Philippe Rahm Explained

Philippe Rahm (born 1967) Dipl. EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland 1993 is a principal architect in the office of Philippe Rahm architectes, based in Paris, France. His work, which extends the field of architecture from the physiological scale of the body to the climatic scale of the city has received an international audience in the context of sustainability.^[1]

Biography

In 2002, Rahm was chosen to represent Switzerland at the 8th Architectural Venice Biennale^[2] in Italy. He was also one of twenty international architects selected for the 2008 Venice Biennale, which was curated by Aaron Betsky.

He has participated in a number of exhibitions worldwide, including (Archilab, Orléans, France 2000; SF-MoMA 2001; CCA Kitakyushu 2004; Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2003–2006 and 2007; Manifesta 7, 2008; Louisiana museum, Denmark, 2009; Guggenheim Museum,^[3] New-York 2010). In 2007, he had a personal exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture^[4] in Montreal. Mr. Rahm was a resident at the Villa Medici^[5] in Rome (2000). Since 2005, he has been a member of the Artistic Council of the Foundation Prince Pierre^[6] in Monaco. He has lectured widely, including at Cooper Union, Harvard School of Design, Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, UCLA and the ETH Zürich. He has worked on several private and public projects in France, England, Italy, Germany and Taiwan. His work includes in 2010 the project of an office building of 13000 m2 in La Défense in France for the EPADESA; convective apartments^[7] for the IBA in Hamburg, Germany; the White geology, a stage design for contemporary art^[8] in the Grand-Palais on the Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2009; a studio house for the artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in 2008 and the 70 hectares Central Central Park in Taichung, Taiwan (2011-2020) with mosbach paysagistes and Ricky Liu & Associates.^[9]

Academic experience

He was Headmaster at the AA School of Architecture in London in 2005-2006, visiting professor in Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in Switzerland in 2004 and 2005, at the ETH Lausanne in 2006 and 2007, at the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen^[10] in 2009-2010, in Oslo at the AHO in 2010-2011. He was visiting professor at School of Architecture of Princeton University,^[11] USA, from 2011 to 2013. In the Fall 2011 semester, Philippe was the Michale Fellow at the University at Buffalo - State University of New York.He was a visiting professor in BiArch (Barcelona Institute Of Architecture) for 2011-12 MBiArch program. He taught Architectural design at the Graduate School of Design in Harvard from 2014 to 2016^[12] and at Cornell University AAP from 2018 to 2020.^[13] In 2023, Philippe is Dean’s Visiting Associate Professor at GSAPP, Columbia University in the City of New York.^[14] He is a tenured teacher for architectural design and theory at the ENSAV, national school of architecture of Versailles in France.^[15]

Awards

In 2011, Rahm won the international competition with mosbach paysagistes for the Jade Eco Park, a 70 hectares park in Taichung, Taiwan, which opened to the public in December 2020. In 2019, together with OMA, he won the urban planning competition for Farini (44 hectares) and San Cristoforo (15 hectares) in Milan.^[16]

!Year!Award!Result!Organization!Ref

2017	Order of Cultural Merit	Insignia of Knight	Principality of Monaco	^[17]
2019	Prix d'Architecture	Silver Medal	Académie d'architecture (France)	^[18]
2016	Design Award, Best Bright Ideas, ‘Spectral Light’	Won	Wallpaper*	^[19]
2003	Architecture	Won	Swiss Art Awards
2008	Iakov Chernikhov Prize	Top ten	ICIF (Russia)
2009	Ordos Prize	Nominated	City of Ordos (China)
2009	Carte blanche VIA grant	Won	Industries Françaises de l’Ameublement, France
2010	Iakov Chernikhov Prize	Nominated	ICIF (Russia)

Further reading

• 2002, « Architecture physiologique » Décosterd & Rahm, Birkhauser, Basel, Boston, Berlin, .
• 2004, « Ghostscape » Monum, ENSBA, Paris, .
• 2005, « Distorsions », HYX éditeurs, Orléans, France, .
• 2005, « Ghost flat », Philippe Rahm, Marie Darrieussecq, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan.
• 2006, « Environ(ne)ment : approaches for tomorrow», Gilles Clément, Philippe Rahm, Skira, Milan, Italie, .
• 2009, « Architecture météorologique », Archibooks, Paris, France, .
• 2010, « Typologies météorologique », Am weissenhof Galerie, Stuttgart, Allemagne.
• 2014, « Constructed Atmospheres », Postmediabooks, Paris, France, .
• 2015, « Météorologie des sentiments», Les Petits matins, Paris, France, .
• 2017, « Form follows climate», Oil Forest League, Italy,
• 2019, « Le jardin météorologique, et autres constructions climatiques», Editions B2, Paris, France,
• 2020, « Arquitectura Meteorológica», Editor Arquine, Mexico,
• 2020, « Écrits climatiques », Éditions B2, France,
• 2020, « Histoire naturelle de l'architecture », Éditions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, France,
• 2021, « Escritos climáticos », Puente Editores, Spain, .
• 2022, « Meteorología de los sentimientos », Ediciones Asimétricas, Spain, .
• 2023, « The anthropocene style », HEAD Publishing, Switzerland, .
• 2023, « Climatic architecture », Actar, Spain, .

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140728074226/http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/courses/faculty.cgi?term=201420&person=156856
  • The Harvard's lecture
• The ETH Zürich lecture
• The New-York lecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fab 40: Philippe Rahm Architect | Architecture | Wallpaper* Magazine . 2010-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426151125/http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/philippe-rahm-architect/3939 . 2011-04-26 .
2. https://biennials.ch/home/Biennial.aspx?PosLeft=-900px&BiennialId=13
3. Web site: Past Exhibitions | Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum . 2010-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100605034545/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/3361 . 2010-06-05 .
4. Web site: Environment approaches for tomorrow. 2010-12-16.
5. Web site: Villa Medici - Pensionnaires . www.villamedici.it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135917/http://www.villamedici.it/fr/resident/rahm/?of=0&se=rahm&d=2010 . 2011-07-26.
6. Web site: www.fondationprincepierre.mc - Conseil Artistique . 2010-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080306080026/http://www.fondationprincepierre.mc/index.html?pagecode=conseilartistique2& . 2008-03-06 .
7. Web site: Haus der Zukunft | ISBN 978-3-931435-23-3 9783931435233.
8. Web site: La Force de l'Art 02 - the White Geology . 2010-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004094728/http://www.laforcedelart.fr/02/index.php/en/La-geologie-blanche/The-White-Geology.html . 2009-10-04 .
9. https://cpark.taichung.gov.tw/index_en.php
10. Web site: Exhibition: Climate and Architecture . www.karch.dk . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110217081443/http://www.karch.dk/uk/Menu/About+The+School/Events/Exhibition:+Climate+and+Architecture . 17 February 2011 . dead.
11. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-12-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100615012244/http://soa.princeton.edu/02fac/fac_frame.html . 2010-06-15 .
12. Web site: Home.
13. https://aap.cornell.edu/people/philippe-rahm
14. https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/566-philippe-rahm
15. https://www.versailles.archi.fr/fr/annuaire-enseignants/philippe-rahm
16. Web site: 2019-04-12. OMA Wins Competition for Adaptable Masterplan of Milan's Disused Railway Sites. 2019-07-24. ArchDaily. en-US.
17. Web site: Ordonnance Souveraine n° 6.646 du 18 novembre 2017 portant promotions ou nominations dans l'Ordre du Mérite Culturel. / Journal 8357 / Année 2017 / Journaux / Accueil - Journal de Monaco. 2019-07-24. journaldemonaco.gouv.mc.
18. Web site: Académie d’Architecture – Paris. 11 June 2019. PRIX ET RÉCOMPENSES 2019. 22 June 2020. Académie d’Architecture.
19. News: Magazine. Wallpaper*. 2016-01-14. Design Awards 2016: best of the rest. Wallpaper*. 2018-10-02.