BRETT STEELE

PROFESSIONAL

Director, Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2005-present
Director, Architectural Association Publications & Public Programme, 2005-present
Ambient & Augmented Architectures (International Research Group; EPSRC-Culture Grant 2004), London
(Lead Investigator and Network Co-Director)
desArchLab Architects, London, 2003-present (Managing Director)
Zaha Hadid Architects, London. 1992-93 & 1986-87 (Project Architect)

TEACHING

Architectural Association Histories & Theories Program; ‘Architecture as Projects’, 2008 & 07
Architectural Association AA DRL Design Research Lab; Founder & Director, 1996-2005
PhD Supervisor, London Consortium / Birkbeck College, London, 2003-present
The Berlage Institute, Rotterdam; Guest Professor, Graduate Design Course, 2001-02.
Architectural Association School of Architecture; Diploma School Unit Master, 1995-97.
Harvard Graduate Design School; Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Design Studio Course, 1994-95.

EDUCATION

Architectural Association School of Architecture, AADipl
University of Oregon, School of Architecture & Allied Arts, Dept. of Architecture
San Francisco Center for Architecture & Urban Studies & San Francisco Art Institute

COMPETITION JURIES

2006 Juror, SOM UK Travelling Student Awards (London)
2006 Juror, BD Student of the Year Awards (London)
2006 Juror, NAI Young Architect Award (Rotterdam)
2006 Juror, AIA UK Building of the Year Awards (London)
2006 Expert Committee, Iaokov Chernikov Foundation, Young Architects International Competition (Moscow)
2005 Juror, Europan 8 Competition, Italy Division (Rome)
1999 Juror, Kunst Amstelveen Young Architects Competition; Amstelveen & Amsterdam

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS: Selected (2008-02)

2008 (forthcoming) ‘Supercritical’, Introduction to Rem Koolhaas Meets Peter Eisenman (London)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘Anti-anti Objects: Kuma’s Object-oriented Architecture’, in Anti-Object (London)
2007 Series Editor, AA Words: Critical Thinking in Contemporary Architecture (London)
2005 (editor) Corporate Fields: Experiments in New Office Design (London)
2005 (editor) AADRL Research Retrospective, 1997-2004, Architecture Creation (Beijing)
2002 (editor) Negotiate my Boundary: RAM+TV (London)

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES: Selected (2008-02)

2008 (forthcoming) ‘Prototyping Architecture’s Future, Again’, An Introduction to Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, eds. Branko Kolarevic & Kevin Klinger, (Taylor & Francis, London)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘Architecture after Geography: Five Recent Projects, On the Move’ (Arquine Magazine, Mexico City)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘The Death of Models: Notes on the Networked Studio, Ten Years Later, in DRL Ten (London)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘Size Matters: Denoting the Decline of Architctural Scale’, in 30/60/90 (New York)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘As a Twist: The Computational Turn in Contemporary Architecture’, in L’ architecture au-dela des formes (Marseilles)
2008 (forthcoming) ’61 Sentences in the Form of 1 Long Paragraph: The Dark Surfaces of Hernan Diaz Alonso’, in Hernan Diaz Alonso: Xerfirotarch, (Beijing)
2008 AN_D’s Deplo: Wrapping Space, Wear-able Architecture, Preface to Arquitecturas Desechables/Emergency Deployable, (La Coruna: Netbiblo, Spain)
2008 ‘Arquitectura Como Convergencia’, in EC-USA: EAEN Architectural Network (Barcelona)
2008 ‘The Misapproriations of Madelon Vriesendorp: A Preface to Her World’. in The World of Madelon Vriesendorp , Shumon Basar & Stephan Truby, eds., (London)
2007 ‘Rem Koolhaas’ (Interview), in MxM: Beyond the Modern Movement & for the Future Motion(Tokyo)
2007 ‘Architectural Education & the City’, Brett Steele interviewed by Fram Kitigawa, in MxM: Beyond the Modern Movement & for the Future Motion, Rem Koolhaas, William Pedersen,Michael Graves, Jon Jerde, Brett Steele (Tokyo)
2007 ‘El mundo atraviesa la mayor ola de construccion de la historia’, interview by Marisol Paul, in Cinco Dias (Madrid)
2007 ‘Richard Meier’ (Interview), in Architects Journal (London)
2007 ‘Bookmark: Brett Steele’, Interview by Grant Gibson, in Mark: Another Architecture Magazine December 2007/January 2008 (Netherlands)
2007 ‘CA-ME-TU-BA-PT = Five x Five: AA Diploma Projects Out on the Edge;’, Introduction to Process (Seoul)
2007 ‘Serial Sensibilities: A Diagrammatic Forward to Typological Formations’, in Chris Lee & Sam Jacoby, eds., Typological Formations: Renewable Building Types (London)
2007 ‘Architectural v. Graphic Space: A Preface’, in Zak Kyes & Mark Owen, eds., Forms of Inquiry: Critical Graphic Design’, (London)
2007 ‘Pavilions & the Reinvention of Cities’; Interview CNN Turkey (Istanbul)
2007 ‘Learning to Learn: Rethinking Design’, Interview in Arkitera.com (Istanbul)
2007 ‘Concrete Parametrics: An Interview with Brett Steele’, Pinar Grobayrat, in BetonArt (Istanbul)
2007 ‘Barkow Leibinger’s DMC Building: Surface versus Depth’, in Reflections: Barkow Leibinger (Ostfildern; Hatje Kantz)
2007 ‘Matsuro Sasaki’s Parabolic Space’, in Morphogenesis of Flux Structure (London)
2007 ‘Challenging Expectations: In Conversation with Brett Steele’, in ‘Form’ Build Das Architeckten-Magazin (Berlin)
2006 ‘A Breed Apart’; the AA at the Beijing Biennale (AA School), in Beijing Biennale Exhibition Catalogue, (Beijing)
2006 ‘Why Me? Why Not: A Design Project by the AADRL’s YME’, Beijing Architecture Biennale Catalogue (Beijing) 2006 ’21 Screenshots on Collaborative Design’, in Collective Intelligence in Design, AD Magazine (New York)
2006 ‘Foreword’, Before Object, After Image: Koshirakura Landscape 1996-2006 (London)
2006 ‘Foreword’, Morpho-Ecologies, Michael Hensel & Achim Menges, eds. (London)
2006 ‘Foreword’ Experimentaation: Projects Review 2005/06 (London)
2006 ‘Interview with Brett Steele’, A+U Issue 427
2006 ‘Interview with Brett Steele’, Shinkenchiku 2006 Issue 6
2006 ‘Interview with Brett Steele’, Dialogue: Architecture + Design + Culture
2006 ‘Interview: Architecture Now’, A+U (Tokyo)
2006 ‘Conversation with Toyo Ito: Tokyo & London’, Japan Architect (Tokyo)
2006 ‘Interview with Brett Steele’, World Architecture (Taiwan)
2006 ‘Preface, Bodyline: The End of our Meta-Mechanical Body (London)
2006 ‘Preface, Manifesto for a Cinematic Architecture, Pascal Schoning (London)
2005 ‘Environment’, in Crib Sheets, ed. by Sylvia Lavin and Helene Furjan with Penelope Dean (Los Angeles)
2005 ‘London & Its Space: An Interview with Brett Steele’, Kieran Long, Icon Magazine (London)
2005 Rethinking Networks, Reinventing Architectural Education, in Quaderns d’ Architecture I Urbanisme (Barcelona)
2005 ‘Media Space’, in Script: Spot on Schools, Beyond Media Exhibition Catalogue (Florence, Italy)
2005 Design (as) Research; Interview with Brett Steele & Markus Miessen (Berlin)
2005 Split Personalities: Diagrammers v. Processors, Log n. 5 (New York)
2005 Comments on Intelligent Design, in Roger Riewe (ed.), Space Condition (New York/Wien)
2004 ‘Digital Pedagogies’, in Architectural Review (Sydney)
2004 ‘D[R]L R&D’, in Fast Forward>>Hot Spot Brain Cells; Beijing Architecture Biennale (Bejing)
2004 ‘to.Urbansim: Travelling Theory’; included in Urbanism & Tourism: NeTHCA Proceedings (Brussels)
2004 ‘Ambient & Augmented: D[R]L v. 7.1, in AA Projects Review (London)
2004 ‘Peer-to-Peer Design: Learning from Kazaa’, in Back to School, Architectural Design (forthcoming, London)
2004 ‘Leisurator’s Surface Kinematics’, Introduction to Leisurator (Rome)
2004 ‘Introduction: Ambient & Augmented Environments’, Exhibition Catalogue, Performative Architectures (Delft)
2004 ‘Between Code & Interface’, (interview) StadelSchule Architecture Class (Frankfurt)
2004 ‘Lobbies and (their) Interactivity’, Introduction, HC20 TCP (forthcoming, Taipai)
2003 ‘Disappearance & Distribution: The Architect as Machinic Interface’, Hunch (Rotterdam)
2003 ‘Absolut Mies, Absolute Modern’; AA Files v. 44 (London)
2003 ‘Beyond Autonomy: A New Generation of Architectural Experimentation’ A+U (Tokyo)
2003 Latent Utopias (AADRL Installation), A+U (Tokyo)
2003 ‘Design Research Lab: From Design Education to Research’, in Arch+ (with Patrik Schumacher)
2003 ‘Ambient + Augmented’, in Latent Utopias: Experiments in Contemporary Architecture (Vienna/New York)
2002 ‘Augmented Space: Redefining Design Processes & Spaces’, Exhibition Catalogue (Orleans)
2002 ‘Architecture, Networks & Acronyms: Initialising RAM+TV’, in Negotiate my Boundary (London)
2002 ‘Transitory Urban Image Space’ included in Trans.Urbanism (Rotterdam)
2002 ‘Absolute(ly) Mies, Arch+ (Berlin)

 

EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS: Selected (2008-02)

2007 ‘Cities’ & Landscape Urbanism, AA Curatorial Projects (Shenzen Architecture Biennale)
2006 ‘A Breed Apart’; the AA at the Beijing Biennale (AA School)
2006 ‘Cities Workshop’; the AA at the Venice Biennale (AA School)
2005 ‘Media Still Matters’; the AA at the ‘Beyond Media’ Exhibition (Florence)
2005 DRL NOW; 1997-2005; Rotterdam (Spring 2005) [w/AADRL]
2005 Digital topo_graphies; Thessaloniki SATH (Winter, 2005) [w/AADRL]
2004 DRL R&D, Bejing International Architecture Biennale; Bejing, China [w/AADRL]
2004 Digital Fabricators, London Building Centre; London [w/AADRL]
2004 Performative Architectures, Delft Unniversity; Delft, The Netherlands
2004 Responsive Environments (Selected DRL work 2001-2003), Blauraum Gallery; Hamburg, Germany
2004 Performative Architecture (DRL Projects), Aiborg Gallery; Bari, Italy
2003 Soft(ware) Boundaries, Architect House Gallery; Jaffa, Israel
2003 Techne/Real-Time Performance, Architectural Association, London
2003 Re_Spnsv:Room, Architectural Association; London
2002 Latent Utopias: Experiments in Contemporary Architecture; Johannes Landesmuseum, Graz, Austria
2002 AADRL v. 5.1: Recent Experiments; FRAC Centre, Orleans, France
2002 AADRL Recent Work: Online Experiments; ICA London

LECTURES & EVENTS: Selected (2008-02)

2008 (forthcoming) ‘Pushing Past Envelopes, Pulling Together Patterns: Learning to Work (Architecture), New Zealand Society of Architects (Auckland, NZ)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘Components vs. Continuities: Unprincipled Parametrics’, 2008 SmartGeometry Conference (BMW Welt, Munich)
2008 (forthcoming) ‘Off-centre and Out-of-Bounds: Learning Architecture at 1 to 1’ Presentation and Round table Discussion, (’Fibrous Room’ Installation at Garanti Galeri, Istanbul)
2008 Acceleration vs. Exaggeration: Projects, Personalities or Pedagogies in Architecture Today (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Sevilla. Seville)
2008 Guest Critic, Diploma Studios Diaz Alonso, Hadid, Lynn, Prix. Angewandte Academy (Vienna)
2008 ‘Learning from Dubai’ AA Visiting School Final Presentations & Discussions, The Third Line Gallery, Al Quoz (Dubai, UAE)
2008 ‘Ambient Formalism: Distributed Design and its In-Sensitivities’. Keynote Lecture, ‘Formalism Today’ Conference (Tel Aviv University)
2007 Guest Critic, Gramazio & Kohler Robotic Workshop Course, ETH Zurich
2007 ‘Designing Intelligence: Critical Creativity and Organisational Intelligence’, Instituto Empera School of Business, (Madrid)
2007 ‘Forgetting vs. Forgotten Schools: Architecture’s Dark Spaces’ (AA, London)
2007 ‘Schools as Information Spaces: New Architectural Pedagogies’, University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts (Eugene)
2007 ‘Strategic Futures’, UN Studio, Amsterdam
2007 ‘Compare and Contrast vs. Separated at Birth: Learning Architecture By Connecting the Dots’, City College of New York School of Architecture (New York)
2007 ‘Where Did London Go? (So Fast)’, Keynote Talk, ‘New Practices London Symposium & Exhibition’, Architecture Center AIA (New York)
2007 Interview with Richard Meier ‘Objects & Spaces’, London
2007 Interview with Rem Koolhaas ‘Architecture vs. Cities’, London
2007 Conversation with Anthony Vidler: ‘Political, Design & Environmental Spaces’ (AA, London)2007 ‘AA to Z: A New User’s Guide to the Architectural Association’ (AA, London)
2007 ‘Experimental Traditions & Architectural Futures’ (Lecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing)
2007 ‘Architecure as Performance’ at the Shenzen Biennale Symposium on Exhibitions & Cities (with Qin Ma), Shanghai
2007 ‘The Invisible Studio’ (Lecture) and Guest Critic, ‘Superdensity Workshop’ (Tonji University, Shanghai)
2007 Guest Critic, Research Studios, Thesis Projects, Hong Kong University (Hong Kong)
2007 Guest Critic, M.Arch Thesis Reviews, Princeton University
2007 ‘Architecture as Urbanism: The Architectural Cultures of 21^st Century London, at ‘ACCT Presidential Commission on Architectural Culture & Construction Technology Conference (Seoul)
2007 Guest Critic, Lynn & Hadid Studios, Yale University School of Architecture
2007 ‘Type vs. Prototype’: Notes towards Architectural Thinking at 1:1’, IAAS (Barcelona)
2007 ‘Looking Up: Learning to Learn; Contemporary Architecture & Its Prototypes’, Istanbul Technical University, (Istanbul)
2007 ‘Seven (Obvious) Observations: Learning Architecture, or Thinking Across Networks’, John More University (Liverpool)
2006 ‘Rocking vs. Rolling: Rock Stars vs. Collaborative Performance’, in ‘Collective Intelligence in Design’, Conference at the Architectural Association (London)
2006 ‘Around & Around: A Conversation with Ben van Berkel’, Royal Institute of British Architects (London)
2006 ‘Place vs. Product Placement: BrandSpace 2006’, Stuttgart University (Stuttgart)
2006 ‘Adjaye’s Way: with Alison Brookes & Stefano Boeri, Architecture & Globalism’, Whitechapel Gallery (London)
2006 ‘Shaping Architecture: Magazines & Media: A Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Stefano Boeri, moderated by Shumon Basar’ (London)
2006 ‘Forget Strategy, Learn to Adapt’, A Talk and Panel Discussion with Eric Owen Moss & Vittorio Lampugnani, Southern California School of Architecture (Los Angeles)
2006 ‘On Again/Off Again: The Pedagogy of AA Units’, Cambridge University School of Architecture (Cambridge, UK)
2006 ‘Architecture as Anti-Thesis: Johnson, Venturi & Koolhaas vs. Google Images’, Columbia University (New York)
2006 ‘Why Not? Re-designing Architectural Knowledge’, Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK)
2006 ‘Embracing Experimentation: A Conversation with Toyo Ito’, at the Architectural Association (London)
2006 ‘Supercritical: A Conversation with Rem Koolhaas & Peter Eisenman (London)
2006 ‘Reverse Engineering: Design, Networks & Design, in ‘Design & Technologies’, Shankar University (Tel Aviv)
2006 ‘Reverse Engineering: Design, Networks & Design, in ‘Design & Technologies’, Shankar University (Tel Aviv)
2005 ‘Ambience & Atmospheres: Architecture as Effect’, in Ambient & Augmented Environments, (London)
2005 ‘Design vs. Management’, commentary and conversation with Sciarc & Stanford Humanities Lab (Los Angeles)
2005 ‘Here & Now: Design as Forward Thinking’, UNAM University (Mexico City)
2005 ‘Young & Japanese: A New Japanese Generation’, Design Conference at Tokyo University (Tokyo)
2005 ‘Some Examples: The AA Machine’ lecture at the Maeda Corporation (Tokyo)
2005 ‘Architecture, Magazines & Politics: with Kaplicky, Boeri & Weizman’, Serpentine Gallery (London)
2005 September. Organizer, ‘Design as Research’ Symposium, RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects (London)
2005 May. Guest Critic, Princeton University School of Architecture (Princeton)
2005 April. ‘Thinking Design as Research, at ‘The Education of the Architect (Barcelona)
2005 May. Guest Critic, Penn Design University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
2005 May. Guest Critic, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (New York)
2005 January. Guest Critic, Princeton University School of Architecture (Princeton)
2004 Guest Critic, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA (Los Angeles)
2004 SCIARC Southern California Institute of Architecture (Los Angeles)
2004 Design Media Arts, UCLA (Los Angeles)
2004 Digital Design Conference (Ancona, IT)
2004 Princeton University School of Architecture (Princeton)
2004 oneDotZero, Institute for Contemporary Arts (London)
2004 Hong Kong Polytechnic School of Design (Hong Kong)
2002 Universität für angewandte Kunst (Vienna)
2002 Space Condition: International Symposium in Experiment Architecture, Technical University Graz (Graz, Austria)
2002 European Architecture Students Workshop, (Vis, Croatia)
2002 ‘Architecture Interactivity’, Exhibition Catalogue, Institute of Contemporary Architecture (London)
2002 ‘Responsive Environments: 3 recent AADRL Projects’, ‘Game On’ Symposium, The Barbican Centre (London)
2002 Princeton University, School of Architecture Thesis Design Presentations
2002 ACSA Annual Convention; Symposium in Contemporary Architectural Theory & Design (New Orleans)
2002 Instituto Universtario di Architettura (IUAV) (Venice)
2002 Universität für angewandte Kunst (Vienna)

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