Martin Albert Jasper | |
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Born | Martin Albert Jasper November 14, 1979 |
Nationality | German Ecuadorian |
Alma mater | Universität der Künste Berlin, Politecnico di Milano, Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Accademia di Belli Arti di Brera Milano |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Jasper Architects |
Buildings | UP! Berlin |
Website | https://jasperarchitects.com |
Martin Jasper (born on November 14, 1979, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a German-Ecuadorian architect, founder of the architecture studio Jasper Architects, who designed the UP! Berlin building.
After graduating from high school in Santiago de Chile, [1] Martin Jasper was enrolled as an assistant painter of the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín in Quito, Ecuador. [2] Jasper applied for Berlin University of the Arts (UDK) and moved to Berlin, where he won the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes scholarship. [1] He also studied at the Architecture School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile and at the Polytechnic University of Milan. [3]
He taught Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of the Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China. [4] He finished his academic training in fine art and painting at the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy. [2]
Jasper worked at the architecture studio Metrogramma Associati, in Milan [5] and at the Berlin office of English studio Foster + Partners. [4] [2] In 2008 he founded his own studio, Jasper Architects, based in Berlin, Buenos Aires and Vienna. [6] [7]
Martin Jasper obtained the German Sustainable Building Council ( DGNB ) certificate and has become a promoter and adviser of the DGNB around the world. [8] [9] [10] [11] The DGNB promotes the construction of economical and sustainable buildings. [12]
In 2012, the Central Society of Architects of Argentina (SCA) presented Jasper with the First Prize for Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design for the project "Casa Eco Solar”, a self-sufficient building built in San Salvador de Jujuy. [13] [14] [15]
In 2016 Jasper won the competition to transform a mall of the Centrum Warenhaus chain once in East Berlin into a smart office building named UP! Berlin. [16] [17] The mall was erected in 1979 [18] next to East Berlin's Central Station (now Berlin Ostbahnhof) [19] [20] and the transformation was finished in 2021. [21]
Martin Albert Jasper | |
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![]() Martin Jasper | |
Born | Martin Albert Jasper November 14, 1979 |
Nationality | German Ecuadorian |
Alma mater | Universität der Künste Berlin, Politecnico di Milano, Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Accademia di Belli Arti di Brera Milano |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Jasper Architects |
Buildings | UP! Berlin |
Website | https://jasperarchitects.com |
Martin Jasper (born on November 14, 1979, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a German-Ecuadorian architect, founder of the architecture studio Jasper Architects, who designed the UP! Berlin building.
After graduating from high school in Santiago de Chile, [1] Martin Jasper was enrolled as an assistant painter of the Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín in Quito, Ecuador. [2] Jasper applied for Berlin University of the Arts (UDK) and moved to Berlin, where he won the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes scholarship. [1] He also studied at the Architecture School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile and at the Polytechnic University of Milan. [3]
He taught Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of the Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China. [4] He finished his academic training in fine art and painting at the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy. [2]
Jasper worked at the architecture studio Metrogramma Associati, in Milan [5] and at the Berlin office of English studio Foster + Partners. [4] [2] In 2008 he founded his own studio, Jasper Architects, based in Berlin, Buenos Aires and Vienna. [6] [7]
Martin Jasper obtained the German Sustainable Building Council ( DGNB ) certificate and has become a promoter and adviser of the DGNB around the world. [8] [9] [10] [11] The DGNB promotes the construction of economical and sustainable buildings. [12]
In 2012, the Central Society of Architects of Argentina (SCA) presented Jasper with the First Prize for Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design for the project "Casa Eco Solar”, a self-sufficient building built in San Salvador de Jujuy. [13] [14] [15]
In 2016 Jasper won the competition to transform a mall of the Centrum Warenhaus chain once in East Berlin into a smart office building named UP! Berlin. [16] [17] The mall was erected in 1979 [18] next to East Berlin's Central Station (now Berlin Ostbahnhof) [19] [20] and the transformation was finished in 2021. [21]