left - Tobias Wallisser  middle - Alexander Rieck  right - Chris Bosse

LAVA was founded by Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser in 2007. During its first year, the office has completed a wide range of projects in Germany, Australia and the U.A.E. Chris Bosse is the director of LAVA Asia Pacific, based in Sydney, Australia. Chris is Adjunct Professor and Innovation fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney and lectures worldwide. Educated in Germany and Switzerland, Chris worked with several high-profile European Architects before moving to Sydney. For a number of years Chris was Associate Architect at PTW Architects in Sydney, completing many projects in China, Vietnam, the Middle-East and Japan. Chris's work on the Watercube swimming center in Beijing received the prestigious Atmosphere Award at the 9th Annual Venice Biennale and Chris was recently recognized as an emerging architect on the world stage by the RIBA London. Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck are the directors of LAVA Europe and are based in Stuttgart, Germany. Tobias is Professor of Innovative Construction and Spatial concepts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. After studying architecture in Berlin, Stuttgart and New York, Tobias worked in the United States, Netherlands and Germany. For 10 years Tobias was Associate Architect at UNStudio in Amsterdam, completing a series of high profil projects and master plans including the World Trade Center project in New York and the Arnhem Interchange. Tobias was instrumental in the emergence of the recent Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Museum which has attracted worldwide attention for its innovative spatial concept. Alexander works as a senior researcher at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart. He studied architecture in Stuttgart and Phoenix and worked for a number of high-profile architects in Germany before joining the field of research. He started his research career in the Virtual Reality environment. Alexander has led many of the Office 21 research projects that produced groundbreaking work in the field of future office organisation. He is a renowned expert on innovations in the fields of office, hotel, living and future construction, and an author of many publications about working environments and building processes of the future.










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LAVA Europe
Heilbronner Straße 7
DE-70191 Stuttgart
Phone +49 711 722 32 901
Fax +49 711 722 32 911
directors@l-a-v-a.net
www.l-a-v-a.net

LAVA Asia Pacific
72 Campbell Street
Surry Hills
AU-2010 Sydney
Phone +61 2 928 801 475
Fax +61 2 928 801 475
directors@l-a-v-a.net
www.l-a-v-a.net

Directors:
Prof. Tobias Wallisser
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt
Architektenkammer BW
Mitglieds-Nr.: 75555

Alexander Rieck
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt
Architektenkammer BW
Mitglieds-Nr.: Eintragungsverfahren im Gang

Chris Bosse
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt
Architektenkammer BW
Mitglieds-Nr.: 88641


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