Zamp Kelp Vita
1941
born in Bistritz Transsylvania
1959
general qualification for university entrance
1967
Diploma Architecture Technische Universität, Vienna, founding member of Haus-Rucker-Co in Vienna, team of Architects and Artists
1967-69
Assistent Professor to Prof., Dr., Karl Schwanzer, Institute for Design and Building Studies, Technical University Vienna
1970
Transfer to Düsseldorf, Germany; Member of the Architectural Association, Nordrhein Westphalen
1971-72
installation of Haus-Rucker-Co New York, together with Klaus Pinter
1972
participation documenta 5, Kassel
1977
participation documenta 6, Kassel
1979
Awarded Kunstpreis Berlin (Fine Arts Award)
1980
Birth of Christoph FF Kelp
1980-82
Visiting Professor at Cornell University and at the Design Department, Hochschule der Künste Berlin
1987
Member oft he Architectural Association Berlin
1988
Visiting Professor at the Städelsche Kunstschule, Division of Architecture, University Professor at Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Department of Architecture
1993
Head of Building Design, Space Design and Communications Technology, Head of Laboratory for Computer Aided Design, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
1995
Awarded Gustav Meier Preis by the City of Berlin
1996
Visiting Professor Technische Universität Wien
1997
Award Deutscher Architekturpreis Beton
1998
Member of the Institut für Metropole Architektur Design UDK, Berlin
2001
Member at the Advisory Board of Town Design in Linz, Austria
2002
Head of Architecture at the International Summer Academy, Salzburg
2004
Visiting Professor at Bauhaus University, Weimar, Chair of Prof. Karl-Heinz Schmitz
2006
Chairman at the Advisory Board of Town Design in Linz, Austria
2009
Final Lecture at the Universität der Künste, Berlin with the headline „In Search of the Vibrating Nerve of our Times“, together with Dr. Phil. Christoph Kelp, Catholic University Leuwen
2014
Curator of the exhibition „Haus-Rucker-Co: Architekturutopie Reloaded“ in cooperation with Dr. Katja Blomberg and Dr. Ludwig Engel
2017
Presentation of Archive Zamp Kelp at Gallery Hall in Linz, Austria
Haus-Rucker-Co Vita
1967
Founding of Haus-Rucker-Co by
Laurids Ortner, Günter Zamp Kelp and Klaus Pinter in Vienna, Austria
1970
Opening of Studios in Düsseldorf Germany and New York City USA
1971
Manfred Ortner becomes a member of Haus-Rucker-Co, Düsseldorf
1973
Independent studios by Haus-Rucker-CO in Düsseldorf with Laurids Ortner, Günter Zamp Kelp and Manfred Ortner and Haus-Rucker-Inc. in New York with Klaus Pinter and Carol Michels.
1977
Haus-Rucker-Inc. finishes exsistence. Start of independent activities by Klaus Pinter as artist and Carol Michels as writer.
1987
Opening up of independent Studios by Günter Zamp Kelp and Laurids and Manfred Ortner in Düsseldorf
1992
Break up of Haus-Rucker-Co, Düsseldorf on the occasion of the exhibition about Haus-Rucker-Co at Kunsthalle Vienna
Major projects and Realisations:
1965
Architekturtrainer, Project for a school of architecture
1967
Pneumacosm, air supported living unit for 10 to 15 users
1972
Oasis Nr. 7 in Haus-Rucker-Co realised at documenta 5, Kassel
1977
Rahmenbau (Big Frame) in Haus-Rucker-Co realised at documenta 6
1993-96
Neanderthal Museum, Düsseldorf Mettmann;
Blueprint planning: Günter Zamp Kelp and Julius Krauss/Arno Brandlhuber, detailed Planning: Office Zamp Kelp, Düsseldorf
2001-06
House in Front of the Wind, office building with one integrated carport on each level, realised at Rhine Harbour Düsseldorf
2004-08
Kunsthalle Mainz, realised by Zamp Kelp neo.studio,
Rhine Harbour Mainz