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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. C. von Moos & Dr F. Sauter
DTSTART:20201204T150000
DTEND:20201204T154500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Charlotte von Moos & Dr Florian Sauter\n15:00 – 15:45 
 – Prof. Charlotte von Moos & Dr Florian Sauter\nAssistant Professor at U
 niversity of Miami\, USA & Lecturer at University of Miami\, USA / co-foun
 ders at Sauter von Moos\, Basel\, Switzerland\n\nTalk title:\nSome Fragmen
 ts\n\nAbstract:\nEach task is particular\, and we try to confront every en
 deavor with the freshness we think it deserves. Theoretically it is quite 
 simple: identifying the right concept\, finding precisely that which needs
  to be done\, and addressing it each time differently. To this end\, no st
 ylistic\, methodological or epistemological preconceptions should hinder a
  profound understanding and rigorous study of each changing brief. We rela
 te this idea of openmindedness to a form of freedom\, which is connected t
 o one’s capacity to set aside\, with each design\, all prescribed doctri
 nes and stiff-necked habits. For the purpose of a desired easiness and lig
 htness\, it may demand to walk away from the safety of one’s own beliefs
 \, to possess a chameleon-like readiness to change\, and to be unburdened 
 by questions of convention. As a logical result\, this more experimental a
 ttitude and the resulting heterogeneity\, which invites paradox and ambigu
 ity\, clearly expresses our willingness to embrace the complexities and th
 e intricacies of the contemporary experience. Therefore\, instead of a cle
 ar-cut agenda\, we rather intend to present our work and thoughts about ar
 chitecture through the lens of a few fragmentary and loosely connected ter
 ms – presence\, surrealism\, archaism\, freedom\, loss and space-time 
 – that share in common a deep wish to understand and transform reality\,
  which\, as the given context\, denotes the entire realm of essential forc
 es a building’s construction\, space and form has to unavoidably face.\n
 \n\nShort bio:\nProf. Charlotte von Moos collaborated with Herzog & de Meu
 ron in Basel\, where she was project manager of the VitraHaus. She has bee
 n a teaching assistant of Valerio Olgiati at the Accademia di Architettura
  in Mendrisio\, and from 2010 to 2016 taught at ETH Studio Basel and Harva
 rd GSD\, where she was in charge of the acclaimed research achtung: die La
 ndschaft. She was Visiting Professor of Architecture at TU Munich\, Worksh
 op Leader at Porto Academy\, and since 2018 she is Assistant Professor at 
 the University of Miami.\n\nDr. Florian Sauter worked with Christian Kerez
  on a series of competitions like the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Betw
 een 2006 and 2014 he co-edited the Architectural Papers at the Chair of Jo
 sep Lluis Mateo at ETH Zurich\, including the seminal publication Earth Wa
 ter Air Fire. He is the author of Painting the Sky Black and was Visiting 
 Professor of Architecture at TU Munich\, Workshop Leader at Porto Academy\
 , and Visiting Critic at Cornell AAP. Currently\, he teaches at the Univer
 sity of Miami.
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/83015684111
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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