ANDRE TERZIBACHIAN, ATELIER CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC
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André Terzibachian is one of five studio managers who lead the ninety-strong architectural team at Atelier Christian de Portzamparc. He has been collaborating with Christian de Portzamparc for eleven years, both as head designer and as project manager. Founded in 1980 by Christian de Portzamparc, the eponymous Atelier possesses an unusually clear and consistent vision, devising highly original spaces that serve a variety of functions at an urban level. With its projects, it demonstrates that contemporary developments can be woven into the urban fabric, transforming a site rather than dividing it. A successful example is given by De Citadel in Almere (NL), realised under the supervision of André Terzibachian: a multi-layered shopping and apartment complex with a cubist touch in the new city centre. This "city within the city" is part of OMA/Rem Koolhaas‘ master plan for the densification of the city centre. From an urbanistic perspective, De Citadel is the cornerstone which ensures the functioning of the city centre. One year after its completion (2006), citizens have unreservedly adopted the project as a central element of their new city centre. The project won the 2006 Almere Architecture Award. André Terzibachian currently manages projects primarily in the United States and the Middle East, such as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Hollywood, L.A. (from 2007); the Riverside Center project, a high-rise mixed-use development on the West side of Manhattan, New York City (from 2005); the Beirut Gate project, a high-rise mixed-use development in Beirut, Lebanon (from 2005); and a high-rise mixed-use tower in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (from 2008). >>> more
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
De Citadel, Almere
Valid as of: 27.5.2008
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc 
