Exhibition: FundamentAI and CryoflorE
From December 2025 to March 2026, the Synthetic Landscape Lab opens its doors to students, researchers, and the public for a new exhibition embody the Lab’s pioneering work at the convergence of biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and architectural design as well as its long-lasting collaboration with ecoLogicStudio.
The exhibition presents FundamentAI and CryoflorE as living research artefacts, returning to the academic environment where their methodologies were first cultivated. After being presented on major international stages — from the Venice Architecture Biennale to the Solar Biennale at MUDAC in Lausanne — the projects now act as open platforms for learning, debate, and experimentation.
FundamentAI explores a radical rethinking of urban intelligence, placing ecological systems at the core of planning processes. First unveiled at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the project envisions a city that listens before it acts — co-designed by humans, AI, and microbial life. Drawing on real-time ecological signals from Venice’s lagoon, FundamentAI translates images, maps, and natural language into bio-receptive architectural forms. At Innsbruck, the project is presented not as a static exhibit, but as an evolving research environment that demonstrates how participatory AI and more-than-human intelligence can co-author future urban scenarios.
CryoflorE, commissioned by MUDAC for the Solar Biennale, presents a complementary vision rooted in bio-solar energy and living infrastructure. The project features a large-scale urban model powered by bio-catalytic cells inhabited by cyanobacteria and microalgae. Using biodegradable 3D-printed biopolymer units with conductive anodes and cathodes, each module functions as an individual bio-catalytic cell. Arranged according to a solar clock, the installation visualizes energy production in response to sunlight and photosynthetic activity, forming an adaptive, decentralized network embedded within architectural fabric.
The exhibition will be freely accessible, offering a rare opportunity to engage directly with two internationally recognized projects while experiencing the Lab’s unique interdisciplinary approach firsthand. More than a retrospective, the exhibition acts as a living laboratory, seeding new questions, research, and futures.
10.12.2025 – 10.03.2026 Architekturgebäude, EG