從 AA 激進前衛思潮到 OMA 的精神舵手：傳奇建築教育家 Elia Zenghelis 辭世，享壽 89 歲
從 AA 激進前衛思潮到 OMA 的精神舵手：傳奇建築教育家 Elia Zenghelis 辭世，享壽 89 歲
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希臘著名建築師、大都會建築事務所（Office for Metropolitan Architecture，簡稱 OMA）聯合創辦人，亦是 20 世紀下半葉最具深遠影響力的建築教育家之一埃利亞·曾格利斯（Elia Zenghelis），於 2026 年 8 月 30 日辭世，享壽 89 歲。
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他的離世象徵著一個激進前衛建築時代的落幕；數十年來，他透過在歐洲與美國各頂尖學府的教學與論述，塑造了數代當代建築師的思維框架。
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曾格利斯 1937 年出生於雅典，1961 年自倫敦建築聯盟學院（AA）畢業後，於 1963 年展開其傳奇的教學生涯，並將 AA 打造成激進建築思想的搖籃。
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1975 年，他與雷姆·庫哈斯（Rem Koolhaas）、佐伊·曾格利斯（Zoe Zenghelis）及瑪德隆·弗里斯多普（Madelon Vriesendorp）共同創立了 OMA。
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在事務所奠定國際聲譽的初創期，他主導了 OMA 倫敦與雅典辦公室，深度參與海牙荷蘭國會擴建案、柏林國際建築展（IBA Berlin）查理檢查哨住宅案（Housing at Checkpoint Charlie）以及巴黎拉維萊特公園（Parc de la Villette）競圖，並與佐伊·曾格利斯創作出多幅獲紐約現代藝術博物館（MoMA）永久典藏的經典建築手繪油畫。
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1987 年離開 OMA 後，他與 Eleni Gigantes 共同成立 Gigantes Zenghelis Architects，完成包含日本熊本 ArtPolis 委託的「蘆北青少年之家（Ashikita House of Youth）」等知名作品。
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然而，自 1990 年代起，他將重心全面傾注於建築教育，曾接替詹姆斯·斯特林（James Stirling）擔任杜塞道夫藝術學院建築系教授，並任教於荷蘭貝拉罕學院（Berlage Institute）、瑞士洛桑聯邦理工學院（EPFL）、蘇黎世聯邦理工學院（ETH Zurich）、門德里西奧建築學院（Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio）與耶魯大學建築學院，更於 2000 年榮獲英國皇家建築師學會（RIBA）頒發的「Annie Spink 建築教育卓越終身成就獎」，其批判性思考將長久啟迪全球建築界。
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Elia Zenghelis, Greek architect, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and one of the most influential architectural educators of the late twentieth century, died on August 30, 2026, at the age of 89. His death marks the passing of a figure whose influence on architectural thought extended far beyond the buildings he designed, shaping the intellectual formation of several generations of architects through decades of teaching across Europe and the United States.
Born in Athens in 1937, Zenghelis studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, completing his studies in 1961. He joined the practice of Douglas Stephen and Partners, where he worked until 1971, while simultaneously beginning to teach at the AA in 1963. At the school, he became a prominent voice for a more radical, avant-garde architectural discourse, helping to transform the AA into a fertile ground for radical ideas.
In 1975, Zenghelis co-founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Rem Koolhaas, Zoe Zenghelis, and Madelon Vriesendorp. OMA would become one of the defining practices of its era, and Zenghelis was a central influence during its formative years. He led OMA London from 1980 to 1987 and OMA Athens from 1982 to 1987, contributing to projects including the Extension of the Dutch Houses of Parliament in The Hague (1978), the Lützowstrasse housing for IBA Berlin (1981), and the competition for Parc de la Villette in Paris (1982).
A shift in his work emerged in the early 1980s, when a series of summer villas in Antiparos, Greece, prompted an engagement with Mediterranean and Aegean traditions, which critics at the time described as a move "from Manhattanism to Mediterraneanism." Zenghelis continued, however, to work within dense urban contexts, most notably through OMA's contribution to IBA Berlin, including a housing block adjacent to Checkpoint Charlie, designed while the border crossing was still in operation. Alongside their architectural work, Elia and Zoe Zenghelis produced a series of paintings to illustrate OMA's projects, several of which are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In 1987, Zenghelis left OMA to establish Gigantes Zenghelis Architects with architect Eleni Gigantes. The practice operated between London and Athens and later maintained a branch in Brussels. Among its most significant completed works was the Ashikita House of Youth (1996–1998) in Kumamoto, Japan, commissioned by Kumamoto ArtPolis. From 1992 onward, however, Zenghelis increasingly stepped back from active design to focus on education, which became the central focus of his professional life.
His academic career was extensive. In 1989, he was appointed to the Baukunst professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, succeeding James Stirling, a post he held until 2002. He taught at the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands and held teaching positions at institutions including EPFL in Lausanne, ETH Zurich, and the Accademia d'Architettura in Mendrisio. He was appointed Professor Emeritus at the University of Thessaly in Greece and also taught at institutions across Europe and the United States. At Yale School of Architecture, he served as a Davenport Visiting Professor and later as Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor. In 2000, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded him the Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Education.
