PASCAL FLAMMER IS A SWISS ARCHITECT WHO IS DRIVEN BY THE SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC VALUES FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS, SITUATIONS AND PROBLEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO HUMANS IN BOTH THE DIMENSIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S EXISTENCE AND SOCIAL NORMS. BEFORE MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF THROUGH HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE, FLAMMER WORKED AT THE OFFICE OF VALERIO OLGIATI, A RENOWNED SWISS ARCHITECT, BACK IN 1998. HE FOUNDED HIS OWN STUDIO IN 2005 FOLLOWING WHICH HIS WORKS BEGAN TO GAIN RECOGNITION AND WERE GRANTED MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS INCLUDING THE SWISS ART AWARD IN 2006 AND THE PHILIPPE ROTTHIER EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE IN 2014. APART FROM HIS PRACTICE, FLAMMER HAS BEEN INVITED TO TEACH AT A GREAT NUMBER OF LEADING INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SANDBERG INSTITUUT, ETH ZÜRICH AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. WHEN IT COMES TO ARCHITECTURE, FLAMMER UNBINDS HIMSELF FROM ANY PARTICULAR DOGMA OR METHODOLOGY. HIS DESIGN PROCESS IS DRIVEN BY AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A MOMENT OF CURIOSITY AS HE VIEWS THE MAKING OF ARCHITECTURE AS A PROPOSAL ALLOWING FOR HIM TO THINK THROUGH NEW TYPOLOGIES AND EVENTUALLY PRODUCE NEW POSSIBLE WAYS OF LIVING.
PASCAL FLAMMER ARCHITECT
