Përparim Rama is an award-winning architect and conceptual artist, who turns ideas into spaces of experiential excellence. As founding director of the London-based 4M Group, he is responsible for the overall project management and development planning of the practice. His projects range from the luxury residential to the commercial, from high-end hotels to mixed-use development, and urban planning. Despite having a team of directors, Rama continues to be the driving force behind the business and takes a hands-on approach, ensuring that the exceptional standards he set at the start of 4M Group in 2004 remain in place throughout his company. In 2009, 4M was ranked in the top fifty Sustainable Design Studios in the UK by Open City. His unrivalled vision, leadership and top-notch quality work has been noticed by news outlets such as London Building Design Magazine, BBC, RAI, The Times newspaper, and has resulted in a plethora of happy clients worldwide.
Last year the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale saw Rama representing Kosovo for the first time in the country’s history, with an installation entitled, “The Filigree Maker,” an emotional barometer related to Kosovan streets and buildings. The pavilion was internationally praised, and was noted especially by the Biennale’s President Paolo Baratta, who referred to it as “architectural democracy.”
Rama consults the Qatari National Research Fund on the Doha 2030 Vision, a government sponsored initiative for the future urban planning of the capital city. He is the London team project leader on the Dhermi 10HA sustainable village master plan project along southern Albania’s Ionian coast. Through his many collaborations on large-scheme projects, he has developed a creative thinking method for the design of new enterprises.
His background includes being the specialist consultant on developing Tools for Spatial Planning and Architecture for Newham Council and Tower Hamlets in London in preparation for the London OLYMPICS 2012. He was in charge of the international design consortium led by 4M GROUP in design to planning approval for the ENK Complex mixed-use development in Prishtina, Kosova. Additionally, he was project leader in designing the urban regulating plan for the capital city. Rama’s architectural projects, however, do not stop at London, Kosovo and Albania, but extend to New York, USA; Dublin, Ireland; Turks and Caicos Islands; Udine, Italy; Kotor, Montenegro; Lagos, Nigeria; Basel, Switzerland; Prague, Cheque Republic; and Damascus, Syria.
As a former tutor at Nottingham University School of Architecture, and in his capacities as visiting tutor/critic at the University of East London (on Degree, Diploma and MSc in Computing & Design), and Visiting Critic at the Architectural Association, as well as his work as co-supervisor to PhDs in the area of Generative Architecture & SMART building design (at the MA and PHD program at SMARTlab Digital Media Institute), Rama has a significant reputation among students for being passionate about the subjects he teaches and for holding students to high standards. He not only encourages them to learn how to articulate their vision, but also supports them in developing a creative mind-set that considers both design and build implications on humanity and the environment.
Rama has extensively examined spontaneous settlements and self-organisation, focusing on Generative Architecture with a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Computing & Architecture. He has immersed himself in lessons from nature for the built environment, and has particular research interests in sustainable development strategies shaping cities, and chaos and complexity theories.
Founded in 2004, 4M Group is a London – based bespoke design-build firm of talented and ambitious architects, designers, builders and planners from different parts of the world. With vision and a fundamental commitment to innovation and sustainability, 4M is a thriving organisation that has a thorough expertise in delivering innovative solutions across private and public sectors.
Our areas of expertise include residential, retail, hospitality, and urban mixed-use projects. From architectural design to completion, every aspect of the project is managed and implemented by our staff, providing a full-service from design, cost and programme consultancy through to construction project management. 4Ms collaborative client- designer relationship and dedication to surpassing expectations has resulted in lasting friendships and a global network of connections.
Our approach is hands-on: we are builder architects. Our concern is the happiness and well-being of individuals and communities. We integrate the art of architecture with innovative technology, crafting iconic designs that continue to challenge existing standards and advocate for a novel realm for living and working.
Some of our current projects include: a pharmacy chain in Lagos, Nigeria; the master-planning and architectural design of an Eco-Village in Dhermi, Albania; a community of homes in Bernica Park, Kosovo; high-end residences in London’s Chelsea, Mayfair, Notting Hill, Belsize Park, Southwark and Hackney.
Internationally recognised for delivering projects of high-quality, our goal is to create soulful and timeless spaces which move the human spirit and enhance the connection between our clients and their surroundings. As a socially and environmentally conscious firm of specialists, we strive to create spaces that are not just aesthetically appealing, but also showcase an inherent ecological responsibility that simultaneously caters to the needs and desires of those who use them.
We take great pride in our work and undertake each project with passion and special attention to detail, considering the spatial and material demands of each client. 4M’s ability to empathise and focus on understanding the needs of each client is the cornerstone of our work and office philosophy.
BNArchitects & associates is founded in the summer of 2008 by bujar nrecaj. our work extends in switzerland, kosova and albania. We are convinced that the quality of our built environment is a crucial component of our life. We do not work with constant rules and certain materials. we create „place architecture“ – architecture that is derived from a very specific context, for specific people – with the objective to create a significant and supra-quality built environment. We see ourselves as a powerful and competent partner within an holistic project team. together with our customers and professional engineers we are creating specific and individual project solutions. oriented on cost and time we realize the maximum design for life quality.
The lecture was part of the first architecture festival in Kosovo / Prishtina Architecture Week 2013
Astrit Nixha, 1964 Prishtina. Finished his studies in Architecture at the Prishtina University, after an extensive work experience in Britain, Nixha returned to Kosovo to first establish Nixha&Partners and later ANARCH.
Nixha founded ANARCH in 2004. Over 20 years of architectural and managerial experience. At ANARCH quality comes first. The quality of our work is our number one priority, when it comes to achieving costumer satisfaction. Our clients are the focus of everything we do. We strive for excellence in every aspect of our work from our conception of creativity, safety and value in our project our human relations to our competitiveness and productivity. ANARCH is constantly striving to improve and cater its services to costumers needs by prospering as a business and providing client satisfaction as well as a reasonable return. People, service, products and profit are how we accomplish our mission of creating quality structures one can be proud of. ANARCH’s rich portfolio of work extends beyond Kosovo and Albania.
Arbnor Murati (1981) studied architecture at the Federal Polytechnic (ETH) Zurich and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio. In 2009 he opened his own studio in Morkote which expanded in 2012 in Lugano. Arbnor Murati in 2011, only twenty-nine years old, won the first place among 125 participating studios in the prestigious international competition for the realization of the university campus USI / SUPSI of Lugano. Currently with his collaborators in the studio he works on various projects in Switzerland and the world. His works have been published in various newspapers and magazines as Tec21, Baublatt, Archi and WERK, bauen und Wohnen etc.
Arbnor Murati an architect known as the anti-confirmative critic, intellect, and not feeling, is the basis for his projects. The latter are distinguished by a special programmatic, structural, and iconographic revelation, contained in themself.
Conceives architecture as a whole and long process of autopoetic reflection, which helps introspective work during a project to find the Internal Order contained within. In short words, meaning if the architecture does not have a constructive detail, then simply it doesn’t have an idea and vice versa. In his opinion a good architectural design is a naive one.
Arbnori in 2011 was featured in the magazines WERK, bauen und Wohnen where he was announced as one of the best architects close to the 30s in Switzerland.
Marta Pozo Gil (Valencia, 1973) is an architect, licensed BREEAM assessor and LEED green Associate. She has been working with MVRDV since 2007 where, in addition to her role as a Project Leader, Marta leads MVRDV’s Sustainability Department. By forming environmental strategies and energy-efficiency guidelines for each design process, Marta ensures a high standard is maintained for all of MVRDV’s projects.
Marta has been involved in the conceptualizing and execution of projects of various scales. She is currently leading the design team for Montecorvo Eco City in Logroño, Spain. MVRDV’s award-winning competition design (2008) envisions the construction of a sustainable neighbourhood of 3000 units of social housing, a school and public facilities. To achieve a CO2-neutral footprint, 100% of the required energy will be generated on-site by means of wind and solar power, complemented by a bioclimatic layout, recycling facilities, reuse of greywater, etc. The first phase of the project is scheduled to break ground in 2013.
Marta is also working on a dense urban masterplan in Bordeaux, France – an ambitious “eco-quartier” where all energy consumed by the masterplan will be produced on-site. The 35ha site, which will redevelop former military grounds, extends Bordeaux’s city center across the Garonne river and provide 3200 homes, offices and urban amenities. MVRDV’s masterplan carefully respects the existing urban fabric and creates an intimate character for the new neighbourhood. It is referred to as a ‘capillary city’; a contemporary update of the historic European city – combining history, human scale and individualism with density and sustainability. The masterplan’s buildings have high energy performance ratings, and ensure natural sunlight, even in the winter. Other sustainability considerations include: the masterplan’s water cycle, waste management and material selection.
When realised, Zac Bastide Niel will be one of the largest zero-energy neighbourhoods in the world, and is an excellent example of how new sustainable districts can improve the quality of life in our cities. The project is regarded as the most significant contemporary urban intervention in Bordeaux. Construction is to start in 2014.
Marta has received degrees from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain (2001) and TU Berlin, Germany (2004). She regularly lectures and has won several awards.
MVRDV was set up in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries. MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A research based and highly collaborative design method engages experts from all fields, clients and stakeholders in the creative process. The results are exemplary and outspoken buildings, urban plans, studies and objects, which enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future.
The products of this approach vary and range from buildings of all types and sizes, to urban designs to publications and installations. Realized projects include the Dutch Pavilion for the World EXPO 2000 in Hannover, an innovative business park ‘Flight Forum’ in Eindhoven, the Silodam Housing complex in Amsterdam, the Matsudai Cultural Centre in Japan, Unterföhring office campus near Munich, the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, an urban plan and housing in The Hague Ypenburg, the rooftop – housing extension Didden Village in Rotterdam, the cultural Centre De Effenaar in Eindhoven, the boutique shopping building Gyre in Tokyo, Veldhovens Maxima Medical Centre and the iconic Mirador and Celosia housing in Madrid.
Current projects include various housing projects in the Nether- lands, Spain, China, France, the United Kingdom, USA, India, Korea and other countries, a bank headquarter in Oslo, Norway, a public library for Spijkenisse , Netherlands, a central market hall for Rot- terdam, a culture plaza in Nanjing, China, large scale urban plans include a plan for an eco-city in Logroño, Spain, an urban vision for the doubling in size of Almere, Netherlands and Grand Paris, the vision of a post-Kyoto Greater Paris region.
MVRDV first published a cross section of its projects in FARMAX (1998), followed by a.o. MetaCity/Datatown (1999), Costa Iberica (2000), Regionmaker (2002), 5 Minutes City (2003), KM3 (2005), and more recently Spacefighter (2007) and Skycar City (2007). MVRDV deals with global ecological issues in large scale studies such as Pig City as well as in small pragmatic solutions for devastated areas of New Orleans.
The work of MVRDV is exhibited and published world wide and re- ceives international awards. The 60 architects, designers and staff members conceive projects in a multi-disciplinary collaborative design process and apply highest technological standards.
Together with Delft University of Technology MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank and research institute providing argument for architecture and urbanism by envisioning the city of the future.
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Marta Pozo Gil (Valencia, 1973) është një arkitekte e licencuar, BREEAM vlerësuese dhe LEED Associate. Ajo punon në MVRDV që nga viti 2007, ku, përveç rolit të saj si një udhëheqës e projekteve, Marta drejton Departamentin e MVRDV-së për qëndrueshmërinë o objekteve. Me formimin e strategjive mjedisore dhe energji-eficiente udhëzimet për çdo proces të projektimit, Marta siguron një standard të lartë për të gjitha projektet e MVRDV-së.
Marta ka qenë e përfshirë në konceptimin dhe zbatimin e projekteve të shkallëve të ndryshme. Ajo aktualisht është duke udhëhequr ekipin e projektimit për Montecorvo Eko City në Logroño, Spanjë. Ky projekt çmim-fitues i MVRDV-së, parashikon ndërtimin e një lagje të qëndrueshëm prej 3000 njësive të strehimit social, një shkollë dhe objekteve publike. Për të arritur një CO2-neutral hapësirë, 100% e energjisë së kërkuar do të gjenerohet në vend me anë të erës dhe energjisë diellore, të plotësuar nga një plan urbanistik bioklimatik, riciklimi, ripërdorimi i objekteve, ujit gri, e kështu me rradhë. Faza e parë e projektit është planifikuar për të nisur në vitin 2013.
Marta është gjithashtu duke punuar në një masterplan të dendur urban në Bordo, Francë – një projekt ambicioz “eco-quartier”, ku të gjithë energjia e konsumuar nga ana e masterplanit do të prodhohen në vend. Sajti 35 hekterësh, i cili do të rizhvilloj një ish bazë ushtarak, shtrihet në qendër të Bordeaux përtej lumit Garonne dhe do të sigurojë 3.200 shtëpive, zyre dhe komoditete urbane. Masterplani i MVRDV me kujdes respekton strukturën ekzistuese urbane dhe krijon një karakter intim për lagjen e re. Ajo është referuar si një “qytet kapilar”; një përpunim bashkëkohorë i qytetit historik evropian – duke kombinuar historinë, shkallën e njeriut dhe individualizmin me dendësi dhe qëndrueshmërinë. Ndërtesat e masterplanit kanë vlerësime të larta të performancës energjetike si dhe sigurimin e diellosjës natyrore, madje edhe në dimër. Konsiderata të tjera qëndrueshmërisë përfshijnë: reciklimin e ujit, menaxhimin e mbeturinave dhe përzgjedhjën e materialeve.
Kur realizohet, Zac Bastide Niel do të jetë një nga lagjet më të mëdha në botë me konsum zero të energjisë, dhe është një shembull i shkëlqyer se si lagje të reja mund të përmirësojë qëndrusheshmërinë dhe cilësinë e jetës në qytetet tona. Projekti është konsideruar si ndërhyrje më e rëndësishëm bashkëkohor urbane në Bordo. Ndërtimi do të fillojë në vitin 2014.
Marta ka diplomuar në Universidad de Politecnica Valencia, Spanjë (2001) dhe TU Berlin, Gjermani (2004). Ajo rregullisht ligjëron dhe ka fituar disa çmime.
MVRDV u krijua në Roterdam (Holandë) në vitin 1993 nga Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs dhe Nathalie de Vries. MVRDV angazhohet globalisht në ofrimin e zgjidhjeve për çështjet bashkëkohore arkitektonike dhe urbane. Me bazë hulumtuese dhe metodologji dizajni shumë bashkëpunuese duke angazhuar ekspertë nga të gjitha fushat, klientët dhe palët e interesuara në procesin krijues. Rezultatet janë shembullor objekte, plane urbanistike, studime dhe objekte, të cilat mundësojnë qytetet tona dhe peizazhe të zhvillohen drejt një të ardhme më të mirë.
Produktet e kësaj qasjeje ndryshojnë dhe variojnë nga ndërtesat e të gjitha llojeve dhe madhësive, deri tek planet urbane, botimet apo instalimet. Projektet e realizuara përfshijnë pavijon holandez për Expo Botërore 2000 në Hannover, ‘Forum Flight’ një park inovativ i biznesit në Eindhoven, kompleksi banesor Silodam në Amsterdam, Matsudai Qendra Kulturore në Japoni, kampus Unterföhring afër Munihut, Hotel Lloyd në Amsterdam, një plan urban dhe banimi në Ypenburg të Hagës, një rooftop – zgjatja trakti në fshatin DIDDEN në Roterdam, Qendra kulturore De Effenaar në Eindhoven, Boutique ndërtesa Gyre në Tokio, Veldhovens Maxima Qendra Mjekësore dhe objektet ikonike Mirador dhe Celosia në Madrid.
Projektet aktuale përfshijnë projekte të ndryshme të banesave në Holandë, Spanja, Kina, Franca, Mbretërinë e Bashkuar, SHBA, Indi, Kore dhe vende të tjera, një bankë me seli në Oslo, Norvegji, një bibliotekë publike për Spijkenisse, Holandë, një treg qendror për Rotterdam, një shesh kulturë në Nanjing, Kinë, plane urbane në shkallë të madhe që përfshijnë një plan për një eko-qytet në Logroño, Spanja, një vizion urban për dyfishimin në madhësin të Almera në Holandë dhe Grand Paris, vizion i një post-Kyoto Parizi të madh.
MVRDV botuar një seksion të projekteve të saj në FARMAX (1998), e ndjekur nga Metacity / Datatown (1999), Kosta Iberica (2000), Regionmaker (2002), 5 Minutes City (2003), km3 (2005), dhe në kohët e fundit Spacefighter (2007) dhe Skycar City (2007). MVRDV merret me çështjet globale ekologjike në studime në shkallë të mëdha të tilla si “Pig City” si dhe zgjidhje pragmatike për zonat e shkatërruara të New Orleans.
Puna e MVRDV është shfaqur dhe publikuar në gjithë botë të gjerë dhe ka pranuar çmime ndërkombëtare. 60 arkitektë, projektues dhe anëtarë të stafit krijojnë projekte në një proces multi-disiplinor bashkëpunues të projektimit dhe aplikojnë standardet më të larta teknologjike.
Së bashku me Delft University of Technology MVRDV udheheq “Why Factory”, një think-tank i pavarur dhe institut hulumtimi i cili ofron argument për arkitekturën dhe urbanizmin duke parashikuar qytetin e të ardhmen.
IVANIŠIN. KABASHI. ARHITEKTI is a research oriented, open architectural practice founded by Krunoslav Ivanišin and Lulzim Kabashi in Dubrovnik and Zagreb in 2003, active in fields of architectural design and urban planning. They have won a number of design competitions in Croatia and abroad and constructed projects of various scales, for private and public clients.
Their projects were published in international books and professional magazines. Public car park and sports hall in Dubrovnik was awarded the biennial national CEMEX Award for infrastructural buildings for 2010, Kosovo Embassy in Zagreb was shortlisted for the Contractworld Award in Hanover, Germany for 2011, and Kovačić- Šojlev residence in Zagreb was nominated for the national prize for residental architecture in 2005.They have lectured and exhibited internationally: FA Zagreb, TU Graz, IUAV Venice, ETSAM Madrid, IAAC Barcelona, AIT Salon in Munich and Hamburg, UIA Congress Istanbul, Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires, Dubrovnik Festival of Architecture, Belgrade Architecture Week, Skopje Architecture Week, AAK Conference Prishtina. Magnifiers of Natural and Technological Elements project for revaluation of the hydroelectric dam Piva- Mratinje was exhibited in the Montenegrin Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 2010.
Lulzim Kabashi (Pejë, 1969) studied architecture in Prishtina and Zagreb. He received his degree from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture in 1996. He is professional menthor for AF Zagreb students, and nominator for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van der Rohe Award since 2012.
Figueres, 1968. Architect for the ETSA of Barcelona. Visiting Visual Artist at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, with a scholarship from Krtu, Generalitat de Catalunya. Associate Set Designer for Bob Wilson: “Danton’s Tod”, Salzburger Festspiele and “Time Rocker”, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, 1995-2000. Director of Cloud 9 studio since 1997. Co-Director of Metapolis 2000-2003. Art Media Consultant for the Mercat de les Flors 2002. Curator of the Spanish Pavilion of the V Biennal of Architecture in Sao Paulo, 2003. Co-Chairman of the 3rd Industrial Revolution Architects Roundtable committee with Jeremy Rifkin , since 2007. President of the Jury of Prix Luxembourgeois d’Architecture 2007. Luxembourg 2007 Founder of Energy Attack with Jon Idiakez, 2007. Tutor Master in Architectural Design Unit at Barlett School of Architecture, London, since 2010 Unit Master of Diploma Unit 18 at Architectura Assosiation, London, since 2010 Co-Chairman of the Figueres Creative City, 2010 His works belongs to the collections of MoMa (New York), FRAC Centre Collection (Orleans) and Centre Pompidou (Paris). Enric Ruiz-Geli performs lectures and mantain colaboration with a map of Labs as Angewandte, Architectural Association School, UCLA, Passadena Art Center, CITA, RMIT, MIT, Bartlett, Buckminster Fuller Institute, ETHZ, IE School of Architecture, entre otros. Cloud 9 agenda is to look at Pilot Projects in Global Warming Scenarios. Enric Ruiz-Geli has created patents as master pieces of Digital Fabrication. His building Media-ICT has been awarded as Best Building of the World by WAF 2011. It is a Net Zero Building built at very competitive construction cost. Cloud 9 has signed Media-ICT Knowledge Transfer Contracts in Taipei, OECS, Qatar, Kuwait and Moscow. Co-Chairman of Science Advisory Comitee of Tecnalia, 2011. Co-Chairman International Committee of Experts at Iakov Chernikhov Prize, Moscow, 2012.
Awards
Winner WAN 21 for 21 Award, 2012 WAF Award, World’s Best Building of the Year with Media-ICT, 2011 Special mention at FAD Awards with Media-ICT, 2011 Investigation Prize at XI Spanish Biennal of Architecture and Urbanism with Media-ICT, 2011 First prize, Pavilion in Ecole Especiale de Paris, 2011 Nominee to the Brit Awards Design Museum in London to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the City of Barcelona Award to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the Iakov Chernikhov Prize with Media-ICT, Moscu 2011
Steel Design Awards ECCS, European Convention For Constructional Steelwork, to Media-ICT, 2009. Finalist 10th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, to Villa Nurbs, 2009 Prize Sustanable Enviroment Proyects from the Generalitat de Catalunya, to Cloud 9’s ETFE technology, 2009
Honor Mention at the VII Premios Cerámica de Arquitectura y Interiorismo ASCER to Villa Nurbs, 2009 Subvention of the Entitat Autònoma de Difusió Cultural (Generalitat de Catalunya) to the project “From physical to digital realms through Cad Cam Processes” to Villa Nurbs, 2008 Prize Corian Dupont to Villa Nurbs, 2008
R+D Award ARCHITECT at SciArc Los Angeles, to “artificial leaf” Prestige Forest Hotel, 2008 Finalist Premios Saloni, to Evru Cave, 2008 First Prize, International Contest for the New York Aquarium at Coney Island, Wild Life.
Conservation Society, 2007 Prize Quatrium best Architect by Grupo Via, 2007 Prize Chicago Ateneum, 2007 Prize Emergente Tendencias, El Mundo, 2007 FirstPrize International Contest Media-ICT, el Consorci de la Zona Franca and 22@, 2006 Finalist to Villa Bio at the VI edition of the “Saloni” Architecture Prize, 2006 Finalist to Morphorest at the FAD Architecture and Design Prize, 2005 Prize of the Association of Catalan Art Critics (ACCA) to the Galería Joan Prats for best exhibition Evru 2003 First Prize, International Contest for the Aviary Marine Zoo of Barcelona, 2000 First Prize, Ephemeral Architecture Aguirre Newman IAZ, 1998 First Prize, International 2G Contest, for the New Mies van der Rohe Foundation, 1998
website: ruiz-geli.com
