MATERIALS & PROCESSES 
Symposium

LINA x TUW
SYMPOSIUM/ EXHIBITION
22.5.2025, 16:00-20:00
PRECHTLSAAL TU WIEN

Over the past three years, the Research Unit Architectural Typology at the Institute of Architectural Design, TU Wien, has actively collaborated with emerging practitioners in architecture and design to confront the climate crisis. Through our participation in the LINA European Architecture Platform, we have forged connections across Europe, thereby establishing a novel research and educational focus: a bioregional approach that understands architecture and design as integrative practices engaging holistically with the locally specific ecosystems involved in building production.

Confronted with the significant environmental impact of the construction sector, it is imperative to transform modes of production. Architecture today has to respond to the availability of resources, where conditions of scarcity foster specificity and innovation. However, within this urgency lies an intriguing aspect: a renewed sensitivity to materials, textures, haptics, and a curiosity for infrastructures and ecosystems at scales often complex to comprehend.

Such a paradigmatic shift compels a redefinition of roles within architectural education and practice. Addressing the demands of systemic change requires a broadening of competencies and also raises critical questions concerning expertise and disciplinary boundaries. Preparing future practitioners necessitates educational frameworks that emphasize collaboration over competition and cultivate interdisciplinary knowledge.

To address these challenges, it is imperative that innovative models of collaboration are established. Universities, industries, and public stakeholders are urged to move beyond isolated responsibilities and adopt processes of open and collective innovation. Foundational to this initiative are practices of mutual learning and the construction of a common ground founded on mutual trust.

Speakers

Jade Apack (Paris, France), Daniel Bell (Arles, France), Charly Blödel (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Fanny Bordes (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Harald Gründl (Vienna, Austria), Estelle Jullian (Valencia, Spain), Donn Holohan (Sligo, Ireland/ Hongkong), Bernadette Krejs (Vienna, Austria), Bernadette Luger (Vienna, Austria), Denis Milosevic (Vienna, Austria), Benedetta Pompili (Amsterdam/ Netherlands), Adam Przywara (Warsaw, Poland), Hannah Segerkrantz (Tallinn, Estonia), Jakob Sellaoui (Vienna, Austria), Jakob Travnik (Vienna, Austria), Irena Übler (Porto, Portugal), Henri Uijtterhaegen (Brussels, Belgium), Nuno Vasconcelos (Viseu, Portugal)

Concept/ Organisation: 
Research Unit Architectural Typology and Design
Institute of Architectural Design, TU Wien
Prof. Tina Gregoric, Thomas Amann

in collaboration with/ co-funded by: 
LINA European Architecture Platform
Matevz Celik

supported by: 
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, TU Wien

 

PROGRAM

16:00 Introduction

Representative of TUW, tbc
Prof. Tina Gregoric (Typology and Design, TUW)
Matevz Celik (Head of LINA Platform)

16:15 Project Presentation

Thomas Amann (Typology and Design, TUW)
LINA fellows

17:00 Roundtable 1: Urgency / Fascination

Jade Apack (LINA fellow, Paris, FR)
Harald Gründl (EOOS Social Design, Vienna, AT)
Benedetta Pompili (LINA fellow, Amsterdam, NL)
Adam Przywara (LINA fellow, Warsaw, PL)
Jakob Sellaoui (Studio Jakob Sellaoui, Vienna, AT)
Irena Übler (LINA fellow, Porto, PT)

18:00 Roundtable 2: Roles / Teaching

Charly Blödel (LINA fellow, Studio Charly Blödel, Rotterdam, NL)
Estelle Jullian (LINA fellow, Valencia, ES)
Donn Holohan (LINA fellow, Superposition, Sligo, IE)
Bernadette Krejs (Housing and Design, TUW)
Hannah Segerkrantz (LINA fellow, Tallinn, EE)
Nuno Vasconcelos (LINA fellow, doing(dot)pt, Viseu, PT)

19:00 Roundtable 3: Collaborations / Partnerships

Daniel Bell (Atelier LUMA, Arles, FR)
Fanny Bordes (LINA fellow, Studio ACTE, Rotterdam, NL)
Bernadette Luger (City of Vienna, Head of Coordination Unit for Resource Conservation and Sustainability in the Construction Sector, Vienna, AT)
Denis Milosevic (Project Manager, Wiener Linien, Vienna, AT)
Jakob Travnik (LINA fellow, Bioregional Agency, Vienna, AT)
Henri Uijtterhaegen (BC architects & studies, Brussels, BE)

20:00 Conclusions

Prof. Tina Gregoric (Typology and Design, TUW)
Matevz Celik (Head of LINA Platform)