art, architecture and digital research ... not strictly in that order.
Robert R. Neumayr - architect, researcher, educator and writer.
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co-creating the future … simulating office occupation patterns with conversation-based social models
Agent-based Semiology – Simulating Office Occupation Patterns with Conversation-Based Social Models is a paper I contributed to the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) in Ghent (BE) titled Co-Creating the Future: Inclusion in an through Design. The conference proceedings can be downloaded for free here. Please find…
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ecological design thinking … digitalism in morphogenetic practices for human centric design thinking
I had the honor to contribute a chapter titled Digitalism in Morphogenetic Practices for Human Centric Design Thinking – Towards a Performative Gestalt through Parametricism to the recently published The Routledge Companion to Ecological Design Thinking: Healful Ecotopian Visions for Architecture and Urbanism. The book, edited by Mitra Kanani, investigates the ways in which designers,…
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latent nitsch … experiments in art and machine learning
latent_nitsch_6k … the green series: 3 unique prints, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200g, size: 80 x 100 cm latent_nitsch_9k … the black series: 3 unique prints, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200g, size: 80 x 100 cm latent_nitsch_9k … the red series: 3 unique prints, pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo…
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formal methods in architecture … optimizing office occupation patterns with agent-based simulations
Agent-based Semiology – Optimizing Office Occupation Patterns With Agent-based Simulations is a paper I contributed to the 5th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture (5FMA) in Lisbon (PT). The proceedings are published by Springer and can be found here. Also, read the abstract here, the full paper is available on my research blog paramtricsemiology.com,…
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divergence in architectural research … simulating contemporary office occupation patterns with simplified social models
Agent-based Semiology – Simulating Contemporary Office Occupation Patterns With Simplified Social Models is my contribution to the Divergence In Architectural Research Ph.D. Symposium at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta (US).
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anna acht office space
We just finished the interior office design for a team of young and upcoming team of attorneys who decided to set up shop in the historical Palais Täuberlhof, a small baroque marvel in Vienna’s first district, designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and built around 1730. project: office space refurbishment in the historical palais täuberlhofaddress:…
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paradigms of performativity … simulation tools for social performance
I contributed a chapter on Simulation Tools for Social Performance to the recently published The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture.
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white orange
Contemporary living in one of Vienna’s numerous garden cities has become increasingly popular over the last years, gradually replacing the desire to live in urban-sprawl-based suburban areas. Compact layouts and small plot sizes allow for a small-scale yet reasonably high building density within a continuous semi-urban car-free green space. Building regulations stipulate a maximum footprint…
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design modelling symposium berlin 2019 … simulating and predicting office occupation patterns
Agent-based Semiology for Simulation and Prediction of Contemporary Spatial Occupation Patterns,a paper that I had the pleasure to co-author with Mathias Fuchs, is our contribution to this year’s Design Modelling Symposium Berlin titled Impact: Design With All Senses.
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BUGAIK 2018 … weikersdorf castle annex
weikersdorf castle residence & spa annex was on display in the 2018 BUGAIK International Architecture Exhibition, organized by the Busan Chapter of the Architectural Institute of Korea and is published in the accompanying catalog.
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asset architecture 3
Asset Architecture 3 is out at last! It documents the third year of design research about the typology of the super high pencil tower in Manhattan done by the MSD AAD students at PennDesign. The book also includes texts by Ali Rahim, Matthew Soules, Tom Verebes, and myself.
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SOS brutalism … AzW insta photo award
“ion luca”, one of my photographs, has been selected from almost 500 entries as one of ten winners of the AzW insta photo award, which is part of its SOS brutalism exhibtion. All winners can be seen here and will be on diplay at the Architekturzentrum Wien until august 6th 2018. prints of my picture…
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weikersdorf castle residence & spa annex
The Weikersdorf Castle Residence & Spa Annex is the latest addition a traditional hotel complex, located near the heart of the imperial spa town of Baden in Austria. The resort‘s centre is a historic moated castle dating back to the 16th century.
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danke otto!
“tresorstiege”, one of my instagram pics has been voted “picture of the week” in the #wagner2018 photo competition and will be on display at the wien museum as part of their otto wagner exhibition until october 7th 2018.
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BUGAIK 2017 … little sister in a dress
little sister in a dress, vienna’s smallest residential building, was exhibited in the 2017 BUGAIK International Architecture Exhibition, organized by the Busan Chapter of the Architectural Institute of Korea and is published in the accompanying catalog.
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raimund theatre renovation … honorable mention
vorhang auf …. for our entry for the Raimund Theatre renovation competition, which was awarded an honorable mention.
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little sister in a dress … vienna’s smallest residential building
Little Sister in a Dress is most probably the smallest private residential building in Vienna, located on a tiny garden plot in the city’s 23rd district.
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supermarket in trausdorf
HOPPE architects most recently completion is a SPAR supermarket in Trausdorf, Burgenland. Located on Trausdorf’s low density city limit, designing a widely visible and dynamic roof and canopy was the main design objective in the planning process.
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asset architecture 3 … the best building money can buy
The Best Building Money Can Buy – The Future of the Skyscraper Outside its Current Capitalist Logic is my text contribution to PennDesign’s forthcoming publication Asset Architecture 3.
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BUGAIK 2016 … casa nina
casa nina was on display in the 2016 BUGAIK International Architecture Exhibition, organized by the Busan Chapter of the Architectural Institute of Korea and is published in the accompanying catalog.
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gebaut: 2010 – 2015 … casa nina
Gebaut: 2010 – 2015, a recent publication by the City of Vienna’s municipal Department for Architecture and Urban Design (MA 19) features casa nina as one of the best buildings realized in Vienna from 2010 to 2015.
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asset architecture 2
Asset Architecture 2 has finally been published. Edited by Ali Rahim and myself, it documents the design research of last year’s postgrad students at PennDesign, who investigated the typology of the pencil tower in Manhattan in order to take on its contemporary capitalist notion.
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asset architecture 2 …. capitalism as an urban catalyst
Capitalism as an Urban Catalyst is my text contribution to PennDesign’s latest publication Asset Architecture 2, edited by Ali Rahim and myself, which documents the design research of last year’s MSD AAD students about Asset Archtecture in Manhattan.
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flamingo inside
This dynamic staircase is the colorful centerpiece of our latest residential building in Vienna’s 17th district. Its interior is in strong contrast to the outside of the building, that by Viennese building regulations was required to perfectly blend into the surrounding’s protected historic city fabric.
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derplan … bitte mehr gelassenheit!
this text is my contribution to the latest issue of derPlan, the chamber of architects and engineers’ periodical magazin. it is featured in the column „visionen“.
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häuser des jahres … casa nina
“durchsichtige motive” – “transparent motives” is the title of the latest article about casa nina, our award-winnning residential building in vienna. Selected amongst the 50 best single family houses of 2015, it is published in the book Häuser des Jahres: Die 50 besten Einfamilienhäuser 2015.
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digitalism … parametric predispositions
Arhitectura, Romania’s leading architectural magazine, has asked me to contribute to their next issue with a short article about 15 years of Studio Hadid Vienna. Read the English version here.
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fluid totality … at least surprise!
This short text is my personal contribution to TOTAL FLUIDITY, a book published to document the 15 years of continuous design research in Zaha Hadid’s design studio at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
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casa nina … private residence in vienna
casa nina, HOPPE architects most recent completion is an award winning private residence on a small sloping garden plot in vienna’s 13th district.
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psychical spaces between boredom and confusion
Psychical Spaces Between Boredom and Confusion is my introductory text to the catalogue that accompanies the latest exhibition of Austrian artist and architect W.M.Pühringer in Vienna in October 2013.
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‘angewandte’ university extension vienna
unsquare architects teamed up with Zaha Hadid Architects, PxT, moh architects and arch. christian kronaus to form Zaha Hadid Lab for the competition for the extension of the University of Applid Arts in Vienna. See the competition entry here.
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east-centric fluencies
from 7th to 9th of october timisoara (ro) was host to this year’s International Arhitext Festival Fluente / Fluencies. arhitext‘s editor-in-chief arpad zachi and his team managed to squeeze an amazingly intense yet faceted series of lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, and book launches into three days of architectural frenzy in order to identify and discuss the confluencies that constitute eastern europe’s current architectural identity in the wake of post-socialist modernism.
