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stuttgart , germany chris bosse german 30 september 1971 beijing national aquatics centre chrisbosseportrait.jpg chris bosse
 chris bosse
chris bosse

chris bosse is a german-born architect , resident in sydney in australia .
he was a key designer of the beijing national aquatics centre that was built for the 2008 summer olympics .
educated in germany and switzerland , he worked with several high-profile european architects before moving to sydney .
for many years bosse has based his work on the computational study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions .
his research lies in the exploration of unusual structures pushing the boundaries of the traditional understanding of structure and architecture with digital and experimental formfinding .
chris bosse 's masters ' degree dealt with the implementation of virtual environments into architecture .
the potential for naturally evolving systems such as snowflakes , spider webs and soap bubbles for new building typologies and structures informs bosse 's work -- the geometries in nature create both efficiency and beauty .
but above all the human is the centre of his investigations .
whilst associate architect with ptw , bosse was a key designer of the watercube for beijing olympics of atmosphere award , 9th venice architecture biennale and was recognized in the 2007 ar awards for emerging architecture , riba london .
he co-founded lava the laboratory for visionary architecture , with tobias wallisser and alexander rieck in 2007 .
lava has offices in sydney , stuttgart and abu dhabi bosse works as an adjunct professor and research innovation fellow at the university of technology sydney -lrb- uts -rrb- in australia .
lava combines digital workflow , local solutions and the latest digital fabrication technologies with the aim of achieving more with less : more -lrb- architecture -rrb- with less -lrb- material / energy/time/cost -rrb- .
on october 7 , 2008 at dubai cityscape , formula 1 driver michael schumacher and lava presented the design for the michael schumacher world champion tower -lrb- mswct -rrb- , the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide .
`` the tower marks a departure from traditional architectural thinking '' , state the architects chris bosse and tobias wallisser .
`` inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a formula 1 racing car , the tower encapsulates speed , fluid dynamics , future technology and natural patterns of organization '' .
lava architects won the bid to design the city center for the sustainable eco-city masdar in the united arab emirates -lrb- uae -rrb- in 2010 .
lava imagined an outdoor city-center based on traditional european public plazas that would encourage social interaction .
however , masdar 's arid climate leaves outdoor spaces subject to the blistering heat of the desert .
to ameliorate this problem and create a comfortable place to gather and shop , the architects incorporated adaptive building technologies , and efficient use of energy and water -- creating a rather dazzling sustainable city center .
the project for the city centre includes a plaza , hotel , convention centre , entertainment and retail facilities .
masdar centre won the special award - environmental category in the 2009 cityscape dubai awards .
lava 's digital origami tigers are currently traveling the world as part of the wwf year of the tiger campaign .
` tower skin ' , a zeroprize winning speculative proposal for the uts building in sydney , re-purposes an inefficient and outdated building .
a simple , cost effective and easily constructed building skin transforms the identity , sustainability and interior comfort of an existing structure .
other projects include architectural installation ` green void ' , in sydney , furniture including sherman bibliotheca , sydney , office screens for schiavello and a desk light ` evolution ' for wallpaper * and ` light void ' for artemide ; the mtv awards set in sydney ; myer fashion show set ; an origami emergency shelter ; and a planned futuristic residence on a beijing rooftop .
lava 's martian embassy in sydney houses shop and writing classes for kids in an immersive space of oscillating plywood ribs integrating seating , counters and shelves and animated by red planet light and sound projections .
lava won designsport and jdaw the international competition held by the federal sport commission , ethiopia to design a new fifa and olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium and sports village in addis ababa .
construction commences in 2014 .
in 2012 bosse won the '40 under 40 award ' that recognises rising design stars under 40 .
