Profile
Markus Miessen is an architect and writer. In 2002, he set up Studio Miessen, a collaborative agency for spatial practice and cultural inquiry, and in 2007, he co-founded the London- and Berlin-based architectural practice nOffice. In various collaborations, Miessen has published, amongst other titles: The Nightmare of Participation (Sternberg Press, 2010), Institution Building: Artists, Curators, Architects in the Struggle for Institutional Space (Sternberg Press, 2009), East Coast Europe (Sternberg Press, 2008), The Violence of Participation (Sternberg Press, 2007), With/Without: Spatial Products, Practices, and Politics in the Middle East (Bidoun, 2007), Did Someone Say Participate? (MIT Press, 2006), and Spaces of Uncertainty (Müller+Busmann, 2002). His work has been published and exhibited widely, including at the Lyon, Venice, Performa (NY), Manifesta (Murcia), and Shenzhen Biennials. He has taught at the Architectural Association, London (200408), the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam (200910), and is currently professor for architecture and curatorial practice at the Hochschule f¸r Gestaltung (Karlsruhe). In 2008, he founded the Winter School Middle East (Dubai/Kuwait). www.studiomiessen.com www.nOffice.eu www.winterschoolmiddleeast.org
