Markus Miessen is an architect, writer, and consultant working in Berlin, London, and the Middle East. In 2002, he set up Studio Miessen, a collaborative agency for spatial practice and cultural analysis, and in 2007 was founding partner of the Berlin-based architectural practice nOffice. In cooperation with various collaborators, Miessen has published books such as East Coast Europe; The Violence of Participation; With/Without –Spatial Products, Practices and Politics in the Middle East; Did Someone Say Participate? An Atlas of Spatial Practice; and Spaces of Uncertainty. Miessen is a frequent contributor to a variety of magazines and journals and his work has been exhibited and published widely, including at the Lyon, Venice, and Shenzhen Biennials.

Miessen has taught and lectured internationally at institutions such as the Architectural Association, Columbia University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as a consultant to the Slovenian Consulate in New York during Slovenia’s presidency of the EU council, the European Kunsthalle, the Serpentine Gallery, and the Swiss think tank W.I.R.E. In 2008, he initiated and now directs the AA Winter School Middle East in Dubai. Miessen is also Harvard fellow and a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths, in London.

Last updated on 5 May 2009