A. Menges – Lectures Spring 2015

 
19 Feb: Washington University
On 19th of February Prof. Achim Menges will deliver the AIA St. Louis Scholarship Fund Lecture as part of the Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series of the Washington University in St. Louis. Other speakers include Bernard Tschumi, Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto.
http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/calendar/events/lectures

 
20 Feb: University of Michigan
On 20th of February he will lecture at the University of Michigan as part of the Taubmann College of Architecture’s lecture series. This spring’s speakers include Toshiko Mori, Jeanne Gang and Daniel Liebeskind amongst others.
https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/news-events/lecture-series

 
27 Feb: Politecnico di Milano
On 27th of February Achim Menges will give a lecture at the Politecnico di Milano as part of the Milano International Architecture Weeks.
http://www.miaw.polimi.it/?tag=miaw2015

 
19 March: Academy of Arts, Berlin
As the recipient of this year’s Kunstpreis Baukunst (Art Award In Architecture) Achim Menges will give a public lecture at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, followed by a discussion with Peter Schmal and Dieter Rams.
http://www.adk.de/de/programm/aktuell/index.htm

 
27 March: Advancing Wood Architecture Symposium, DAM Frankfurt
Achim Menges will deliver a keynote at the Advancing Wood Architecture Symposium at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt. Other keynotes include Matthias Kohler, Yves Weinand and Martin Self.
http://www.advancingwoodarchitecture.com/

 
9 April: Material Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco
Achim Menges is invited to deliver the opening presentation of the “Adaptive Architecture and Programmable Matter – Next Generation Building Skins and Systems from Nano to Macro” session on 9th of April. Other invited speakers of the NSF supported session include Michelle Addington (Yale), Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard), Philip Beesley (University of Waterloo), Manuel Kretzer (ETH Zurich) and Skylar Tibbits (MIT).
http://www.mrs.org/spring-2015-program-nn/

 
23 April: Progressive Architecture Symposium, Mexico City
Achim Menges is invited to present at the Ninth Progressive Architecture Symposium taking place in Mexico City on 23 and 24 April. Other invited speakers include Carme Pinós, SHoP Architects, Tom Wiscombe, Thom Faulders and Gerardo Broissin.

 
25 April: Active Matter Summit, MIT
Achim Menges will present at the Active Matter Summit at MIT. The two-day conference will consist of a range of talks and discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
https://architecture.mit.edu/architectural-design/lecture/active-matter

 
27 April: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
On 27th of April Achim Menges will lecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as part of spring 2015 lecture series. This spring’s speakers include Rhett Russo, Jim Collins and Manuel Aires Mateus amongst others.
http://www.arch.rpi.edu/2015/01/spring-2015-lecture-series/