SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

Does architecture always need to be physical? What ways of spatial expression, notation, extension and new awareness can be achieved and designed through media? And what role could AR play in (re)programming and extending existing spaces, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat?

In this course we will investigate possibilities of virtual and augmented space population through  playful use of digital technologies. We will look at different approaches of immaterial architecture in order to develop ephemeral, audio-visual objects, structures or installations which stand in dialogue and emulate new experiences in relation to an existing architectural context and artistic practice.

OBJECTIVES

The course will teach and introduce students to:

1. conceptual development of spatial strategies and thinking
2. contextual anchoring and relating an existing context such as architecture, curatorial, or thematic setting
3. use of new/old media (3D, video, images) in innovative ways for the development of content andinstallations
4. the use of AR as a medium of implementation, primary device of development

DISSEMINATION - EXHIBITION

The outcome of the course will be shown in the main hall at an external venue/event tbc. and at the  Angewandte Festival 2026.

MODALITIES

Every 2 weeks (Mondays from 09:00am to 12:45pm) with lectures, external input, conceptual development and feedback and continuous project development in mixed groups.

MISSING THE INTRODUCTION LECTURE WILL RESULT IN CANCELLATION OF COURSE PARTICIPATION.

MISSING 3 COURSE DATES WILL RESULT IN CANCELLATION OF COURSE PARTICIPATION.

Regular attendance and active participation in group discussions is expected. (30%)

Each participant is asked to give a presentation of the concept and the theoretical and technical background of the project (10-15 min) and hand in an exhibit until the End of May . The exhibit shall be a spatial investigation and critical examination and design proposal within the context of the venue using AR/VR for implementation. (50%)

Each participant is asked to provide feedback and project documentation(video and audio) to one other work. (20 %)

PARTICIPANTS

This seminar especially (but not only) addresses students of Architecture, Transmedia Art, Transart, Art and Science,  Cross-Disciplinary Strategies, Digital Art and  Experimental Game Cultures. 

The course is limited to 15 participants.

Note: It is administratively necessary to register for both LV with the respective numbers:

S04211(Bence Pap) + S04243(Valie Messini) each a 2ECTS