Biography
Oliver Schütte graduated as an architect in Aachen (Germany). After working with Eisenman Architects and the sculptor Richard Serra in New York (U.S.A.) in 1997 / 1998, he joined Rem Koolhaas / OMAMO for a six year period in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Accomplished projects include the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe as well as the New Dutch Embassy in Berlin (Germany), which won the Mies van der Rohe Price in 2005. Oliver worked on the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Chicago (U.S.A.), the House in Bordeaux (France), the Masterplan for the City of Breda (The Netherlands) and the Preservation Plan for Beijing (China), amongst others.
In 2005, he founded the multidisciplinary A Company and A Foundation (A 01) together with Dutch anthropologist / economist Marije van Lidth de Jeude, promoting an integrally sustainable urban and rural development. Oliver is specialized in climate dependent architecture and urban design, he is currently developing projects in Europe and Latin America. His work, texts and articles are published internationally; he is engaged in numerous academic activities at universities worldwide, including the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux (France), the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Managua (Nicaragua), the University of Houston and the New York Institute for Technology (U.S.A.), as well as the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Universidad Veritas in San José (Costa Rica).
