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Selected talks, lectures and conferences

Selected talks, lectures and conferences

  • “Living Architecture Workshop,” TTÜ Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, 27-31 March 2017 [Rachel Armstrong, Simone Ferracina, UNEW].
  • “Designing with Demons”, open lecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 30 March 2017 [Rachel Armstrong, UNEW]
  • “Living Architecture”, TAB2017, Rachel Armstrong of Newcastle University, in conversation with Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, 8 March 2017
  • “Living Architecture: can microorganisms help to build our cities and power them too?”, Event at the Building Centre, London, 7 March 2017, organized in conjunction with the Supermaterial exhibition (including installation/exhibition of UWE’s ‘Living Brick’). [Simone Ferracina, UNEW, and Gimi Rimbu, UWE]
  • “Co-creation – learning journey”, Departure Creative Industries, Vienna, Austria, 2 March 2017. [Barbara Imhof, LSG]
  • “Living Architecture: An innovative platform for designing and engineering with metabolism”, Keynote address, RESIM (Research on Intelligent and Sustainable Manufacturing), Leiria, Portugal, 14 December 2016 [Rachel Armstrong, UNEW]
    Living Architecture referenced with respect to the use of “living” materials within buildings  in the near future and what this means for academia, business, teaching and society. The event is designed to be a major forum for the scientific exchange of multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational aspects of sustainable and intelligent manufacturing and related areas. We are expecting to gather participants from all countries, strongly engaged in the development of natural and pioneering solutions to solve Society’s problems, contributing to a more pleasant and sustainable way of life.
  • “Shifting Space Perspectives,” Antarctic Biennale Vision Club, Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Moscow, Russia, 21st November 2016 [Barbara Imhof, LSG]
  • “Biocolonization: a vision for Mars and beyond”, BBC Future, World-Changing Ideas Summit, Sydney, Australia, 15th November 2016 [Rachel Armstrong, UNEW]
    Living Architecture project referenced with respect to the future of closed-loop ecosystems. This conference is a leading ideas platform for businesses and policy makers.     
  • “Living Architecture”, Living Architecture Systems Group Symposium, University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Toronto, 4th November 2016. [Simone Ferracina, UNEW]
  • “How can we combine Nature and Architecture?”, Brave New Now conference, Leiden, Netherlands, 3rd November 2016. [Rachel Armstrong, UNEW]
    Bioenergy and the future of buildings – harvesting electricity using bioreactors. The conference is about the kinds of developments that are going to impact the way we live and what this means for society. The living architecture project is referenced in this talk.
  • “…and the stars look different today,” Studio 3 for Experimental Architecture, TU-Innsbruck, Austria, 21 October 2016. [Barbara Imhof, LSG]
  • “…and the stars look different today,” 2016 Urban Landscape Week, TU-Delft, Netherlands, 17 October 2016. [Barbara Imhof, LSG]
  • “…and the stars look different today,” Studio Madame Mohr, 1020 Vienna, Austria, 14 September 2016. [Barbara Imhof, LSG].
  • 21-23 July 2016, International Max Planck Research School, Germany – Martin Hanczyc of University of Trento
  • 18-22 July 2016: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation TT5 Workshop, Seattle – Ioannis Ieropoulos of UWE Bristol
  • 13-16 June 2016: European Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Bath, UK- Ioannis Ieropoulos of UWE Bristol
  • 27 May-3 June 2016: 229th ECS Meeting, San Diego – Ioannis Ieropoulos of UWE Bristol