World famous architect Rem Koolhaas in Belgrade

Rem Koolhaas

Belgrade, Nov 27, 2003 - One of the world's leading architects, Rem Koolhaas, will present his latest achievements to the Belgrade audience on Nov 28 and 29. In an effort to explore the relation between architecture and identity, he will conduct a workshop entitled "Serbia's New Identity" in which many local artists, architects, theoreticians, sociologists, anthropologists, and marketing experts will take part. They will discuss issues important to the question of Serbia's positioning in the international political and economic context.

Other internationally recognised experts will also take part in the one-year project, which will include public debates, exhibitions and a publication with suggestions on how to promote cultural, national and economic strategy in Serbia.

The results of the workshop will be forwarded to Koolhaas and will also be published by Mikser Books/Yustat. The publication will also include all of the events, interviews, lectures, photographs relating to Koolhaas' stay in Belgrade, the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Media stated.

Koolhaas is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2000. The Dutch architect also won the prestigious 2003 Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award granted by the Japan Art Association. Koolhaas heads the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and New York. He conducts lectures at the University of Harvard, reads the statement.