Prof. Olaf Lauströer
Professor of Architecture and Interdisciplinary Interior Design
Theoretical Teaching
Address: | Güntzstr. 34 |
Room Nr. 219 | |
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Vita
1962 | Born in Beckum |
Since 2005 | Professor of Architecture and Interior Design at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden |
1983 - 1989 | Studied Architecture in Münster |
1989 - 1993 | Freelance work with Ortner & Ortner, Baukunst and Haus-Rucker-Co. among others in Düsseldorf |
Since 1993 | Freelance architect with offices in Düsseldorf (until 1998) and Dresden |
1995 - 1996 | Teaching position at the Art School Vienna, class Spatial Design |
1995 - 1996 | Teaching activity in the subject of Architecture/Interior Design at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf |
1998 - 2005 | Professor of Drafting in Architecture in Münster |
2010 - 2016 | Chairperson of the Art Commission of Dresden |
Since 2014 | Member of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts) (Office assistant for the Architecture class, 2014-2017) |
Lives in Dresden |
Publications (excerpt)
- 'Tradition und Zukunft der Moderne. Architektur und Stadtentwicklung in Brünn und Leipzig’ (Tradition and future of modernity. Architecture and urban development in Brno and Leipzig), Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts) Dresden, 2005, statement therein: 'Global denken, regional handeln’ (Think global, act regional)
- ‘Historisch contra modern?’ (Historical versus modern?), Sächsische Akademie der Künste Dresden (Saxon Academy of Arts), 2008, therein: Leitbauten am Dresdner Neumarkt (Landmark buildings at the Neumarkt in Dresden)
- ‘Schichtungen – ein künstlerischer Dialog’ (Layerings – an artistic dialogue), Altana Galerie Dresden, 2008, therein: interview with Karl-Heinz Adler, together with Jürgen Müller
- 'Kunst am Bau – Chance für junge Künstler?’ (Art in construction – Opportunity for young artists?), Kunst am Bau?/!, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs), 2009
- 'Karl-Heinz Adler – Werke 1942-2010’ (Karl-Heinz Adler – works between 1942-2010), Phantasos, Dresden, 2012: therein ‘Gespräch mit Karl-Heinz Adler, gem. mit Jürgen Müller’ (Conversation with Karl-Heinz Adler, together with Jürgen Müller)
- 'Lingner-Mausoleum: Zur Baugeschichte und denkmalgerechten Restaurierung’ (Lingner mausoleum:its construction history and monument-appropriate restoration), Thelem/Dresden, 2016: Edited together with Tanja Scheffler
Events (articles, presentation, organisation), etc.
“Situation und Perspektiven der Neumarktbebauung” (“Situation and perspectives of Neumarkt development), lectures and presentations as part of four expert discussions and/or colloquia, Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts) Dresden, 2007
Lecture series “Räume für die Kunst” (Spaces for art), organisation and presentation (guests: Peter Cheret, Karl Hufnagel, Manfred Ortner, Volker Staab among others), 2007
Lecture series “Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – in Barcelona, Berlin und Brünn” (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – in Barcelona, Berlin and Brno), organisation and presentation (guests: Ivo Hammer, Wita Noack, Fernando Ramos, Vladimir Šlapeta among others), 2008
Exhibition “Lubomír Šlapeta und Čestmír Šlapeta - Scharouns tschechische Schüler”, organisation (HfBK Dresden, Tschechisches Zentrum (Czech Centre) Dresden, Olomouc Museum of Art), 2008
Lecture series “Ist Architektur Kunst?” (Is architecture art?), organisation and presentation (guests: Colin Ardley, Hubert Hermann, Johannes Schilling, Björn Severin among others), 2009
Lecture series “Bau|Kunst” (Architecture|Art), organisation and presentation (guests: Martin Fröhlich, Ivan Krischanitz, Ivan Reimann, Benedikt Schulz among others), 2010
- Lecture series “Analog und Digital” (Analogue and digital), organisation and presentation (guests: Peter Haimerl, Norbert Palz, Jan Schindler, Jan Willmann among others), 2011
- Exhibition “auxiliary constructions/Behelfskonstruktionen”, installation, Kunsthaus Dresden, 2012
- Lecture series “Ausstellungsarchitektur” (Exhibition architecture), organisation and presentation (guests: Nina Beitzen, Uwe Brückner, Dinah Casson, Barbara Holzer among others), 2012
- Lecture series “Unverwechselbarkeit” (Uniqueness), organisation and presentation (guests: Peter Brückner, Hermann Czech, Muck Petzet, Alexander Schwarz among others), 2013
- Lecture series “Er-finden” (Invent), (cooperation project between HFBK, SADK, TU Dresden), organisation and presentation (guests: Tom Emerson, Jürgen Partenheimer, Arno Lederer, Walter Maier, Jan Pieper, Luigi Snozzi among others), 2014
- Lecture series “Ab-bilden” (Depict) (cooperation project between HFBK, SADK, TU Dresden), organisation and presentation (guests: Gion Caminada, François Charbonnet, José Mario Gutiérrez Marquez, Veronika Kellndorfer, Christoph Markschies, Werner Neuwirth among others), 2015
- Lecture series “Begegnungen” (Encounters) (cooperation project between HFBK, SADK, TU Dresden), organisation and presentation (guests: Tony Cragg, Rahul Mehrotra, Annabelle Selldorf, Anna Viader Soler among others), 2016
- Lecture series “Spuren” (Traces) (cooperation project between HFBK, SADK, TU Dresden), organisation and presentation (guests: Stephen Bates, Véronique Faucheur, Martin Honert, Christian Inderbitzin, Marc Pouzol, Armando Ruinelli, Jan de Vylder among others), 2017