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Porosity Matters: Impulse Lecture Series 2

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Institut - Seminar West Technikerstraße 21, 3.OG Nord, Innsbruck
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As part of the Bachelor's design studio "Porosity Matters", selected speakers will hold short, impulse seminar lectures in the summer semester 2026. Organised by Andreas Körner & Charlotte Thorn, four hybrid mini lectures will take place on Wednesdays as part of the studio, hosted by the Department of Experimental Architecture - Studio Prof. Marjan Colletti. The invited speakers are architects and researchers operating in fields ranging from architecture to digital fabrication, landscape, flows of matter, and material ecologies.   15/4/2026 – 10:00 Henry Aldridge (University College London) Material Flows / 13/5/2026 – 13:00 Camille Breuil & Luca Beltrame (Beltrame Breuil Studio, dieAngewandte) Architecture for the Landscape / 20/5/2026 – 13:00 (hybrid) Jade Bailey & Oliver Thomas Hamedinger (JOYH, dieAngewandte) From Resolution to Reality: Stakeholders in a Collective Future 27/5/2026 – 16:00 Magdalena Pietryszyn (Foil&Soil) When Soil Turns Synthetic: Material Ecologies Across Scales /   Zoom links will be provided closer to the dates. The lectures are part of the taught design studio and will be public, but the comments and Q&A will be limited to the students attending the course. Course: 848145 PJ Design Studio/Bachelor’s Thesis "Porosity Matters" Teaching: Andreas Körner & Charlotte Thorn    

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BOOK LAUNCH

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Institut Technikerstraße 21, Innsbruck
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Xenoaesthetics Gonzalo Vaíllo in conversation with Giacomo Pala Jordi Vivaldi introduction by Karolin Schmidbaur Wednesday, May 27, 6:30 pm Hochbau Institut Faculty of Architecture University of Innsbruck Examining our relationships with architecture beyond human-centric perspectives, Xenoaesthetics challenges conventional views of design and space inhabitation by exploring the architectural project as an autonomous entity. Drawing together insights from philosophy and architecture, this book delves into the conditions, roles, and implications of architectural encounters, conceptualising the architectural project as a site of unity-multiplicity tension, and introducing the concept of xenoaesthetics as a cognitive mode attuned to this structure. This approach invites readers to reimagine architectural experience as a dual action that reveals the project to us and realizes itself through us. As well as implying disciplinary consequences for design questions, Vaillo's work holds socio-political significance for our everyday architectural interactions, contributing to the quest for practices and discourses on equality. Methodologically, his argument draws from Object-Oriented Ontology and the architect Enric Miralles, offering an additional retrospective crossover that enriches both references. A resource for students, architects, scholars, and enthusiasts interested in exploring architecture beyond assumptions and prescribed value systems, Xenoaesthetics encourages a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between humans and the […]