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Markus Miessen (1978) is an architect, researcher and writer. He studied architecture at Glasgow School of Art and the Architectural Association from which he graduated with Honours in 2004. After having supported General Public Agency, he now acts as a spatial advisor to the European Kunsthalle. In 2002, he set up Studio Miessen, a platform for spatial strategy and cultural analysis. Most recently, he has been an Editorial Consultant at Volume magazine, Editor of Build magazine, author of Spaces of Uncertainty (with Cupers, 2002) and is initiating a large-scale research project with the Serpentine Gallery London. After having received an M.Res degree from the London Consortium, he is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths and teaches at the Architectural Association.


Shumon Basar (1974) is a writer, editor, curator and educator. He studied architecture at Cambridge University (1993–6) and the Architectural Association (1998–2000). Having worked for Zaha Hadid (1996–9), he co-founded the cross-disciplinary publishing event, Sexymachinery; and the curatorial/design collective Newbetter. He is an editor at Tank magazine, and writes for Art Review, Domus, Blueprint, Modern Painters and Log. He teaches at the Architectural Association and the Royal College of Art, and is a Ph.D. candidate at the recently established Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths.



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