PhD Symposium 2025

The Faculty of Architecture at the University of Innsbruck is pleased to announce its annual PhD Symposium, open to all enrolled UIBK architecture PhD students. The symposium provides a platform for students to showcase and discuss the current status of their research. This event is open to the public, and we warmly invite faculty, staff, and students to attend.
Conference Reader (pdf, 13 MB)
Date / Venue
27.11.2025 10.00-18.00 Architekturgebäude Technikerstraße 21, Studio2, 2. OG
Guests
- Prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt (ETH Zurich)
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Morel (UCL London)
Program
10.00 - 10.30 Introduction
10.30 - 11.30 Vadim Smakhtin: Aesthetics as a Protocol
11.30 - 12.30 Nur Esin Karaosman: Architect as Speculative Archaeologist
13.30 - 14.30 Natalia Piorecka: Advancing Mycelium-Based Materials
14.30 - 15.30 Muchen Yan: A Data-Driven Framework for the High-Value Upcycling of Irregular Concrete Waste
16.00 - 17.00 Ugochukwu Eze: Citiness of Lagos
17.00 - 18.00 Simon Oberhammer: Principles of Plasticity
PhD supervisors: Kathrin Aste, Marjan Colletti, Günther Filz, Andreas Flora, Olaf Gipser, Barbara Imhof, Claudia
Pasquero, Marco Poletto, Miro Roman, Stefan Rutzinger, Kristina Schinegger, Karolin Schmidbaur, Peter Trummer
Scientific committee and organisation: Miro Roman, Barbara Imhof, Karolin Schmidbaur