Sophia Walk in The Twentieth Century Society
04.2024 Sophia Walk's article on Konrad Frey and Florian Beigel's Fischer House (link)was published in the series Building of the Month on the website The Twentieth Century Society.
Fischer House on Grundlsee in Austria’s Ausseerland from Konrad Frey and Florian Beigel was the first solar house in Austria, with construction beginning in 1972 and completing 1978. The fact that it has not worked perfectly stresses that environmental designs do not have to be totally successful in order for us to learn from them.
Architektur für Alle?!
11.2023 Architektur für Alle?! Emancipatory Movments in Planning and Space
Lecture and Workshop from Insa Meyer, Céline Schmidt-Hamburger, Christian v. Wissel
The exhibition Architektur für Alle?! Emancipatory Movments in Planning and Space was dedicated to a critical inventory of the situation of women in the field of architecture in Bremen from 1945 to the present day. This happened on two, interwoven levels of observation: on the one hand, with a view to the visibility and equality of women in the professional field of architecture and, on the other hand, with a view to the ongoing situation of unequal participation in and conditions of access to public spaces and the spaces of our society in general.
Curation from: Insa Meyer, Frederieke Schons, Céline Schmidt-Hamburger, Jörn Tore Schaper, Christian v. Wissel, Sophia Wolfrat and Sophie Krone.
Accompanying the exhibition, the catalog of the same name was published as volume 19 of the b.zb series by Schünemann Verlag in Bremen (ISBN 978-3-7961-1169-3).
Nathalie Bredella appointed fellow at TUM IAS
10.2023 Anna Boyksen Fellowship
Prof. Dr. Nathalie Bredella was named as the Anna Boyksen fellow in the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at TU München (Link). As a part of a two-year fellowship, Prof. Dr. Bredella will lead the newly created focus group Feminism and Digital Culture in Architecture.
In order to encourage a critical engagement with the history of the digital in architecture, the Feminism and Digital Cultures in Architecture Focus Group wants to explore methods of feminist practices in research and teaching. This focus group will bring together the chairs of Theory and History of Architecture, Art and Design, of Architectural Informatics, Urban Design, Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design, Digital Fabrication, as well as the Chair of History of Architecture and Curatorial Practice, in order to explore methods of writing history in the context of digital cultures. Who have been the protagonists in the development of digital practices and how are they situated within local knowledge structures and their social, economic and political contexts? What roles do activism, oral history, and reenactment play in understanding digital cultures? These are among the questions that the Focus Group will address as it explores methodologies and events which have not previously been included in architectural history. By focusing on the history of technology together with an international network of scholars, we will engage with situated precedents of digital practices and how they relate to contemporary discourse.
Utopia Computer: The “New” in Architecture?
06.06.23 Utopia Computer : The "new" in Architecture? has just been released, edited by Nathalie Bredella from the Architectural Theory, Frederika Lausch and Chris Dähne. Utopia Computer addresses the euphoria and expectations associated with the introduction of the computer in architecture in the early digital age. In addition, the publication also includes a contribution by Grayson Bailey ("Pre-Requisites for Self Organization").
Grayson Bailey in GAM 19
06.06.23 "Constructing the Anti-Architect" by Grayson Bailey was published in the 19th issue of Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM), which focused on the theme of "professionalism."