Renis Batalli

MSc.

Renis Batalli

Departament: 
Architecture and Engineering
Contact: 
renis_batalli@universitetipolis.edu.al

EDUCATION

MSc. Applied Design – Faculty of Architecture & Design, POLIS University, 2017
MSc. Architecture & Urban Design – Faculty of Architecture & Design, POLIS University, 2013

EXPERIENCE

  • Founder, Architect & Designer of Designing VOID Architecture and Design studio – 2015 – ongoing
  • Co-founder of Destil Creative Hub – 2014- ongoing
  • Lecturer at Polis University, Department of Architecture & Design – 2013 – ongoing
  • Artistic Director of Power of Knowledge -2018
  • Architect at Metropolis & Innovation Factory – 2013
  • Architect at [space] architecture & planning – 2010

AREAS OF INTEREST / SUBJECTS

Renis’ expertise is in the field of Architecture & Design, working with local and international studios since 2010.
In 2015 he founded his own studio Designing VOID, working mainly in the USA, Latin America & Western Europe on various Architecture & Graphic Design projects.
In 2014 he co-Founded Destil Creative Hub, a co-working, co-living space and host of cultural and artistic events, where he was involved in the organization of several exhibitions, workshops, conferences & concerts, contributing in the growth of the artistic scene in Tirana.
Since 2013 he has been teaching in POLIS University various Architecture & Design classes with a focus in Theory of Design

ACTIVITIES / PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS
▪ When a River Flows Observatory of the Mediterranean Basin (2018)
▪ Social Condenser as a Design Tool – Msc. Resrarch (2017)
▪ A10 Magazine: Reactivate Albania (2015)
▪ Archiprix: Flexibility as a Social Condenser (2015)
▪ EMSCR Vienna: Complexity as Self-Regulation (with Ledian Bregasi) (2014)
▪ Flexibility as a Social Condenser – MSc. Research (2013)
▪ Tirana: Im land der Skipetaren TU Vienna ISSN 978-3-900669-13-3 (2011)

CONFERENCES
▪ Creative Mornings: Symmetry 2019 (Tirana)
▪ Pecha Kuccha Tirana 2015 (Tirana)
▪ Unfinished Venice: Venice Biennale of Architecture 2014 (Venice)
▪ Architalks (Tirana Architecture Weeks 2014) (Tirana)

EXHIBITIONS
▪ Urban Villa: Architecture Studio 2 : with Ledian Bregasi
at POLIS University (2014)
▪ Lighting Design: Interior Design Architecture & Applied Design:
with Endrit Marku & Joana Dhiamandi at MAD Gallery (2015)
▪ Urban Sketchers: De Stijl inspired sketches:
with Agron Mesi & Anduena Dragovi at Destil Creative Hub (2015)
▪ Graphic Art: works of the students of Luigj Gurakuqi Art University in Shkodra
with Xheneta Kadillari at Destil Creative Hub (2016)
▪ Advanced Geometry & Digital Prototyping: projects of Architecture students of Polis Universty (AL) and Lawrence Tech (USA) at POLIS University (2018)
▪ Inwards Photo exhibition: works of Dorela Lazaj at Destil Creative Hub (2019)
▪ Urban Anomalies at Tulla Culture Center (2023)