"Queens of Structure" Vernissage

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Date 19.05.2025
Hour 18:3020:00
Speaker Agnes Weilandt
Location
Category Conferences - Seminars
Event Language French
5:30 pm - Free tour of the Queens of Structure exhibition on Place Ada Lovelace (in front of Archizoom), in the presence of the Queens of Structure Suisse Romande committee
6:30 pm - A Structural Challenge, lecture (in French) by Prof. Dr. Agnes Weilandt, partner in the Bollinger+Grohmann design office, professor at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt and Queen

Professor Agnes Weildandt will explore her fascination with structural design, focusing on complexity, sustainability and innovation. Through concrete examples, she will demonstrate how challenges can be transformed into creative opportunities to shape a sustainable future.

The lecture will be followed by a round-table discussion and an aperitif.
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About Agnes Weilandt:
Prof. Dr. Agnes Weilandt completed her studies in civil engineering at RWTH Aachen in 1999. Between 2001 and 2005, she was a research associate at the Institut für Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. Working in the field of lightweight construction research and adaptability, she wrote a doctoral thesis entitled “Adaptability in thin-walled load-bearing structures”. Prior to and in parallel with her research activities at the University of Stuttgart, she worked at the Werner Sobek Ingenieure design office in Stuttgart between 1999 and 2004. Since 2006, she has been working at Bollinger + Grohmann, where she has been a partner since 2011. In 2010, she was appointed Professor of Statics, Mechanics and Structural Engineering at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt.

This exhibition has received the support of the EPFL Equal Opportunity Office.
 

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  • General public
  • Registration required

Organizer

  • Maléna Bastien Masse, Structural Exploration Lab

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génie civil femmes exposition

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