Boris Hamzeian, Cuno Brullmann, Le Forum du Centre Pompidou / DC-LAB
Sophie Delhay
/Boris Hamzeian
Boris Hamzeian, Cuno Brullmann, Le Forum du Centre Pompidou / DC-LAB
Sophie Delhay /
Boris Hamzeian
The Domestic City LAB is very pleased to welcome Boris Hamzeian et Cuno Brullmann for a lecture as part of the Studio Sophie Delhay's spring semester: The City as a House. The event will take place in AAC 114 and will be broadcast live on Zoom.
Boris Hamzeian (PhD EPFL, 2021) is an architect and architectural historian specializing in the experiments of so-called "technomorphic" architecture and in the experimental teaching practices of architecture in the 1960s. He is a research associate in the architecture department of the Musée national d'art moderne (MNAM CCI) at the Centre Pompidou. He is currently an associate lecturer in the history and theory of contemporary architecture at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Saint-Étienne (ENSASE), a recipient of a scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Culture (Italian Council), and a member of the scientific committee of the Fondazione Renzo Piano. His publications include monographs on the Centre Pompidou and the avant-garde group UFO, as well as articles on the works of OMA, Aldo Rossi, Ugo La Pietra, and Renzo Piano.
Cuno Brullmann, born into a family of swiss glassmakers, was inspired by architectural innovation from an early age. After studying at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, he traveled the world, notably to Japan, where he worked with architect Kisaburo Ito. Upon graduating, he joined ARUP Associates in London and later participated in the visionary project of the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, contributing to the design of its iconic public spaces. He then founded his own firm, undertaking major projects such as the Cité des Sciences in Paris, the Université Saint-Louis in Cergy-Pontoise, and the renovation of the CNIT at La Défense. Concurrently, he taught at the École Spéciale d'Architecture and the Vienna University of Technology, where he directed the Institute of Housing and Design and initiated international collaborative projects.