An intimate discussion with Partner and Director of world-renowned architectural practice Sauerbruch Hutton, Matthias Sauerbruch, on the necessity of reinventing architecture and construction in the age of climate change.
Please join us for this rare opportunity to hear about how one ground-breaking international practice is rethinking the terms of architectural design to respond to contemporary challenges.
DATE: Thursday 23 March 2023
TIME: 6pm - 7pm
LOCATION: UTS Business School, Building 8, 14 Ultimo Road, Ultimo (Level 3, Room 002)
Followed by drinks from 7pm - 7:45pm
Biography
Matthias Sauerbruch studied at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in London as project manager for six years and partner for four years.
In 1989 he founded Sauerbruch Hutton together with Louisa Hutton and has been directing the office since then. Matthias has taught from 1985-1990 at the AA as a unit master. He has held tenured professorships at the TU Berlin as well as the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart between 1995 and 2005. He was a visiting professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (2006), the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2005-2009) as well as the University of the Arts in Berlin (2012-2014). Matthias is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council (Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen), he is a member of the Urban Design Council in Munich and the board of KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin. Furthermore he is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland). And he is a member of the Architecture Section of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
