Image: Emilia Hörnfeldt, Emma Biondani

UMA Talks

The UMA Talks are a free and accessible series of events. The series is devoted to advancing architectural discourse from both an international perspective and local perspective, and strives to enable the public, students, teachers, and researchers both within architecture and from other fields to get insight to and participate in the educational activities and academic research taking place at Umeå School of Architecture. Theorist, practitioners, artists, and other relevant guests are invited to speak or to participate in roundtable conversations or similar formats.

Contact person: Amalia Katopodis (Coordinator), Stella Karlsson Garonzi (Communication)

Where? If nothing else is stated: Umeå School of Architecture, Östra Strandgatan 30c, 903 33 Umeå, Sweden

All UMA Talks events are open to the public.
The events are held in English.


Upcoming events: 

Abstract image of empty room with windows and light reflections

21 March 2025

UMA Talks: UMA Alumni – Transforming into Practice

 


Past events 2023/24:

Demonstrator wall showcasing an assembly of 3D printed biopolymer components.

16 October 2024

UMA Talks: Digital architecture – Geometry, data, fabrication

image black and white of the lecturers

3 October 2024

UMA Talks: Medium as Material

Book cover of the book "Free the map", written by the lecturer

26 September 2024

UMA Talks: Free the Map

sign with text "is it possible to build with the sense of solidarity?"

20 September 2024

UMA Talks: Taking care – Architecture and its social role

drawing, bees and flowers

19 September 2024

UMA Talks: Flowers, Bees and Architecture

plats med byggnadselement, husvagn, träd, cementbild

12 September 2024

UMA Talks: How is The Built Environment Political?

image of lecturer

2 September 2024

UMA Talks: Immateriality – the æstetics of necessity

project by elin werme oscarsson

29 May 2024

UMA Talks: State of the Art

House with alternative fasade materils

25 April 2024

UMA Talks: Embracing the leftovers

Latest update: 2025-03-12