François Valentiny

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François JV Valentiny

François Jean Victor Valentiny (* 1953 in Remerschen / Schengen , Luxembourg ) is an architect. Following the family tradition, he first became a carpenter and later began studying architecture at the Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . In 1980 the partnership with Hubert Hermann was established and the architecture office Hermann & Valentiny was founded, based in Luxembourg and Vienna.

Life

François Valentiny was born in 1953 in Remerschen (Schengen) in Luxembourg as one of two sons of a carpenter. At the age of twelve he was sent to a boarding school in Belgium by his parents .

education and profession

After returning from a Belgian boarding school in 1970, he became a carpenter by profession. Later he began to study architecture at the Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (1975/1980).

In 1980 he completed his studies with the title “Magister architecturae” in the master class of Wilhelm Holzbauer at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and received a scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research. He became an assistant at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg . In 1980 he entered into a partnership with Hubert Hermann and the architecture firm Hermann & Valentiny was founded in Luxembourg and Vienna. From 1987 to 1992 he was a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Applied Sciences Trier and 1991 first representative of Luxembourg to the Architecture Biennale in Venice . From 1991 to 1994 he was a member of the design advisory board of the city ​​of Salzburg and from 1997 to 2006 a member of the architecture and city council of the city of Trier and from 2000 to 2005 a member of the advisory board of the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt am Main . In 1997 Hermann & Valentiny et Associés SARL was founded. From 2000 to 2003 he was also a substitute professor at the University of Technology, Economics and Culture in Leipzig , and in 2002 he founded and published the first Luxembourg architecture magazine Adato . From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the administrative committee of the Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie in Luxembourg, of which he was president in 2006/2007. In 2004 and 2006 he was Luxembourg's commissioner for the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Since 2011 he has been Master of Community Planning and Green Architectural Design at the Beijing DeTao Masters Academy (DTMA) in Shanghai ( China ). In the same year he co-founded the festival Musica em in Trancoso - MeT and architect of the amphitheater in the canyon of Trancoso, Bahia ( Brazil ). In 2012 he became a member of the jury for the Belgian steel design award Concours Construction Acier 2012 - Belgium .

The Hermann & Valentiny et Associés SARL was in 2012 Valentiny hvp architects Sarl renamed. 2014 followed by the opening of DeTao Master Francois Valentiny studios in Shanghai and became the VALENTINY Foundation established that the buildings in Remerschen 2016: VALENTINY Foundation opened.

Awards (selection)

Buildings and projects (examples)

  • 1984 Markus tower near Schengen, L
  • 1984–1987 toll booth on the Luxembourg - Trier, L
  • 1984 observation tower in Dudelange, L; 1st Prize
  • 1984 Anhalterbahnhof Berlin, D
  • 1985–1986 Mont St-Jean tower near Dudelange, L
  • 1985 Commercial College, Vienna, A
  • 1985 Redesign of Collart Castle in Bettemburg, L; 1st Prize
  • 1986–1988 Fire Brigade Headquarters, Itzig, L
  • 1988–1989 Tutesall Luxembourg (renovation of the old men's prison), L
  • 1988 Award for the finest steel structure (toll booth on the Luxembourg - * Trier motorway):
  • 1988 CBLIA Staalprijs - Bruxelles, B
  • 1989 Bad Tatzmannsdorf health resort, A
  • 1989 Austrian EXPO pavilion for the Seville Expo '92
  • 1990 Luxembourg pavilion for the EXPO in Seville; 2nd prize
  • 1990 Housing estate on the Kirchberg, Luxemburg, L; 1st Prize
  • 1992 Revitalization and expansion of Mannswörth Palace, Schwechat near Vienna, A
  • 1993–1995 Luxembourg Embassy in Vienna, A; 1st prize, architecture prize of the Fondation l'Architecture * et de l'Ingénierie Luxembourg
  • 1993–1995 residential towers, Halle an der Saale, D
  • 1993–1995 fire station, Schengen, L
  • 1995–1996 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg, L
  • 1996–2000 Senior Citizens' Residence / Hotel “Am Dom”, Cologne, D
  • 1997–2000 conversion of a former bread factory in Vienna, A
  • 1997–2000 senior citizens' residence "An der Große Bleiche" in Mainz, D
  • 1998–2000 New administration building "Materiaux SA" in Luxembourg City, L
  • 1998–2000 New administration building "Ciments SA" in Esch-sur-Alzette, L, "Prize for exemplary * economic architecture in NRW"
  • 1999–2000 ski lift station Lackerhof, A
  • 2000–2001 Rackey Art Gallery in Bad-Honnef, D
  • 2000–2002 New nursing home for the elderly with day-care center, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, L
  • 2001–2007 Extension and renovation of Heisdorf Castle into an old people's and nursing home, L, * Competition: 1st prize
  • 1997–2005 “Biodiversum” visitor center in Remerschen, L
  • 2002–2006 new building “House for Mozart” in Salzburg, A, in collaboration with Wilhelm Holzbauer & * Dieter Irresberger
  • 2003–2004 "Tower of Dreams and Longings", Trier State Garden Show, D
  • 2003–2005 Information Center for the Schengen Agreement in Schengen, L
  • 2004–2005 English decor administration and industrial building in Strebersdorf, A
  • 2004–2006 youth hostel in Remerschen, L
  • 2005 Schwechat-Frauenfeld residential complex in Vienna, A
  • 2005–2007 wellness area Hotel St. Nicolas in Remich, L
  • 2006–2007 conversion of the congress hall in Saarbrücken, D
  • 2006–2007 redesign of the Theater am Ring in Saarlouis, D
  • 2006–2007 New Art Gallery Rackey 2 in Bad-Honnef, D
  • 2006–2009 New marina in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 2006–2009 urban planning study for the development of a boulevard in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 2006–2009 Two Aliyev villas in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 2007–2010 Luxembourg Pavilion Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China, competition: 1st prize
  • 2008–2015 “La Maison du Livre” university library in Esch-Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette, L
  • 2009–2014 nursing home in Schengen, L
  • 2010 New administration building in Saarbrücken, D
  • 2010 Pillar of Nations on the occasion of the 25th annual exploration of the Schengen Agreement in Schengen, L
  • 2010 Promenade in Schengen, L
  • 2010–2014 construction of a new open-air amphitheater «Mozarteum» in Trancoso, Brazil
  • 2010–2014 construction of a floating stage with a cultural center in Insenborn, L
  • 2011 Schengen Park in Beijing, People's Republic of China
  • 2011 Reconstruction and extension of the former sacristy Neunhausen, L
  • 2012 "Koch'haus" in Schengen, L
  • 2012 “Pontoon boat” in Schengen, L

Publications

  • 2006 The history of the Salzburg Festival from 1894 to 2006, Wilhelm Holzbauer & François Valentiny, Jung & Jung, Salzburg
  • 2008 Codes, Hermann & Valentiny and Partners, Birkhäuser, Basel – Boston – Berlin
  • 2010 Luxembourg Expo Pavilion 2010 Shanghai, Hermann & Valentiny and Partners, Jovis, Berlin
  • 2011 François Valentiny "De Tao Master of Community Planning and Green Architectural Design", De Tao Masters series books, China development press, Beijing, China

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Dunford: The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg google books .
  2. ↑ 10542 / AB XXIV.GP - Reply of the Austrian Chancellor to the National Council , April 23, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Valentiny, François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valentiny, François Jean Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourgish architect and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Remerschen , Luxembourg