ALEXANDERGRASSER
Alexander Grasser is a austrian architect, designer and researcher with focus on computational design strategies, collaborative objects, sustainability and elastic architecture.
Currently Alexander is Assistant Professor teaching and researching at the Institute of Architecture and Media, Graz. During his academic architectural education at the TU Vienna, and the University of Innsbruck, Dipl.Ing, he developed skills in computational architecture, robotic fabrication and contemporary theory. Besides deep academic research, Alexander had the chance to share his knowledge teaching computational software courses as well as assisting design studio courses in Innsbruck and Vienna.
Furthermore Alexander gained professional experience at the architectural offices Graft(Berlin), Span(Shanghai) and CoopHimmelb(l)au(Vienna), as well as ongoing collaborations with Heron-Mazy and Bart//Bratke.
The works of Alexander Grasser were widely published and received recognitions in open architectural competitions. Additionally some projects have been exhibited in Munich, Berlin, Washington DC, Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Innsbruck, Graz and Vienna.
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Awards & Exhibitions & Lectures
2020
ACADIA 2020
Exhibition Video
title ‘Realtime Architecture Platform: Collab Wood’
title ‘Realtime Architecture Platform: Collab Wood’
Video online exhibition by Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger, Hirschberg
at ‘Distributed Proximities’ - ACADIA 2020 Conference, US
Link to Video: CollabWoodVideo
at ‘Distributed Proximities’ - ACADIA 2020 Conference, US
Link to Video: CollabWoodVideo
2020
ACADIA 2020
Exhibition Project
title ‘Realtime Architecture Platform: Collab Wood’
title ‘Realtime Architecture Platform: Collab Wood’
peer reviewed project online exhibition by Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger, Hirschberg
at ‘Distributed Proximities’ - ACADIA 2020 Conference, US
Link to Project: CollabWoodProject
at ‘Distributed Proximities’ - ACADIA 2020 Conference, US
Link to Project: CollabWoodProject
2020
ECAADE 2020 Best Presentation Award
Award
Best Presentation Award, sponsored by Bentley at ECAADE 2020.
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
Best Presentation Award, sponsored by Bentley at ECAADE 2020.
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
full paper presentation by Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
Link to Awards: BestPresentationAward
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
Link to Awards: BestPresentationAward
2020
ECAADE 2020
Lecture
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
full paper presentation by Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
2020
AAVS NEW YORK
Lecture
title ‘Collaborative Objects’
title ‘Collaborative Objects’
keynote lecture by Alexander Grasser
at ‘AAVS NY Urban Futures: Resiliency’, AA Visiting School New York, 2020 New York, US
at ‘AAVS NY Urban Futures: Resiliency’, AA Visiting School New York, 2020 New York, US
2019
DIGITAL PRACTICE
Lecture
title ‘VoxelCO - Playing with Collaborative Objects’
title ‘VoxelCO - Playing with Collaborative Objects’
project presentation by Alexander Grasser
at ‘DIGITAL PRACTICE - emerging possibilities in a shifting architectural profession’, 5th ARENA Annual Conference - DR_SoM Session 7, 2019 Graz, AT
at ‘DIGITAL PRACTICE - emerging possibilities in a shifting architectural profession’, 5th ARENA Annual Conference - DR_SoM Session 7, 2019 Graz, AT
2019
LISBON ARCHITECTURE TRIENNALE
2019
ECAADE SIGRADI 2019
Lecture
title ‘Towards an Architecture of Collaborative Objects’
title ‘Towards an Architecture of Collaborative Objects’
full paper presentation by Alexander Grasser
at ‘Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution’ - ECAADE SIGRADI 2019 Conference Porto, PO
at ‘Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution’ - ECAADE SIGRADI 2019 Conference Porto, PO
2019
Mananaland
Exhibition
project The Whale in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, quirkd33, Ryan Vincent Manning
at Fort Worth Community Art Center, 2019 Fort Worth, US
project The Whale in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, quirkd33, Ryan Vincent Manning
at Fort Worth Community Art Center, 2019 Fort Worth, US
2019
FIFTEEN SECONDS FESTIVAL
Exhibition
project VOXELSTAGE Stage Design in collaboration with Institute of Architecture and Media, Fifteen Seconds, NanaDesign
at Fifteen Seconds Festival 2019 Graz, AT
project VOXELSTAGE Stage Design in collaboration with Institute of Architecture and Media, Fifteen Seconds, NanaDesign
at Fifteen Seconds Festival 2019 Graz, AT
2018
DATATOPIA, Project Bauhaus
Lecture
title ‘Collaborative Objects’
at Datatopia, Project Bauhaus Werkstatt, Floating University, Berlin, GER
title ‘Collaborative Objects’
at Datatopia, Project Bauhaus Werkstatt, Floating University, Berlin, GER
2018
KATERVA Awards
Nomination
project Fuzzy Cloud
International Open Sustainable Design Competition
project Fuzzy Cloud
International Open Sustainable Design Competition
2018
Young Epcon Awards
Honorable Mention
project Fuzzy Cloud
Energy Design Competition
project Fuzzy Cloud
Energy Design Competition
2017
LAKA Architecture that Reacts
Honorable Mention
project Fuzzy Cloud
International Open Architcture Competition
www.lakareacts.com/competition-2017
project Fuzzy Cloud
International Open Architcture Competition
www.lakareacts.com/competition-2017
2017
CAMBOO Bamboo Landmark Competition
Honorable Mention
project Bendboo
International Open Architcture Competition
project Bendboo
International Open Architcture Competition
2017
Spektrum Gallery
Exhibition
project Polyvalent Embodiment
at Spektrum Gallery Berlin, Dark Bodies Exhibition, Germany, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
project Polyvalent Embodiment
at Spektrum Gallery Berlin, Dark Bodies Exhibition, Germany, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
2017
MOCO17
Exhibition
project Syntax Error
at MOCO Conference London, UK, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
project Syntax Error
at MOCO Conference London, UK, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
2016
‘a call for objects’
Finalist
project OOO
"a call for object"-secretlife competition, in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, J. Maruszczak, R.Connah, R.V.Manning, F.Partoll, T.Uitz, D.Stieler, L.Baumgartner, B.Dellemann, A.Grasser www.secretlifecompetition.com/call-for-objects
project OOO
"a call for object"-secretlife competition, in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, J. Maruszczak, R.Connah, R.V.Manning, F.Partoll, T.Uitz, D.Stieler, L.Baumgartner, B.Dellemann, A.Grasser www.secretlifecompetition.com/call-for-objects
2016
Hybrid Realities
Exhibition
project Syntax Error
at Hybrid Realities Exhibition, Washington DC, US, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
project Syntax Error
at Hybrid Realities Exhibition, Washington DC, US, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
2015
Helmut Richter Award
Award
project Fuzzy Cloud
at Helmut Richter Awards Price for young, innovative Architecture, Vienna, AUT
project Fuzzy Cloud
at Helmut Richter Awards Price for young, innovative Architecture, Vienna, AUT
2015
Push Conference
Exhibition
project Syntax Error
at Push Conference 2015 Munich, GE, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
project Syntax Error
at Push Conference 2015 Munich, GE, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
2013
Motion Bank
Exhibition
project Syntax Error
at Motion Bank, Cohreographic Coding Lab, Frankfurt, GE, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
project Syntax Error
at Motion Bank, Cohreographic Coding Lab, Frankfurt, GE, in collaboration with Bart//Bratke
Publications
2020
Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realitime Architecture
Academic Paper
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
title ‘Pervasive Collaboration and Tangible Complexity in Realtime Architecture’
full paper by Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger, Urs Hirschberg
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
Link to Paper: ECAADE2020
at ‘Anthropologic - Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age’ - ECAADE 2020 Conference Berlin, GER
Link to Paper: ECAADE2020
2019
VoxelCO
Project in Book
project VoxelCO
project VoxelCO
by Alexander Grasser
in ‘Digital Practice: emerging possibilities in a shifting architectural profession’ - 5th ARENA Annual Conference - TU Graz, 2019
Link to Project: VoxelCO
Link to Project: VoxelCO
2019
Towards an Architecture of Collaborative Objects
Academic Paper
title ‘Towards an Architecture of Collaborative Objects’
full paper by Alexander Grasser
at ‘Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution’ - ECAADE SIGRADI 2019 Conference Porto, PO
Link to Paper: ECAADE2019
title ‘Towards an Architecture of Collaborative Objects’
full paper by Alexander Grasser
at ‘Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution’ - ECAADE SIGRADI 2019 Conference Porto, PO
Link to Paper: ECAADE2019
2019
PANDA HUT
Project in Book
project PANDA HUT
project PANDA HUT
in collaboration with Ryan Vincent Manning, Fabian Partoll, Alexander Grasser
in ‘Reappraising the Digital in Architecture’ - AD Architectural Design (89), Wiley 2019 edited by Gilles Retsin
2019
OOO
Project in Book
project OOO
"a call for object"-secretlife competition, in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, J. Maruszczak, R.Connah, R.V.Manning, F.Partoll, T.Uitz, D.Stieler, L.Baumgartner, B.Dellemann, A.Grasser
in book ‘The Compendium’- Heron Mazy, 2019
project OOO
"a call for object"-secretlife competition, in collaboration with Heron-Mazy, J. Maruszczak, R.Connah, R.V.Manning, F.Partoll, T.Uitz, D.Stieler, L.Baumgartner, B.Dellemann, A.Grasser
in book ‘The Compendium’- Heron Mazy, 2019
2017
‘Syntax Error - Choreograohic Coding’
Academic Paper
project Syntax Error
Paul Clemens Bart, Marvin Bratke, Alexander Grasser
at MOCO17 Conference London, UK
project Syntax Error
Paul Clemens Bart, Marvin Bratke, Alexander Grasser
at MOCO17 Conference London, UK
2016
‘Wooden membrane with integrated flexible photovoltaic foil’
Academic Paper
project Sow Cloud
Walter Klasz, Alexander Grasser, Michael Flach, Pavel Sevela
at 11th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern, CH
Link to Paper: SNOWCLOUD
project Sow Cloud
Walter Klasz, Alexander Grasser, Michael Flach, Pavel Sevela
at 11th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern, CH
Link to Paper: SNOWCLOUD
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