About
Paul Kuipers is an architect who explores interventionist forms of architecture. From 2001 to 2003 he was part of the mark&mark&paul collective, undertaking research-related art projects within urban planning.
Subsequently, in 2003, he started working with EventArchitectuur, a designstudio for time- and experience-based architecture, where he worked on projects ranging from a temporary art museum to exhibitions and installations on contemporary culture. In 2011 he was part of a collective group of artists that developed the installation Opera Aperta/Loose Work at Dutch pavilion of the Venice Biennale.
Kuipers founded his own studio in 2015 which has dedicated itself, among others, on a longtime project called 'Host Edward Snowden': an architectural research on spatial encryption that consists of a new public home for Edward Snowden in Amsterdam. Since 2012, he also started a long-lasting collaboration with artist Jonas Staal on morphologies of the assembly such as the New World Summit and New Unions, fueled by a joint research into speculative and utopian forms of architecture.
Since 2019 Kuipers is a guest lecturer at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam.
Study
Domestic Sciences & Home EconomicsWageningen Universty & Research
Propaedeuse 1995
OK5 / Beeldende Kunst en de Publieke Ruimte
ArtEZ Arnhem
Graduated 2001
MSc Architecture
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Graduated 2019 (cum laude)
Work
2001-2003Art Collective mark&mark&paul
2003-2014
EventArchitectuur
2015-Present
Paul Kuipers Architecture
2020-Present
Guestlecturer, Assessor & Graduation Coach
Academy of Architecture Amsterdam
2021-2027
Chair Faculty Council & Education Committee
Academy of Architecture Amsterdam
Award
2016Dutch Design Award / Nomination
(project: People’s Parliament of Rojava)
2020
Archiprix / Honourable Mention
(project: Host Snowden!)
Exhibition
2022Private Eye Butler Spy
Curated by: Anne Vera Veen
Arcam / Amsterdam
2022
Prepper Paradise
Curated by: Ward Janssen
Bureau Europa / Maastricht
Clients
Academy of Architecture AmsterdamAcademy of Architecture Arnhem
Academy of Architecture Groningen
Arcam
Archined
Arnhem Modebiennale
Wendel ten Arve Productions
De Bakkerswinkel
The Black Archives
Bouadi Productions
Bureau Europa Maastricht
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Eventarchitectuur
Floriade
Framer Framed
Femke Herregraven
Gemeente Amsterdam
HNI Rotterdam
Landhuis Oud-Amelisweerd
IABR Rotterdam
KABK The Hague
De Kunstlinie Almere
Lesley Moore
Mondriaan Fonds
MSU Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Not To Scale
Rijksvastgoedbedrijf
Serpentine Galleries London
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Stichting Best Verzorgde Boeken
Studio Jonas Staal
Studio Piet Paris
Locations
Almere KunstlinieAmstelveen Cobra Museum
Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam + Framer Framed
+ Paradiso +Theater Frascati + Zuiderkerk + Arcam + W139
Antwerp M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
Arnhem Voormalige Melkfabriek Coberco
+ Park Lingezegen +Museum Arnhem
Athens Sporting Basket Arena
Berlin HAU Theater + Theater Sophiensaele
+ KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Bochum Jahrhunderthalle
Brussels Royal Flemish Theater
Den Bosch Het Noordbrabants Museum
Den Haag Museum voor Communicatie
Dêrik (Rojava Syria) Public Square
Dubai Traffic Centre for Contempory Art
Eindhoven Van Abbemuseum
Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology
Gwangju (South Korea) Gwangju Museum of Art
+ Biennale Exhibition Hall
Haarlem Museum voor de Geest + ABC Architectuurcentrum
Helsinki Kansalaistori Square
Köln Messe Köln
Kochi (India) Aspinwall House
Lausanne Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Leiden De Waag
London Serpentine Galleries at University of Westminster
Ljubljana Muzej Sodobne Umetnosti Metelkova (+MSUM)
Maastricht Bureau Europa + Voormalige Sphinx fabrieken
Metz Centre Pompidou
Münster Kunsthalle Münster
Milan Salone del Mobile
Nijmegen City Hall
Oslo City Hall
Ostrava PLATO City Gallery of Contemporary Art
Palermo - Teatro Garibaldi
Parijs Kadist Art Foundation
Rotterdam Kunsthal + HNI + De Doelen + Theater Rotterdam
+ Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
São Paulo Biennial Pavilion Ibirapuera Park
Seoul Oil Tank Culture Park
Shanghai Former Power Station
Skopje Museum of Comteporary Art (MoCA)
Stockholm Underground Nuclear Facility
Tapei Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Toronto Mercer Union
Turin Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Utrecht Aula Utrecht University + Landhuis Oud-Amelisweerd
+ BAK, basis voor actuele kunst + Centraal Museum
Venice Dutch Pavilion Giardini
Veenhuizen National Prison Museum
Valletta National Library of Malta
Warsaw Powszechny Theatre + Ujazdowski Castle
+ Palace of Science and Culture
Zagreb MSU Museum of Contemporary Art