Bosshard Vaquer & Point Supreme

20x20x20
Lunch & talks

Monday 1 May 2023 12.15pm
Daniel Bosshard, Meritxell Vaquer & Konstantinos Pantazis, Maria-Anna Rentzou
Moderated by Tiphaine Abenia (ALICE)

20x20x20 presents a format engaging the guest professors at the EPFL School of Architecture — two 20 minute presentations by two guest professors followed by a 20 minute moderated discussions.

The lecture is also broadcast online. Meeting ID: 646 5060 5823.

BIOGRAPHIES 

Daniel Bosshard and Meritxell Vaquer are architects, who founded the firm Bosshard Vaquer Architekten in 2001. Daniel studied architecture in Barcelona with Professor Josep Lluìs Mateo after studying abroad at the University of Bath. Meritxell studied at the ETH Zurich with Professor Flora Ruchas-Rnochati. They met at the Atelier Peter Zumthor where they worked for a few years. Currently, Daniel and Merixtell are visiting professors at the EPFL in Lausanne.

Point Supreme were founded in Rotterdam in 2008 by Greece-born Marianna Rentzou and Konstantinos Pantazis after living and working in Athens, London, Brussels, Tokyo and Rotterdam (OMA, MVRDV). They have won 1st prize in various international competitions. Point Supreme was included among the 20 most influential personalities in Greece by popular Greek newspaper LIFO. They regularly publish self-initiated projects for the city of Athens where they are based. Their projects for the city were exhibited at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale.