Ole Bouman is
the new director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, globally the
largest institute of its kind. Prior to this
appointment he was the editor-in-chief of Volume, the independent magazine for
architecture, for pushing its limits and finding new roles in society. Volume
is a project by Archis Foundation, think tank AMO and the Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University. He also was the director of Archis Foundation, active in publishing,
consultancy and, as NGO, establishing connections between local design
communities in need of expertise and the Archis global knowledge network.
Writing, curating
and teaching
Bouman has a track record in writing, curating
and teaching in a variety of fields. His publications include the encyclopedic manifesto ‘The Invisible in
Architecture’ (co-author, 1994) and ‘The Battle for Time’ (2003, in Dutch). He was one of the
curators of Manifesta 3 (2000) and the Archis
RSVP event series. He taught or lectured at various schools worldwide.
Currently he is also a lecturer at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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