Sigi Atteneder was born in Freistadt, Austria in 1971, he currently lives and workes in Linz, Austria. He holds a degree in Architecture (mag.arch.) from the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, where he now is affiliated researcher. He is also teaching Architecture at the EUREGIO Foto College in Austria.
In his first career Atteneder was trained as a builder and worked in the building sector for 14 years. During his studies he spent one semester at the University of Hong Kong, he also worked for several architectural firms in Austria on a freelance basis. In 2007 freelance work at Shigeru Ban Architects in Tokyo followed. In 2004/05 he led the internationally honored “living tebogo – building in a township” project in Johannesburgh, Shouth Africa.
A number of projects across the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning and Arts have been developed during the last decade. His recent thesis-project was about the East Mediterranean and gives an insight into the region as well as an outlook towards the future. With the related “Hummus 2050 – East Mediterranean City Belt” he could win MITs “just jerusalem – jerusalem 2050” competition (together with Lorenz Potocnik) and worked as a research fellow at the MIT in 2008.
Atteneder is awarded several prices and scholarships and successfully participated in numerous competitions. His current work is related to the Middle East and especially the so called “Levant” and its potentials for a thriving and peaceful interconnected region.
