A panel discussion on Hopeful Monsters and the Non Standard in Architecture as exemplified in Archi-Tectonics recent monograph Strange Objects, New Solids, and Massive Things by Actar Publishers. The panel will reflect on how these methods reshape the relationship between design process, material innovation, and urban experience, and will be joined by Carlo Ratti, Curator Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, 19th International Architecture Exhibition: Intelligens Natural. Artificial. Collective. Professor, Senseable City Lab, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Prof. Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Head of CITA, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Prof. Marco Imperadori, Politecnico di Milano, Ricardo Devesa PHD, Editor-in Chief Actar, Hernan Diaz Alonso, SCI-Arc Director/CEO, Los Angeles, and Prof. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Grüntuch Ernst Architekten, Berlin, Chair at the TU Braunschweig and moderated by Justin Korhammer, partner Archi-Tectonics NYC.
Prof. Winka Dubbeldam, partner Archi-Tectonics NYC, will introduce Archi-Tectonics’ past and current work through the perspective of her latest research and publications into plant intelligence, mutations and architectural adaptation.
Involved: Carlo Ratti – Curator, Venice Architecture Biennale 2025; Professor, Senseable City Lab, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Prof. Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen – Head of CITA, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen Prof. Marco Imperadori – Professor, Politecnico di Milano Ricardo Devesa, PhD – Editor-in-Chief, Actar Publishers Hernan Diaz Alonso – Director/CEO, SCI-Arc, Los Angeles Prof. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst – Partner, Grüntuch Ernst Architekten, Berlin; Chair, TU Braunschweig Justin Korhammer – Partner, Archi-Tectonics NYC (Moderator) Prof. Winka Dubbeldam – Partner, Archi-Tectonics NYC.
