Studio Colletti

EM2 A More than a Human Mantra

Course No.: 848188
Teaching: Marjan Colletti, Jade Bailey, Daria Smakthina

Hybrid Futures for a Vanishing Frontier


Brief

True wilderness is hard to come by. For thousands of years, human progress has coincided, not coincidentally, with the relentless transformation of our natural environment. We have and continue to cut, burn, cultivate, and exploit the Earth’s resources at an alarming rate in pursuit of survival, comfort, and advancement. This detrimental cycle has left important ecosystems unable to repair themselves and be forever … more

E2 A More than a Human Mantra

Course No.: 848126
Teaching: Jade Bailey, Daria Smakthina

Hybrid Futures for a Vanishing Frontier


Brief

True wilderness is hard to come by. For thousands of years, human progress has coincided, not coincidentally, with the relentless transformation of our natural environment. We have and continue to cut, burn, cultivate, and exploit the Earth’s resources at an alarming rate in pursuit of survival, comfort, and advancement. This detrimental cycle has left important ecosystems unable to repair themselves and be forever altered.
The … more

E3 Materia Chimera: Smudge and blend – A transcycling studio

Course No.: 848136

Team: Prof. Marjan Colletti | Catalina Tripolt | Peter Massin | Oliver Hamedinger

“The most environmentally benign building is the one that need not be built because it already exists” (Grammenos and Russel, 1997)

“The greenest building… is the one that is already built.” (Elefante, 2007)

Retrofitting, renovation, conversion, modification, alteration, reorganization, upgrading and enhancement of existing buildings are crucial strategies to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in architecture and building construction. However, there are … more

EM1 SILENT STRUCTURES

Course No.: 848155
Teaching: Marjan Colletti, Mümün Keser,

„Silent Structures“ untersucht die Umwandlung von “verlassenen Räumen”, die oft aufgrund veränderter sozialer, wirtschaftlicher oder technologischer Bedingungen ungenutzt geblieben sind. Diese Räume, wie z. B. Lagerhäuser, historische Ruinen und andere vergessene Orte, werden oft als Relikte der Vergangenheit betrachtet. Durch ihre Aufgabe oder Nichtnutzung haben sie ihre ursprüngliche „Identität“, ihren Zweck, ihren Sinn und ihre kulturelle Bedeutung „verloren“.

Das Ziel des „Reviving“-Prozesses ist es, diesen Strukturen neues Leben einzuhauchen und sie in lebendige, neu gestaltete Umgebungen zu … more

HOPE: Hybrid, Organic, Postplastic Environments

A holistic, ethical, and sustainable approach to home design and living environments

REX|LAB @ Ars Electronica Festival 2024

Team: Marjan Colletti, Kilian Bauer, Catalina Tripolt, Daria Smakhtina, Peter Massin, Andreas Körner, Georg Grasser

Student workers: Simon Hildebrand, Theresa Biesalski, Tobias Niederholzer, Christopher Walch, Anna D´Eredità

‘Postplasticism’ departs from the rigid geometries of Neoplasticism: the austere, geometrical, abstract style labelled by Mondrian one century ago, which focused on strict, geometric forms and primary, applied colours. Postplasticism embraces a more ornate, organic, … more