Public installation, lecture and panel at the Goethe‑Institut Madrid with Miquel Gonzalez, Emilio Silva, Prof. Gutmaro Gómez Bravo and Hybrid Space Lab.
Opening, Exhibition, Lecture & Discussion Lost Memory – Recovered Memory, Deep Space @ Goethe Institut, Madrid, 5 June 2019
Deep Space: re-signifying Valle de los Caídos is presented on 25 January 2019 at the transmediale in Berlin, Germany.
Lecture & Discussion @ transmediale, Berlin, 3 February 2019
Hybrid Space Lab presents Deep Space the a long-term investigative program initiated to deal with politics of memory, controversial monuments and heritage.
Lecture & Discussion @ TRACES, Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture, via Ampère 2, Milan, 25 January 2019
Hybrid Diplomacy: How to integrate digital and creative innovation in diplomatic processes.
AR/VRxIoT+AI+? = Hybrid Space
The combination of physical and media space, of local place and digital networks, is coined Hybrid Space. Space today is transformed by technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) or Mixed Reality, becoming increasingly hybrid.
Lecture The Transformation of Diplomacy: Digitalization and Innovation @ Advanced Social and Political Research Institute, Riga Readings in Social Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, 22-23 November 2018
This is about the utopia of a people-friendly city, Humboldt Volcano as a counterpoint to the Humboldt Forum.
Article @ YEAST, Germany, 15 June 2018
Since yesterday, the MakeCity Festival in Berlin – and it is green!
Publication @ Baunetz, Germany, 15 June 2018
A two‑week program explores how the VOID at the Embassy can become a joyful space for play, dance, lounging, exchange and shared enjoyment.
Opening & Press Conference Public Pop-Up Park @ Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Berlin, 15 June 2018
Reading, Presentation & Discussion Alexander von Humboldt and Humboldt Volcano @ Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, MakeCity Festival, Berlin, 15 June 2018
Presentations and panel with leading Dutch and German artists and architects working in architecture, theater, and material design on participatory concepts.
Lectures & Panel Mart Stam Talks @ Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Berlin, 29 June 2018
Hybrid Space Lab presents Deep Space in the context of Affect Space, the self-mediated spaces that act as affective backdrops for digital self-activation.
Lecture & Discussion Affect Space, Transmediale Festival Face Value, @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 4 February 2018
Architects and professors Elizabeth Sikiaridi and Frans Vogelaar were invited to envision the Humboldt Forum’s future with two bold designs: Volcano and Jungle.
Lecture & Discussion @ Berlijnse Avonden e.V., Berlin, 6 January 2018
Affect Space explores how public spaces, mobile media, wireless networks, and rising affective exchanges increasingly shape how these environments operate.
Master Classes, Public Interventions, Conferences, Pop-up Exhibitions @ Cool Mediators Foundation, Berlin, Cambridge (MA, USA), The Hague, Madrid, Rotterdam, 2018-2019
Urban Garden Kit creates micro‑gardens for Shenzhen Urban Village blocks at Chunjing Street, using a computer gaming platform to enable participation.
Lecture, Workshop & Exhibition @ UABB 2017, Hong Kong & Shenzhen, P.R. China, 16-22 December 2017
NatureTecture explores how architecture merges with green structures as advances in nature, biotech, and tech drive the rise of hybrid architecture.
Lecture NatureTecture @ Media Lab, Central Academy of Fine Arts, No.8 Hua Jia Di Nan Street, Chao Yang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 27 November 2017
Advances like IoT, Big Data, machine intelligence and precision farming shapes life and urban nature, fostering BioTecture where nature and architecture fuse.
Lectures & Discussions @ CAFA Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum (CAFA) & Beijing Visual Art Innovation Institute, no 8. Hua Jia Di Nan Jie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 25-26 November 2017
Recent advances like IoT, Big Data, machine intelligence and precision farming shape life and urban nature, fostering BioTecture fusing nature and architecture.
Lecture BioTecture @ Communication University of China (CUC), Dingfuzhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 24 November 2017
CLASH refers to the clash of the encountering systems and functions as a social tool for bargaining, exchange and cross-fertilization.
Exhibition CLASH @ Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China, 16 September-3 October 2017
Forum @ Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China, 10 September 2017
NatureTecture proposes how Internet of Things will merge with green structures in the city.
Lecture & Discussion NatureTecture @ V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, 9 April 2017
Soft Urbanism is a new interdisciplinary field of design and planning.
New forms of tourism are emerging such as Medical Tourism, Slow Tourism, Disaster Tourism, Slum Tourism, Culinary Tourism.
Lecture & Workshop FuTourism & Circular City @ ARTez, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 10 November 2016
Digital networks transform cultural institutions by enabling hybridization that fuses artistic practices and merges creators and consumers through co‑creation.
Keynote @ Tagesspiegel, Kulturinvest Conference, Digital Strategies & Social Media, Berlin, 4 November 2016
Our current geological age is being described as “anthropocene”, as the epoch during which human activity is the dominant influence on climate and environment.
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Beijing Media Art Biennale, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, 24 September – 30 October 2016
Lecture & Workshop NatureTecture @ Beijing Design Week 2016, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 30 September 2016
798 and the Creative Cluster Conundrum is an ambitious project shaping the next phase of Beijing’s 798 Art District and is presented during Beijing Design Week.
Workshop & Presentation INbetweenSTITUTE @ Urban China Magazine, Beijing, 26 – 27 September 2016
Can foreign cultural policy internationally promote sustainable concepts and processes?
How to communicate the complex issues of sustainability to a broad international audience by using cultural means in a playful and attractive way?
How to convey sustainability in an international intercultural context?
Lecture & Workshop Menschen Bewegen 2016 @ Station Berlin, Foreign Cultural Policy, Berlin, 15 April 2016
Hybrid Space Lab invite Berlin experts from cultural, architectural, environmental and foundation sectors to discuss Humboldt Jungle facade‑greening project.
Lecture by Prof. Elizabeth Sikiaridi & Prof. Frans Vogelaar @ @ GRÜN.kulturell, Alte Tankstelle, Berlin, 29 January 2016
Exponential technological acceleration and challenged by alarming ecologic and social changes design’s role shaping our increasingly hybrid world is changing.
Lecture & Discussion B.A.N.G. Design @ Design.Innovation.Europe., Embassy Kingdom of the Netherlands, Berlin, 30 November 2015
With an increasing demand for mobility, infrastructure and communal services the challenge is climate protection.
Prof. Frans Vogelaar @ Climate Protection Urban Growth Conference, EUREF Campus, Berlin, 24 November 2015
The “Transformation Landscape” concept spotlights the left over spaces, and the landscapes in transition and in waiting.
Lecture Transformation Landscape @ Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, 5 November 2015
The Cooperative for Urban Creativity, Mörchenpark eV, Pakhuis de Zwijger and New Europe host the “Players of Change” conference on 10 October 2015 at Holzmarkt.
Conference Cities in Transition @ Mörchenpark, Holzmarktstrasse 25, Berlin, 10 October 2015
Hybrid Design is a strategy that draws on diverse fields and processes that today’s design practice often views as incompatible.
Lecture Hybrid Design @ Media Lab, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 27 September 2015
Hybrid Heritage is researching and designing contemporary interpretations and further development of heritage under a multicultural perspective.
Exhibition Hybrid Heritage @ Beijing Design Week 2015, Baitasi ReMade, no. 4 West Gongmenkou Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, 25 September-7 October 2015
Lecture Hybrid Heritage @ Baitasi Info Hub, No. 313 Fuchengmen Inner Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 26 September 2015
Workshop Hybrid Heritage @ Media Lab, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 26-27 September
Hybrid Space Lab’s innovative concepts were integrated as ecommendations in the Creative Tech Festival Berlin’s White Paper, shaping future cultural strategies.
Concept Hybrid & Crossover @ White Paper Creative Festival Berlin, 12 June 2023
What is the relationship between city visions and urban concepts from the past and today’s Smart City narratives?
Lectures & Discussion Visions, Concepts and Narratives for the Networked City @ Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, 20 February 2020
Climate City explores how digital technologies contribute to addressing climate adaptation and develops strategies that take urban sustainability into account.
Lectures & Discussions Climate City @ Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, 20 November 2019
Kiez Lab is a hybrid low‑threshold neighbourhood lab with co‑creative formats that embed local and civic experience into Berlin’s digital transformation.
Publications, Presentation, Lectures & Workshops @ Alliance Digital City Berlin, Marlowes Online Magazin for Architectur and City, Berlin Science Week, Mein Berlin,Utopolis Federal Association for Social Culture, Academy for Media Arts, Berlin Cologne, Stuttgart, 2019-2022
Future Diplomacy Lab offers a space to explore how innovative digital solutions from diverse fields can shape new applications and futures for diplomacy.
Lectures & Workshop Future Diplomacy Lab @ Diplomacy Camp, Embassy Kingdom of the Netherlands, Brussels, 7 February 2019
Disruptive innovations such as machine learning and big data analytics are changing governments, NGOs, media, businesses, and in some cases entire industries.
Lectures & Workshops Digital Diplomacy @ The Hague Digital Diplomacy Camp 2018 Un-Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, The Hague, 2 February 2018
Recent developments such as Internet of Things, Big Data and Machine Intelligence will algorithmically organize life, including urban nature.
Lecture NatureTecture @ V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, 9 April 2017
Accelerating international tourism is contributing to the global prosperity and enabling intercultural exchange.
Research & Lecture Fu-Tourism @ ARTez, Arhem, The Netherlands, 10 November 2016
Our current geological age is described as the Anthropocene, an epoch in which human activity dominates climate and environmental change.
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Beijing Media Art Biennale, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, 24 September – 30 October 2016
Lecture & Workshop NatureTecture @ Beijing Design Week 2016, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 30 September 2016
B.A.N.G. is the fusion of Binary, Atoms, Neurons, and Genes.
B.A.N.G. deals with the complexity of our globalized and ‘glocalized’ world.
Lectures & Workshop B.A.N.G. @ Conference Design by Culture, Berlin, 24 June 2016
Innovative, creative and pragmatic Dutch approaches showcased technology solutions for global challenges at Hannover Messe 2014.
Television Program: Interviews, Lectures, Talks & Discussions @ Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany, 7-10 April 2014
Urban Screening Smart & the City @ Hannover Opera, Hannover, Germany, 7-10 April 2014
Citizens join countless co‑creation initiatives across private and public, domains where boundaries blur and neither sphere can be separated from the other.
Lectures & Workshops @ Make City, the festival for Architecture and City Making, Berlin 11-28 June 2015
CRISISdesign innovates in and for situations of change and crisis for communities that need new infrastructures for daily life.
Lectures & Discussions Embassy Lab CRISIS design @ Metropolitan Solutions, CityCube, Berlin, 22 May 2015
The complexity of urban systems demands involvement of different stakeholders at a very early stage, in order to identify the challenges and define objectives.
Public Lecture Program Embassy Lab Smart City Governance @ Metropolitan Solutions, CityCube, Berlin, 21 May 2015
Copying drives cultural evolution; cross‑fertilization and adopting ideas and elements from other cultures are essential for shaping and advancing development.
Lecture Co-Thenticity @ Dutch Design Institute, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, 28 september 2011
3D printing has developed from a specialized industry to a low cost technology that everyone can use to produce objects.
Workshop & Lecture Prosumer Technology Hybrid Design @ Beijing Design Week 2011, Building 5 No.4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China, 27 September-1 October 2011
Design culture values authenticity, copying is seen not creative, hybridization—mixing cultural elements—is a key evolutionary force in dynamic cultures.
Lecture Hybrid Culture @ Beijing Design Week 2011, Dutch Design Foundation, Symposium Copy Culture, 798, Beijing, 27 September 2011
Hybrid Notations workshop tackled the hybridity and complexity of urban environments, relying on a wide range of fields of expertise and artistic approaches.
Publication, Workshop, Installation & Lectures FuTourism @ Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, Poland, 3 April 2011
Is there no security in the global world? The longing for more certainty in an increasingly complex world – and innovative solutions for coping.
Publication, Research & Lecture Architecture of Succession @ European Forum Alpbach, Austria, 1 August 2006
reBOOT, a floating media-laboratory on the M.S. Carolina, descended the Rhine from Cologne on its way to Rotterdam and Amsterdam from 8 till 15 October 1999.
Concerts, Screenings, Broadcasts, Performances, Projects & Research, Art & Media Lab reBOOT @ KUNST NRW.NL, Motor Boat Carolina, The Rhine, Cologne~Amsterdam, 8-15 October 1999