Octave Perrault
Group XLIV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE
www.aayr.xyz
Born 1988 in Saint-Malo, France
Lives in London, United Kingdom
Education
Sociology & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University, London, United Kingdom
Architecture, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
Work Experience
since 2013
- freelance architect:
- artist assistant (Amalia Ulman, Ed Fornieles, Ana Rajcevic, 18+, …)
- architecture collaborator (DPA, Sam Jacob Studio, Lab-Top Rendering, …)
- set-designer for “The Camus Incident,” shortlisted by the Barbican and Oxford Samuel Becket Theatre Trust
since 2014
- co-founder & active member of åyr
- First Year Studio tutor, Architectural Association
2014 - 2016
- contributing editor at Fulcrum (weekly print publication, with Bedford Press & AA School)
2012
- tutor, Architectural Association Visiting School, with Pascal Schoening and Goswin Schwedinger, Nice, France
2011
- executive producer (archive and copyright research for the documentary “Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend”), Trenhorne Films, London, United Kingdom
2009
- photography and studio assistant, Jonathan Becker, New York, United States
2010
- Marc Forned/TVM, New York, United States
2009
- ecoLogic Studio, London, United Kingdom
2008
- Work PGLF/Tartaglia Partnership, Milan, Italy
Publications & Exhibitions
2015
- contributor to “Architectural Review, Harvard Design Magazine,” (as åyr)
2014
- contributor to “Fulcrum,” Rhizome.org (as åyr)-
2013
- “Digital Sociability,” Fulcrum #74, Bedfors Press, September 2013
2011
- “Tidal Gallery,” Footprint across Fresh Snow, Wimbledon Space, United Kingdom
2010
- “Tidal Gallery,” Takenaka Exhibition, Japan
2009
- “Biological Gateway,“ publication in “Bioluminescent Metropolis,“ BldgBlog.com
Other
2014
- lecturer, Home 2014, with AIRBNB Pavilion, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- guest lecturer “The end of place as we know it,” Strathclyde conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2013
- external critic, Inter13, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- co-writer, Salpa’s Journey – a Road Movie,” official selection Rotterdam Film Festival 2014
2012
- contributor, “IMPORT / EXPORT,” Kassel School of Architecture Floating Pavilion, documenta (13), Kassel, Germany
JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein