Διάλεξη του Ηλία Ζέγγελη

Elia Zenghelis (born 1937, Athens, Greece) is a Greek architect and educator. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, completing his studies in 1961. From 1961 to 1971 he worked for architects Douglas Stephen and Partners, London, while also teaching at the Architectural Association under Hermann Senkowsky. Zenghelis became a prominent teacher at the school for introducing radical accent-gardism into the curriculum. From 1971 to 1975 Zenghelis collaborated with various architects in London, Paris and New York: George Candilis, Michael Carapetian, Aristeides Romanos, Rem Koolhaas, O.M.Urgers and Peter Eisenman.

Zenghelis came to critical attention with the work of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), which he founded together with Zoe Zenghelis, Rem Koolhaas and Madelon Vriesendorp. From 1980 to 1987 Zenghelis was partner in charge of OMA London and OMA Athens. He was a central influence in the early works: Extension of the Dutch Houses of Parliament, The Hague, 1978; Lutzowstrasse, IBA Berlin, 1981; Parc de la Villette, Paris, 1982; Checkpoint Charlie housing, IBA Berlin, 1990.

Several of the paintings that Elia Zenghelis made with Zoe to illustrate the OMA projects - such as Hotel Sphinx (1975), and Sixteen Villas on the Island of Antiparos, Greece (1981) - are now included in the Art and Design collection of the MoMA in New York.

Τόπος : Νέα Υόρκη, Press and Communication Office, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations, 305 E47th Street - 2nd Floor
Ημερομηνία : 4 Μαρτίου 2015, ώρα 7.00

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