Curriculum Vitae

Boris Brorman Jensen 

Architect, MAA

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Institute for Urbanism and Landscape,

Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark

 

Education

Aalborg University - Institute for Urban Design

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. December 2004 

Dissertation title: “The City Rediscovered – Tracing Contemporary Urbanism”

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA

Cand. Arch, MAA (professional degree). February 1997

State University of New York in Buffalo, SUNY

Graduate studies in Architecture. 1992 - 1993 

  

Academic Experience

Visiting Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge. Spring 2010

Associate Professor in Urbanism and Urban Design

Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA. May 2007 – present

Lecturer and Instructor, Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA. 2006 - 2007

Visiting Scholar Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney, Australia. Fall 2005  

Assistant Professor in Urbanism and Urban Design Institute of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University. 2003 – 2005

Doctoral Candidate in Urbanism and Urban Design, Institute of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University. 2000 – 2003

Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Urbanism, AHO, Oslo. Fall 2000

Teaching Assistant, Aarhus School of Architecture, AAA. 1997 – 2000

 

Guest Lecturer and Critic

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge. Spring 2009

Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow. Spring 2009

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge. Spring 2007 

Faculty of Architecture KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. 2006 - present

Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney, Australia. Fall 2005

The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway. 2003 - present

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. 2003

The Royal Academy’s School of Architecture, Copenhagen. 2003 - present 

Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Spring 2002

Delft School of Architecture, Holland. 2000

Aarhus Art Academy, Denmark. 1999 

  

Publications

Globalisation, Urban Design and Mobility:

• ”Tour de Force 2001”, in Harlang, Christoffer; Kristensen, Peter Thule; Müller, Anna (eds.): Arkitektursyn: Danske arkitekturmanifester 1901-2008. København : Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Inst. 1, 2009, pp. 275-296.                                

• ”Astana – Steppens Dubai”, Arkitekten, nr. 15, 2008, pp. 36 - 43.

• ”Case Study Dubai – Or Learning from Junk Space Deluxe”, in Verb Crisis, no. 6, Actar, Barcelona 2008, pp. 20 - 37.

 • Dubai - Dynamics of Bingo Urbanism, The Architectural Publisher B, Copenhagen 2007, (160 pages). 

• ”Fun Shopping: On Architecture and Consumer Culture” in, Marling, Gitte & Zerlang, Martin (eds.): Fun City, The Danish Architectural Press 2007, pp. 175 – 194.

• ”Turisme, arkitektur og det spektakulære samfund”, in Arkitekten,  no. 13, 2006, pp. 37 - 43.

• ”Learning from Canberra”, in Arkitekten  no. 01, January 2006. 

• “Case Study Sukhumvit Line – or learning from Bangkok” in Albertsen, Hemmersam and Nielsen (eds.): URBAN MUTATIONS - Periodization, Scales and Mobilities, Arkitektskolens Forlag 2004, pp. 184 – 218. 

• ”Junkspace De Luxe”, in Arkitekten, no. 15, 2003, pp. 2 - 11. 

• ”Fortællinger om den moderne asiatiske storby” in Arkitekten  no. 26, 2002, pp. 24 -29. 

• ”Transurbanisme”, in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2002, pp. 2 – 3. 

• ”Tour de force”, in Arkitekten, no. 15, 2001, pp. 2 – 9.

 

Architectural Theory and Methodology: 

• “Mod en kritisk pragmatisme/Toward a Critical Pragmatism”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 06, 2009, pp. 2 – 7.

• ”Astana on My Mind”, i Gadanho, Pedro (ed.): Beyond – Scenarios and Speculations, nr. 01, 2009, pp. 62 – 71.    

• ”BIG’s Ørestad-Trilogie VM-Häuser, «Mountain», «Big House» – drei Wohnbauten von Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)”, in Werk, Bauen und Wohnen, no. 10, 2008, pp 30 - 37.

• ”Mulitkulturalisme og arven efter High-Tech – interview med David Adjaye”, Arkitekten, no. 07, 2008, pp. 37 - 47. 

• ”Behind the scenes at Effekt”, in Arkitektur DK, no.05, 2006, pp. 324 – 331. 

• ”Dunska architektura dzis” /(Den danske arkitekturscene lige nu), in Architectura Murator, no. 06, 2006, pp. 6 – 10. 

• “Ænder i landskabet/Ducks in the landscape”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 03, 2006, pp. 168 – 173. 

• ”Metopos har en mission”, Interview in ARKFOKUS, no. 02, 2006, pp. 10 - 11. 

• ”Konsumkultur”, in Arkitekten, no.11, 2005, pp. 9 – 15. 

• ”Honesty inverted /Ærlighed på hovedet”, in Arkitektur DK, no. 6, 2003, pp. 366 – 385. 

• ”Pragmatisme – interview with Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown” in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2004, pp. 15 -19. 

• ”Frisk konservatisme – interview with Roemer van Toorn” in Arkitekten, no. 02, 2004, pp. 20 - 25. 

• ”Bynære landsskabspotentialer – problemformulering”, in H. Welling et al. (eds.): Bolig og byforskning – metoder og processer, in Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole Institut for Planlægning 2004, pp. 50 – 57. 

• ”MonoLab”, in Arkitekten no. 02, 2002, pp. 6 – 9. 

• Byen som mall - mall’en som by”, (with Hemmersam & Nielsen) in Arkitekten no. 13, 2000, pp. 26 - 28.

 

Reviews:

• ”Hvad er Archicomic?”, Arkitekten no. 04, 2009, pp. 18 - 19.

• ”Mod et nyt paradigme?”, Arkitekten no. 15, 2007, pp. 3. 

• ”Er risikosamfundets arkitektur i fare?”, Arkitekten no. 13, 2007, pp. 28 - 29. 

• ”Sanseerfaring, kunstfilosofi og hverdagsæstetik”, Arkitekten no. 03, 2007, pp. 34 - 35. 

• ”Globale Kort”, in Arkitekten no. 12, 2006, pp. 74 - 75. 

• ”Med skriften som prisme”, review of Rasmus Rune Nielsens ’Rem Koolhaas – Learning from Manhattan’, in Nordisk Arkitekturforskning, no. 3, 2004, pp. 91-92. 

• ”Industrifascination”, in Arkitekten no. 20, 2002, p. 45.

 

Exhibitions Texts and other Texts on Physical Display:

• Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution, Exhibition Catalog, Ingels, Bjarke; Brorman Jensen, Boris; Ginsberg, Elisabeth; Pahhota, Darja ; Zahle, David; Johansson, Hanna; Pedersen, Andreas; Bergman, Kai-Uwe (eds), København: BIG Aps, 2009. 397 pp.

• ”City Wall Xian”, in Valeur, Henrik (ed.) (2006): CO- EVOLUTION – Danish/Chinese, Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China, DAC, The Danish Architecture Centre, 2006 pp. 149 – 173. (with TRANSFORM). 

• Shopping City, exhibition on the interaction between architecture and art in the city, at Architectural Gallery BOX 2.0 December – January 2005, in Johannesen, Gitte et al. (eds.) (2005): Box 2.0 – Kunst og arkitektur i samarbejde, Arkitekturforlaget B. p. 46 – 56. (with TRANSFORM) 

• ”Bangkok Songline”, in Imagecity: Formal and Informal Networks, exhibition catalogue, the Royal Academy’s School of Architecture, Copenhagen, August 2003. (No pagination)

• ”TRANSFORM, H-City - Urban Landscapes of Communications and Exchange”, in Chen, Si & Douglas, Tong Hsu (eds.): FEIDAD, Publisher, Taipei 2001., pp. 213-215. (with TRANSFORM)

• ”Aarhus - Las Vegas”, in Hemmersam, Jensen & Nielsen: ] Aarhus – Las Vegas[, exhibition catalogue for Architectural Gallery Gammeldok 2000. (31 pages)

• ”Transform” in exhibition catalogue for “International Competition of Ideas - Citta - terzo millenium”, la Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio, Venice 2000, pp. 376 – 379. (with TRANSFORM). 

• ”Liquid Edge” in exhibition catalogue for the Architectural Triennale in Oslo Sept. 2000, pp. 102-107. (with TRANSFORM).

• ”Med infrastrukturen som omdrejningspunkt”, in exhibition catalogue for ’Efterårsudstillingen’ Charlottenborg 1999, (with TRANSFORM)

 

Professional Experience

Affiliated Researcher at Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG Copenhagen. 2008 – present

Partner of Architectural Office “TRANSFORM”. 1997 – 2005

Freelance consultant at Architectural Office “Bæk, Simonsen & Aaris”.1997 - 2000 

Part-timer at Architectural Office “JWH Architects”. 1997 - 1998                  

                

Architectural Competitions 

3. price, “Conference and Congress Centre in Madrid”, May 07 /Arkitema

2. price, ”Performing Arts Center” Kristiansand, feb. 2005 /TRANSFORM

Honourable mentioning, ”Byområde i Lisbjerg” 2003 /TRANSFORM 

3. price, ”Prags Boulevard” 2002 /TRANSFORM

Honourable mentioning: ”Hyperblock” Lelystad, Europan 6 2001. /TRANSFORM

”Århus havn”, idekonkurrence 1999 /TRANSFORM/exfolio

”Byens fremtid” Prisopgave Statens Kunstfond 1999 /TRANSFORM

”Rådhus med hovedbibliotek og flerkinoanlæg i Tromsø” 1999 /TRANSFORM

4. price, ”Idekonkurrence om et boligområde i Sorø” 1999 /TRANSFORM

”Fremtidens daginstitutioner” 1997 /TRANSFORM

”Parcelhuset som arkitektur” 1998 /Nygaard & Dombernowsky

Honourable mentioning, ”Fleksible boliger” 1998 / JWH Architects

2. price, ”Århus Stadion” 1997 / JWH Architects

2. price, ”Boligområde ved Bjørnemosevej, Odense” 1997 /JWH Architects 

 

Exhibitions

• CO- EVOLUTION – Danish/Chinese, Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China,10^th Biennale di Venezia. (with TRANSFORM) 

• “City Syd – flugtveje til byen”, Architectural Gallery Box 2.0, 2005, (with TRANSFORM and Peter Holst Henckel)

• “Imagecity: Formal and Informal Networks”, Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen, August 2003

• “Liqued Edge” at Architectural Triennial in Oslo sept. 2000. (with TRANSFORM/Space Group).

• ”Models of Resistance”, Galleri Overgaden, 2000 (with TRANSFORM).

• ”Rummets Udspænding - Byens Udstrækning”, AAA exhibition 2000 (with TRANSFORM)

• ]Aarhus – Las Vegas[ - Architectural Gallery, Danish Architectural Centre 2000, (with Hemmersam & Nielsen).

• “Imagining the H-City” at  the Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1999 (with TRANSFORM).

 

Juries

Parallelopdrag for Gellerup, Aarhus Municipality. 2008

Architectural Design Ideas Competition, Károlyi István Town Center, Budapest. 2008 

CityXport, student competition, AAA. 2006

Latvia’s Architectural Association – “Annual Award 2004”.

 

Honorary office

Board member of the Mayors Think-Tank on Infrastructure and Urban Development,

Aarhus Municipality, DK. 2007 - 2009

Board member of the Association of Danish Architects. 2004 - 2007

Board member of the council for Aalborg Municipality’s Architectural Forum. 2004 - 2006

Member of the editorial board of “Arkitekten” magazine. 2003 - present

SBS & ‘Byplanlaboratoriets Forstadspanel’. 2003 - 2005