Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi

by GenCept | April 13, 2010

Seen at first as a theorist, Bernard Tschumi had presented since his first work an innovative architecture that after years of practice is apparent in his most recent projects as a unique sensibility.

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Bernard Tschumi nasceu no dia 25 de janeiro de 1944 na cidade de Lausanne, na Suiça. Estudou em Paris e na ETH em Zurique, onde se formou em 1969. Lecionou em diversas escolas como Portsmouth Polytechnic no Reino Unido, Architectural Association em Londres, The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies em New York, Princeton University e a Columbia University.

Bernard Tschumi was born January 25, 1944 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He studied in Paris and at ETH in Zurich, where he graduated in 1969. He taught at various schools like Portsmouth Polytechnic in the UK, Architectural Association in London, The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York, Princeton University, and Columbia University, to name a few.

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Vacheron Constantin Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. Photography: Peter Mauss/Esto, Christian Richters

First seen as a theorist, Bernard Tschumi has drawn attention because of his innovative architectural practice in 1983 when he won a prestigious competition: the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Since then, projects with a great impact were created such as the new museum of Athens and Vacheron Constantin Headquarters, among others. The versatility of his works go to infrastructure projects and urban master plans.

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.”
School of Architecture, Marne-la-Vallée , Paris, France

School of Architecture, Marne-la-Vallée , Paris, France

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto

School of Architecture, FIU, Miami, USA

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto

Rouen Concert Hall and Exhibition Complex, France

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto, Robert Cesar

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
J.M. Monthiers, Peter Mauss/Esto, Sophie Chivet

M2 Metro Station, Lausanne, Switzerland

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto, Yves AndrÈ

Limoges Concert Hall, France

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto, Christian Richters

Lerner Hall Student Center, New York, USA

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto, Lydia Gould

Interface Flon Railway and Metro Station, Lausanne, Switzerland

Architect Day: Bernard Tschumi
Peter Mauss/Esto

Good architecture must be conceived, erected, and burned in vain. The greatest architecture of all is the fireworks: it perfectly shows the gratuitous consumption of pleasure.