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Dr. phil. Juan Almarza Anwandter

Dipl.-Ing. architect, graduated from Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile (1997). Magister in Theory and History of Art, Universidad de Chile (2017). His professional experience of more than 25 years has focused primarily on residential architecture and private housing, also encompassing interior and furniture design.

Since 2000, he has combined his professional practice with teaching at various institutions, first in Chile and now in Germany. His research interests focus primarily on aesthetic theory, particularly from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, phenomenology, and critical theory of the arts. In 2020, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy from Technische Universität Berlin with a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of Grand Style and its relationship to architectural theory.

Professional Experience:

2006-2026 Independent projects (private houses, corporate buildings, object and interior design)

1999-2006 Works as chief manager of Cazu Zegers Architecture Studio, Santiago, Chile

1997-1998 Staff member of Morelli-Bravo Architects, Santiago, Chile

1996-1997 Staff member of Vial y Vives Ingenieros, Santiago, Chile

Academic Experience:

2020-2026 Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture & Design - Berlin International University of Applied Sciences

WS 2020 Lecturer, Institut für Architektur, Fachgebiet Architekturtheorie - TU Berlin

2020-2022 Lecturer, Textil- und Flächendesign - Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin

2001-2015 Professor of Architecture and Design in Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

2010-2014 Professor of Architectural Hand-Sketching and Morphology, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

2014 Professor of Architecture and Context, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile

2000-2010 Professor of Architecture, Universidad de Talca, Chile

2001-2002 Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile

Lectures:

05/2025 Das olympische Ideal von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Buchpräsentation „Architekturführer Athen“, Maske + Suhren Architekten / DOM Publishers. Botschaft der Hellenischen Republik in Berlin.

11/2019 About the Role of Digital Technologies in the Modelling of Contemporary Architectural Experience. 6th Forum Netzwerk Architekturwissenschaft “Utopia Computer”, UDK Berlin.

09/2018 Between Being and Becoming: towards a metaphysical reading of architectural signs. 2nd summer school “Between intellectual and sensory reason: towards an epistemology of architecture”. Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia.

12/2016 On Limits, Identity and Hybridization. Lecture for Seminar “Boundary apparatus”, organized by Dr. Sandra Meireis and Rena Tavernaraki. TU Berlin, Fachgebiet Architekturtheorie.

06/2016 On the “Pathos of closeness”: about the notion of experience in contemporary architectural practices.1st International conference “Think-Design-Build – Architectural matters”. IfA, TU Berlin, June 2016.

02/2016 Nietzsche´s Grand Style: Towards an architectural interpretation. 1st. PhD Colloquium, History and Political critique of Architecture – Berlin Milano research group. Institut für Architektur, TU Berlin

08/2008 About the process of Design: Three scales of project analysis. UDD Concepción, Chile.

06/2006 Geopoetics of Territory: Chile, in search of an Identity profile. Observatorio de Lastarria, Santiago, Chile.

10/1998 “Hospedería del Errante”: towards a morphogenetic-topological model of architectural shape-generation. PUC Lo Contador, Santiago, Chile (with Prof. Manuel Casanueva)

Publications:

Zeitlose Schönheit. Über Athens antike Denkmäler. In: Maske, Anna (Ed.). Architekturführer Athen. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2023.

Zwischen Vergangenheit, Kontext und Zukunft: über Athens zeitgenössische Architektur. In: Maske, Anna (Ed.). Architekturführer Athen. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2023.

About the Current (and Future) Implications of the Process of Digitalization in Our Everyday Experience. In: Bredella, Nathalie; Dähne, Chris; Lausch, Frederike (Eds.). Utopia Computer - The "new" in architecture?. Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, 2023, https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-15964

Almarza Anwandter, Juan; Bovelet, Jan; Dürfeld, Michael; Neubert, Christine; Schneider, Peter I.; Weckherlin, Gernot; Froschauer, Eva Maria, editors. Architekturwissenschaft. Vom Suffix Zur Agenda. Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, 2021, doi:10.14279/depositonce-11388

Between Being and Becoming: the language of metaphysics in architecture. In: SAJ – Serbian Architectural Journal, Vol 10_1. Belgrade: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, 2018.

Mit den Augen eines Engels. In: Gianfranco Foschino-Hidden Stories. Bielefeld / Berlin: Kerber Verlag, 2018.

Aguirre, la ira de Dios y la melancolía de los hombres. In: V/A, Revista Despliegue, Facultad de Artes Universidad de Chile. Santiago: LOM, 2016.

Rio Maule: de lo bello a lo sublime. In: V/A, Aguas Cruciales, Libro I. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad del Desarrollo, 2016.

Parque Arauco, rostro y figura. In: V/A, Se llama Santiago. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad del Desarrollo - AOA, 2011.

Aproximaciones al tiempo como materia. Dos muestras de Gianfranco Foschino. Dec.2015. http://artishockrevista.com/2015/12/29/aproximaciones-al-tiempo-materia-dos-muestras-gianfranco-foschino/