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SUMMARY:Honorary Lecture\, Prof. Marco Bakker
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Marco Bakker\nDate: 05 May 2026\nTime: 17:30 - 19:30\nIn
 troduction by Dean Katrin Beyer and IA director Pier Vittorio Aureli. Lect
 ure by Prof. Marco Bakker. Followed by an apero.\n\nPlace: EPFL\, SG 1138
 \nLive stream: link\n\nTitle:\nA World Made of Traces\, ANEKDOTA!\n\nAbst
 ract:\nMANSLAB\, The Spatial Workshop: In our view\, architecture is a cra
 ft in which creativity and relentless discipline lead to innovation. Along
 side a 'plurality of time'\, we are interested in the 'plurality of space'
 . Rather than transparency\, it is the arrangement of different worlds fac
 e-to-face or side-by-side that creates this impression of density and rich
 ness in relationships.\n\nTo craft sustainable development\, we believe th
 at\, alongside a body of fundamental knowledge\, a spirit can be cultivate
 d through tireless attempts\, including failure\, to develop a 'knowledge 
 of the hand' capable of finding new forms of expression. The countless exp
 eriences that we have accumulated at MANSLAB over the past 15 years can un
 doubtedly be best recounted in the form of anecdotes. An anecdote is a his
 torical detail or a characteristic of customs or character that becomes a 
 short\, entertaining story evoking emotions such as laughter or horror.\n\
 nThe students’ work that I am about to present illustrates certain teste
 d\, refined and proven principles\, such as the indestructible link betwee
 n ideas and the hand through the slow and joyful acquisition of knowledge\
 ; the economy of means to highlight the essential\; errors and non-lineari
 ty as inspiring methods in the design process\; and the cultivation of emp
 irical\, manual and physical knowledge that prioritises grasping sensory\,
  supra-sensory and memory-based reality and is capable of creating new spa
 ces. The launch of the book ANEKDOTA will take place at the same event.\n\
 nAbout the speaker:\nMarco Bakker is born in Harlingen\, Netherlands\, in 
 1960. He first earned a degree in Civil Engineering from HTS Leeuwarden\, 
 before continuing his studies in Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft 
 University of Technology\, including spending a year abroad at EPFL. Follo
 wing four years of experimentation in architecture and photography\, he fo
 unded the firm Bakker & Blanc Architects (BABL) with Alexandre Blanc in 19
 92. At the same time\, he worked as an assistant to Prof. Vincent Mangeat 
 and visiting professor Kaschka Knapkiewicz at EPFL. From 2003 to 2009\, he
  taught architectural design and theory at the BFH in Burgdorf. Following 
 four years as visiting professors together with Alexandre Blanc\, they wer
 e appointed associate professors at the EPFL Institute of Architecture wit
 hin the 'MANSLAB\, Laboratory of Spatial Manufacturing' chair from 2013 to
  2025.\n\nHe also served on the Arts and Architecture Commission of the Ca
 nton of Bern and was a member of the editorial board of Werk-Bauen & Wohne
 n. He chaired the jury for the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale on be
 half of Pro Helvetia. Marco Bakker also regularly participates in various 
 photographic and editorial projects related to art and architecture.\n 
LOCATION:SG 1138 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%201138
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