University of Rome La Sapienza
Rome, Academic Year 2007/2008, Semester II

Starting on March 5th, 2008, Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler will team-teach an undergraduate course in Industrial Design, at the First Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni,” University of Rome La Sapienza (Prima Facoltà di Architettura “Ludovico Quaroni” dell’Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy).
Under the title Life in Motion, the course will focus on designing habitats for a modern mobile lifestyle.

Find additional information at the blog Life in Motion.

Berufsfachhochschule BFH
Burgdorf, Switzerland, February 18 – June 3, 2008

AV partners Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler have been invited as visiting experts for the semester-long project, “Living Bridge,” at BFH Burgdorf, Switzerland, that started today.
The “Living Bridge” is meant to provide an economical lifestyle hotel for back-packers and travelers. Professor Ulrich Pfammatter leads the studio.

IT revolution in Architecture the Changing notion of Space and Time in contemporary design
Gioiosa Marea, Italy, September 3-19, 2007

AV has taken part in the workshop IT revolution in Architecture the Changing notion of Space and Time in contemprary design, held in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy.
Arturo Vittori has accompanied the Architectural design School NitroSicily in Gioiosa Marea.

NitroSicily is a multidisciplinary lab, a studio place and symposium center.
It is suited for scholars, students, intellectuals and decision makers who want to develop stages living.

BF, Summer School
Burgdorf, Switzerland, August 20 – September 15, 2007

Andreas Vogler has been invited to accompany the Summer School at the architecture department in Burgdorf during 3 days. About 15 local students will work together with 10 Chinese exchange students on a mobile village based on airfreight containers (Unit Load Device). The task is to achieve a village, which can temporary house 100 people.

The Summer School is headed by Christian Waldvogel and co-headed by professors Guy Lafranchi and Andreas Vogler.

Airport Shopping 2025 – Constant Growth? The Only Winning Retail Location?
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute GDI
Zürich, Switzerland, March 22-23, 2006

Architecture and Vision has been invited to the workshop Airport Shopping 2025 – Constant Growth?, organized by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute GDI in Zürich and Ove Arup Forsight in London.

AV has been invited for a workshop about Space Architecture by the Aerospace department of the Università “La Sapienza”, in Rome. Next to terrestrial architectures also space projects and habitability for microgravity, Moon and Mars environments has been presented.