Boris Zeisser

PERSONAL

Nationality: Dutch/German
Date of birth: 29.04.1968 Alkmaar

CONTACT
Email: boriszeisser@natrufied.com
Linkedin: View profile

EDUCATION

1989-1995 Delft Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
Graduation project: Fields of mobility, Los Angeles, honorable mention
1994 University of Illinois, Chicago, exchange program

EXPERIENCE

2015-present Natrufied-architecture, Bergen
2001-2015 24H TWENTYFOUR HOURS, Rotterdam
1996-2001 (EEA) Erick van Egeraat associated architects, Rotterdam
1992 Min 2 Produkties, Bergen

TEACHING/COMMITTEES

2021. Jury member Nationale Houtbouwprijs 2021
2020. Jury member Belgian Timber Construction Awards

2018-2019. Teaching at Technical University Delft
2017-present. Tutoring ARKNAT Scandinavian Architecture Festival
2012-2017. Teaching at Willem de Kooning Academy of Arts
2007-2012. Teaching Rotterdam Academy of Architecture
2005. Jury member Groningen Architecture Prize

AWARDS

  • Dragspelhuset, Sweden: Design 100, 100 best designs of the world, Interior Design, New York 2005
  • Reed barn, Alkmaar: Best 3 architecture in Holland Award, de Volkskrant , Amsterdam 2010
  • Soneva Kiri Resort, Koh Kood, Thailand: 2nd place World Expo Shanghai Bamboo award, FHKI, Shanghai, 2010
  • Housing Nieuw Leyden, 2nd prize Architecture prize of the city of Leiden, RAP, 2011
  • Housing Hatert, Nijmegen: Architectural Award, best residential building, Moskou, 2011
  • Housing Hatert, Nijmegen: Building of the year award, best 5 housing projects, Archdaily, 2012
  • Panyaden School, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chiang Mai Design Award, Chiang Mai Creative City, 2012
  • Panyaden School, Chiang Mai, Thailand: DFA gold Award for Sustainable design, HKC Hong Kong, 2012
  • Panyaden School, Chiang Mai, Thailand: DFA grand Award for Architecture, HKC Hong Kong, 2012
  • Housing Hatert, Nijmegen: ACN Public Architecture prize of the city of Nijmegen, 2012

EXHIBITIONS

  • Dragspelhuset: Arvika, Sweden 2004
  • Dragspelhuset: Årjäng, Sweden 2006
  • Dragspelhuset: at WILD, fantasy and architecture, Turku, Finland 2009
  • Exhibition Ankara University, Turkey 2010
  • Housing Hatert: The Dutch Way of Housing the Crowd , Jakarta, 2012
  • Marecollege, Dragspelhuset: Alchemie van het alledaagse, Rudolf Steiner in the Kunsthal, 2014
  • Marecollege: Lebendiges Gestalten, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switserland, 2014
  • Wood architecture, Sustainica, Dusseldorf, 2016

LECTURES

  • Lecture ‘Fields of Mobility’, Instituut voor Architecture, Hogeschool voor de kunsten, Utrecht, 1996
  • Lecture on Architecture, School of Architecture Belfast, 2005
  • Lecture on own work, University of Ankara, 2010
  • Lecture on flexibility, GLOW, School of Architecture,TU Delft, 2011
  • Lecture Art d’Eco, EKODesignKonferansı, Istanbul, Turkey 2012
  • Lecture on wood, Hochschule für Technik in Stuttgart, 2012
  • Lecture on Identity of the city, Middelburg 2012
  • ‘The last lectures’, School of Architecture, TU Delft 2014
  • Lecture on wood in Architecture: 7th European Congress on Wood, Forum Holzbau Köln, 2014
  • Lecture on sustainable design, rebuilding the future, Bouwbeurs, Utrecht, 2015
  • Lecture on Art d’Eco, Building Holland, Rai Amsterdam 2015
  • Lecture on Organic architecture: Wood and Bamboo. Sripatum University, Bangkok 2015
  • Lecture on sustainable architecture, Sustainica, Dusseldorf, 2016
  • Lecture on wood architecture, Holzbau Forum, Milano 2017
  • Lecture on schooldesign, Building Education, Bucharest 2018

BROADCASTS

  • Dragspelhuset: Housing program TV1, Sweden, 2004
  • Dragspelhuset: Worlds most Extreme Homes 107, 2005
  • Dragspelhuset: World’s Greenest Homes, Discovery Channel USA, 2008
  • House Hoflaan: TV makelaar, the Netherlnds, 2009
  • Dragspelhuset: Eco-logic, France, 2011
  • Dragspelhuset: Japanese TV Jump, Japan, 2011
  • Housing Nieuw Leyden: Worlds Most Extreme Homes 402, USA, 2012
  • Dragspelhuset: Hustoppen I, TV8, Sweden, 2012
  • Dragspelhuset: TV4 news, Sweden, 2012
  • Slava’s guesthouse: CNN, 2013
  • Dragspelhuset: Deutsche Welle, 2014
  • Dragspelhuset: Vilde Huse, DK1, Denmark, 2014
  • Japanese housing study at TV Asahi, 2014