Jakob Tigges Explained

Jakob Tigges is a German architect and academic "who became known through a series of artistic and provocative urban design proposals".^[1] In 2009, Tigges proposed construction of the world's largest artificial mountain, The Berg, at the site of Berlin's former Berlin Tempelhof Airport.^{[2] [3] [4]} In 2010, Tigges designed a Chicago project, ChicagoSkyScrapesBack.^[5] In 2011, his office Mila won a competition for the new exhibition of architecture at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and Museum of Asian Art.^{[6] [7]} for a proposal that displays exhibited objects hovering through the city castle’s rooms in subtle opposition to the static nature of the reconstructed architecture all around. Tigges' work overcomes the disciplinary boundaries between art, architecture and communication^[8] and have been awarded with prestigious prizes within different disciplines.^[1]

External links

• BBC Profile: Jakob Tigges
• TU Berlin – Chair for Urban Design + Architecture
• TED Kreuzberg: Jakob Tigges
• The Berg Homepage

Notes and References

1. News: Profile: Jakob Tigges. 24 September 2010. 27 February 2022. news.bbc.co.uk.
2. Web site: Hsu . Jeremy . German Architect Wants to Build World's Largest Artificial Mountain . Popular Science . 18 March 2019 . 27 February 2022.
3. Wood, D.; Andraos, A. (2011) 49 Cities. In: Klanten, R.; Freireiss, L., eds. Utopia Forever – Visions of Architecture and Urbanism. Berlin: Gestalten, pp. 34/35.
4. News: Future of Tempelhof: Magic Mountain for Berlin?. Der Spiegel . 20 January 2009. 27 February 2022. www.spiegel.de.
5. Wood, D.; Andraos, A. (2011) 49 Cities. In: Klanten, R.; Freireiss, L., eds. Utopia Forever – Visions of Architecture and Urbanism. Berlin: Gestalten, p. 238.
6. Web site: Competition Online Office Profile: Mila. 27 February 2022.
7. Web site: Berliner Schloss/Humboldt-Forum – Ausstellungsgestaltung at BBR online . 15 March 2012 . https://archive.today/20130105164906/http://www.bbr.bund.de/nn_22808/DE/BautenBundesBerlin/BautenKultur/BerlinerSchloss__Humboldtforum/Ausstellungsgestaltung/Ergebnisse.html . 5 January 2013 . dead .
8. Moulin, I. Elasti City! – de la propriété de la matière appliquée aux villes ... Balise November 2011: 13