Sergei Enwerowitsch Tchoban
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Sergei Enwerowitsch Tchoban

German architect

Sergei Tchoban (Russian: Сергей Чобан, German: Sergej Tschoban; born 9 October 1962 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russo-German architect and artist. He is a managing partner of the architectural firm TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and founder of the Tchoban Foundation, which has been based in the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin since 2013.2

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Born Oct 9, 1962.1

About

Tchoban is member of the Association of German Architects (BDA) and the architectural associations in Hamburg and Berlin.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • 1973 to 1980Leningrad Art School3
  • 1980 to 1986Repin Institute of Arts3

Career

Occupation: artist, draftsperson, architect.6

Known for: Federation Tower.7

Sergei Tchoban's designs were implemented in Berlin including the timber hybrid office ensemble EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, das Holz-Hybrid Bürogebäude Dockyard Berlin, the new development Rosenthaler Strasse 43–45 with the Apple Store Rosenthaler Straße, the TechnoCampus Berlin, the office buildings Greifswalder Strasse 226 and Boxhagener Strasse 80, the Coca-Cola Germany headquarters, the Quartier LP 12 – Mall of Berlin, the Jewish Educational and Cultural Centre Chabad Lubavitch Berlin, the Hotel nhow Berlin, the Museum for Architectural Drawing a number of residential buildings including Living Levels, Ackerstrasse 29, the Koenigstadt-Quartier, Embassy- Living at Koellnischer Park, 3 Hoefe (3 Courtyards) or Schoenegarten as well as revitalisation projects such as Ernst-Reuter-Platz 6, Blissestrasse 5 or the New Kranzler Eck.

Sergei Tchoban is a draughtsman and collector of architectural drawings. With the aim of reviving public interest in the art of architectural drawing, he founded the Tchoban Foundation in 2009, which supports the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, which opened in 2013. In 2020, Tchoban was president of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI), of which he has been a member since 1992. His drawings have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries worldwide and can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Albertina in Vienna, the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba, the Museo della Grafica in Pisa, the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome, the Academy of Arts and the Mies van der Rohe – House in Berlin, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt as well as in numerous private collections.

In 2018 Sergei Tchoban was awarded the European Prize for Architecture by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for his complete works.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sergei Enwerowitsch Tchoban (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornOct 9, 1962, Saint Petersburg8
  • CitizenshipGermany9