Alexander Smaga
MSc. Dipl.-Ing. Arch. RIBA ARB
Alexander Smaga is the Founding Director of AS Architects and Chartered Member of the Institute of British Architects. Alexander lives and works in London, Vienna and in Krakow. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He has studied architecture at the University of Technology in Vienna with Professor William Alsop and has obtained his Masters Diploma with excellence. He also studied at the Ècole de l’ Architecture de Versailles, France. Postgraduate master studies and diploma with Head Professor Wolf Prix and Hernan Diay Alonso helped him to deepen his understanding of design and obtain further architectural generative digital design skills. More than 15 years of practice and numerous studytrips to America, Asia and the Middle East broadened his vision of architecture, different cultures, living rituals in a changing world driven by digital technology and affected by climate change shaped his mind with regards to the responsibility of the architect of meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
Professional Experience
Internships: Coop Himmelb(l)au and L’AUC in Paris.
Alexander Smaga has worked as a project architect with Berger Parkkinen, Baumschlager Eberle, Chalabi architects on various high profile projects before he set up his own studio in Vienna 2012 and in Krakow 2015. His studio provides all kind of architectural services from site consultancy over design to implementation.
In 2013 he won the International competition for Polish WWII Resistance Memorial at the foot of the Royal castle in Krakow a project he is very dedicated to because of his Polish origins and family who fought in the Second World War.
In 2015 his competition project for the MOSF Museum of Science Fiction in Washington DC was selected among the finalist projects of the competition and obtained the People’s Choice Award.
Ribbon of Memory Foundation
He is chairman President of the Ribbon of Memory Foundation founded in 2016. The Foundation promotes free arts, history and the memory of the forgotten heroes of WWII. It organizes events and features and supports music, sculpture, art exhibitions and publications.
Competitions
2024 London Design Festival – Reimagine London’s Highrise Spaces Shortlisted Finalist
2022 Shortlisted Winner Award International Bridge Competition in Jiaxing, China
2020 Vienna Creatives Award
2018 Winner of the International Competition for a PAF -RAF Allied Air Force Memorial in Plumetot, Normandy, France
2016 Lamborghini Road Sculpture, Italy
2015 Competition Finalist People’s Choice Award Museum of Science Fiction in Washington DC, USA
2013 Winner of the competition for Poland’s WWII Resistance Memorial at the foot of the Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland – Riverside Intervention
2012 Pylon Design Competition for the British National Energy Grid, shortlist
2011 Roeben Company price for sculptural beauty in Brick Design