Roger Katan
French-American artist and architect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roger G. Katan is a French-American architect, planner, sculptor, and activist born in Berguent (today's Aïn Bni Mathar), Eastern Morocco, on January 5, 1931. Based in the United States in the early 1960s, he was an active founder of advocacy planning, participatory democracy applied to urban planning. As a kinetic artist, he collaborated and exhibited with rising figures of postmodern art. After 1975, Katan became involved in humanitarian relief and continued to encourage participatory practices and self-management. His method favors traditional, sustainable agriculture and construction. In 1999 he moved to Sauve, southern France, where he resumed work on kinetic sculpture[1] and publications.
Roger G. Katan | |
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Born | Berguent (Ain Bni Mathar), Morocco |
Nationality | French American |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
Known for | Visual arts and architecture: lives and works in Sauve, France |
Notable work | Building Together, New Village Press, 2014
Bâtir ensemble, CILF, 1988 De quoi se mêlent les urbanistes?, Actes Sud, 1979 |
Movement | Advocacy Planning, Kinetic art |
Website | Handmade Houses Kinetic Sculpture |