Lecture's IaaC - IaaC_Digital Tectonics Lecture Series_Bernhard Franken

Bernhard Franken is an architect and engineer pursuing a medial concept featuring a coherent digital process from design to production. Starting out on a creative idea both form and realization are developed digitally. Bernhard Franken´s independent architectural language and philosophy has solicited broad interest in various international exhibitions – amongst them at the Deutsche Architektur Museum in Frankfurt and the Nederlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam – and obtained several renowned awards. He has been Assistant Professor at the TU Darmstadt and visiting Professor at Kassel University and SciArc / Los Angeles. Currently he is teaching at the Zollverein School of Management and Design in Essen. His architectural firm franken architekten develops design concepts through digital parametric design, ensuring both consistency and perfection in all phases of the project. The exhibition pavilions he designed for BMW group over the past several years demonstrate the synergies resulting from digital design and manufacturing.

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