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{{Short description|Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and writer}}
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}}'''Reinier de Graaf''' (born 1964) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and writer. He is a partner in the [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)]], and author of the books ''Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession'' and ''The Masterplan''.
'''Reinier de Graaf''' (born 1964) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and writer. He is a partner in the [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)]], and author of the books ''Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession'' and ''The Masterplan''.


==Life==
==Life==
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==Work==
==Work==
=== OMA ===
=== OMA ===
[[File:Europa-no-oficial.png|thumb|''The Image of Europe'', AMO's proposal for the European Flag]]
Reinier de Graaf is [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture]] (OMA)’s longest serving non-founding partner. He is responsible for building and master planning projects in Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His built projects include Norra Tornen in Stockholm, the nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam, Holland Green, the redevelopment of the former [[Commonwealth Institute]] in London, [[Timmerhuis]] in Rotterdam, the new [[G-Star Headquarters]] in Amsterdam, and [[De Rotterdam]]. De Graaf has led the masterplan of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre (the “Russian Silicon Valley”) and the Greater Moscow Development Framework. His involvement in the future planning of Amsterdam [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Airport Schiphol]] and the [[Hamad International Airport]] in Qatar have made him widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the development of airports as urban systems.
[[File:OMA Eneropa.jpg|thumb|''Eneropa,'' Europe reorganized according to the type of energy each region brings to the grid (''Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe'')]]
Reinier de Graaf is [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]’s longest serving non-founding partner. He is responsible for building and master planning projects in Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His built projects include [[Norra Tornen]] (2020) in Stockholm, winner of the [[International Highrise Award]] in 2020; the nhow RAI Hotel (2019) in Amsterdam; Holland Green (2016), the redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute in London; [[Timmerhuis]] (2015) in Rotterdam, the new G-Star Headquarters (2014) in Amsterdam; and [[De Rotterdam]] (2013). Among De Graaf's ongoing projects is Mangalem 21, a residential housing development in Tirana.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OMA reveals its First Project for Tirana|url=https://worldarchitecture.org/articles/cvhce/oma_reveals_its_first_project_for_tirana.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=World Architecture Community|language=en}}</ref> He has led the masterplan of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre (the “Russian Silicon Valley”) and the Greater Moscow Development Framework. His involvement in the future planning of Amsterdam [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Airport Schiphol]] and the [[Hamad International Airport]] in Qatar have made him widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the development of airports as urban systems.


Since 2019, De Graaf has lead OMA's research on healthcare architecture. He has co-authored the film ''The Hospital of the Future'', which premiered at [[Matadero Madrid]] in 2020 and is on view at the [[Venice Biennale of Architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=OMA - THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE|url=https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en/schedule/oma-hospital-future|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Matadero Madrid|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=OMA predicts the post-COVID 'hospital of the future' at the venice biennale|url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/oma-venice-biennale-2020-hospital-future-reinier-de-graaf-05-21-2021/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine|language=en}}</ref>
Since 2019, De Graaf has led OMA's research on healthcare architecture. He has co-authored the film ''The Hospital of the Future'', which premiered at [[Matadero Madrid]] in 2020 and is on view at the [[Venice Biennale of Architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=OMA - THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE|url=https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en/schedule/oma-hospital-future|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Matadero Madrid|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=OMA predicts the post-COVID 'hospital of the future' at the venice biennale|url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/oma-venice-biennale-2020-hospital-future-reinier-de-graaf-05-21-2021/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine|language=en}}</ref>


=== AMO ===
=== AMO ===
[[File:Europa-no-oficial.png|thumb|''The Image of Europe'', AMO's proposal for the European Flag]]
[[File:OMA Eneropa.jpg|thumb|''Eneropa,'' from Roadmap 2050]]
Since 2002, De Graaf has directed the work of AMO, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]’s think tank. AMO’s clients include [[Prada]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], [[Condé Nast]], [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol Airport]], the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Harvard University]] and the [[European Union]], for which it conceived a new graphic identity in 2004, including a [[:File:Union-europea segun rem-koolhaas.svg|proposal for a new European flag]]. De Graaf is responsible for AMO’s involvement in sustainability and energy planning, with projects such as ''Zeekracht: A Strategic Masterplan for the North Sea''; ''Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe'' for the [[European Climate Foundation]]; and ''The Energy Report'', a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, made with the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]].
Since 2002, De Graaf has directed the work of AMO, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]’s think tank. AMO’s clients include [[Prada]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], [[Condé Nast]], [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol Airport]], the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Harvard University]] and the [[European Union]], for which it conceived a new graphic identity in 2004, including a [[:File:Union-europea segun rem-koolhaas.svg|proposal for a new European flag]]. De Graaf is responsible for AMO’s involvement in sustainability and energy planning, with projects such as ''Zeekracht: A Strategic Masterplan for the North Sea''; ''Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe'' for the [[European Climate Foundation]]; and ''The Energy Report'', a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, made with the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]].


In 2011, De Graaf curated the exhibition ''On Hold'' at the British School in Rome about the impact of the financial crisis on OMA's master planning work across the globe. The exhibition ''Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants'' featured at the [[Venice Biennale|Venice Biennale of Architecture]] in 2012 and at the König Galerie Berlin in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On Hold « The British School at Rome|url=https://www.bsr.ac.uk/on-hold|access-date=2021-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Public Works - Architecture by Civil Servants|url=https://www.koeniggalerie.com/exhibitions/1723/public-works-architecture-by-civil-servants/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=König Galerie|language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, De Graaf curated the exhibition ''On Hold'' at the British School in Rome about the impact of the financial crisis on OMA's master planning work across the globe. The exhibition ''Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants'' featured at the [[Venice Biennale|Venice Biennale of Architecture]] in 2012 and at the König Galerie Berlin in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On Hold « The British School at Rome|url=https://www.bsr.ac.uk/on-hold|access-date=2021-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Public Works - Architecture by Civil Servants|url=https://www.koeniggalerie.com/exhibitions/1723/public-works-architecture-by-civil-servants/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=König Galerie|language=en}}</ref>

== Teaching ==
== Teaching ==
In 2010, De Graaf was involved in the founding of the [[Strelka Institute]] for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, where he taught topics such as energy planning, the history of utopian predictions and the advent of the megacity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strelka Talks. REINIER DE GRAAF - Strelka Institute for media, architecture and design|url=http://2013.strelka.com/content/strelka-talks-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%80-%d0%b4%d0%b5-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b0%d1%84/?lang=en|access-date=2021-06-28|website=2013.strelka.com}}</ref> In 2014, he continued the research on megacities with graduate students at [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design|PennDesign]], the architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania, under the title ''Megalopoli(tic)s''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speakers and presentations 2015 – AcTI|url=https://www.acti-nl.org/innovation-conferences/speakers-and-presentations-2015/|access-date=2021-06-28|language=nl}}</ref>
In 2010, De Graaf was involved in the founding of the [[Strelka Institute]] for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, where he taught topics such as energy planning, the history of utopian predictions and the advent of the megacity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strelka Talks. REINIER DE GRAAF - Strelka Institute for media, architecture and design|url=http://2013.strelka.com/content/strelka-talks-%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%80-%d0%b4%d0%b5-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b0%d1%84/?lang=en|access-date=2021-06-28|website=2013.strelka.com}}</ref> In 2014, he continued the research on megacities with graduate students at [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design|PennDesign]], the architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania, under the title ''Megalopoli(tic)s''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speakers and presentations 2015 – AcTI|url=https://www.acti-nl.org/innovation-conferences/speakers-and-presentations-2015/|access-date=2021-06-28|language=nl}}</ref>
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De Graaf co-authored three books on behalf of [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]: ''Content'' (2003), ''Al-Manakh I'' (2007) and ''Al-Manakh II, Gulf Continued'' (2010).
De Graaf co-authored three books on behalf of [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]: ''Content'' (2003), ''Al-Manakh I'' (2007) and ''Al-Manakh II, Gulf Continued'' (2010).


De Graaf's first book under personal title ''Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession,'' published in 2017, is a collection of essays on the changing nature of the architecture profession into the 21<sup>st</sup> century. ''Four Walls and a Roof'' was named among the best books of 2017 by ''The Financial Times'' and ''The Guardian.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subscribe to read {{!}} Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b61f06ca-d630-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9|access-date=2021-06-28|website=www.ft.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-03|title=Rowan Moore’s best architecture books of 2017|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/03/rowan-moore-best-architecture-books-of-2017-ian-martin-joseph-rykwert-reinier-de-graaf-karl-kolbitz|access-date=2021-06-28|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Paul Finch wrote about the book:
De Graaf's first book under personal title ''Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession,'' published in 2017, is a collection of essays on the changing nature of the architecture profession into the 21st century. ''Four Walls and a Roof'' was named among the best books of 2017 by ''The Financial Times'' and ''The Guardian.''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wullschlager |first1=Jackie |last2=Heathcote |first2=Edwin |last3=Leigh |first3=Danny |date=2017-12-01 |title=Best books of 2017: Art, Architecture and Cinema |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b61f06ca-d630-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-06-28 |website=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-03|title=Rowan Moore's best architecture books of 2017|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/03/rowan-moore-best-architecture-books-of-2017-ian-martin-joseph-rykwert-reinier-de-graaf-karl-kolbitz|access-date=2021-06-28|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Paul Finch wrote about the book:


“This is the most stimulating book on architecture and its practice that I have read for years, a perceptive analysis of how architecture represents, or connects with, wider political and economic movements and trends. The ambivalence with which architects approach their task, and the claims they make for themselves, are subjected to withering examination. The overall tone, which is one of brutal, not to say Brutalist, honesty, but even if de Graaf generally appears cynical about architecture and architects, one might bear in mind the definition of the cynic as ‘frustrated romantic’. You suspect he writes not from contempt, but love.”<ref>{{Cite news|title=OMA's Reinier de Graaf writes not from contempt, but love|language=en|work=Architects Journal|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/opinion/omas-reinier-de-graaf-writes-not-from-contempt-but-love/10024008.article|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref>
“This is the most stimulating book on architecture and its practice that I have read for years, a perceptive analysis of how architecture represents, or connects with, wider political and economic movements and trends. The ambivalence with which architects approach their task, and the claims they make for themselves, are subjected to withering examination. The overall tone, which is one of brutal, not to say Brutalist, honesty, but even if de Graaf generally appears cynical about architecture and architects, one might bear in mind the definition of the cynic as ‘frustrated romantic’. You suspect he writes not from contempt, but love.”<ref>{{Cite news|title=OMA's Reinier de Graaf writes not from contempt, but love|language=en|work=Architects Journal|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/opinion/omas-reinier-de-graaf-writes-not-from-contempt-but-love/10024008.article|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref>
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In 2019, De Graaf was the guest editor of the German architecture magazine Baumeister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BAUMEISTER curated by Reinier de Graaf / OMA|url=https://curated.baumeister.de/en/reinier-de-graaf/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=curated.baumeister.de|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2019, De Graaf was the guest editor of the German architecture magazine Baumeister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BAUMEISTER curated by Reinier de Graaf / OMA|url=https://curated.baumeister.de/en/reinier-de-graaf/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=curated.baumeister.de|language=en-GB}}</ref>


De Graaf's second book ''The Masterplan,'' published in 2021, is a novel that chronicles the trajectory of an architect craving recognition. ''The Architects' Journal'' describes ''The Masterplan'' as "a short novel about professional vanity, succession within large practices and the Faustian dilemmas facing ‘international starchitects’." The book reflects on "the shifting and unstable nature of global power and the corrupting character of the global property market."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Penny|date=2021-04-22|title=Book review: The Masterplan, debut novel from OMA partner Reinier de Graaf|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/culture/book-review-the-masterplan-debut-novel-from-oma-partner-reinier-de-graaf|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Architects’ Journal|language=en}}</ref>[[File:The Masterplan - cover.jpg|thumb|''The Masterplan'', Archis, 2021]]
De Graaf's second book ''The Masterplan,'' published in 2021, is a novel that chronicles the trajectory of an architect craving recognition. ''The Architects' Journal'' describes ''The Masterplan'' as "a short novel about professional vanity, succession within large practices and the Faustian dilemmas facing ‘international starchitects’." The book reflects on "the shifting and unstable nature of global power and the corrupting character of the global property market."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Penny|date=2021-04-22|title=Book review: The Masterplan, debut novel from OMA partner Reinier de Graaf|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/culture/book-review-the-masterplan-debut-novel-from-oma-partner-reinier-de-graaf|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Architects’ Journal|language=en}}</ref> His most recent publication is ''Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building'' (Verso, 2023), which "skewers the platitudes of the [architecture] industry".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heathcote |first=Edwin |date=2023-06-24 |title=Ft Weekend |url=https://www.ft.com/content/30d38ea6-2f03-43c3-8203-b5c64b795e16 |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=FT.com}}</ref>


== Selected text ==
== Selected text ==
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*"L’hôpital du futur devra être plus qu’un hôpital," Le Monde, November 15, 2019, https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2019/11/15/reinier-de-graaf-l-hopital-du-futur-devra-etre-plus-qu-un-hopital_6019345_3232.html
*"L’hôpital du futur devra être plus qu’un hôpital," Le Monde, November 15, 2019, https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2019/11/15/reinier-de-graaf-l-hopital-du-futur-devra-etre-plus-qu-un-hopital_6019345_3232.html
*"In the age of big data, everything is quantifiable, even happiness," Dezeen, October 3, 2019
*"In the age of big data, everything is quantifiable, even happiness," Dezeen, October 3, 2019
*"2008 (Year Zero)", Machine Books, 2019, https://www.machinebooks.co.uk/portfolio/2008-2/
*"2008 (Year Zero)," Machine Books, 2019, https://www.machinebooks.co.uk/portfolio/2008-2/
*"Cabrini Blues", The New York Review of Books, September 27, 2018, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/09/27/cabrini-green-blues/
*"Cabrini Blues," The New York Review of Books, September 27, 2018, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/09/27/cabrini-green-blues/
*"Like it Never Happened: An “IN MEMORIAM” by Architect Reinier de Graaf of OMA," 032c, January 30, 2018, https://032c.com/like-it-never-happened-an-in-memoriam-by-architect-reinier-de-graaf-of-oma
*"Like it Never Happened: An 'IN MEMORIAM' by Architect Reinier de Graaf of OMA," 032c, January 30, 2018, https://032c.com/like-it-never-happened-an-in-memoriam-by-architect-reinier-de-graaf-of-oma
*“The Inevitable Box”, The Architectural Review, October 18, 2017, https://www.architectural-review.com/archive/notopia-archive/the-inevitable-box-architectures-main-achievement-and-its-main-trauma
*“The Inevitable Box, The Architectural Review, October 18, 2017, https://www.architectural-review.com/archive/notopia-archive/the-inevitable-box-architectures-main-achievement-and-its-main-trauma
* “How Architecture should adapt to Climate Change,” Time Magazine, September 22, 2017, https://time.com/4950746/architecture-buildings-climate-change-hurricane-earthquake-destruction/
* “How Architecture should adapt to Climate Change,” Time Magazine, September 22, 2017, https://time.com/4950746/architecture-buildings-climate-change-hurricane-earthquake-destruction/
*“Architecture Is Now a Tool of Capital, Complicit in a Purpose Antithetical to Its Social Mission,” The Architectural Review, April 24, 2015, https://www.architectural-review.com/rethink/viewpoints/architecture-is-now-a-tool-of-capital-complicit-in-a-purpose-antithetical-to-its-social-mission/8681564.article
*“Architecture Is Now a Tool of Capital, Complicit in a Purpose Antithetical to Its Social Mission,” The Architectural Review, April 24, 2015, https://www.architectural-review.com/rethink/viewpoints/architecture-is-now-a-tool-of-capital-complicit-in-a-purpose-antithetical-to-its-social-mission/8681564.article
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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Norra tornen (västra), maj 2020b.jpg|[[Norra Tornen]], Stockholm, Sweden, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:De Rotterdam, September 2019 - 01.jpg|[[De Rotterdam]], [[Rotterdam]], The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:NHOW Hotel Amsterdam RAI (1).jpg|nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:G-Star Raw.jpg|G-Star Raw Headquarters, [[Amsterdam]], The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:Timmerhuis.jpg|[[Timmerhuis]], Rotterdam, The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:Timmerhuis.jpg|[[Timmerhuis]], [[Rotterdam]], The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:De Rotterdam, September 2019 - 01.jpg|[[De Rotterdam]], Rotterdam, The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:Holland Green.jpg|Holland Green, [[London]], UK, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:RAI Hotel.jpg|nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel, [[Amsterdam]], The Netherlands, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:Norra Tornen1.jpg|[[Norra Tornen]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
File:Mangalem 21.jpg|Mangalem 21, [[Tirana]], Albania, [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Reinier Hendrik de Graaf
Born30 June 1964
NationalityDutch
Alma materTU Delft; Berlage Institute
Occupationarchitect

urbanist

writer

Reinier de Graaf (born 1964) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and writer. He is a partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and author of the books Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession and The Masterplan.

Life

[edit]

Reinier Hendrik de Graaf was born in Schiedam, Netherlands, where he graduated from Stedelijk Gymnasium in 1982. He holds an architecture diploma from Delft University and a master's degree in architecture from the Berlage Institute. De Graaf worked for architecture firms in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom before joining OMA in 1996.

Work

[edit]

OMA

[edit]
The Image of Europe, AMO's proposal for the European Flag
Eneropa, Europe reorganized according to the type of energy each region brings to the grid (Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe)

Reinier de Graaf is OMA’s longest serving non-founding partner. He is responsible for building and master planning projects in Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His built projects include Norra Tornen (2020) in Stockholm, winner of the International Highrise Award in 2020; the nhow RAI Hotel (2019) in Amsterdam; Holland Green (2016), the redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute in London; Timmerhuis (2015) in Rotterdam, the new G-Star Headquarters (2014) in Amsterdam; and De Rotterdam (2013). Among De Graaf's ongoing projects is Mangalem 21, a residential housing development in Tirana.[1] He has led the masterplan of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre (the “Russian Silicon Valley”) and the Greater Moscow Development Framework. His involvement in the future planning of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Hamad International Airport in Qatar have made him widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the development of airports as urban systems.

Since 2019, De Graaf has led OMA's research on healthcare architecture. He has co-authored the film The Hospital of the Future, which premiered at Matadero Madrid in 2020 and is on view at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.[2][3]

AMO

[edit]

Since 2002, De Graaf has directed the work of AMO, OMA’s think tank. AMO’s clients include Prada, Universal Studios, Condé Nast, Schiphol Airport, the Hermitage Museum, Harvard University and the European Union, for which it conceived a new graphic identity in 2004, including a proposal for a new European flag. De Graaf is responsible for AMO’s involvement in sustainability and energy planning, with projects such as Zeekracht: A Strategic Masterplan for the North Sea; Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe for the European Climate Foundation; and The Energy Report, a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, made with the WWF.

In 2011, De Graaf curated the exhibition On Hold at the British School in Rome about the impact of the financial crisis on OMA's master planning work across the globe. The exhibition Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants featured at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2012 and at the König Galerie Berlin in 2013.[4][5]

Teaching

[edit]

In 2010, De Graaf was involved in the founding of the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, where he taught topics such as energy planning, the history of utopian predictions and the advent of the megacity.[6] In 2014, he continued the research on megacities with graduate students at PennDesign, the architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania, under the title Megalopoli(tic)s.[7]

In 2018, De Graaf taught a design studio at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design titled “Phantom Urbanism.”[8] The studio produced a database of urban projects that never managed to attract residents.[9]

Since 2018, De Graaf is the Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor of Urban Design in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge.[10]

Since 2020, De Graaf teaches the 'Asset Class' seminar at The Berlage, which investigates the relation between architecture and finance.[11]

Publications

[edit]
Four Walls and a Roof, the Complex Nature of a Simple Profession, Harvard University Press, 2017

De Graaf co-authored three books on behalf of OMA: Content (2003), Al-Manakh I (2007) and Al-Manakh II, Gulf Continued (2010).

De Graaf's first book under personal title Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession, published in 2017, is a collection of essays on the changing nature of the architecture profession into the 21st century. Four Walls and a Roof was named among the best books of 2017 by The Financial Times and The Guardian.[12][13] Paul Finch wrote about the book:

“This is the most stimulating book on architecture and its practice that I have read for years, a perceptive analysis of how architecture represents, or connects with, wider political and economic movements and trends. The ambivalence with which architects approach their task, and the claims they make for themselves, are subjected to withering examination. The overall tone, which is one of brutal, not to say Brutalist, honesty, but even if de Graaf generally appears cynical about architecture and architects, one might bear in mind the definition of the cynic as ‘frustrated romantic’. You suspect he writes not from contempt, but love.”[14]

In 2019, De Graaf was the guest editor of the German architecture magazine Baumeister.[15]

De Graaf's second book The Masterplan, published in 2021, is a novel that chronicles the trajectory of an architect craving recognition. The Architects' Journal describes The Masterplan as "a short novel about professional vanity, succession within large practices and the Faustian dilemmas facing ‘international starchitects’." The book reflects on "the shifting and unstable nature of global power and the corrupting character of the global property market."[16] His most recent publication is Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building (Verso, 2023), which "skewers the platitudes of the [architecture] industry".[17]

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  10. ^ "The Department is delighted to announce that the General Board has elected Reinier de Graaf as the Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor of Urban Design for 2018-19, assigned to the Department of Architecture — Department of Architecture". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
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