School Lecture Series: Buro Hacke / EPFL Architecture
Event details
| Date | 30.09.2025 |
| Hour | 18:30 › 20:00 |
| Speaker | Max Hacke |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | French, English |
BURO HACKE, MAX HACKE
The Study Pavilion
The Study Pavilion in Braunschweig is a prototype for open, responsive social learning environments. Max Hacke explores how collaborative design shapes social and collective dynamics. He examines flexibility and changeability as strategies for future reuse, reflecting a shift toward architecture as process rather than object. The lecture will trace the Pavilion’s conception and development, and broader relevance as a case study in shaping environments that evolve with the communities they serve.
This lecture is part of the School Lecture Series
COMMUNITY VOL.1
Seven exemplary projects and case studies
Community is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community 'is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others, reminding us of our otherness.
This lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to these questions through their work, which spans film, exhibitions, and communitarian buildings.
Save the date and join us on Tuesday evenings!
The Study Pavilion
The Study Pavilion in Braunschweig is a prototype for open, responsive social learning environments. Max Hacke explores how collaborative design shapes social and collective dynamics. He examines flexibility and changeability as strategies for future reuse, reflecting a shift toward architecture as process rather than object. The lecture will trace the Pavilion’s conception and development, and broader relevance as a case study in shaping environments that evolve with the communities they serve.
This lecture is part of the School Lecture Series
COMMUNITY VOL.1
Seven exemplary projects and case studies
Community is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community 'is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others, reminding us of our otherness.
This lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to these questions through their work, which spans film, exhibitions, and communitarian buildings.
Save the date and join us on Tuesday evenings!
Practical information
- General public
- Free