Ulrika Karlsson & Jonas Runberger: "Messthetics" & "Notes on Digital Practice"(Sep 18)
Ulrika Karlsson and Jonas Runberger are recently appointed as new professors at the KTH School of Architecture. In this event, they will both introduce themselves and their new professorships, followed by a discussion with KTH-A's Head of Research Katja Grillner.
Tid: To 2014-09-18 kl 17.00
Plats: Triangeln (entrance foyer), KTH Arkitekturskolan, Östermamsgatan 26, Stockholm
'Vector interference II', design for a new multipurpose pavillion on the KTH Campus, by Ulrika Karlsson / servo stockholm
ULRIKA KARLSSON: MESSTHETICS
Introductory lecture for new Professorhip in Architecture with a focus on Digital Methods and Tools.
Ulrika Karlsson is a partner and founding member of servo stockholm . Karlsson received her Architecture degree from Columbia University GSAPP (MsAAD) and her Landscape Architecture degree from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (MLA). Karlsson has lectured internationally and contributed to journals including Perspecta, Via, and AD. She currently teaches in Advanced level Studio 5: 'Round-trip translations' at KTH School of Architecture and was recently appointed professor at Konstfack in Stockholm.
Together with servo pertner Marcelyn Gow, Karlsson also pursues design research financed by the Swedish Research council. Karlsson has taught at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Prior to establishing servo Karlsson worked in the office of Greg Lynn Form, Hoboken.
Project for Forumtorget, Uppsala, by Jonas Runberger / Dsearch White Arkitekter. (photo by Bo Gyllander)
JONAS RUNBERGER: NOTES ON DIGITAL PRACTICE
Introductory lecture for new Adjunct Professorship in Architecture with a specialisation towards applied digital design in architectural practise.
Jonas Runberger is an architect active in practice, research and education. His main interests involve the relation between design techniques, architectural production and experiential effect, with an emphasis on the impact of digital technology on both experimental and conventional practice. Particular concerns within this field are protocols for collaborative design processes, digital technology as support in early design stages, experimentation and production, as well as the merging of digital and physical design aspects.
He presented his licentiate thesis Architectural Prototypes as part of his design driven doctoral project at the KTH School of Architecture in 2008, and his doctoral thesis at the department of Project Communication at the KTH School of Architecture and the Build Environment in 2012. He is Academic Coordinator of the Digital Fabrication Lab at the school and runs the Advanced level Studio 9: 'Forging the Emphemeral – Structures of Temporal Permanence' with Oliver Tessmann. As a practitioner, he is the Director of Dsearch, an environment for digital design development within White Arkiteker AB .
The lectures are held in english, and will be followed by a discussion with Katja Grillner , KTH School of Architecture Head of Research, Professor in Critical Studies in Architecture and Director of the national research environment 'Architecture in Effect'.