About

Ivan Redi is an Austrian architect, designer, artist, researcher and teacher. He is principal of ORTLOS Space Engineering based in London and Graz, founded in 2000 as a network of interdisciplinary partners. Within the trans-disciplinary framework of ORTLOS projects, which constantly expand the boundaries of classical architectural fields by using the cutting-edge technologies, there is a strong emphasis on advanced architectural environments and interface design. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide, including at the Venice Biennale in 2000 and 2008. Ivan has been teaching at Graz University of Technology, Bartlett University College London, and lecturing around the world. In collaboration with graphic design legend David Carson, ORTLOS has published book “ORTLOS :: Architecture of the NetWorks”.

A complete listing of the projects can be found at http://www.ortlos.com.

Ivan Redi

Ivan Redi

Ivan Redi, Arch. DI

  • Born: 21.11.1971 in Nis, Serbia
  • Nationality: Austrian
  • 1989 Matura: Majors in Mathematics and Computer Science
  • 1990-1998 Studies of Architecture at Graz University of Technology
  • Thesis mentor Prof. Günther Domenig
  • 1996 Daniel Libeskind Studio
  • 1997 Thom Mayne Studio
  • Since 1998 PhD “Architecture of the NetWorks”

Professional practice:

  • 1997-1998 Work at Morphosis architects, Santa Monica, California, USA (various Projects: Rockwell Collins Building, Kindergarten Cummins, University of Toronto, Morphosis Exhibition in Madrid, American Business Center, Tours Cultural Arts Center, Morphosis Book)
  • 1999-2000 Work at Domenig-Eisenköck (Project leader: Multimedia Upgrade Museum Leoben, Impulse Center Graz, Airport Business City Graz, Max Mobil Headquarter Vienna – first phase).
  • 2000-present Principal „ORTLOS architects“ (http://www.ortlos.com) – innovative architecture and interface design
  • Collaboration on various new media and software related projects. Member of organization committee of NCC – net.art community congress from 2001 to 2005 by mur.at

Teaching:

  • 1996-2002 Lecturer Computer Aided Design at Graz University of Technology
  • 2004-present Lecturer at Graz University of Technology, Institute of Urban Design and Institute of Housing
  • 2009-2010 Unit Master at Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL London, Diploma and Masters programme
  • Various workshops world-wide (e.g. 2006 Workshop at the ImpulsTanz Vienna, La Biennale in Venice, etc.)

Research projects:

Main research interests: performance of spatial systems, system thinking, holistic information structures and ontology-based integration, augmented reality and immersive spaces, virtual worldmaking, sustainable design through information technology, generative audio synthesis & processing, interface design, human-computer interaction and data visualization.

  • A.N.D.I. A New Digital Instrument for creative networked collaboration in the interdisciplinary domain of architecture and art (http://www.ortlos.at)
  • City Upgrade – High spirited networked city / City of the Multiverse (http://cityupgrade.ortlos.org)
  • City Lab – a mixed reality based space module, an immersive instrument for creative networked collaboration. (http://www.ortlos.org)
  • GANDIS – Green Architectural Networked Ditigal Information System (http://www.ortlos.com/gandis)
  • Experimental Film “Nick’s Cave” (link)

Lectures:

  • –      “Interfacegestaltung für Netzmedien – multimodales Interface”, Hochschule Augsburg, December 2012.
  • –      “Ortos & Splitterwerk in Dialog”, WohbauTetris, Technical University of Graz, June 28th 2011.
  • –       “The Emergence of Networked Design and Thinking”- Austrian Cultural Forum London, March 3rd 2011.
  • –       “Performative Networked Design”, Bartlett School of Architecture, Wates House, London, January 19th 2011 – University College London Bartlett’s International series.
  • –       “Ortlos”, Culture Lab,  Newcastle, January 18th 2011.
  • –       “Uncertain Principle”, MAT (Media, Art and Technology program) USCB Santa Barbara, March 24th 2009.
  • –       “Boulevard of Production” – Medienkunstlabor Graz, the June 3rd 2008.
  • –       “High spirited networked city”, Conference at Technical University of Graz, November 22nd 2007.
  • –       “Cultures of habitation,” 9th Architecture Dialogue of the Architecture Laboratory Styria, at Art Gallery Center Belgrade, July 8th 2007.
  • –       “Performative strategies for the space production” within “Art and architectural sculptural tendencies and productive ambiguities” – Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin, on 10th of January 2007
  • –       “Architecture of the networks”, Off-SpaceGallery in Belgrade, 8. December 2006, und at Architectural Department in Novi Sad 9. December 2006
  • –       “Recent Work – City Upgrade” – Gasworks gallery, London, Mai 2006.
  • –       “about A.N.D.I. and collaborative praxis” – CAADRIA 2006, Kumamoto Japan, March 31st, 2006
  • –       “Recent Work – Architecture of the networks”, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, February 2006
  • –       “Final Imag(in)e” – Daylight symposium in Budapest, Hungary, November 2005
  • –       “Recent Work” – 7th Graz biennale on media and architecture, Kunsthaus, December 2005
  • –       CAADRIA 2005, Digital Opportunities, 28-30 April-2005. New Delhi, India „A.N.D.I.-A New Digital Instrument for networked creative collaboration“
  • –       „A.N.D.I.-A New Digital Instrument for network based creative collaboration“, Camp for Oppositional Architecture, Berlin, September 2004
  • –       Seifenfabrik Graz, 22. October 2004 „Open Source and Architecture“, at the OS04.
  • –       Forum Salon, 07. June 2004 “Wish machine City”
  • –       NCC03 – net.art community congress 24. October 2003, Dom im Berg, Graz
  • –       “BEYOND THE LIGHT”, 9.8.2003, Art pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzoric”, Belgrade
  • –       “net.work.space”, 18.6.2003, Technical University Vienna, Austria
  • –       “The Thing & The Wing” – 30 Minutes Architecture from Graz 13. March 2003, City hall Graz
  • –       “ORTLOS ON_LINE” ORTLOS Architects, by OEGFA, 19.01.01, House Wittgenstein, Vienna, Austria
  • –       “Our time has come!… and gone”, HDAX Nov. 2001, House of Architecture, Graz
  • –       Opening lecture “Public and Audience”, NCC 48, Net.art Community Congress, Okt.2001
  • –       “WE NO LONGER HAVE ROOTS, WE HAVE AERIALS”: Architecture as Interface and Information, BERLINBETA – Conference 30.8. – 6.9.2000; Re: MATERIALISE URBAN DRIFT (Part 1); Berlin, Deutschland
  • –       “New possibilities in Architecture”, Project-X Symposium, Belgrade, Mai 1996.
  • –       “Break through in Architecture”, Novi Sad, 1995.

Publications:

  • –       “Developing Parametric Building Models – The Gandis Use Case”, S. Havemann, U. Krispel, I. Redi, A. Redi, W. Thaller, 3D Arch 2011, Trento, Conference Proceedings
  • –        “Responsive Open Space.  Sound and Image in Public Spaces.” I. Redi, A. Redi, M. Gau, M. Kampel. 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM2012), Milan, Italy.
  • –       “Boulevard of Production: A Future Talents Attractor”, I. Redi, G. Flachbart, in Quantum Architecture, ed. Kas Oosterhuis, Jap Sam Books, Heijningen 2011, p.30
  • –       “Arhitekturni pojmovnik za mlade”, ed. Andrej Smid, Aristej 2010, p. 92
  • –       “Back Cover”, Winter/Spring 2011, p. 10-11
  • –       “Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging Talent”, Neil Spiller (editor), Thames & Hudson 2008
  • –       AG Magazin arhitektura gradevinarstvo / Serbia / February 2007, p.18-21
”Arhitektura `otvorenog koda`”
  • –       Daylight & Architecture / Stockholm, Sweden / Spring 2007, p.56-61 
”Abbild und Realität”
  • –       Architectural Design / London, GB / September, October 2007, p. 130-131
Neil Spiller: “Mythic Collaboration”
  • –       Interior World / Seoul, Korea / Volume 60, p.34-43 
”Company Portrait: ORTLOS architects; Projects: Austrian Expo Pavilion 2008, Schloss Retzhof – Guesthouse”
  • –       Abascal, Varas and Rispa (eds.), Sculptures Parks in Europe: A Guide to Art and Nature, 2006 p. 23
  • –       Kas Oosterhuis, Lucas Fereiss (eds.), The Architecture Co-Laboratory: Game Set and Match II, 2006 p. 588-597 “Golem Reloaded” – City Upgrade: high-spirited networked city
  • –       The Theatre, International Festival 9 – 12 October 2006, Workshop “Choreographer’s Venture”
  • –       The Adventure, ImpulsTanz/International Festival 17 July – 12 august 2006 s.91-92 “Soft bodies, non-rigid spaces”
  • –       Atutsuko Kaga, Ryusuke Naka, Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) s.101-110 March 31 – April 2, 2006 Japan
  • –       PLANERIN – Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung – “As good as it gets” – Ivan Redi about Cultural Capital Graz 2003, s. 34-36, Topic “Event Euphoria”
  • –       ORTLOS architects, David Carson, Thom Mayne (introduction) „Architecture of the Networks“, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN:3-7757-1652-1, 2005
  • –       Birkhäuser Publisher, Flachbart, Georg; Weibel, Peter (Eds.), „Disappearing Architecture, From Real to Virtual to Quantum“ s.162-173, ISBN: 3-7643-7275-3, 2005
  • –       DBZ Sonderheft Licht Architektur Technik, January 2005, „lightThing – light sculpture“ s.61.
  • –       Architektur & Bau Forum (20), 12. November 2004 „Open Source Architecture“, s.6.
  • –       INSTYRIA KULTURMAGAZIN Steiermark (August 2004), “Architecture of our time. Graz’s school creates tendencies”
  • –       ARCHITEKTUR.AKTUELL Nr. 06, 2003, June / July; S. 121-136, „Graz 2003 – City planning as communication art”
  • –       CONCEPT- Architecture & Concept, Magazine, Nr. 05, 2003, Seoul/ Korea, S. 46-55., “The Thing & The Wing”,
  • –       “Shadow play of perception” by Manuela Hötzl, ARCHITEKTUR & BAUFORUM, Nr. 09, Mai 2003
  • –       HDAX 02 °Perfect location. °OUR TIME HAS COME! …AND GONE° s. 120-129
  • –       UNSCHAERFERELATIONEN Experiment Space, Hrsg: Karin Damrau, Anton Markus Pasing, Verlag H.M. Nelte; 2002; Wiesbaden, S. 113-115, “ORTLOS – A.N.D.I.”
  • –       “Planning and building with computer”, Arch+Ing – KONSTRUKTIV,Nr. 233, September/ Oktober 2002, Wien, S. 18-19
  • –       “ORTLOS ARCHITECTS – Association for Experimental Architecture and Interface”, CA – Contemporary Architecture, Nr. 42, 2002-3, Seoul/ Korea, S. 128-139
  • –       “Graz – coffee and culture”, AMBIENT Nr. 44, December 2002, Ljubljana/ Slovenia, S. 109-114
  • –       “L`ARCHITECTURE ET LE PAYSAGE COMME MATRICES ACTIVES DE LA VILLE”, Expressions >Ortlos architects, PARPAINGS: architecture art > paysage; feb.2001, Rouen, France; s. 16-19
  • –       Trevisionen, No. 1|01, “Evolution within the Aesthetic…” & No. 2|01, “Mangolds Graz” & 8|01, “Ankommen in Graz”
  • –       WEB REVIEW: “LESS Aesthetics, More Ethics” von Robert Temel, s 53
  • –       Media Webride, 8|01,”BauArt”
  • –       Mensch&Maschine, “Innovative Architektur braucht (k)einen Ort”
  • –       A-NULL News, No. 1|01, AUF-Bruch “Architectural avant-garde in Austria”
  • –       architektur, Fachmagazin Heft 2, No. 3|01 Positionen im Umfeld “Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte”
  • –       ab, architect’s bulletin, No. 153-154, 11|01, architecture and new media, “Ortlos Life-Style”
  • –       “The Architecture of Intelligence”, Derrick de Kerckhove Principles of Connected Architecture Cybertecture Publisher Birkhäuser
  • –       “Unschärferelationen: uncertainty principles”, M.Pasing Verlag H.M.Nelte
  • –       CA, No. 01|02, “Digital Architecture” CA Press Co., Korea
  • –       a-matter, “young digital architects”
  • –       2000-2001 ortlos: space off; ortlos at la biennale: ARCHITEKTUR & BAU FORUM,
  • –       Das Österreichische Magazin Für Baukultur; Sep./Okt. No. 208; s. 75 bis 81
  • –       WEB REVIEW: “Less Aesthetics, More Ethics” von Robert Temel; s. 53
  • –       ARCHITEKTUR AKTUELL; Sep. 2000, No. 245, FORUM “To Be Ortlos” von ortlos; s. 57; ARCHITEKTUR AKTUELL; Sep. 2000, No. 245
  • –       “From Masterplan to City script” by Andrea Nussbaum; ARCHITEKTUR AKTUELL; Sep. 2000, No. 245; s. 108 bis 115
  • –       Ortlos. Arquitectura conectiva; PASAJES DE ARQUITECTURA Y CRITICA, Sep. 2000, No 19, Madrid: s. 50
  • –       Venice Biennale – Feature – ortlos architects; ZOO, Nov. 2000, London, GB; s. 84 – 85
  • –       “Ortlos in Venice” von Horst Christoph; “PROFIL”, 19.Jun. 2000, s. 178

Exhibitions

  • –       “Sensitive Space”, interactive audio-visual environment, Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag Austria, from 15.1. until 6.3. 2011
  • –       “Performative Networked Design”, Austrian Cultural Forum London, UK, from 11 January to 3 March 2011
  • –       “Sense of Architecture”, 11th La Biennale di Venezia, Eventi collaterali, 2008, Curated by Charlotte Pöchhacker
  • –       Assembly Festival, Medienkunstlabor Graz, Mai 2008.
  • –       City Upgrade, Exhibition & International Conference, Graz University of Technology, November 22nd, 2007
  • –       mind(21)factory / 19 Oktober 2006, Graz
  • –       The Adventure @ ImpulsTanz – Pure Nature /For Those About To Rock/ 23 July 2006
  • –       steirischer [:her:]bst 2005, avant-garde festival “City Upgrade – Open Source Architecture” – medien.KunstLabor, Graz
  • –       “Expo 2005 Aichi Japan – Austrian Pavilion” 22. October 2004, HDA.
  • –       Seventh Belgrade Triennal of World Architecture Belgrade, 27. June – 09. August 2003, „Global Dream: ORTLOS architects“
  • –       “Young Architects – Graz 03” Ausstellungstournee 2003: Architekturzentrum Wien, Oslo Architektforening, Voralberger Architekturinstut Feldkirch, MMCsoport Budapest, Palais Thienfeld Graz “ORTLOS architects”
  • –       La Biennale di Venezia: 7 th. International Architecture, Exhibition “LESS AESTHETICS MORE ETHICS” – main exhibition at Arsenale; 18.06 – 29.10. 2000, Venice, Italy
  • –       9. Salon für Urbanismus, November 2000, Nis, Yugoslavia
  • –       “geöffnet: frische fische aus dem architektenpool”, 09.-12.12.2000, Eisernes Haus, Graz, Austria
  • –       “A dream in aluminum”, Vienna 1994.
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