Geboren 1983 in K\u00f6ln\/Deutschland.<\/p>\n\n
Kai Franz lebt und arbeitet als K\u00fcnstler und Architekt in Providence, RI \/ USA. Er studierte Architektur an der RWTH Aachen (Vordiplom 2006), sowie der ETH Z\u00fcrich\/Schweiz (BSc EHTZ, 2008). W\u00e4hrend seines Architekturstudiums began Franz sich intensiv mit den Computerwissenschaften auseinanderzusetzen und erforschte die Integration der Informatik in den architektonischen Entwurfsprozess.<\/p>\n\n
2007 war er als wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl f\u00fcr Informationsarchitektur der ETH Z\u00fcrich t\u00e4tig. 2008 arbeitete er f\u00fcr das Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) erst in Rotterdam, sp\u00e4ter in New York.<\/p>\n\n
2009 erhielt Kai Franz ein Fulbright-Stipendium zum Studium der bildenden K\u00fcnste an der Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, USA. 2011 gewann er das KPF Traveling Fellowship. 2012 schloss er sein Studium an der Princeton University (Master of Architecture) mit Auszeichnung ab.<\/p>\n\n
Seit 2007 unterrichtete Kai Franz im Bereich der bildenden K\u00fcnste sowie der Architektur an den Hochschulen ETH Z\u00fcrich, McGill University in Montr\u00e9al\/Kanada, der Rhode Island School of Design und an der Princeton University. Heute ist er Professor am Department Foundation Studies an der Rhode Island School of Design.<\/p>\n\n
Seine Arbeiten wurden in zahlreichen Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in den USA sowie in Deutschland gezeigt. Zu Franz\u2019s j\u00fcngsten Projekten geh\u00f6ren: Plopper<\/em> (Dual-Axis Precision Deposition System), ausgestellt im RISD Museum w\u00e4hrend der Faculty Biennial 2013; Pixilerations v.9<\/em> (2012). Im September 2014 wird die Edition Solitude einen Werkkatalog der Arbeiten von Kai Franz publizieren. Dieser wird im Rahmen einer Einzelausstellung an der Akademie Schloss Solitude ver\u00f6ffentlicht werden.<\/p>","person_txt_short":"Kai Franz lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island and Berlin, Germany. He has studied architecture in Aachen\/Germany, Zurich\/Switzerland, and fine arts at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 2012, he graduated with honors from the Masters program in architecture at Princeton University. Today he is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Experimental and Foundation Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Germany and in the U.S.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.kaifranz.de\/","person_img":9279,"person_website":"","person_links":null,"person_year":[98,99,100],"person_residencies":[{"person_stay_from":"20131201","person_stay_to":"20140731"}],"person_residency_sort_stay_from":null,"person_residency_sort_stay_to":null,"person_practice_field":[12],"person_program":[346],"person_locations":[{"person_city":"Providence","person_country":"USA"}],"person_country":"","related_posts_event":[7500,7516,7522,18715,18731,18737],"related_posts_news":[7500,7516,7522],"related_posts_post":[15038,10148,26081,26089],"related_posts_schlosspost":null,"person_fellow_juror_relation":[6657]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6657"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10148"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18737"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18731"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/18715"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7522"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7516"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7500"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"program","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/346"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"practice_field","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_field\/12"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"year_generation","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year_generation\/100"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"year_generation","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year_generation\/99"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"year_generation","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year_generation\/98"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"person_type","href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_type\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"person_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_type?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"practice_field","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_field?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"year_generation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year_generation?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}