on Architecture is a contemporary view encompassing work emerging from architectural practice today. The lecture series in the spring semester 2014 presents three specific viewpoints from the edges of Europe. The lectures will allow us to sharpen our own attitudes through this inside view of Irish, Greek, and Spanish positions addressing issues of education, materials, building, infrastructure and politics in the widest sense. The invited architects – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects (Dublin), Maria Kaltsa of Kaltsa-Papandreou Architects (Athens), and Benedetta Tagliabue of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT (Barcelona) – provide us a window into architectural and urban theory and practice that enables us to reflect on our own stance.

Grafton Architects, Dublin
4 March 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Maria Kaltsa, Athens
8 April 2014, 6:00 p.m.

BENEDETTA TAGLIABUE, Barcelona
29 April 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Parallel to these three lectures, we have invited four d-arch assistant professors from the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore and from the eth in Zurich to give us insights into their ongoing research and teaching along with the work of their private practice.

Dirk Hebel, eth Zurich
25 March 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Philippe Block, eth Zurich
1 April 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Milica Topalovic, eth Zurich
15 April 2014, 6:00 p.m.

Alex Lehnerer, eth Zurich
6 May 2014, 6:00 p.m.

All lectures will take place at
eth Zurich, Hönggerberg
Auditorium hil e4
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5*
8093 Zurich