, China
Guest Critiques
2009 ETH Zürich, Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil
2008 TU Darmstadt, Prof. Dr. Kosta Mathey
2005 JJ School of Architecture, Mumbai, India, Prof. Mehta
2004 BNCA College of Architecture in Pune, India, Prof. Kashyap
LaSalle School of Architecture Singapore, Prof. Lee May Anne
2003 Münster School of Architecture, Germany, Prof. Kirsten Schemel
2002 TU Berlin, Germany, Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle
2001 BTU Cottbus, Germany, Prof. Philip Oswalt
Academic Juries
2007 Max Taut Preis Jury at FH Dortmund
2006 Diploma Jury at Harbor-City University Hamburg
Research
Conferences and Papers
2009
'The Indigenous Urban Fabric of Addis Ababa - A City Model for the Future?' conference African Perspectives, University of Pretoria, South Africa
‚The Heritage of Modern Architecture in Addis Ababa‘ at international
conference on Urban Heritage Agenda for Addis Ababa
‚The Dilemma of Urban Governance between Eastern and Western Models of Development in Megacities of the South. A Case Study from Addis Ababa‘
at Cityfutures 09 in Madrid
2008
‚The Dilemma of Urban Governance between Eastern and Western Models of Development in Megacities of the South. A Case Study from Addis Ababa‘
at Kassel University, Germany
2006
‚Conflicts between World Heritage Sites and Urban Development in Germany‘
at Delhi School of Architecture and Planning, India
2005
‚Conflicts between World Heritage Sites and Urban Development in Germany‘
at Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Editorial Works
2000 Guest Editor for ARCH+ magazine, Germany
1996 - 98 Assistant to the Editorial Board of ARCH+ magazine, Germany
Publications
BAUMEISTER, J., KNEBEL, N., 2010: A Short Manual for the Next 100000000 Dwellings in Africa
KNEBEL, N.; MAHEDER GUEBREMEDHIN, 2009: The Heritage of Modern Architecture in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Radio Sheger FM (Ethiopia), 27.10.2009
KNEBEL, N. 2006: Konflikte um Welterbestätten in Deutschland, Radiointerview auf SWR2 Kultur am Morgen, 18.08.2006
KNEBEL,N.; SCHUSTER, W., 2006: Auf der Roten Liste. Der Konflikt um das Welterbe in Dresden. -In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18.08.2006
KNEBEL,N., 2003: Der Architekt als Korbmacher, Zum Raumverständnis von Toyo Ito.-In: Topos 42, (2003), S. 47-51, ISBN 3-7643-6980-9
KNEBEL,N., 2003: Der Architekt als Korbmacher, Zum Raumverständnis von Toyo Ito.-In: Edition Topos, (2003), S. 47-51, ISSN 0942-752X, ISBN 3-7667-1563-1X
KNEBEL,N., 2003: Zwei Pavillons von Toyo Ito in Brügge und London.-In: baumeister, 02(2003), ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2002: Wachstum ohne Fortschritt – Beobachtungen und Beiträge in einer afrikanischen Großstadt.-In: Baumeister, 02 (2002), S. 24-25, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2002: Wachstum ohne Fortschritt – Beobachtungen und Beiträge in einer afrikanischen Großstadt.-In: Form + Zweck no 19 Dimensionen der Globalisierung, (2002), S. 32-33, ISSN 0429-1050, ISBN 3-935053-01-0
KNEBEL,N., 2001: Das ‚Nackte Haus‘ von Shigeru Ban.-In: Baumeister, 04(2001), S. 56-61, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2001: Die Mediathek in Sendai von Toyo Ito.-In: Baumeister, 06(2001), S. 60-72, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2001: Zwei Neue Bücher über Mies van der Rohe.-In: Baumeister, 07(2001), S. 40, ISSN 0005-674X
KUHNERT, N.; SCHNELL,A.; KNEBEL,N. (HRSG.), 2000: Minihäuser in der Megacity Tokio, ARCH+ 151, Zeitschrift für Architektur und Städtebau, ISSN 0587-3452
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Editorial. Minihäuser in der Megacity Tokio.-In: ARCH+ 151, (2000), S. 4-5, ISSN 0587-3452
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Im Büro von Toyo Ito.-In: Baumeister, (2000), S. 60-61, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2000: A Field In The Infinite – In The Midst Of Sendai Mediathek.-In: ISH Singapore 1.1, (2000), S. 88f
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Temporäre Projekte.-In: OSWALT,P.,2000: Berlin – Stadt ohne Form, Strategien einer anderen Architektur, S. 266-289, ISBN 3-7913-2440-3
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Having A Good Time– Interview With Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham.-In: ISH Singapore 1.1, (2000), S. 93-98,
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Rem Koolhaas Conversations with Students.-In: Baumeister, 05(2000), S. 64, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 2000: URBAN 21 Konferenz in Berlin .-In: Der Architekt, (2000), S. 11, 0003-875X
KNEBEL,N., 2000: Young American Architects.-In: Baumeister, 10(2000), S. 28, ISSN 0005-674X
KNEBEL,N., 1999: Die Ausstellung Kisho Kurokawa und Japan 2000.-In: BauNetz, (1999), www.baunetz.de
KNEBEL,N., 1999: el croquis Worlds I-III: Das Delta der Modernen Architektur.-In: BauNetz, (1999), www.baunetz.de
KNEBEL,N., 1999: Shaking the Foundations Japanese Architects in Dialogue.-In: BauNetz, (1999), www.baunetz.de
KNEBEL,N., 1998: Cities On The Move – Art And Architecture From Asian Metropolis.-In: ARCH+ 139/140, 12(1998), S. 16, ISSN 0587-3452
KNEBEL,N., 1998: Hans Ibelings: Supermodernism - Architecture in the Age of Globalisation.-In: BauNetz, (1996), www.baunetz.de
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