Lecture Series Archive

Mariam Issoufou Kamara (F23 lecture)

Wed Oct-25, @ EMPAC: MARIAM ISSOUFOU KAMARA “ARCHITECTURE AND INTERSECTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY”

Kutan Ayata (F23 lecture)

Wed Oct-04, @ EMPAC: KUTAN AYATA “NOT FOR NOW”

Lucas ter Hall (F23 lecture)

Wed Sep-27, @ EMPAC: LUCAS TER HALL “DIGITAL CRAFTSMANSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE”

Gabriela Carillo (F23 lecture)

Wed Sep-13, @ EMPAC: TALLER GABRIELA CARILLO “OTHER EYES”

Steven Holl (S23 lecture)

Wed Apr-05, 2023 @ EMPAC: STEVEN HOLL “QUESTIONS OF PERCEPTION”

Beals Lyon Arquitectos (S23 lecture)

Wed Mar-29, 2023 @ EMPAC: ALEJANDRO BEALS + LORETO LYON “LOOSE SPACES, PUBLIC STAGES”

Studio Zhu Pei (S23 lecture)

Wed Mar-01, 2023 @ EMPAC: ZHU PEI “ROOTS AND INNOVATION”

ĒTER (S23 lecture)

Mon Feb-13, 2023 @ EMPAC: DAGNIJA SMILGA + NIKLAVS PAEGLE “SENSORY SPACES & NEW AWARENESS”

ecoLogicStudio (S23 lecture)

Wed Feb-08, 2023 @ EMPAC: CLAUDIA PASQUERO “DEEPGREEN: BIODESIGN IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”

Rafaello D’Andrea (S23 lecture)

Mon Jan-30, 2023 @ EMPAC: RAFAELLO D’ANDREA “DYNAMICS & THE DEMONS”

Tosin Oshinowo (F22 lecture)

Mon Nov-14, 2022 @ EMPAC: TOSIN OSHINOWO “A CONTEXTUAL MODERNITY: AN AFRO-MINIMALIST APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE”

Xu Tiantian (F22 lecture)

Mon Nov-07, 2022 @ EMPAC: XU TIANTIAN “DIALOGUE WITH NATURE”

Federico Diaz (F22 lecture)

Wed Nov-02, 2022 @ EMPAC: FEDERICO DIAZ “ROBOTIC FABRICATION IN ARCHITECTURE & THE ART OF SCULPTURE”

Manuel Jimenez García (F22 lecture)

Mon Oct-03, 2022 @ EMPAC: MANUEL JIMENEZ GARCIA “ARCHITECTURE IN THE AGE OF 3D PRINTING”

Tomoaki Uno (S22 lecture)

Thurs Mar-24, 2022 Live Stream: TOMOAKI UNO “IN SEARCH OF UNPRECEDENTED AND ORDINARY ARCHITECTURE”

SEArch+ (S22 lecture)

Mon Mar-21, 2022 Live Stream: CIARDULLO, MORRIS & PAILES-FRIEDMAN “BEING HUMAN (-) EARTH”

Marjan van Aubel (S22 lecture)

Mon Mar-14, 2022 Live Stream: MARJAN VAN AUBEL “SOLAR DESIGN”

Marcelo Spina (S22 lecture)

Thurs Feb-24, 2022 Live Stream: MARCELO SPINA “MUTE ICONS AND OTHER DICHOTOMIES OF THE REAL IN ARCHITECTURE”

Lina Ghotmeh (S22 lecture)

Mon Feb-14, 2022 Live Stream: LINA GHOTMEH “ARCHEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE: MATERIAL MEMORY”

D U S T (S22 lecture)

Thurs Feb-03, 2022 Live Stream: D U S T “ORIGINS”

BairBalliet (F21 lecture)

Mon Nov-01, 2021 Live Stream: KELLY BAIR + KRISTY BALLIET “CORE WORK”

Jeanette Hansen + Jens Holm (F21 lecture)

Mon Oct-25, 2021 Live Stream: JEANETTE HANSEN + JENS HOLM “3XN / PROCESS AND PROJECTS”

Gonzalo Diez + Felipe Muller (F21 lecture)

Thurs Sep-30, 2021 Live Stream: DIEZ + MULLER “ARCHITECTURE AS A COHERENT ACT”

Vivien Sansour (F21 lecture)

Mon Sep-27, 2021 Live Stream: VIVIEN SANSOUR “SEED CONSERVATION: CREATING NEW WORLDS”  

Shaina Anand + Ashok Sukumaran (F21 lecture)

Mon Sep-20, 2021 Live Stream: SHAINA ANAND + ASHOK SUKUMARAN “PRIVILEGE ESCALATION: POST-NETWORK SPATIAL RELATIONS”

Chen Xi (F21 lecture)

Mon Sep-13, 2021 Live Stream: CHEN XI “INTUITIVE GROUND”

Anne Schopf (S21 lecture)

Thurs Mar-18, 2021 Live Stream: ANNE SCHOPF “QUIET ACTIVISM”

Daniel Widrig (S21 lecture)

Thurs March-11, 2021 Live Stream: DANIEL WIDRIG “MATERIAL ARCHITECTURE”

Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman (S21 lecture)

Wed Mar-3, 2021 Live Stream: TEDDY CRUZ + FONNA FORMAN “UNWALLING CITIZENSHIP”

Sarah Oppenheimer (S21 lecture)

Mon Feb-22, 2021 Live Stream: SARAH OPPENHEIMER “FE_20200222: INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION”

Rune Grasdal / Snøhetta (S21 lecture)

Wed Feb-17, 2021 Live Stream: RUNE GRASDAL “UNDER”

Martha Schwartz (S21 lecture)

Thurs Feb-11, 2021 Live Stream: MARTHA SCHWARTZ “CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHY WE WILL NEED GEOENGINEERING”

Jim Jennings (S21 lecture)

Mon Feb-8, 2021 Live Stream: JIM JENNINGS “WORK”

Maurice Cox (F20 lecture)

Mon Nov-9, 2020 Live Stream: MAURICE COX “DESIGNING EQUITY”

Patrick Quinn (F20 lecture)

Thurs Oct-15, 2020 Live Stream: PATRICK QUINN “CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE UNLIKELY”

Tatiana Bilbao (F20 lecture)

Thurs Oct-08, 2020 Live Stream: TATIANA BILBAO “FROM PRIVATE TO COMMONS”

Takaharu + Yui Tezuka (F20 lecture)

Mon Oct-5, 2020 Live Stream: TAKAHARU + YUI TEZUKA “NOSTALGIC FUTURE”

Yung Ho Chan (F20 lecture)

Thurs Oct-1, 2020 Live Stream: YUNG HO CHAN “BUILDING”

Gilles Retsin (F20 lecture)

Mon Sep-14, 2020 Live Stream: GILLES RETSIN “DISCRETE ARCHITECTURE”

Thom Mayne (S20 lecture)

Thurs Apr-15, 2020 Live Stream: THOM MAYNE “MULTIPLE AGENDAS (DETATCHED ENGAGEMENT)”

ANNA SZEWZYK (S20 lecture)

Thur Feb-13, 2020 @ EMPAC: KWK Promes / ANNA SZEWCZYK: “THE IDEA OF ARCHITECTURE”

JOHN HARDY (F19 lecture)

Thu Sep-05, 2019: JOHN HARDY “RETIREMENT”

REISER + UMEMOTO (F19 lecture)

Wed Oct-16, 2019 @ EMPAC: REISER + UMEMOTO “BUILDING BEYOND PLACE”

LOT-EK (F19 lecture)

Tue Oct-29, 2019 @ EMPAC: LOT-EK “STACK / CUT”

ROTH / EDUARDO NEIRA (F19 lecture)

Wed Nov-06, 2019 @ EMPAC: ROTH (EDUARDO NEIRA) “AZULIK”

FRANCIS KÉRÉ (F19 lecture)

Wed Nov-13, 2019 @ EMPAC: FRANCIS KERE “A WORK REPORT”.

MARK JENSEN (S19 lecture)

Mon Feb-25, 2019 @ EMPAC: MARK JENSEN FAIA “ATTENTION!”.

MILTON BRAGA (S19 lecture)

Wed March-18, 2019 @ EMPAC: MILTON BRAGA “ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE”.

HARESH LALVANI (S19 lecture)

Tue April-2, 2019 @ EMPAC: HARESH LALVANI “SHAPING, SELF-SHAPING, META-SHAPING”

SEUNG H-SANG (S19 lecture)

Wed April-3, 2019 @ EMPAC: SEUNG H-SANG “LANDSCRIPT”.

ÁNGELA GARCÍA DE PAREDES (S19 lecture)

Wed April-10, 2019 @ EMPAC: ÁNGELA GARCÍA DE PAREDES “THE DREAM OF SPACE PRODUCES FORMS”.

MAURICIO ROCHA (F18 lecture)

Thur Sept-6, 2018 @ EMPAC: MAURICIO ROCHA “PROCESSES”.

CHRISTOPHER O. WARD (F18 lecture)

Tue Oct-30, 2018 @ EMPAC: CHRISTOPHER O. WARD “A NEW URBAN PARADIGM FOR THE FUTURE”.

ERIK FRANDSEN (F18 lecture)

Mon Nov-5, 2018 @ EMPAC: ERIK FRANDSEN “CONNECTIONS”.

ROLAND SNOOKS (F18 lecture)

Wed Nov-7, 2018 @ EMPAC: ROLAND SNOOKS “BEHAVIORAL PROTOTYPES”.

DANIEL LIBESKIND (F18 lecture)

Mon Nov-12, 2018 @ EMPAC: DANIEL LIBESKIND “EDGE OF ORDER”.

CAZÚ ZEGERS (S18 lecture)

Mon March-5, 2018 @ EMPAC: CAZÚ ZEGERS “POETIC TERRITORIES”.

CIRO NAJLE (S18 lecture)

Wed March-21, 2018 @ EMPAC: CIRO NAJLE “THE GENERIC SUBLIME”.

THOMAS PHIFER (S18 lecture)

Wed March-28, 2018 @ EMPAC: THOMAS PHIFER “GLENSTONE MUSEUM”.

EMRE AROLAT (S18 lecture)

Wed April-18, 2018 @ EMPAC: EMRE AROLAT “SCENT OF THE TRACE”.

MICHAEL WEBB (S18 lecture)

Mon April-23, 2018 @ EMPAC: MICHAEL WEBB “TRUE GREEN, ICE CORES, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF INFINITY”.

SO – IL (F17 lecture)

Wed Sept-20, 2017 @ EMPAC: SO – IL “ORDER, EDGE, AURA”.

LTL ARCHITECTS (F17 lecture)

Wed Sept-27, 2017 @ EMPAC: LTL ARCHITECTS “ARCHITECTURE IN SECTION”.

QINGYUN MA (F17 lecture)

Wed Oct-4, 2017 @ EMPAC: QINGYUN MA “C.A.N. PROJECT – PROF. KENNETH L. WARRINER MEMORIAL LECTURE”.

ROZANA MONTIEL (F17 lecture)

Mon Oct-30, 2017 @ EMPAC: ROZANA MONTIEL “INHABITING DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SPACES”.

SKYLAR TIBBITS (F17 lecture)

Wed Nov-29, 2017 @ EMPAC: SKYLAR TIBBITS “SELF ASSEMBLY AND PROGRAMMABLE MATERIALS”.

ERIC HÖWELER (S17 lecture)

Mon Feb-06, 2017 @ EMPAC: ERIC HÖWELER “SIGNAL OF NOISE WITH ERIC HÖWELER”

MARCELO SPINA (S17 lecture)

Tue Mar-28, 2017 @ EMPAC: MARCELO SPINA “MUTE ICONS & OTHER DICHOTOMIES OF THE REAL”

KATE ORFF (F16 lecture)

Wed Nov-2, 2016 @ EMPAC: KATE ORFF “TOWARD AN URBAN ECOLOGY”.

KOOIJ / LIBERTINY / MARKUNPOIKA / VAN DER WEIL (F16 lecture)

Tue Nov-8, 2016 @ EMPAC: DIRK VANDER KOOIJ, TOMAS LIBERTINY, TUOMAS MARKUNPOIKA, JOLAN VAN DER WEIL “CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CONFERENCE – DARK MATTER AND THE SECRET LIVES OF OBJECTS”.

MARLON BLACKWELL (F16 lecture)

Mon Nov-14, 2016 @ EMPAC: MARLON BLACKWELL “FIGURES AND TYPES”.

MAURICE COX (S16 lecture)

Mon Feb-1, 2016 @ EMPAC: MAURICE COX “PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE: NEW ORLEANS / DETROIT”.

CRISTIAN NANZER (S16 lecture)

Mon Feb-22, 2016 @ EMPAC: CRISTIAN NANZER “INHABITED TERRITORIES: FROM INTIMATE TO PUBLIC”.

RÓISÍN HENEGHAN / SHIH-FU PENG (S16 lecture)

Wed March-2, 2016 @ EMPAC: RÓISÍN HENEGHAN / SHIH-FU PENG “SETTING OUT”.

ANNABELLE SELLDORF (S16 lecture)

Mon March-28, 2016 @ EMPAC: ANNABELLE SELLDORF “COMMON GROUND”.

MITCHELL JOACHIM (S16 lecture)

Mon April-18, 2016 @ EMPAC: MITCHELL JOACHIM “BIO-HACKING AND URBAN ARCHITECTURE”.

STELIOS ARCADIOU (S16 lecture)

Mon May-2, 2016 @ EMPAC: STELIOS ARCADIOU “THE INVOLUNTARY, THE AUTOMATED AND THE UNCANNY: ZOMBIES, CYBORGS, AND CHIMERAS”.

THEODORE SPYROPOULOS (F15 lecture)

Wed Sep-16, 2015 @ EMPAC: THEODORE SPYROPOULOS “BEHAVIOURAL FRAMEWORKS”

JENNY SABIN (F15 lecture)

Wed Oct-14, 2015 @ EMPAC: JENNY E. SABIN “MATTER DESIGN COMPUTATION: CELLS, BITS AND ATOMS”

STEVEN EHRLICH (F15 lecture)

Mon Oct-26, 2015 @ EMPAC: STEVEN EHRLICH “EVOLVING MULTICULTURAL MODERNISM”

MARIE-ANGE BRAYER (F15 lecture)

Thu Oct-29, 2015 @ EMPAC: MARIE-ANGE BRAYER “NATURALIZING ARCHITECTURE”

WEISER / TESTA (F15 lecture)

Mon Nov-16, 2015 @ EMPAC: DEVYN WEISER, PETER TESTA “SUPERPOSITIONS”

RHETT RUSSO (S15 lecture)

Mon Feb-09, 2015 @ EMPAC: RHETT RUSSO “ARCHITECTURE IN SURPLUS”

JAMES COLLINS (S15 lecture)

Wed Mar-11, 2015 @ EMPAC: JAMES H. COLLINS “THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN AN ERA OF RESISTANCE”

SCHWITTER / DANZIGER / STEIN / LAUFS (S15 lecture)

Mon Apr-06, 2015 @ EMPAC: CRAIG SCHWITTER, BRUCE E. DANZIGER, MICHAEL STEIN, WILL LAUFS “INTEGRATED IDEATION: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EXTRAORDINARY STRUCTURES”

MANUEL AIRES MATEUS (S15 lecture)

Mon Apr-20, 2015 @ EMPAC: MANUEL AIRES MATEUS “RECENT PROJECTS”

ACHIM MENGES (S15 lecture)

Mon Apr-27, 2015 @ EMPAC: ACHIM MENGES “COMPUTATIONAL MACHINE CULTURE”

ANGELO BUCCI (F14 lecture)

Wed Sep-24, 2014 @ EMPAC: ANGELO BUCCI “RECENT PROJECTS”

NEIL SPILLER (F14 lecture)

Wed Oct-01, 2014 @ EMPAC: NEIL SPILLER “COMMUNICATING VESSELS”

GUY NORDENSON (F14 lecture)

Thu Oct-16, 2014 @ EMPAC: GUY NORDENSON “READING STRUCTURES”

FLORENCIA PITA (F14 lecture)

Mon Nov-03, 2014 @ EMPAC: FLORENCIA PITA “#COLORFORMING”

THEO JANSEN (F14 lecture)

Wed Nov-19, 2014 @ EMPAC: THEO JANSEN “STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION: A NEW FORM OF LIFE”

ROGER DUFFY (S14 lecture)

Mon Jan-27, 2013 @ EMPAC: ROGER DUFFY “SOM: AN EVOLVING LEGACY”

CATHERINE INGRAHAM (S14 lecture) – ERROR

Wed Feb-26, 2013 @ EMPAC: CATHERINE INGRAHAM “PLASTICITY: ARCHITECTURE AND NEW NATURES”

SMILJAN RADIC (S14 lecture)

Thu Mar-20, 2013 @ EMPAC: SMILJAN RADIC “SURROUNDINGS”

HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO (S14 lecture)

Mon Mar-17, 2013 @ EMPAC: HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO “FORM AND GLOOM”

HSINMING FUNG (S14 lecture) – ERROR

Wed Apr-16, 2013 @ EMPAC: HSINMING FUNG “RECENT WORK”

MICHAEL HANSMEYER (F13 lecture)

Thu Sep-12, 2013 @ EMPAC: MICHAEL HANSMEYER “DIGITAL GROTESQUE”

ODILE DECQ (F13 lecture)

Thu Sep-26, 2013 @ EMPAC: ODILE DECQ “HORIZONS”

SHINICHI OGAWA (F13 lecture)

Mon Oct-07, 2013 @ EMPAC: SHINICHI OGAWA “INVISIBLE DETAIL: BETWEEN MINIMAL AND MAXIMAL”

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