︎︎︎Lectures, Conferences & Committees
AACHEN Jan 14 2027, DE
Identität der Architektur II, Symposium RWTH Aachen, Prof. Uwe Schröder, Lecture & Panellist
EDINBURGH Nov 21 2026, UK
Peripheries–Peripherocene, Symposium and exhibition opening on The Journal of Architecture special issue at Custom Lane gallery in Edinburgh.
MILAN/PIACENZA Nov 4-5 2026, IT
Politecnico di Milano, Lecture: Before and After Design – Typologies of Translation, Prof. Fabrizia Berlingieri
DESSAU Oct 22-23 2026, DE
International Symposium Bauhaus Dessau:
Unstable Models - On Typology and Climate
Lecture & Panellist, Bilyana Asenova, Leonhard Clemens & Federico Coricelli
BUDAPEST Oct 21 2026, HU
BME Budapest, Faculty of Architecture Doctoral School, Lecture „Teaching Typology“
ZELTWEG Oct 7 2026, AT
4. Interministerielle Fachtagung zur Stärkung von Stadt- und Ortskernen, Panellist
DROSENDORF Sep 28 2026, AT
Landuni-Tagung Drosendorf - Round Table: "Typologische Transformation bestehender Infrastrukturen"
BERLIN Sep 24-25 2026, DE
21. PEP Conference (Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion) TU Berlin, Guest reviewer, evening lecture and assessor at PhD defense of Tobias Rabold (Un.Widmung) supervised by Prof. Ralf Pasel
SIEGEN Jul 15 2026 (online)
Lecture “Hybrid Universe”, Universität Siegen, Atelier Dilan Vural - Chair of Design Methodology and Architectural Design, Lehrgebiet Entwurfsmethodik und Entwerfen
GHENT Jun 19 2026 Jury member at the public PhD defence of Floris De Bruyn, Observations on Type: Typological Strategies for Reuse in Architectural Practice and Education. Supervisor: Martino Tattara; co-supervisor: Caroline Voet, KU Leuven, Sint-Lukas Ghent
AARHUS Jun 9 2026 (online)
Lecture “Typologies of Transformation - Spatial Research over Time” within the PhD viva of Tobias Hentzer Dausgaard at Aarhus School of Architecture on June 9 2026.
WUPPERTAL Jun 2 2026
Lecture “Gebäudetypologien und Transformation”
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
COPENHAGEN May 22 2026
Lecture “Architectural Affordances” at Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation, Dr. Morten Meldgaard
THESSALONIKI Mar 18 2026 (online)
Andreas Lechner, “Typologies” - lunch time lecture upon invitation from Dr. Despoina D. Zavraka at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki www.auth.gr
BERLIN Jan 21 2026
Book presentations and discussion “On Typologies” convened by Prof. Jörg H. Gleiter, Department of Architecture Theory, TU Berlin with Prof. Andreas Lechner (Graz), Prof. Annalisa Trentin (Bologna) and Prof. Katharina Borsi (Nottingham) – On Typology.
INNSBRUCK Oct 24 2025
“Typologies of Transformation” at Innsbruck University’s Faculty of Architecture, Appointment Lecture
GRAZ Oct 21 2025
Public Defense of supervised doctoral dissertation: Memoryscapes of Post-Yugoslavia: Toward a Typology of Monumental Semiosis by Ena Kukić with assessing professors Vedad Islambegović and Vladimir Kulić, TU Graz
TBILISI Sep 30 2025
Lecture “Typologies of Transformation” upon invitation from Prof. Dr. Ia Kupatadze, ILIA State University Tbilisi (online)
MILAN Sep 19 2025
Lecture “Typologies of Transformation” at Politecnico di Milano, International Seminar “Affordances of Architectural Typologies” convened by Prof. G. Postiglione.
PISA Sep 15 2025
Pisa: International Conference on Adaptive Reuse (Sep 15-18) Lecture & Paper (forthcoming) “Typologies of Transformation”https://www.icadaptivereuse.com
PREZIER Aug 14 2025
Summer School Prezier, DE
Lecture “Counterintuitive Building Typologies” (online)
GENOA Jul 18 2025
PhD Assessor at Dipartimento Architettura e Design Università di Genova’s defence of doctoral dissertations “On Megarchitectures” by Ayla Schiappacasse and “Il costo dell’architettura’ by Duccio Prassoli supervised by Giovanni Galli & Christiano Lepprato.
ANTWERP Jul 8 2025
“Atlas of Typological Affordances – Drawing Architectural Research” presented by Gennaro Postiglione at ICSA 2025 - REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse - 6th International Conference on Structures and Architecture.
BERLIN Jun 11 2025
Panel Discussion at BHROX, Ernst-Reuter-Platz Mittelinsel: “Constructive Disobedience & Typologies of Umbau” with Oliver Schruoffeneger, Matthias Ballestrem, Helga Blocksdorf, Katharina Benjamin and Andreas Lechner, moderated by Petra Kickenweitz and Armin Stocker (in German).
MILAN Apr 3-4 2025
Peer reviewer at CA2RE Milano 2025 –Authorships
Presentation Magazine STOÀ with Alberto Calderoni, Jacopo Leveratto and book presentation “Architectural Affordances – Typologies of Umbau” with Gennaro Postiglione, Francesca Serrazanetti within the Milan CA2RE conference at Politecnico Bldg. 11
MILAN Feb 22 2025, Polimi
Lecture “Mapping Continual Building – Typologies of Transformation” within the AUID PhD Progam “Drawing on the Existing” by Fabrizia Berlingieri, Matthias Ballestrem, Lidia Gasparoni at DAStU Politecnico di Milano, Carta Bldg.
LAS VEGAS Feb 6 2025
Lecture “Building Types and Their Continual Transformation” at UNLV – University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Architecture, upon invitation from Prof. Dr. Steffen Lehmann / Urban Futures Lab.
INNSBRUCK Jan 21 2025
Lecture “Typologies of Transformation” at Innsbruck University, Faculty of Architecture – Architecture Theory + Guest Crit at Studio Giacomo Pala & Tim Altenhof.
NEWCASTLE Nov 25 2024
Lecture “Typologies of Umbau” at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Dr. Cameron McEwan
NORWICH Nov 21-23 2024
Lecture “Peripheral Bodies – Frankenstein Periphery” with Cameron McEwan at AHRA International Conference 2024 – Body Matters, University of the Arts, Norwich, UK.
GENOA Nov 6 2024
Lecture “Architectural Affordances & Typologies of Umbau” at Università di Genova, DAD Dipartimento Architettura e Design - Doctoral School.
LANCASTER Oct 22 2024
Lecture “The Future of Typology” - Online at Lancaster School of Architecture upon invitation from Dr. Andrea Canclini.
MILAN Oct 18 2024
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies” - Online at Politecnico di Milano DAStU, Prof. G. Postiglione.
GHENT Oct 2 2024
Lecture “Type & Typologies” at Studio Primary Structure by Floris De Bruyn & Olivier Goethals, Online at KU Leuven – Faculty of Architecture Sint-Lucas Ghent.
GHENT Sep 9-10 2024
Lecture “Typologies of Umbau” at conference As Found: Affective Restoration and Typological Strategies for Reuse curated and convened by Caroline Voet and Mechthild Stuhlmacher, KU Leuven, Campus Sint-Lucas
CRES Sep 4-8 2024, Lecture “Günther Domenig’s Steinhaus as Graz School of Architecture” within 4th Moise Architectural Seminar / Summer School Architecture and Philosophy of Khōrein: Journal for Architecture and Philosophy on the island of Cres (Croatia) thanks to Petar Bojanić, Snežana Vesnić & Andrea Canclini.
GRAZ Jun 06 2024
Panel “Architektur. Bücher, Filme und Gespräche” with Frida Grahn (USI Mendrisio), Georg Vrachliotis (TU Delft), Nicole Schwarz (Birkhäuser Berlin), Armin Stocker & Andreas Lechner (TU Graz) at GAT.news / Architekturtage Graz 2024.
AARHUS May 25 2024, Maike Gold presents our paper “Affordances of Architectural Typology” at EAAE/ARCC 2024 Conference at Aarhus School of Architecture.
MILAN Mar 18 2024
Presentation of “Affordances of Architectural Typologies” PhD Workshop results (Mar 12-18 2024)
MILAN Mar 14 2024
Lecture “Atlas of Affordances – Recent Typological Research” at Bldg. 29 Carta, Politecnico di Milano, AUID PhD-Program
BRUSSELS Feb 29 2024
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies” at UC Louvain – LOCI, Rue Henri Wafelaerts, 47-51, 1060 Saint-Gilles (Brussels) upon inivitation from Prof. Gerald Ledent.
BRAUNSCHWEIG Feb 07 2024
Lecture “Gebäudetypologien & Counterintuitive Typologies”, TU Braunschweig
HAMBURG Dec 07 2023
Lecture “Continual Building Typologies”, HCU - Hafencity Universität
GRAZ Nov 15 2023
Presentation “Counterintuitive Typologies – ongoing research” at Graz Center of Sustainable Construction (GCSC), TU Graz
PORTSMOUTH Oct 26 2023
Lecture & Chair of panel session “Drawing Attention to the Periphery” with Cameron McEwan at AHRA International Conference 2023, Portsmouth School of Architecture, UK
NEWCASTLE Oct 18 2023
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies - Designing Uncertain Futures” at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Dr. Cameron McEwan
INNSBRUCK Jun 28 2023
Guest crit: Final review of Studio E3 “Stranger Realism(s)” by Giacomo Pala & Tim Altenhof at Innsbruck University’s Institut für Architekturtheorie und Baugeschichte.
BERLIN Jun 21 2023
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies” with Maike Gold at 9th Conference of Forum Architekturwissenschaft at TU Berlin, Netzwerk Architekturwissenschaft.
MILAN Mar 31 2023
Lecture “Typology Affordances - Architecture beyond Function“, Talk and closing seminar at Politecnico di Milano
DORTMUND Mar 20 2023
Lecture “Kontinuität und Wandel”, TU Dortmund, GER
MILAN Jan 30 2023
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies. Drawing Attention” within the AUID Research Talks at Politecnico di Milano, Edificio 11.
MILAN Dec 1 2022
Lecture “Counterintuitive Typologies” at Politecnico di Milan, Start of DAStU Research fellowship,
BERLIN May 10 2022
Book presentation “Entwurf einer architektonischen Gebäudelehre” and talk with Markus Penell at Ortner & Ortner Baukunst, Depotgespräche at Depotgalerie, Leibnizstraße 60 10629 Berlin
HANNOVER Apr 22-23
11th DARA-Symposium - Design and Research in Architecture and Landscape, Keynote & peer reviewer, Prof. Margitta Buchert
PRODUCTS – 11th Symposium on Design and Research in Architecture and Landscape
INNSBRUCK Apr 5 2022
Studio Lecture 'Counterintuitive Typologies' at Faculty of Architecture - Institut für Gestaltung - Studio 1
GRAZ Jan 5 2022
Lecture 'Counterintuitive Typologies'
Architectural Research Lectures,
Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Daniel Gethmann
Counterintuitive Typologies
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