On Thursday, October 26, 2017, the culmination of the biennial of experimental architecture with an international symposium at the Světozor cinema in Vodičkova Street 41. This year's event will again feature a very strong lineup of experts from the USA and Europe: principal of Zaha Hadid Architects Patrik Schumacher, his colleagues Jakub Klaška and Shajay Bhooshan (co-founder of CODE, the ZHA studio focused on computational design research), Ben van Berkel (co-founder of UNStudio, NL), Filippo Gilardi (MX3D, NL), Preston Scott Cohen (Harvard University, NY, USA), David Ruy (SCI-Arc, LA, USA), Moritz Dörstelmann (ICD/ITKE University of Stuttgart, DE), Michael Hansmeyer (DE), Wolf D. Prix (co-founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au, AT), and Kristina Schinegger (co-founder of SOMA, AT). Tickets will be available for purchase online in advance or at the box office of the Světozor cinema.
Program: 08:00 – 08:45 Opening venue 08:45 – 09:00 Opening speech 09:00 – 10:00 Patrik Schumacher / Zaha Hadid Architects 10:00 – 10:30 Shajay Bhooshan / ZHA Code 10:30 – 11:00 Jakub Klaska / Zaha Hadid Architects 11:00 – 12:00 Michael Hansmeyer 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break 13:00 – 14:00 Ben van Berkel / UNStudio 14:00 – 15:00 David Ruy / SCI-Arc 15:00 – 16:00 Preston Scott Cohen / Harvard University 16:00 – 16:30 Filippo Gilardi / MX3D 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 – 18:00 Wolf D. Prix / Coop Himmelb(l)au 18:00 – 18:30 Kristina Schinegger / SOMA 18:30 – 19:00 Moritz Dorstelmann / ICD/ITKE 19:00 – 19:30 Closing venue