Lecture Alex Kunz: Global Project Delivery

Lecture Alex Kunz

Global Project Delivery <<

The ambitious projects of today call on wealth, expertise, resources, and even data distributed throughout the world, introducing ever increasing levels of complexity to the field of architecture. Equally complex is the process of building, from conception to execution. These factors demand a global approach to the organization, process, and technical infrastructure used to deliver new architecture.

Through case study of the work of Gehry Technologies and other firms, examples of global project delivery systems will be presented that enable radical performance improvement in design, engineering, and execution, and ultimately deliver a better building.

Alex Kunz is the director of Gehry Technologies’ European operations. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he has worked in the domains of engineering, fabrication, and installation of facades, built-up roofs, and reinforced concrete structures for projects such as the international airports of San Francisco, Glasgow and Heathrow Terminal 5, the retrofit to London’s St. Pancras rail station, industrial factories for Intel and Motorola, and the world’s largest wind-tunnel.

His work centers on improving project performance through advanced design, analysis and collaboration systems, and improved integration of design and construction methods. GT Europe serves the projects of Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelblau, Zaha Hadid, Oger International, Vinci Construction, Eiffel, Bouygues, and others throughout the European community.