the master’s thesis ‘sozial-utopische Artefakte’ sparks interest in local newspapers and authorities
Lukas Pauer, born 1988, is studying architecture and urbanism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich). He has participated in a number of research projects at ETH, such as the Structural Oscillations project (DFAB) for the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008 and the ongoing research platform urbaninform / Squat at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in 2009. In addition he has been involved in a publication on philanthropy and architecture with Jeffrey Inaba and the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (C-Lab) in NYC, as well as various experimental periodicals, such as prss release, trans, MONU and Volume Magazine.
Recently, in collaboration with LCLAOFFICE / Paisajes Emergentes, he has been teaching workshops on speculative landscapes at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
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This dumplog is an experimental instantfolio aka a place where I can dump my work and thoughts about all things architecture, urbanism and related fields.
Lukas Pauer dumplogWhat am I up to right now? → applying for grad schools → co-designing a website → preparing an input lecture on methodology and notation → conducting long-term research on the flâneur, dériveur, traceur and the crisis of mapping → initiating and organizing a symposium on architectural broadcasting aimed for fall 2012
1 keep a blog and / or write a book
2 design¹ a house²
3 create agititation
4 steer a think and action tank
¹ contact lukas dot pauer at gmail dot com
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"In winter, an artfully shaped snow landscape could become a “whitesward”—underscoring the now obscured potential for plowing to positively transform public space. Such a white landscape could be considered a “snow observation ground” to encourage people to appreciate the snow and its accumulation, and to dispel the negative impressions and experiences that our combative approach has produced."
— Sergio López-Piñeiro
just began teaching a workshop on what Olmsted did not know with Luis Callejas at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
"Utopia is not a state, not an artists’ colony. It is the dirty secret of all architecture, even the most debased: deep down all architecture, no matter how naive and implausible, claims to make the world a better place."
— Rem Koolhaas
has been selected as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, the world’s largest privately funded international scholarships program to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas
