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  • Porosity Matters: Impulse Lecture Series 1

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    Institut - Seminar West Technikerstraße 21, 3.OG Nord, Innsbruck, Austria
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    As part of the Bachelor's design studio "Porosity Matters", selected speakers will hold short, impulse seminar lectures in the winter semester 2025/26. 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 landscape architecture to future climates, biocentric and digital design, and new forms of ecological thinking.   22/10/2025 – 13:00 Dr. Johanna Just (ETH Zürich, Chair of Being Alive) Amphibious Grounds: Exploring the Vital Milieu of the Upper Rhine 5/11/2025 – 13:00 Klara Jörg & Julian Raffetseder (Future Problems Architecture Studio) How to live together in the climate crisis? 3/12/2025 – 13:00 Alexandra Lăcătușu (UCL, Bio-ID) Towards Biocentric Design 7/1/2026 – 17:00 21/1/2026 – 18:00 (hybrid screening) Barry Wark (UPenn, Barry Wark Studio) The Architecture of Ecology   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: 848136 - PJ Design Studio 3 "Porosity Matters" Teaching: […]

  • HALFFORMS HALFWAY

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    Ortner und Stanger Fürstenweg 66, Innsbruck, Austria
    Exhibition

    research project, 2023 - 2027 research abstract The growing scarcity of fossil resources and the global threat of climate change are putting considerable pressure on architecture, demanding new concepts that go be- yond the range of established building materials, systems and processes. Additionally, advanced algorithmic tools in architectural design and fabrication, such as simulation, machine learning and machine vision, allow designers to cope with complex materials and geometry, and enable the use of non-standard, transformable building parts with a complex geometry. The proposal integrates these separate approaches emerging in architectural dis- course and related fields into a methodology for understanding the architectural po- tential of vulcanized fiber and developing a prototypical building method . Vulcanized fiber is a little known, industrial, cellulose-based product, produced in sheets. Besides a good ecological balance, this material is durable, strong, and light- weight, offering significant potential for architectural application. Of special interest is the material’s natural deformation as a result of the drying process. It not only pro- duces a distinct, natural form aesthetics, but also a potentially improved structural performance as well as an ambiguous functionality and spatial quality. In this context it is essential to study the levels of control between form […]

  • HALFFORMS HALFWAY Research project lecture

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    Ortner und Stanger Fürstenweg 66, Innsbruck, Austria
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    Karolin Schmidbaur, Lukas Allner, Gonzalo Vaillo   Janurary 21, 2026, 7:00 pm Ortner & Stanger Project Research Space Fürstenweg 66, im Hof Innsbruck research abstract research project, 2023 - 2027 The growing scarcity of fossil resources and the global threat of climate change are putting considerable pressure on architecture, demanding new concepts that go be- yond the range of established building materials, systems and processes. Additionally, advanced algorithmic tools in architectural design and fabrication, such as simulation, machine learning and machine vision, allow designers to cope with complex materials and geometry, and enable the use of non-standard, transformable building parts with a complex geometry. The proposal integrates these separate approaches emerging in architectural dis- course and related fields into a methodology for understanding the architectural po- tential of vulcanized fiber and developing a prototypical building method . Vulcanized fiber is a little known, industrial, cellulose-based product, produced in sheets. Besides a good ecological balance, this material is durable, strong, and light- weight, offering significant potential for architectural application. Of special interest is the material’s natural deformation as a result of the drying process. It not only pro- duces a distinct, natural form aesthetics, but also a potentially improved structural performance as […]

  • LE TOUR DE FRANCE Exkursion

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    Ronchamp, Lyon, Arles, Marseille, Nizza

    848456 – EX Exkursion Studio Schmidbaur LE TOUR DE FRANCE Ronchamp, Lyon, Arles, Marseille, Nizza 8.4.2026 – 13.4.2026   Exkursion mit Schwerpunkt experimenteller Architektur in Frankreich im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Besuch ausgesuchter Städte und Projekte im Süden Frankreichs. Voi-là-là! Excursion focusing on experimental architecture in France in the 20th and 21st centuries. Visits of selected cities and projects in the south of France. Voi-là-là!   KURZ PORTFOLIO https://fileshare.uibk.ac.at/u/d/8c237bd4a57540068d94/ bis 14.2.2026   Anmeldung LFU https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=26S&lvnr_id_in=848456 1.2.2026 – 21.2.2026   Studio Schmidbaur Prof. Karolin Schmidbaur, Simon Oberhammer Fragen an: simon.oberhammer@uibk.ac.at

  • Porosity Matters: Impulse Lecture Series 2

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    Institut - Seminar West Technikerstraße 21, 3.OG Nord, Innsbruck, Austria
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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    

  • WOLF DPRIX: PEACE, LOVE AND ICE CREAM

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    Institut Technikerstraße 21, Innsbruck, Austria
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    We cordially invite you to our upcoming guest lecture “Peace, Love and Ice Cream” by Wolf dPrix, co-founder of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Join us at the studio on Wednesday, may 6th, 2026, 18:30   COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Projects 4.0 Peace, Love and Ice Cream Coop Himmelb(l)au is one of the most innovative internationally known architectural practices under the direction of Co-founder, CEO and Design Principal Wolf dPrix. The illustration of the Studio´s philosophy and the very specific method of designing led to iconic projects such as BMW-Welt, Dalian Conference Center, European Central Bank, Musée des Confluences, and other recent projects in the Middle East and Asia. In this lecture, we will discuss how the studio´s philosophy developed from 1968 until today. For Coop Himmelb(l)au time is the 4th dimension and space is the quality. Pictures, renderings, animation, and movies. Music! Short CV of Wolf dPrix / Coop Himmelb(l)au Co-Founder, CEO, Design Principal Wolf dPrix is co-founder, CEO and design principal of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, a studio globally recognized for its innovative, and complex design approach at the intersection of architecture, art and technology. He is counted among the originators of the deconstructivist architecture movement. Throughout his career, Wolf dPrix has remained active in […]

  • PROGRESS Exkursion

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    Brixen Julius-Durst-Straße 100, Brixen, Italy
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    Ein Einblick in die Welt innovativer Betonfertigteile 20. Mai 2026 Leitung: Gilbert Sommer Die Firma PROGRESS als zukünftiger Kooperationspartner des Arbeitsbereichs studio schmidbaur hat uns eingeladen, das Headquarter und Werksgelände in Brixen/Italien zu besichtigen. PROGRESS ist regionaler Marktführer in der Produktion von Betonfertigteilen und in der Errichtung von Objekten in Betonfertigteilbauweise und zählt zu den innovativsten Produzenten von Betonfertigteilen in Europa und lädt in Zusammenarbeit mit unserem Institut interessierte Studierende ein, die Firma, deren Produkte inkl. Produktion kennen zu lernen. https://www.progress.cc/de/   Vorläufiges Programm: 10:00                 Treffpunkt Foyer Headquarter, Julius-Durst-Straße 100, I-39042 Brixen (Anreise selbstorganisiert) 10:00 - 10:30    Präsentation 10:30 - 10:50    Showroom 10:50 - 11:30    Besichtigung Fertigteilwerk 11:30 – 12:00   Rundgang Progress Group Headquarter 12:00 – 13:00   Mittagessen in der hervorragenden Werkskantine 13:00 – 14:00   Besichtigung Referenzprojekt Krapf Gmbh Ev. Besichtigung einer laufenden Baustelle (noch in Abklärung) 15:00 Ende ANMELDUNGSLINK max. 30 TN: PROGRESS_EXP c-Kennung@uibk.ac.at

  • BOOK LAUNCH

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    Institut Technikerstraße 21, Innsbruck, Austria
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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 […]

  • Eröffnungsfeier TAKKA

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    Nenzing
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    Einladung zur Eröffnungsfeier am 29. Mai 2026 ab 17 Uhr in Nenzing - 47°11'46.5"N 9°40'24.1"E TAKKA ist ein Forschungsprojekt des Instituts für experimentelle Architektur/Hochbau, Studio Schmidbaur in Kooperation mit der Marktgemeinde Nenzing. Leitung: Gilbert Sommer & Volker Flamm Entwurf: Josef Herzog & Nicolas Decker Ein Ort zwischen Wald und Architektur – gebaut für die Kleinsten, gedacht für gemeinschaftliches Erleben. Wir feiern – mit Studierenden und allen, die am Projekt beteiligt waren und darüber hinaus. Übernachten vor Ort im Zelt ist möglich und erwünscht. Anmeldung: TAKKA-anmeldungslink   Fotocredits: https://www.guenterrichardwett.com/  @guenterrichardwett