From Structure To Ornament – An Alternative Reading of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
The Architecture Research Colloquia is initialized and organized by the PhD-Candidates and Researchers of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck, and alternately supported by a different institute each term. It is an independent platform that gives current researchers the possibility to invite guest lecturers of their own interest. In the context of the Colloquia researchers present and discuss their current work, as methodological strategies for a doctoral studies in architecture, too.
Antoine Picon (GSD - Harvard)
Antoine Picon is the G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology and Co-Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD & DDes) at the Graduate School of Design at the Harvard University. He teaches courses in the history and theory of architecture and technology. Trained as an engineer, architect, and historian, Picon works on the history of architectural and urban technologies from the eighteenth century to the present.