LECTURE:
APR 29, 2022
10:00
Symposium:
300 Years EntwurfF
OCT 4, 2022
18:00
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW ‘22
NOV 7, 2022
21:00
LECTURE:
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Snøhetta
FEB 16, 2023
11:00
EXHIBITION & SUPERCRIT:
UMBAU IN DER LEHRE
MAR 9, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
GABU HEINDL
MAR 21, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
PIPPO CIORRA, MAXXI
MAR 22, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
JÖRG HEISER
APR 18, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
CARLES ENRICH
APR 19, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
HEIKE MAIER-RIEPER
APR 26, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
BERNHARD LEITNER
MAY 3, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
LUISA ZIAJA
MAY 11, 2023
18:00
SYMPOSIUM:
MATERIAL REUSE STRATEGIES
MAY 16, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SANDI HILAL
MAY 23, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
FLORENCIA ANDREOLA, AZZURA MUZZONIGRO
MAY 24, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
KIM TROGAL & ANNA WAKEFORD HOLDER
MAY 25, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
AVENIER CORNEJO ARCHITECTS
MAY 31, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
HEIMO ZOBERNIG
JUN 6, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
JOCHEN BECKER, METROZONES
JUN 20, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SASHA PIRKER
JUN 26, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
JOSEP RICART, HARQUITECTES
JUN 28, 2023
16:30
EXHIBITION:
VIENNESE CAFÉS: PUBLIC INTERIOR, URBAN SALON
JUN 28, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
GREGOR EICHINGER
SEP 27, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
Bioregionale Strategien der Wieder- verwendung
OCT 11, 2023
18:00
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
WEBSITE LAUNCH & TALK ON PUBLICATIONS
OCT 12, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
RESHAPING STRUCTURES
NOV 7, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ARCHITEKTUR-
KOLLEKTIV AKT
NOV 10, 2023
10:00
EXHIBITION:
PFANN-OHMANN-PREIS 2023
NOV 13, 2023
16:00
HOUSING TALKS:
IZABELA MOREN, PIETRO AIROLDI
NOV 13, 2023
18:00
EXHIBITION:
MODERNITY SOUTH SOUTH
NOV 14, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
STUDIO MUOTO
NOV 16, 2023
19:00
LECTURE:
einszueins architektur, PPAG architects
NOV 21, 2023
18:30
LECTURE:
MARIA SHÉHÉRAZADE GUIDICI
NOV 22, 2023
16:00
SYMPOSIUM:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN
NOV 24, 2023
18:00
BOOK LAUNCH:
EINE SKIZZENFIBEL
NOV 28, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
JULIANE GREB
NOV 28, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
DANIELE KARASZ
NOV 30, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
GABRIELA DENK
DEC 6, 2023
18:00
LECTURES:
DANIEL BELL, CHARLY BLÖDEL, ESTELLE JULLIAN
DEC 12, 2023
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
MARINA OTERO VERZIER
DEC 13, 2023
18:00
LECTURES:
OPEN DESIGN ACADEMY – LEARNING FROM YOUR PEERS
DEC 14, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
Marc Barani
DEC 15, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
PIETERJAN GINCKELS, KU LEUVEN
DEC 19, 2023
18:00
LECTURE:
AXEL FICKERT, KNAPKIEWICZ & FICKERT
DEC 20, 2023
18:30
BOOK LAUNCH:
ENTWURFF EINER HISTORISCHEN ARCHITEKTUR
JAN 9, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ANGELIKA HINTER-
BRANDNER
JAN 11, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
Myrto Vitart
JAN 16, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
EDIT [ALBERTE LAURIDSEN]
JAN 23, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
Eva Branscome
JAN 26, 2024
18:30
EXHIBITION:
DISPLAY & EXHIBIT CASE STUDY HELMUT LANG
JAN 29, 2024
13:00
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
proHolz Student Trophy 24
JAN 30, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: CARLO RATTI
JAN 31, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
OPEN DESIGN ACADEMY
FEB 2, 2024
09:30
SUPERCRIT, EXHIBITION & DISCUSSION:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN
MAR 4, 2024
18:30
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW’23
MAR 6, 2024
18:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
REVIEW’23
MAR 9, 2024
15:00
EXHIBITION:
CONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPES – Margherita Spiluttini & Heinz Tesar
MAR 11, 2024
18:00
DISCUSSION:
An Fonteyne, Bart Hollanders, Els Van Meerbeek
MAR 13, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
ELKE KRASNY
MAR 19, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
VERENA KONRAD [vai]
APR 8, 2024
17:00
OPENING EVENT & LECTURE:
BIOFABRIQUE VIENNA
APR 10, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
HERMANN CZECH
APR 15, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
OLIVER ELSER
APR 24, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
EVA STRICKER
MAY 2, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
BAS PRINCEN
MAY 2, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
MORITZ AHLERT
MAY 6, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
LUIGI ALBERTO CIPPINI
MAY 8, 2024
09:00
EXHIBITION:
EIN NEUES HAUS DER BOTANIK
MAY 8, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
PETER BAUER
MAY 16, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
UMBERTO NAPOLITANO
MAY 23, 2024
12:15
EXHIBITION:
KARL KUPSKY-PREIS 2024
MAY 23, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
FLORENCE LIPSKY
MAY 24, 2024
09:00
Exhibition:
Biofabrique Vienna
MAY 25, 2024
16:00
EXHIBITION OPENING:
NEUE SICHTEN
MAY 28, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
FEDERICO CAMERIN
JUN 5, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
SASHA PIRKER
JUN 5, 2024
19:00
INAUGURAL LECTURE:
DIETMAR FEICHTINGER & JURI TROY
JUN 6, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
JACQUELINE OSTY
JUN 7, 2024
13:30
SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION:
SPACES BETWEEN PLACES
JUN 7, 2024
18:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
MARK INDERBITZIN
JUN 11, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: EMANUELE COCCIA
JUN 13, 2024
18:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
LUISA LAMBRI
JUN 17, 2024
19:00
LECTURE & DISCUSSION:
DIEGO MARCON
ANDREA FARAGUNA
JUN 18, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS: LISZ HIRN
JUN 28, 2024
13:30
EXHIBITION:
BIOFABRIQUE VIENNA
JUL 10, 2024
17:00
CALL:
CURATION OF THE STUDENT'S NIGHT
OCT 1, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
AUF DER SUCHE NACH EINSAMKEIT
OCT 8, 2024
18:00
EXHIBITION:
REVIEW’24
OCT 9, 2024
19:00
LECTURE: Kersten Geers
OCT 10, 2024
18:00
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
REVIEW ’24
OCT 15, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
PHILIP URSPRUNG
OCT 17, 2024
18:00
CLOSING DISCUSSION:
THE STUDENT'S NIGHT REVIEW ’24
OCT 24, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
DIETMAR FEICHTINGER
OCT 24, 2024
18:00
LECTURE SERIES:
PERSPEKTIVEN
OCT 24, 2024
19:00
EXHIBITION:
VOM HANDWERK ZUR HÖHE
NOV 5, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
SPACE POPULAR
NOV 7, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
RUEDI BAUR
NOV 12, 2024
19:00
LECTURE: Yvonne Farrell
NOV 13, 2024
18:30
LECTURE:
JEROME BECKER & MATTHIAS MORODER
NOV 20, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
YUMA SHINOHARA
NOV 21, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
JACQUES PAJOT
NOV 25, 2024
10:00
SYMPOSIUM:
DRAWING OTHERWISE
NOV 26, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
VIDIC GROHAR ARHITEKTI
NOV 26, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
ASTRID SMITHAM & NICHOLAS LOBO BRENNAN
DEC 3, 2024
16:00
SYMPOSIUM:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN II
DEC 3, 2024
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
REFLEXION ZUR KULTURHAUPTSTADT SALZKAMMERGUT 2024
DEC 11, 2024
19:00
LECTURE:
PASCALE DALIX
DEC 12, 2024
17:00
EXHIBITION:
TRANSFORMIEREN „KLEINE TVFA HALLE“
DEC 12, 2024
18:00
LECTURE:
KERSTIN MÜLLER
JAN 7, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
RICHARD SENNETT
JAN 21, 2025
18:00
HOUSING TALKS:
CAROLING GENZ
JAN 21, 2025
18:00
EXHIBITION:
COMMUNITY LABORATORY
JAN 21, 2025
19:00
SCREENING AND TALK:
BÊKA & LEMOINE
JAN 23, 2025
16:00
EXHIBITION:
ON EXHIBITION
JAN 27, 2025
19:00
EXHIBITION:
STADTGALERIE
JAN 30, 2025
09:00
SUPERCRIT:
RADIKALE SYMBIOSEN II
JAN 30, 2025
18:00
SYMPOSIUM:
ALTE WU – UMBAU STATT ABBRUCH
MAR 5, 2025
19:00
LECTURE: HILARY SAMPLE
MAR 7, 2025
14:00
EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM: KONSTRUKTIVE KREISLÄUFE
SPECIES OF SPACE
UMBERTO NAPOLITANO, LAN ARCHITECTURE
MODERATED BY TINA GREGORIC
THU, 16.05.2024, 19:00 – HS 17, TU WIEN
'A bedroom is a room where there is a bed; a dining room is a room where there is a table and chairs, often accompanied by a sideboard; a living room is a space filled with armchairs and a sofa; a kitchen is designated by the presence of a stove and running water; a bathroom is distinguished by a water source positioned above a bathtub; when equipped solely with a shower, it becomes a shower room; when containing only a sink, it transforms into a toilet; an entrance, defined by at least one door leading outside the apartment...'
In our modern culture, a space exists solely due to its designated function. But what happens to a bedroom when the bed is removed? What does this space become?
Between subprime crises, climate upheavals, tsunamis, raging wildfires, and epidemics, the onset of this century shifts the architectural paradigm. Once seen as symbols of stability and permanence, the art of construction must now grapple with an unpredictable future. If the 20th century was marked by prediction, the 21st will be defined by uncertainty. To harness this pervasive uncertainty as a creative force, we must meticulously observe, describe, and comprehend a world that is complex, heterogeneous, and rife with contradiction.
As functionalist models appear to wane, how do we envision spaces of the future? How do we conceive of spaces capable of accommodating the unpredictable, the indeterminate, and the paradoxical that define our era? Are we witnessing the emergence of new species of spaces? Or rather, spaces without species?"
Umberto Napolitano (Naples, 1975) studied architecture at the Università Federico II in Naples and then at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Villette. Founder of LAN (Local Architecture Network) with Benoit Jallon in 2002, he also conducts a theoretical work through research projects, exhibitions and conferences all around the world. Umberto was professor at the Columbia University GSAPP of New York (USA), at the AA (Architecture Association) School of Architecture in London (UK) and at the TU Vienna (AU). He is a member of the French Academy of Architecture since 2016 and was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2018.
LAN was created by Benoit Jallon and Umberto Napolitano in 2002, with the idea of exploring architecture as a material at the intersection of several disciplines. This attitude, which has now become a methodology, allows the agency to explore new territories in search of a vision involving social, urban, ecological and functional issues.