risd connection: Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture; at RISD since 2006

about his work: A registered architect in Europe, Berger maintains an innovative practice with a focus on designing space where traditional boundaries between the inside and the outside (insider/outsider) are broken down and transformed, drawing nature, art and spirituality back into spatial design.

road to risd: Berger’s experiences working largely in Europe and South Asia shaped his environmental and conceptual approaches to design. After completing his studies in Vienna, he worked as a designer in New Delhi, India and New York. He also taught at an art and architecture school in Karachi, Pakistan, where he collaborated and exhibited as an artist. Berger then became a project architect and designer for UNSTUDIO in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he worked on several international and public projects over the course of six years before moving to the US to teach at RISD full-time.

specific interests
sensuous space in a conscious environment
nature as designer (bionik + biomimesis)
passive solar design
relationships between science, nature, art and architecture

courses taught
Advanced Design Studio: Bionik Studio
Introductory Design Studio
Degree project Studio
Degree project preparation seminar
Solar Design Seminar
London and India (Wintersession travel course)

education
Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, Diplomingenieur Architektur, 1997
Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Cand. Arch, 1992