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 and Design, working with local and international studios since 2010.
In 2015, he founded the Designing VOID studio, with various projects Architecture and Graphic Design, mainly in the USA, Latin America and Western Europe
In 2014, he co-founded Destil Creative Hub, a collaborative and co-living space, organizer of various cultural and artistic events, where he is engaged in the creation of exhibitions, workshops, conferences and concerts, contributing to the growth of the artistic scene in Tirana.
Since 2013, he has been engaged in teaching at POLIS University in different subjects in the field of Architecture & Design, with a focus on Design Theory.

ACTIVITIES / PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS
▪ When a River Flows Observatory of the Mediterranean Basin (2018)
▪ Social Condenser as a Design Tool – Msc. Research (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)

Exhibition
▪ 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)