Pascal Flammer studied architecture at the ETH Zurich, Lausanne, TU Delft and traveled extensively in Europe, South America
as well as the Middle and Far East. He opened his practice in 2005 and has since then been awarded the Swiss Art Award,
the Weissenhof Architecture Award and the Architekturpreis 2012.
Pascal gained his experience through his time at Valerio Olgiati, where he worked from 1998 until 2005. He has taught at the
Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland and at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University, Cambridge.
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1973 born in Fribourg, Switzerland
1994 School of Architecture (ETH Zurich, TU Delft, EPF Lausanne)
2001 Dipl. Arch. ETH / Master of Science in Architecture
2005 Member of SIA (Swiss Engineers and Architects Association)
architect positions
2005 pratice in Zurich, Switzerland
1998 – 05 project manager @ Valerio Olgiati
teaching
2006 – teaching assistant (diploma & semester) at chair of Prof. Valerio Olgiati, USI, Academia di Architettura, Università della Svizzera italiana
2011 founding member of 'ae | Foundation for Architecture and Education', www.aefoundation.co.uk
2010 4th Concrete Design Competition with Valerio Olgiati and Siebe Bakker
2009 teaching associate with Valerio Olgiati, Kenzo Tange Chair, GSD Harvard University
awards
2012 Architekturpreis 2012
2009 SWISS ART AWARD / finalist, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Switzerland
2007 SWISS ART AWARD / finalist, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Switzerland
2006 SWISS ART AWARD / awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Switzerland
2006 Weissenhof Architecture Award, Germany
exhibitions
2012 MET, London, March 27 - April 5, 2012
2012 Swissbau Basel, Architekturpreis 2012, Ideales Heim, 17. - 21. Januar 2012
2010 Museo da Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April – May 2010
2009 INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE ROTTERDAM, NAI, Rotterdam, 29.09.09 - 10.01.2010
2009 SWISS ART AWARD / Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst - Architektur, Basel, 09. - 14.06.2009
2007 SWISS ART AWARD / Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst - Architektur, Basel, 12. - 17.06.2007
2007 Weissenhof Architecture Award, Berlin, 29.05 - 14.06.2007
2007 Weissenhof Architecture Award, Freiburg, 07.03 - 28.03.2007
2007 Weissenhof Architecture Award, Stuttgart, 24.01 - 14.02.2007
2006 SWISS ART AWARD / Eidgenössischer Preis für Kunst - Architektur, Basel, 12. - 18.06.2006
projects
2011 Projektwettbewerb Ersatzneubau Wasserschutzpolizei Mythenquai, Zürich, prequalification competition
2011 Neubau Abdankungshalle Friedhof Erli, Steinhausen, prequalification competition
2011 Crematorium te Zemst, Belgium, prequalification competition
2011 Museum Altes Zeughaus Solothurn, with Dimitri Kaden, prequalification competition, 2nd prize
2011 Kinderkrippe Stallikon, prequalification competition, 4th prize
2011 - House RR, Belgium, private Villa, planning
2010 Strandbad Mythenquai, Zurich, competition
2010 Place Lalla Yeddouna in the Medina of Fez, Morocco, competition
2010 Exhibition space for ‚Favela Heterotopia – Mundos Parallelos e Lugares Outros’, Rio de Janeiro, planning
2010 One Room Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
2010 Competition Town Hall Richterswil, Switzerland
2009 – House in Liguria, Italy, private villa, planning, with Marta Casagrande
2007 – House in Balsthal, Switzerland, in construction
2006 – founding member of www.howtopedia.org, collaborative platform for practical knowledge and simple technologies
2006 – CONSTRUCTIONS, series of work about ‚doing’, ex: BluePink, Flowerpottable, Parallelsongs
2006 Extension Museum of Fine Arts Bern, competition
2005 – Centro Comunitario Julio Otoni, Rio de Janeiro, planning
2005 – 06 Pater Noster Carparking system, project
2005 Church in Seon, Switzerland, competition
2002 House Rosenberg, Ticino, Switzerland, project
2001 Theater in Lugano, Switzerland, project
2000 Architecture Office in a Large Garden with Two Stairs, Zurich, Switzerland, project
1999 Highrise with Offices and Appartments, Zurich, Switzerland, project
collaborators
Yuu César Barreyre
Giulia Furlan
Charlotte Truwant
Dries Rodet
essays
- Ambivalent Systems - On the Formation of Olgiati's Design, Flammer, Pascal & Zumstein, David, GG, Barcelona, April 2006
Dialektisch, Flammer, Pascal (2004), AIT, 1/2-2004
lectures
2010 Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Aberdeen, 16.03.2010
2009 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Prof. Christian Kerez, 18.3.2009
2007 TFB (Technische Forschung und Beratung für Zement), Wildegg, Möglichkeiten mit Sichtbeton, 26.06.2007
2007 TFB (Technische Forschung und Beratung für Zement), Wildegg, 6 Projekte in Ortbeton, 17.04.2007
2007 LBS Stuttgart, 4 Projects, 24.01.2007
2000 – numerous presentations of works by Valerio Olgiati (School in Paspels, The Yellow House, House K+N)
guest critics
2012 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Prof. Christian Kerez, 20.12.2012
2011 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Prof. Christian Kerez, 31.05.2011
2010 Jury 4th Concrete Design Competition, Amsterdam, 03.05.2010
2010 Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Aberdeen 15.+16.03.2010
2010 Harvard GSD, Prof. and Chair department of Architecture, Preston Scott Cohen, 09.12.2009
2010 Harvard GSD, George L. Legendre, 10.12.2009
2010 Harvard GSD, Cecilia Puga, 06.11.2009
2009 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Prof. Christian Kerez, 18.3.2009
2006 Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Holz, Burgdorf, Fachbereich Architektur, Dozent Raphael Zuber, 29.06.2006
2006 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Prof. Andrea Deplazes, 07.06.2006
2005 USI, Academia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Prof. Valerio Olgiati, 02 - 03.02.2005
publications
- indexnewspaper, n.01, Pascal Flammer @ Balsthal
- Ideales Heim, Januar 2012
- Hochparterre, 13.12.2011, Umbau und Sanierung Museum Altes Zeughaus, Solothurn
- Hochparterre, 27.10.2011, Kinderkrippe Stallikon
- Dresvo & Stavby, 5/2011
- Weissenhof-Architekturförderpreis 3, S. 10-19, Spurbuchverlag, Baunach, Januar 2007, ISBN 978-3-88778-315-0
- SWISS ART AWARDS, S. 59-62, Vertrieb Schweizer Kunstverein (Kunst-Bulletin), Dezember 2006, ISBN 3-9522701-0-5
- Archplus, Mai 2007, Ausgabenr. 183, Centro Comunitario Julio Otoni
- Stuttgarter Wochenblatt, 15. Februar 2007, Rohrglasbrücke als Experimentierfeld
- Stuttgarter Zeitung, Nr. 22, 27. Januar 2007, S. 35, Autor: Dr. Dietrich Heißenbüttel, Beglückendes Raumerlebnis
- Tec21, Zürich, 26/2006, S.28, Eidgenössicher Wettbewerb für Kunst
- St.Galler Tagblatt, 14.06.2006, Die diesjährigen "Eidgenössischen"
- GG, Barcelona, April 2006
- 14 Studentenprojekte bei Valerio Olgiati, 14 Student Projects with Valerio Olgiati, Quart Verlag Luzern, 2000
- Jahrbuch ETHZ 2000, Yearbook 2000 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, ETHZ Departement Architektur, 2000
works at Valerio Olgiati, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 – 05 House K+N, Wollerau, Switzerland
2005 Housing and commercial complex, Tirana, Albania
2004 National Palace Museum, Taiwan (invitational competition)
2004 Learning Center, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland (invitational competition)
2002 – 08 Visiting Center, Swiss National Park, Zernez, Switzerland
2003 University Luzern, Switzerland (competition 1. price)
2002 – 08 Atelier Bardill, Scharans, Switzerland
2002 Museum Rietberg, Zurich (competition)
2002 Exhibition Valerio Olgiati, Bolzano, Italy
2001 Office Complex Binz, Zurich, Switzerland (competition 1. price)
1999 House Sari d'Orcino, Corsica, France (project)
1999 Apartment building in Chur, Switzerland (project)
1995 – 99 Museum "Das Gelbe Haus", Flims, Switzerland
1998 Lake Cauma Project, Flims, Switzerland (project)
1999 Exhibition Valerio Olgiati, ETH Zürich
1998 Exhibition Valerio Olgiati, Milano