faces | voices 2: gernot riether

Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: leeland mcphail | Filed under: faces, issue_3, leeland_mcphail | 3 Comments »

in this edition, architect and assistant professor gernot riether is questioned about digital design, bernard tschumi’s paperless studio at columbia’s gsaap, global architecture, and his time with powerhouse architecture studio- reiser and umemoto.

“Sessilla”
All images courtesy of M. Siebenhandl

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3 Comments on “faces | voices 2: gernot riether”

  1. 1 Kelly Darby said at 9:04 pm on February 24th, 2010:

    Leeland, I really enjoy your interviewing style. it may be a bit hokey but perhaps you could have two or three silly (or not so silly) questions that you ask everyone? i enjoy the individual interviews, but I also look for ways to compare across the whole. :-)

    Discussion of Paris is so interesting. Great global-European perspective. I like the argument that Paris is in the center of Europe as a way to defend keeping the study abroad in paris.

    It would be interesting to have a separate senior class go to somewhere like Berlin as suggested. Can the school look into it somehow?

    Digital Design…
    boundary condition…
    recreating variation…

  2. 2 Ali Karimi said at 1:56 pm on February 25th, 2010:

    Great stuff, I agree with Kelly, would be nice to ask a silly question or two.

    What music they listen to / favorite movie ?

  3. 3 may said at 1:50 pm on February 27th, 2010:

    i think silly stuff would be good – but only if it is balanced better with something real.
    silly stuff has to be contextual.
    i do think an interview is a unique opportunity to be a little more personal.
    but at the same time i dont think many people know enough ‘general’ background information to appreciate a more personal comment.
    im going to leave it up to leeland.
    he is doing an excellent job.

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