Material Agency in Spatial Formations
Lukas Allner
Doctoral Student Mag.arch.
Lukas Allner is an architect and researcher. He studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and at the Angewandte, graduating from Studio Prix in 2010 with distinction. As part of the Conceptual Joining research project, which is funded by the PEEK program of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, he has been working on experimental approaches to wood construction.
In his professional practice, research and teaching, he is interested in given conditions as the foundation and inspiration for architecture. Existing buildings, material constraints and the ambivalent state of design studies are understood as incentives for a design method working with interpretation and translation. This process is designed to form open structures, and is intended to lead to a circular model.
He worked with international practices in Shanghai and Vienna. He also taught at several universities, including the Welsh School of Architecture and the University of Innsbruck. He has received the MAK-Schindler scholarship and the TISCHE grant.
Research Projects
Half Forms
Inventorics
Recombining Artifacts for Innovation
Conceptual Joining
Wood Structures from Detail to Utopia