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Sergei Tchoban (Russian: Сергей Энвероаичь Чобан transliterated: Sergej Ėnverovič Čoban. Russian pronunciation: ser´gei/ t͡ɕòban, born October 9th 1962 is a Russian-born, German architect.
Biography
Sergei Tchoban was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), where from 1974 till 1980 he attended the Leningrad Secondary Art School and in 1986 received his degree in Architecture at the Imperial Academy of Arts, formerly known as the Ilya Repin Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts in Leningrad.
Career
Tchoban began his career as a freelance architect in Saint Petersburg. In the early 90s he received an invitation from the Association of German Architects Association of German Architects (BDA) followed by an employment at Nietz, Prasch, Sigl Architekten, later nps & Partner and moved to Hamburg, Germany. After their successful collaboration, he joined the partnership and became head of the office in Berlin in 1995.
In 2006 he co-founded the architectural office SPEECH in Moscow, Russia, with projects in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and in other CIS countries. In 2009 he established the Tchoban Foundation – Museum for Architectural Drawing, which opened its doors to the public in June 2013. The Museum now owns Tchoban´s private collection of architectural drawings comprising works by architects from the 17th till the 21st century. The main focus of the museum is to share and promote the classical training in draftsmanship.
Tchoban is best known for designing the Federation Complex in MIBC, in Moscow, Russia, designed together with Professor Peter P. Schweger, the nhow Hotel featuring a professional sound studio in a big cantilevered box and the DomAquarèe complex with a huge aquarium in the hotel lobby in Berlin, Germany. At the 12th and 13th Venice Biennale of Architecture Tchoban curated the exhibition at the Russian Pavilion.
Selected Projects:
Tchoban Foundation Museum, Berlin, Germany: http://www.tchoban-foundation.de/
DomAquarée, Berlin, Germany: http://www.domaquaree.de/en/
Nhow Hotel, Berlin, Germany: http://www.nhow-hotels.com/berlin/
Russian Pavilion at the XII Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy: http://treelev.com/vbrp/
Awards:
Best of Best Award of the „Iconic Awards 2013“ by the German Design Council, Frankfurt am Main, for the Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin
Immobilien Award Berlin 2011 for Music- und Lifestyle-Hotel nhow, Berlin
International Architecture Award 2011 by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design for Hamburger Hof, Berlin
Ivan-Bazhenov-Medal 2011 by the Federation of Architects of Russia
The International Architecture Award 2010 by Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design for the Cultural Center and Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch, Berlin
FIABCI Prix d’excellence 2009 for Federation Complex, Moscow
Multiple Awards of Excellence, Architecture in Perspective by American Society of Architectural Illustrators for architectural drawings (1992-1999, 2001, 2004, 2006-2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Exhibitions:
Moscow Berlin at Aedes, Berlin: http://www.aedes-arc.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=det_aedes_ausstellung_artikel_2000&id=365833
Venice Biennale 2010 and 2012: Russian Pavilion: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/venice-biennale-2012-russian-pavilion/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijfo0_jq5Dk
