Tobias Klein

Tobias Klein Dip. Arch (Dist.), M. Arch (UCL) was born in 1979 in Bonn, Germany. He studied Architecture at the RWTH Aachen, Germany, the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria (master class of Wolf D. Prix), and finished his studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture. (Distinction in Design, Commendation RIBA Silver Medal 2006; Winner ARCH+ prize 2006).He has worked as a design architect for Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, collaborated with Nigel Coates on various projects (Mixtacity, Venice Biennale 2008) and works as a consultant for several offices in London (Andrew Wright Associates, Urban Salon, ...) ///

Tobias Klein is co-founder of Horhizon.

His work is can best be described as a narrative design within digital environments, exploring the relation between actual and virtual in CAD/CAM technologies to “overcome the dichotomy between technē (craftsmanship) and poiēsis (art). Although digitally driven, his work does not succumb to the pervasive allurement of ‘Parametric Digital Modernism’—the unspecified whitewash (actually grey) of 3D surfaces, the universal Sachlichkeit of algorithmic design techniques, and the mechanistic vision of input-output interactivity...” Dr Marjan Colletti ///

He is currently working as a Course Master of the First Year Studio at the Architectural Association, runs a Mediastudies class at the AA and is running the postgraduate studio ADS1 at the Royal College of Art together with Roberto Bottazzi. He has lectured and given workshops internationally (Madrid, Spain - Lund, Sweden - Berlin,Germany,...) and was an invited critic at Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture - Paris, Bartlett, Brighton University, Oxford Brookes, London Southbank, Greenwich and Nottingham. ///

His work is internationally exhibited (Royal Academy Summer Show 2006 - Winner of the student prize and 2009, ...) and published in various books such as AD - Neoplasmatic Design (edited by Marcos Cruz), Digital Architecture Now (by Neil Spiller), Drawings (by Sir Peter Cook) and magazins - Architectural Review, Architectural Journal, BD, AD, Arch +,...///

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