Jana Revedin

Jana Revedin, architect, Prof. Arch. Ph.D., born 1965 in Constance (D), studied architecture and urban planning in Buenos Aires, Princeton and Milan and taught as a scientific assistant to Aldo Rossi at the University of Venice, where she submitted her doctorate on the role of public space in the development of a democratic civic identity. In 2000 she was awarded her university teaching and research direction qualification and since then has been appointed as a full professor at Beuth University Berlin and Spittal Institute of Technology. In 2016 she was appointed to design the two-years masters' programme "The collective factory: experimental projects in open-work design" at the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris. A UNESCO sustainability expert and delegate on the research and education commission of the International Union of Architects (UIA), she campaigns for a paradigm change in the civic mission of her profession.
Alongside her internationally award-winning architectural and urban design projects Jana Revedin devotes herself to the support of and networking among pioneers and groundbreaking talents in the area of sustainable design. In 2005 the European Commission appointed her to lead the first student competition for sustainable architecture (gau:di), whose winners she then exhibited at the Biennale in Venice. In 2006 she created the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™, which is awarded annually to five architect colleagues and in 2009 she established the non-profit LOCUS Foundation, which supports research into sustainable design processes and tests these in experimental urban renewal projects. The author of standard works in the area of sustainable architecture, winner of the award for "teaching excellence" from Europe's universities of urban planning (2013), the global UN Habitat prize (2014) and the "PhD thesis of excellence" medal from the French Academy of Architects (2016) and a French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2014), Jana Revedin researches her "radicant" participatory design theory while exploring interdisciplinary self-development concepts in open-work processes with the objective of proving how architecture "with the people by the people" is both feasible ans scalable.

• 2016 First Prize for PhD Thesis of Excellence (Aliki-Myrto Perysinaki), "Evolution du processus de création en architecture face aux impératifs du développement durable", ENSA Paris La Vilette/Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona 2014, co-direction with Yan Nussaum), Académie d'Architecture Paris
• 2014 Knight of the French Order Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres, Global Winner of the international UN Habitat Competition on the Renewal of Mass Housing with the joint student project "Sidi Moumen, Casablanca: From Terror Slum to Open City", Blekinge Institute of Technology/ENSA Rabat
• 2013 First Prize for Teaching Excellence of the European Schools of Planning

Grande Maraine du Defis du Bois, ENSA Grenoble / ENSA Nancy 2014

• 2012 Member of the international Think Tank GdF-SUEZ Urban Strategy and Innovation Council Founding Member of the Board of Governors of Rexel Foundation
• 2010 UNESCO Patronage for the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™
• 2009 Founding President of the LOCUS Foundation for Sustainable Urban Development
• 2008 Austrian Heritage Award for the Revitalization of Castle Maria Loretto Klagenfurt
• 2006 Founder and President of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™
• 2005 Curator of the European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture gau:di,

Carinthian Builder Award Nomination, Revitalization of the Tower of Winklern

• 2004 Austrian Heritage Award for the Revitalization of Palais Sandwirth Klagenfurt
• 2002 Carinthian Wood Design Award finalist, Westend Wernberg Passive-Social-Housing
• 2001 Carinthian Wood Design Award finalist, Revitalization Urban Loft Klagenfurt
• 1999 Member of the Austrian Chamber of Architects Carinthia-Styria
• 1995 Honorary Member of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects
• 1991 Member of the Italian Chamber of Architects Lombardy and Veneto

• Since 2016 - Full Professor of Architecture, Ecole Speciale d'Architecture Paris
• Since 2012 - Full Professor of Architecture, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona University
• Since 2012 - UNESCO Delegate the International Union of Architects Education and Research Communission
• Since 2009 - Founder and President, LOCUS Foundation Paris
• Since 2006 - Founder and President, Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™
• Since 1996 - Founde and Director, Jana Revedin Architects Venice/Wernberg

• 2012-2016 - Full Professor for Architecture, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona University

Guest Professor for Architecture, Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt

• 2009-2010 - Guest Professor for Architecture, Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin (Hypatia Gastprofessur)
• 2008-2012 - Associate Professor for Architecture, School of Architecture, Umeå University
• 2005-2012 - Curator European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture gau:di (EU-CULTURE 2000)
• 2000-2005 - Guest Professor for Architecture, Spittal Institute of Technology
• 1995-1999 - PhD Candidate in Architecture Science, tutored by Aldo Rossi, Giorgio Grassi and Salvatore Bisogni
• 1995-2000 - Research and Teaching Qualification Candidate at the joint Doctoral School IUAV University Venice/Federico II. University Naples/Milan Polytechnic University
• 1991-1995 - Research Assistant in Architecture and Urban Planning at the Chair of Aldo Rossi and Renate Rippa, IUAV University Venice and Milan Polytechnic University

• 2012 - Full Professor of Architecture and Design Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona University
• 2008 - Associate Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture, Umeå University
• 2000 - University Teaching and Research Qulification, Italian Ministry of University and Education
• 1999 - PhD in Architectural Science, IUAV University Venice / Federico II. University Naples / Milan Polytechnis University (summa cum laude), Monument and Modernity: Hallenbauten as the Elements of Construction of the Democratic Town, tutors Aldo Rossi, Giorgio Grassi, Salvatore Bisogni
• 1999 - Austrian State Exam in Architecture and Engineering, member of the Austrian Chamber of Architects Carinthia-Styria,

Honorary Member of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects

• 1991 - Italian State Exam in Architecture and Engineering, member of Italian Chamber of Architects Lombardy-Veneto
• 1991 - Master Degree in Architecture and Town Planning, Milan Polytechnic (summa cum laude), The Concept of Open Space in the Social Architecture of the German Avant-Garde, tutors Aldo Rossi, Renata Rippa
• 1987 - Bachelor Degree in Architecture and Town Planning, Princeton University School of Architecture
• 1983 to 1987 - Belgrano University Buenos Aires, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

• Associate applicant, “European Joint Doctoral Programme in Urban History: 20th Century European Urbanism", University of Weimar/EUP Paris/Blekinge Institute of Technology 2015 - 2020
• Associate applicant, "Building Inclusive Urban Communities", Erasmus-Plus Capacity Building, Danube University Krems/Blekinge Institute of Technology 2013 - 2016
• Main applicant, project leader “Smart tools for smart cities: participatory design for collective creativity” FORMAS/Blekinge Institute of Technology/SAAB Research Lab 2012 - 2015
• Main applicant, project leader “Radicant Design: a method for collective empowerment”, FORMAS/Blekinge Institute of Technology 2012 - 2015
• Main applicant, project leader “Participatory Design Laboratory Karlskrona”, developing collective design processes in the city context of Blekinge communities, SAAB Research Lab, City Planning Office Karlskrona/Blekinge Institute of Technology 2012 - 2016
• Member of the Team of Researchers “Architecture in the Making Discipline and Material Practice”, main applicant Fredric Nilsson, FORMAS/Chalmers Technical University/KTH Stockholm/Lund University/Umea University School of Architecture, 2011 - 2016
• Main applicant, project leader “Historic Patterns from the Campania Felix for the Public Spaces of Contemporary Peripheral Towns”, MURST 40%, with Salvatore Bisogni, Università Federico II. Naples 1999 - 2003
• Main applicant, project leader “New Towns for the Naples Periphery: Calvizzano, Giugliano, Marano, Mugnano, Villaricca”, MURST 40%, with Salvatore Bisogni, Federico II. Università Naples 1998 - 2002
• Main applicant, project leader “Italian Gardens Today: Conservation and Modern Design under Public and Private Management”, Milan Polytechnic University/School of Horticultur Royal Botanic Gardens Kew/Universität Hannover 1993 - 1996
• Associate applicant, “Contemporary Social Housing Confronted: Neue Heimat-IACP“, Milan Polytechnic/FH Weihenstephan with Peter Latz 1992 - 1995
• Main applicant, project leader “Garten, Landschaft, Wahlverwandtschaften”, UIA Florence, Benetton Foundation Treviso 1991 - 1994
• Main applicant, project leader “Social Housing and Open Space in Modernist Germany 1945-1985“, Milan Polytechnic/TU Stuttgart 1991 - 1994

• Since 2016 - Scientific Jury member EUROPEAN France Architecture Competition

Scientific Jury Member UNESCO-UIA Student Competition on Responsible Architecture

• 2015 - Scientific Jury Presidet Castorama Student competition on sustainbale architecture/Cite de l'Architecture Paris

Diploma Thesis Final Jury President Ecole Speciale d´Architecture Paris

• 2014 - Scientific Jury member Blue Award on Sustainable Architecture TU Vienna

Scientific Jury member European Architecture Prize Philippe Rotthier Brussels

• Since 2013 - Founding Board member Rexel Foundation for Energy Efficiency Paris

Research Council and Jury member Superscape Urban Design Award, City of Vienna/Architekturzentrum

Research Council and Jury member Blue Award on Sustainable Architecture TU Vienna

• Since 2012 - UNESCO Delegate to the International Union of Architects Education and Research Commission Paris

GdF SUEZ Urban Strategy and Innovation Council member

Scientific Board member EFAP Urban Intergroup, European Metropolis Brussels

• 2012 - "Grande Maraine" and Scientific Jury President Defis du Bois, ENSA Nancy and ENSTIB Épinal
• 2010 - Scientific Board member UNESCO Safeguarding of Hassan Fathy´s Heritage at New Gourna Luxor

Scientific Board and Jury member UIA International Union of Architects COP 15 Open Forum and Student Workshop Copenhagen

• Since 2009 - Scientific Board and Jury member UNESCO Milena Mercouri Contemporary Landscape Prize Paris

Scientific Board and Jruy Blue in Architecture IUAV University Venice

• Since 2008 - Scientific Board member Re-Biennale, Venice Biennale
• Since 2006 - Scientific Board member and Jury President Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ Paris
• 2005-2012 - Scientific Board member and Jury President European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture (EU Culture 2000) Brussels
• Since 1998 - Scientific Jury member of public architecture and urban planning competitions in Austria (Carinthia, Styria, Salzburg, Vienna) and Italy (Veneto and Lombardia )

Jana Revedin serves in examining committees for doctoral dissertations member of resarch programs and scientific symposiums at the Universities of Klagenfurt and Kaiserslautern since 2010, at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology since 2011, at Lund University, Linnaeus University and Blekinge Institute of Technology since 2012, at the American University of Lebanon, EPFL Lausanne and Liechtenstein University since 2014, at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul, CEPT University Ahmedabad, Talca University and TU Vienna since 2016. She is at present directing and supervising Master Thesis and PhD Dissertations in Architectural Science in the field of sustainable development, urban renewal and participatory design processes.

• Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design V: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and the City”, Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2017 (to appear)
• Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design IV: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and the City”, Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2016
• Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Living Urban Laboratory Karlskrona 2015/2016: Participatory Design for circular growth and social inclusion”, BTH, Karlskrona 2016
• Jana Revedin, “The Rebel City: Radicant Design through Civic Engagement”, in: “La Ville Rebelle: Démocratiser le projet urbain”, directed by Jana Revedin with a foreword by Yona Friedman and an epilogue by Christopher Alexander, Gallimard Collection Manifesto, Paris 2015
• Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Living Urban Laboratory Karlskrona 2014/2015: Participatory Design for circular growth and social inclusion”, BTH Press, Karlskrona 2015
• Jana Revedin, “The Radicant City: Why Sustainable Living Space grows Like Ivy”, in: “Re-enchanter le Monde: L´architecture et la ville face aux grandes transitions”, Gallimard Collection Manifesto, Paris 2014
• Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design III: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and the City”, with a foreword by Christopher Alexander, Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2014
• Michael Kerbler, “Von nachhaltigen Lebensräumen zu menschlichen Innenräumen: im Gespräch mit Jana Revedin”, in ”GLOBArt: Aufbruch”, Springer, Vienna 2013
• Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Living Urban Laboratory Karlskrona 2012/2013: Participatory Design for circular growth and social inclusion”, BTH, Karlskrona 2013
• Jana Revedin (edit.), “The Eleven Books on Architecture: Design Theories for a Society in Change”, BTH, Karlskrona 2013
• Jana Revedin, “Altes Handwerk in Venedig: Die Lagunenstadt neu entdeckt”, Styria, Vienna 2013
• Jana Revedin, “Architecture in the Making: The gau:di Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture” Gallimard Editions Alternatives, Paris 2012
• Marie-Hélène Contal, Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design II: Towards a New Ethics for Architecture and the City”, Actes Sud, Arles 2011
• Marie-Hélène Contal & Jana Revedin, “Sustainable Design I: Towards a New Ethics in Architecture and Town Planning", with a foreword by Thomas Herzog, Birkhäuser, Berlin/Bale/Boston 2009
• Jana Revedin, “Monument and Modernity: Hallenbauten as the Elements of Construction of the Democratic Town”, National Library/IUAV, Rome/Venice 2000
• Domenico Luciani, Jana Revedin, “Garten, Landschaft: Wahlverwandtschaften”, Benetton Foundation, Alinea, Milan 1992
• Jana Revedin, “The Concept of Open Space in the Reformatory Architecture of the German Avant-Garde”, National Library/Milan Polytechnic, Rome/Milan 1991

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Revedin publishes regularly in EcologiK, d´Architecture, konstruktiv, Architektur aktuell, Bauwelt. She is a required key speaker at symposiums on sustainable development, participative cross-disciplinary processes and interactive pedagogy. She lectures in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.