La biografia di Dietmar Feichtinger
Pedestrian Bridge Simone de Beauvoir, by Feichtinger Architectes
Dietmar Feichtinger
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Dietmar Feichtinger, a native of Austria, studied architecture at the Technical University of Graz, graduating [summa cum laude] in 1988. After gaining initial experience with Prof. Huth, Prof. Giencke and Prof. Klaus Kada, he moved to Paris in 1989, working at Chaix/Morel where he was appointed associate architect and project manager. In 1994 he founded Feichtinger Architectes, with headquarters in Paris and in 2002 he opened a subsidiary in Vienna. Feichtinger has taught at a number of universities since 1994 - the University of Paris VILa Villette, the RWTH Aachen, the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna. In 1998 he was awarded the Kunstpreis Berlin by the Academy of Arts.
He designed the Simone de Beauvoir footbridge, won the European competition for the Mont Saint Michel pedestrian causeway bridge and was responsible for the footbridges at La Défense and over the Rhine, but Dietmar Feichtinger does not consider himself a bridge specialist. "I don't like the term specialist. Our work covers a hospital, universities, office buildings, toll plazas and cinemas as well as bridges." He does not prefer horizontal to vertical lines and adds that he is careful never to repeat himself. "I don't to get into the habit of designing only office buildings, only bridges or anything else. Habit kills creativity."
Every location calls for its own project. Treating every project as a new one fitting into a specific location is a good way of avoiding routine. This involves seeking a new solution every time, endeavoring to be highly modern, highly contemporary and above all avoiding stylistic precepts. Every location, every natural landscape, every urban setting requires its own response. This can mean attracting attention, like the Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge, or blending into the landscape like he causeway bridge at the Mont Saint Michel Bay. The design of his bridges thus varies considerably. But relationships and analogies can be found with other - at first glance quite different - structures. The causeway bridge, for example, bears a resemblance to the Klagenfurth hospital, of which a scale model takes up half the office where we are talking with Dietmar Feichtinger. "In both projects, the direct connection to nature was important to us."
All-revealing architecture
Everywhere - be it in Paris or the Mont Saint Michel Bay - Dietmar Feichtinger focuses primarily on fitting his projects into their setting.This, he strongly believes, is the fundamental tenet of architecture, a guiding Dietmar Feichtinger se montre principle rather than an obstacle, and he pays close attention to the structure of his work. "The bones of the building - that is what every architect should be interested in." His bridges are, in that sense, a stylistic exercise: "This is all-revealing architecture, you can conceal nothing. It is the basic principles that make the project."
C.V.
2002 Foundation of a second offi ce of Feichtinger Architectes in Vienna, Austria
1994 Feichtinger Architectes established in Paris operating in France, Austria and Germany
1989 - 1993 associate and project head in the office of Philippe Chaix / Jean-Paul Morel, Architectes , France
1984 - 1988 cooperation in offices in Graz with Prof. Eilfried Huth (1984), Prof. Volker Giencke (1985-1988), Prof. Klaus Kada (1988), Austria
1981 - 1988 Studied architecture at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, special mention
Awards
2006 Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, nomination with 3 projects Equerre d’argent 2006, nomination
BauPreis 2005, best austrian building of the year for the project Danube University Krems
2005 Equerre d’argent, nomination for the french architecture award
1998 ‘Kunstpreis Berlin’ award of Architecture of the Academy of Arts, Germany
Teaching
1999 - 2005 Maître de Conférence, Université Paris VI, La Villette, France
1999 - 2000 Visiting Professor at University of Aachen, Germany
1997 Teacher at Technical University of Vienna, Institut of Construction, Austria
1995 Visiting Professor at University of Innsbruck, Institut of Construction, seminary of Experimental Architecure, Austria
1994 - 1997 Teacher at University of Innsbruck, Institut of Construction, Austria
1993 - 1998 Teacher at the Université Paris VI, La Villette, France
PROJECTS AND REALIZATIONS
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
Paris, France
Client : City of Paris
Consultant Engineers : RFR
Total length : 304 m
Free span : 194 m
Cost : 21 000 000 € incl. VAT
International competition 1998, winner
Completion July 2006
Pedestrian bridge Simone de Beauvoir
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ACCESS TO MONT- SAINT- MICHEL
France
Client : Syndicat mixte pour le rétablissement du caractère
maritime du Mont-Saint-Michel
Consultant Engineers : Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner
Total length : 1 813 m - retaining 889 m, Jety 924 m
Cost : 29 521 300 € incl. VAT
Competition 2002, winner
Phase AVP 2006
Access to Mont - Saint - Michel
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE RHINE
Huningue, France - Weil am Rhein, Germany
Client : City of Huningue
City of Weil am Rhein
Consultant Engineers : LAP
Total length : 250 m
Free span : 230 m
Cost : 4 066 400 € incl. VAT
European competition 2001, winner
Under construction - completion of works 2006
Pedestrian bridge over the rhine
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE GRANITE
Paris-La Défense, France
Client : EPA Seine Arche
Consultant Engineers : Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner
Total length : 90 m
Cost : 2 631 200 € incl. VAT
European competition 2003, winner
Under construction - completion of works 2007
Pedestrian bridge granite
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LOGISTIC CENTER FOR CONTAINER
Gennevilliers, France
Client : Port Autonome de Paris
Bet : SIBAT
Surface : 1 950 m²
Cost : 3 468 400 € incl. VAT
Competition 2001, winner
Completion 2005
Nominated for the "Equerre d’Argent 2005"
Logistic center for container
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ART CENTER WEIZ
Weiz, Austria
Client : Bootes- Immorent- Grundverwertungs GmbH
Culture : 2 615 m²
Shops : 1 869 m²
Cost : 8 730 800 € incl. VAT
Invited competition 1998, winner
Completion April 2005
Art Center Weiz
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NEW HOSPITAL FOR THE REGION OF CARINTHY Klagenfurt, Austria
Client : Landeskrankenhaus Klagenfurt
with: Priebernig, Müller, Klinger
Surface : 50 000 m²
Cost : 277 890 600 € incl. VAT
European competition 2003, winner
Beginning of construction September 2006
New hospital for the region of Carinthy
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EXTENSION OF THE CAMPUS UNIVERSITY OF KREMS
Krems, Austria
Client : FAVIA Grundstücksvermietungs GmbH
for Lower Austria
Surface : 16 670 m²
Cost : 37 297 260 € incl. VAT
European competition 2002, winner
Completion August 2005
BauPreis 2005, best austrian building of the year
Extension of the campus university of Krems
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