Bernd Upmeyer
Bernd Upmeyer (born July 2, 1973, in Göttingen) is a German architect[http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Architektur-Magazin-Monu-wagt-den-Sprung-an-den-Kiosk_99592.html "German architect"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719041458/http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Architektur-Magazin-Monu-wagt-den-Sprung-an-den-Kiosk_99592.html |date=2013-07-19 }}. Retrieved on 8 January 2013. and urbanist"He studied architecture and urban design"]. Retrieved on 18 January 2013. living and working in Rotterdam,[https://www.kvk.nl/handelsregister/zoekenframeset.asp?zk=0&url=https://server.db.kvk.nl/TST-BIN/FU/TSWS001@?BUTT=244106920000 "Architecture firm based in Rotterdam"]. Retrieved on 9 January 2013. where he opened his own architecture firm[http://businessprofiles.com/details/board-bureau-of-architecture-research/NL-24410692 "BOARD was formed in Netherlands"]. Retrieved on 8 January 2013. Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD) in 2005.[http://issuu.com/rrcstudio/docs/studiomagazine01 "Bernd Upmeyer is the founder of the Rotterdam-based Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design"]. Retrieved on 9 January 2013. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of Kassel.[https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb06/fachgebiete/stadt-und-regionalplanung/stadterneuerung-stadtumbau/promotionsvorhaben.html#c135802"He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kassel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130932/https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb06/fachgebiete/stadt-und-regionalplanung/stadterneuerung-stadtumbau/promotionsvorhaben.html#c135802 |date=2015-12-22 }}. Retrieved on 2 November 2015.
Upmeyer is the author of the book Binational Urbanism – On the Road to Paradise.[http://www.trancity.nl/publicaties/binational-urbanism.html" Upmeyer is the author of the book Binational Urbanism – On the Road to Paradise"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122411/http://www.trancity.nl/publicaties/binational-urbanism.html |date=2015-12-22 }}. Retrieved on 2 November 2015. In the book Upmeyer creates a theory of binational urbanism, a term coined by him.[http://www.archdaily.com/773340/bart-lootsma-on-innsbruck-city-branding-and-geographical-urbanism "Upmeyer coined the term binational urbanism"]. Retrieved on 2 November 2015. Binational Urbanism examines the way of life of people who start a second life in a second city in a second nation-state, without saying goodbye to their first city.[https://www.amazon.com/Binational-Urbanism-On-Road-Paradise/dp/9492095068 "Binational Urbanism examines the lifestyle of people who start a second life in a second city, in a second country, without saying goodbye to their first city."]. Retrieved on 2 November 2015.
Life
Upmeyer studied architecture and urban design at the University of Kassel and at the Delft University of Technology."He studied at the University of Kassel and at the Delft University of Technology". Retrieved on 18 January 2013.
Upmeyer is the great-grandson of the German musician and musicologist Walter UpmeyerGreat-grandson of Walter Upmeyer. Menschen und ihre Zeit: Zur Chronik der Familie Upmeyer, author: Dr. Dietrich Upmeyer, Billingshausen, 2021. Retrieved on 16 November 2021. and the grandson of the architectArchitect and PhD engineer. Die Entwicklung des Theaterbaus unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der akustischen Verhältnisse. Dissertation to obtain the title of doctor engineer at the Technical University of Hanover, author: Dietrich Upmeyer, Hanover, 1944. Retrieved on 25 March 2022. and Government Building Assessor Dietrich Upmeyer.grandson of Dietrich Upmeyer. Menschen und ihre Zeit: Zur Chronik der Familie Upmeyer, author: Dr. Dietrich Upmeyer, Billingshausen, 2021. Retrieved on 25 March 2022. His great aunt was the dancer and choreographer[https://www.deutsches-tanzarchiv.de/archiv/nachlaesse-sammlungen/w/almut-winckelmann „Dancer and choreographer“].Retrieved on 25 March 2022. Almut Winckelmann (née Upmeyer)Great-nephew of Almut Winckelmann (née Upmeyer). Menschen und ihre Zeit: Zur Chronik der Familie Upmeyer, author: Dr. Dietrich Upmeyer, Billingshausen, 2021. Retrieved on 25 March 2022. and his great-great-grandmother was the Dutch Dina Maria Gompertz,Great-great-grandson of Dina Maria Gompertz. Menschen und ihre Zeit: Zur Chronik der Familie Upmeyer, author: Dr. Dietrich Upmeyer, Billingshausen, 2021. Retrieved on 5 May 2022. who was born in Rotterdam in 1857.[https://rotterdam.voorouder.nl/getperson.php?personID=I386317&tree=voorouders&sitever=standard „Born in Rotterdam in 1857“]. Retrieved on 5 May 2022.
MONU Magazine
Upmeyer is the founder and the editor-in-chief of the English-language magazine on urbanism MONU.[http://www.worldarchitecture.org/blogs/berrinc/pgcvm/monu-magazine-communal-urbanism.html "Founded by editor in chief Bernd Upmeyer, together with his Rotterdam based Bureau of Architecture, Research and Design (BOARD)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222170426/http://www.worldarchitecture.org/blogs/berrinc/pgcvm/monu-magazine-communal-urbanism.html |date=2015-12-22 }}. Retrieved on 2 November 2015.
== Atelier International Grand Paris (AIGP)==
From 2012 until 2016 Upmeyer and his office BOARD were part of the group, led by the architecture firm STAR strategies + architecture, that has been chosen as one of the new six teams of architects and urban planners appointed by the Atelier International Grand Paris (AIGP) to be part of the Scientific Committee for the mission: Grand Paris: pour une métropole durable.[http://www.ateliergrandparis.com/aigp/conseil/ "BOARD is part of the Scientific Committee for the mission: Grand Paris"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118070806/http://www.ateliergrandparis.com/aigp/conseil/ |date=2012-11-18 }}. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
Bibliography
- Binational Urbanism – On the Road to Paradise (2015)
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External links
- [http://www.b-o-a-r-d.nl Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design]
- [http://www.monu-magazine.com MONU Magazine on Urbanism]
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