Finn Geipel Explained

Finn Geipel (born 23 November 1958 in Stuttgart) is a German Architect and Urbanist. He is co-founder of the architecture and urban planning office LIN.^[1]

Life

Geipel studied architecture from 1981 to 1987 at the University of Stuttgart.^[1] In 1983, together with Bernd Hoge and Jochen Hunger, he founded Labfac, Laboratory for Architecture, a network of architects and artists. In 1987, collaboration with Nicolas Michelin began a new chapter of Labfac in Paris.^[2]

In 2001, Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi founded the architecture and urban planning office LIN. Based in Berlin and Paris, the office works on a wide range of projects and research assignments throughout Europe. Recent projects include the renovation of Saint-Nazaire submarine bunker, the Cité du Design in St. Etienne and Grand Paris Métropole Douce.

Finn Geipel is a full-time professor of architecture and building science in the architecture department at Technische Universität Berlin, since 2000. He is the advisor of the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture (LIA), a research branch of LIN at Technische Universität Berlin.^{[3] [4]} He has been a visiting professor at École Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) Paris, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura (ESARQ) Barcelona, Columbia University New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[5] (MIT) Boston-Cambridge.^{[6] [7]}

Since 2012, Finn Geipel has been a member of the Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University of Berlin.^[8]

Finn Geipel is a member of the AIGP-Atelier International du Grand Paris, the scientific advisory board of the Grand Paris Métropole Douce.

Work

• Flexible Roof of Arena, Nîmes, France (1989)
• École Nationale d’Arts Décoratifs, Limoges, France (1990–1994)
• Théâtre de Cornouaille, Quimper, France (1991–1998)
• Exhibitionspace Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France (2003)
• Alvéole 14, Transformation Submarine Bunker, St. Nazaire, France (2003–2007)
• Syn chron, Installation Carsten Nicolai, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (2005)
• Cité du Design, St. Etienne, France (2004–2009)
• Grand Paris Métropole Douce, Paris, France (2008–2009)
• Atelier Building Pajol, Paris, France (2008–2012)
• Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Paris Métro station, Paris, France, 2022

Awards

• 2010: Chevalier de la Légion d‘Honneur
• 2006: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Publications

• Jac Fol: Labfac: Finn Geipel, Nicolas Michelin Laboratory for Architecture Centre Georges Pompidou, 1998 Paris,
• Wilhelm Klauser, Catherine Métais-Bürend, Isabelle Taudière: LABFAC In: L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui n°327 April 2000, Paris
• Finn Geipel, Giulia Andi: Cité du Design – Saint-Étienne Editions Jean-Michel Place, 2006 Paris,
• Finn Geipel, Giulia Andi, équipe LIN: Grand Paris métropole douce : Hypothèses sur le paysage post-Kyoto Ed. Nouvelles éditions Jean-Michel Place, 2009 Paris,

Links

• Official Website of LIN

References

1. Joseph Hanimann: Finn Geipel http://www.lin-a.com. Stand: 3. Dezember 2012
2. Web site: The Berlage Institute:Finn Geipel. 27 February 2022. 17 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917171405/http://www.theberlage.nl/persons/finn_geipel. dead.
3. Web site: Technische Universität Berlin, Architekturfakultät . 2013-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120623023441/http://www.architektur.tu-berlin.de/menue/forschung/projekte/ . 2012-06-23 . dead .
4. Web site: LIA . 2013-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181112/http://www.lia.tu-berlin.de/start-english.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
5. Web site: People | MIT Architecture. architecture.mit.edu. 27 February 2022.
6. Web site: Deutsche BauZeitschrift. www.dbz.de. 27 February 2022.
7. Web site: Stadt der Zukunft - im Haus der Gegenwart. Detail.de. 27 February 2022.
8. Web site: Bild Wissen Gestaltung. Ein interdisziplinäres Labor. 27 February 2022. 10 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110231104/http://www.interdisciplinary-laboratory.hu-berlin.de/de. dead.