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BIG seeks Russian-speaking Project Leader for Kazakhstan Presidential Library

By Sebastian J — Filed under: News , ,
 

Astana

BIG is looking for a Project Leader to head up the BIG team responsible for developing the new Presidential Library in Astana, Kazakhstan, which we previoulsy featured in ArchDaily and got many comments from our readers.

The new library, named after the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, encompasses an estimated 33.000m2. Being one of the future cornerstones of Kazakh nation-building, and a leading institution that will represent the Kazakh national identity, the library goes beyond a mere architectural challenge.

The new Presidential Library in Astana, Kazakhstan’s new capital since 1997, shall not only accumulate history but also provide a foundation for new futures. It will serve as an intellectual, multifunctional and cultural center with the primary goal to reflect the establishment and development of Kazakhstan, its political history, and the Head of the State’s activities and roles in the development of the country.

Requirements after the break.

Duties will include:

· Reporting to the Partner-in-charge of design: Thomas Christoffersen
· Project leader for BIG’s project team
· Project leader for both engineer (Rambøll) and the local architect
· Relocating to Copenhagen, Denmark
· Time will be divided between Astana, Kazakhstan and Copenhagen, Denmark over the next 8-10 months

Essential skills:

· Fluent in English, spoken and written
· Fluent in Russian, spoken and written
· Detailing skills (portfolio)
· Description skills (SNIP standard)
· Requirement: AutoCAD
· Preferred: Revit and/or Rhino

Experience:

· minimum 10 years of experience as an Architect
· minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Leader
· experience as a Project Leader on an international culture project
· experience from a leading international architecture bureau

Please send your CV and portfolio as PDF (no larger then 5MB) and a minimum of two letters of recommendation to astana@BIG.dk before 25th of October 2009 and tell them you read about it in ArchDaily!

 

5 comments »

DiaphanousAbyss says:

Gotta learn Russian QUICK!

 
# October 13, 2009 at 14:01
Hunter says:

love the formal gesture of the project but hate the diagram that generated it. i’m faily to see why or even how the arch de triumph, the rotunda, and the library at Alexandria has any bearing on the form of this project and the section makes it quite evident that this was a bad idea for a library regardless of how spatially interesting it may be

 
# October 13, 2009 at 14:53
Mark X says:

Oh, now we can look for office staff here!
What a pity the client of this project is.

 
# October 14, 2009 at 03:24

I’m fluent in Russian, but lack expierence in practice for 10 yeaRS yet ))))

 
# October 14, 2009 at 08:01
emre says:

why russian in kazakhstan?
there is language called “kazakh tili”

 
# October 14, 2009 at 13:15

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