Andreas Lang
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Andreas Lang
*1968
Architecture Association London
lives and works in London

collaborative projects (selected)

2003/04 Park Products, is a one-year participatory project which aims to establish a new circle of exchange in the park surrounding the Serpentine Gallery. Park Products is going to use the various existing resources of park in order to develop a number of products, which will be the result of a close cooperation with different user and interest groups, and will reflect their particular interest. commissioned by Serpentine Gallery Project Space (Curator: Sally Tallant) Aug 03 - Sep 04

Layout-Gasworks/2nd phase, the implementation of various proposals which were developed during a first market research phase in 2003. The groundfloor of Gasworks will be significantly redesigned, incorporating new social spaces, research facilities and an interactive interface with the street. The whole process is accompanied by a web-based documentation and feedback project, extending the layout-gasworks database. commissined by Gasworks Gallery (Curator: Fiona Boundy), London Nov 03 - Jan 04

myvillages.org, is an international, non-profit cultural organisation which aims to address the discrepancy and synchronism between urban and rural cultural development. "The village" as an origin, location and concept is at the core of the objectives and programme of myvillages.org with the aim to initiate discussion and practice-based projects. A series of pilotprojects called ourvillages will run during 2003/04, followed by a conference in late 2004 which will become the conceptual base for future projects. Initiated by Kathrin Boehm, Wapke Feenstra and Antje Schiffers Registered as my.villages.org International Foundation in The Netherlands

What is a House?, concept and design development for a private new build in The West Midlands, incorporating the idea of modular extensions over time and the potential for public art projects. Commissioned by Gavin and Ade Wade



2003 Putting Arguments on the Table, Kassel is currently applying for the european cultural capital title for 2010. As part of this discussion and decission making residents from Kassel are invited to shape their personal ideas and desires in regards to the cultural capital discussion and to turn them into three dimensional models which are put in relation to other reasons on the table - becoming part of a larger argument. as part of Shadow Cabinets, (Curator: Ted Purves), Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
April - Mai 03

Sandwich, concept and design development for a new building in a rural environment in Essex. Starting off as a music and recording studio, with the intention to turn into a public institution for new music in the long term, establishing a new cultural centre for the area. Commissioned by Sam Britton (musician)

Von Null auf Hundert, concept and design of a communication and information structure in relation to the 100 anniversary of the German Artist Association, (Curator: Bernd Milla), in collaboration with Stefan Saffer Projektraum Rosenthalerstrasse, Berlin
Feb - Mai 03

match/makers, the design and application of a modular extension-kit for exploring and developing future changes to Lismore Circus, Camden Town, London commissioned by Camden Council and in collaboration with landscpae architect Mark Sumner
Mai - Sep 03

2002 layout- gasworks, a research and feasibility study for Gasworks Gallery, which examined how the institution is known, perceived and used by its audiences and how its programs act/interact within a local context, exploring various strategies for the development of the organization in the short, medium and longer term, (Curator: Fiona Boundy)
June - Sep 02

Laufend informieren, a neighbourhood mapping and information project for the Reuter Kiez, Berlin Commissioned by the Quartiersmanagement Reuter Kiez

Fitting, a consultation and design project with the fireman of Feuerwache 10 in Munich, developing and implementing permanent changes to the new build Firestation, where architectural formalisms meets daily life, as part of kunstprojekte_riem, (Curator: Claudia Büttner)
Jan - Sep 02

Auf die Plätze., (shortlist) concept and proposal for the initiation and articulation of five new paublic spaces as part of a new neighbourhood development, Panzerwiese München, on invitation by QUIVID, Munich

Mobile Porch, as part of platforms (Curator: Mark Beasley), where Jubilee Arts West Bromwich was using and activating Mobile Porch as part of a running-up programme towards the commission of a new cultural centre
June - Sep 02

2001/02 cut&paste, commissioned by Peabody Trust for Pembury Estate, London , a series of low-tech and ad hoc public activities that are testing, reflecting and exploring the different usage and meaning of the public areas within the estate. The observations gained during the 3 months residency concluded into a proposal for a semi-permanent public project (Pembury CUBES) that would allow to develop a site specific program and narrative over time, and could later be integrated into the long-term landscape design, in collaboration with Nicoline van Harskamp (artist) and Mark Sumner (landscape architect).
March - July 2001

2001 WmK Mobil, a communication and consulation project for Messestadt Riem, a new neighbourhood development on the former airport site in Munich, As part of kunstprojekte_riem, (Curator: Claudia Büttner)
May - Aug 01

2000 Mobile Porch, a mobile mini-architecture designed for roaming the public sphere; an urban toy to engage on a one to one level with the users and governing biodies of public sites. Mobile Porch is a multifunctional mobile space, designed for roaming the public sphere, to engage with the users and the governing bodies of public spaces - a tool for exploring and activating public space and for getting in contact with local users and residents. The observations and experience collected during on site residencies are a valuable source of information in regards to the state and the potential of everyday situations and future policies/strategies. Initially commissioned by North Kensington Amenity Trust, London
(Curator: Georgia Ward)
Nov - Dec 00

Joint Awards
2000 Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA)
Year of the Artist Award, London Arts

Presentations/Lectures (selected)
2003 Symbolic versus Real, republic_art workshop, London
Monuments and Messages, Architecture Centre, Bristol
Angewandte Kunst …, Kunst- und Kommunikationszentrum riesau efau, Dresden
Urban Catalyst, Berlin
Shrinking Cities, Liverpool

2002 Mobile Porch: Urban Toy, Urban Drift Conference, Berlin
Designing Informalities, School of Architecture, University of North London
Moments of Contact, Lenbachhaus, Munich
Monuments and Moments, Architecture Centre, Bristol
Case Studies, Diamond Conference 2002, Aarhus, DK
Can art save architecture?, Camden Arts Centre, London
From Art to Architecture, Art&Architecture, London
Painting conversation, with George Shaw, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
Community Arts Conference, Peabody Trust, London
Integrating Informalities, Cities Programme, London School of Economics, Birbeck Institute, London
Joint Practice, Royal College of Art, London


2001 Outside , RSA, Art for Architecture, London
Talking Oranges, as part of Team Build (by Anna Best and b+b), Baltic Visitor's Centre, Gateshead
Mobile Porch, EDAW offices, London
Social Space , South West Arts, Exeter
and millions and millions , in conversation with Gavin Wade, The Showroom, London
Urban Nomads , South London Gallery, London
Mobile Porch Scenario , Daniela Johnson Summerschool, London
Culture&Labour , Institut für Arbeit und Kultur, Bonn


2000 Art&Business , Gender Studies, Academy of Fine Art, Berlin
Academy of Fine Art, Prague
RDI Summerschool , Dartmoor Hall, Devon
The Public and the Appliance of Art , Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg
Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury
Art meets Business , Artcircolo, Munich
Camberwell College, London


1999 Surprise IV , Kunsthalle Nuremberg
Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg
Mannesmann Pilot Development, Munich
Siemens HQ, Nuremberg


  Workshops (selected)

Planungsworkshop, Reuter Kiez, Berlin
Modellbauwerkstatt, as part of the Siemens Management Learning Programme, Munich
Talking Oranges, as part of Teambuild, on invitation by Anna Best and b+b, Baltic, Gateshead
Talking Oranges/Mobile Porch, Daniela Johnson Summer School, Home Gallery,

Siemens Management Training Centre Munich
Open Soundscape Workshop, Camden Arts Centre London
Buidling your own house, tablet at Tabernacle, London
Academy of Fine Art, Salzburg
Siemens-Fujitsu Management Training, Würzburg
SBK, Management Training, Kassel

Teaching Experience

Kathrin Böhm
Senior lecturer:  University of Wolverhampton (2001)
Visiting lecturer:  School of Art, Kingston University
Norwich School of Art, Norwich
Unit 3, Urbanism & Architecture, University of North London
Central St. Martins, London
School of Architecture, University of East London
Academy of Fine Art, Nuremberg
University of Mexico, Mexico-City
Camberwell School of Art, London

Andreas Lang
since 2000 Union Master at the Architecture Association London