Jakob Tigges is a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and academic "who became known through a series of artistic and provocative

urban design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes based on geographical location. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, city, ...

proposals". In 2009, Tigges proposed construction of the world's largest artificial mountain, ''

The Berg The Berg was a proposed landscaping project by Germans, German architect Jakob Tigges to build the world's largest artificial mountain at the location of the present Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany.Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

's former

Berlin Tempelhof Airport Berlin Tempelhof Airport () was one of the first airports in Berlin, Germany. Situated in the south-central Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, the airport ceased operating in 2008 amid controversy, leaving Tegel and Schönefeld as the ...

.Wood, D.; Andraos, A. (2011) ''49 Cities.'' In: Klanten, R.; Freireiss, L., eds. ''Utopia Forever – Visions of Architecture and Urbanism.'' Berlin: Gestalten, pp. 34/35. In 2010, Tigges designed a

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

project, ChicagoSkyScrapesBack.Wood, D.; Andraos, A. (2011) ''49 Cities.'' In: Klanten, R.; Freireiss, L., eds. ''Utopia Forever – Visions of Architecture and Urbanism.'' Berlin: Gestalten, p. 238. In 2011, his office ''Mila'' won a competition for the new exhibition of architecture at the

Ethnological Museum of Berlin The Ethnologisches Museum Berlin () is one of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (), the de facto national collection of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its exhibitions are presently located in the Humbol ...

and

Museum of Asian Art The Museum of Asian Art () has been a part of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin since 2020. Before its relocation, the museum was sited in the neighborhood of the borough of , Berlin, Germany. It is one of the Berlin State Museums and funded by the Pr ...

. for a proposal that displays exhibited objects hovering through the city

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

’s rooms in subtle opposition to the static nature of the reconstructed

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

all around. Tigges' work overcomes the disciplinary boundaries between

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

, architecture and

communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

Moulin, I. ''Elasti City! – de la propriété de la matière appliquée aux villes ...'' Balise November 2011: 13 and have been awarded with prestigious prizes within different disciplines.

Notes and citations

External links

BBC Profile: Jakob Tigges

TU Berlin – Chair for Urban Design + Architecture

TED Kreuzberg: Jakob Tigges

The Berg Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tigges, Jakob 21st-century German architects Living people Year of birth missing (living people)