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Manuel Herz

b. 1969

German architect

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About Manuel Herz

Born 1969. Manuel Herz is a German architect.

Manuel Herz is an architect with a practice in Basel, Switzerland and Cologne, Germany.

Education He was educated at RWTH Aachen in Germany and at the Architectural Association in London. Career He presented an academic paper at the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction 2007, organized by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.

He served as head of research and teaching at ETH Studio Basel: Contemporary City Institute and teaches at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design with Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. From 2015 to 2020 he was professor of urban and territorial design at the University of Basel.

Herz has published extensively on issues of diaspora and architecture. He is researching planning strategies of refugee camps and the dilemma of humanitarian action." He has written on Jewish architecture in Germany and taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London and KTH Stockholm.

He has received prizes and awards.

Projects Babyn Yar Synagogue (2021) Maternity and Paediatric Hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal (2021) Ballet Mécanique, Housing in Zürich, Switzerland (2018) Housing and Creche Lyon, France (2013–15) Synagogue and Jewish Community Center, Mainz, Germany (2010) Wohn- und Geschäftshaus Cologne, Germany (2003)

Select bibliography

Herz, Manuel, Making sense of Darfur Herz, Manuel with Herzog, Jacques and de Meuron, Pierre: MetroBasel – The Model of a European Metropolitan Region (2009) Herz, Manuel, From Camp to City – Refugee Camps of the Western Sahara, Lars Müller Publishers (2012) Herz, Manuel and Rahbaran, Shadi: Nairobi: Migration Shaping the City, Lars Müller Publishers (2013) Herz, Manuel: African Modernism – The Architecture of Independence, Park Books (2015) // award: FILAF D'OR 2015

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1969, Düsseldorf
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Education
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Employers
Harvard University

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Manuel Herz?

German architect

When was Manuel Herz born?

Manuel Herz was born in 1969 in Düsseldorf.

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Manuel Herz is an architect.

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Manuel Herz is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Manuel Herz

· Wikidata: Q1707389

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