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Dr Johan Granberg
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dr johan granberg

Principal Investigator , Anthro-Tech Atelier

Associate Professor, Interior Design, VCUarts Qatar

Dr. Johan Granberg Johan has been engaged with the discipline of design since 1987: as an engineer, an architect, an educator, and a curator. He holds a Masters of Architecture from Chalmers School of Architecture in Gothenburg.

Johan’s architectural practice has sought and executed a number of projects ranging from furniture design, exhibit design and graphic design to architecture and urban design. In addition to Johan’s built work, he has been exhibited internationally, received recognition for his participation in international competitions and is a frequent lecturer and critic at design schools and conferences worldwide.

 He is currently completing a PhD at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Johan has held the Hyde Chair of Excellence in Architecture at University of Nebraska (2005-06) and was awarded the Rome Prize at the Swedish Institute of Rome (2006-07). In Spring 2005, he was invited by the foreign ministry of Finland to curate and design the Finish-Swedish design exhibition “Transformation” and in 2008 he curated the international design conference “On-Bamboo 08” in Lae, Papua New Guinea.

Projects

  • Anthro-Tech Atelier United Geekdom
  • Anthro-Tech Atelier The Bamboo Dialogues

Output

  • Anthro-Tech Discussions: Doha, Amsterdam and Sydney
  • Films as a Pedagogical Tool in Sociology and Interior with SOCIOPOINT
  • Contemporary Bamboo Practices with University of São Paulo
  • Living in the Above - Tavares Bastos Favela at VCU Richmond
  • The Bamboo Dialogues with Foundation Arquia Madrid
  • “A Flying Bamboo Car?” at the National Museum of Qatar
  • University of Surrey Bamboo Day, UK
  • Milano Arch Week in Triennale Milano
  • Genova BeDesign Week in Italy
  • Bamboo: AMPS Urban Futures - Cultural Pasts in Barcelona
  • Bamboo: The Tradition of the Future x Barcelona Design Week
  • The Bamboo Dialogues: International Presentations
  • Medical and Health Humanities: Global Perspectives conference, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
  • Medical and Health Humanities: Global Perspectives Conference
  • AMPS Proceedings Series Barcelona
  • Anatolia International Film Festival in Istanbul
  • United Geekdom x Doha Film Institute
  • 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in Venice
  • London Design Biennale 2025

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