Ton Matton, frisch berufener Professor für raum&designstrategien an der Kunstuniversität Linz, wird das Projektseminar “Improvisations on Urbanity“ unterrichten und die Betreuung in den Studien-Modulen des Lehrstuhls für Städtebau und Regionalplanung übernehmen. Matton wird darüber hinaus eine einwöchige Exkursion mit den Studierenden in die Werkstatt Wendorf unternehmen.
Vita: Ton Matton is a Dutch urban planer and designer. He works in the field of urban design, architecture, ecology and art in public space. In 2001 he founded the Matton Office with its headquarters based in the Free Range Office Rotterdam and the dependance at the Baltic Sea. From 2003 on, Matton was Professor Art, Architecture and Design at the Hamburg Art Academy. He worked at BOOM, advisors in environmental design in Delft, taught as urban designer at different dutch universities, organized architectural excursions and started Buro Schie, office for urban design and environment.
Ton Matton exhibited/participated in Architecture Biennale Venice, Archilab, Architecture Biennale Sao Paulo, manifesta, Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Design Week Milano, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Deutsches Architekturmseum Frankfurt, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Aedes Berlin, Royal Institute of British Architects, IBA Hamburg, NAi Rotterdam among others.
Weitere Informationen unter: www.mattonoffice.org