Ole Bouman is
the director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, globally the
largest institute of its kind. Prior to this
appointment he was the editor-in-chief of Volume, the independent magazine for
architecture, for pushing its limits and finding new roles in society. Volume
is a project by Archis Foundation, think tank AMO and the Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University. He also was the director of Archis Foundation, active in publishing,
consultancy and, as NGO, establishing connections between local design
communities in need of expertise and the Archis global knowledge network.
Writing, curating
and teaching
Bouman has a track record in writing, curating
and teaching in a variety of fields. His publications include the encyclopedic manifesto ‘The Invisible in
Architecture’ (co-author, 1994) and ‘The Battle for Time’ (2003, in Dutch). He was one of the
curators of Manifesta 3 (2000) and the Archis
RSVP event series. He taught or lectured at various schools worldwide.
Currently he is also a lecturer at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Interview with Ole Bouman (director of the NAI) en Ronald
Rietveld (Rietveld Landscape) about the Dutch exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010.
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The Business of design Week (BoDW) was held in Hong Kong
from 8 to 15 December 2008. As partner country, the Netherlands was responsible
for an important component of the programme. Ole Bouman, director of the NAI,
gave a lecture on Culture and the City.
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Interview by Orhan Ayyüce on Archinect.com.
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Verlamt welvaart creativiteit? Op 29 maart gaf NAi directeur Ole Bouman een lezing voor een seminar over architectuur en sociale verantwoordelijkheid in het National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo. Het seminar was georganiseerd in samenhang met de reizende tentoonstelling Architecture Of Consequence, welke momenteel te zien is in het zelfde museum. Een opmerking van het publiek triggerde een spontaal evenement, welke uitmondde in een eerste van wellicht een serie voorstellen voor een duurzamere toekomst. Lees Ole’s persoonlijke verslag.
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