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: Roemer van Toorn

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.

Next events:

19 September 2024

UMA Talks: Flowers, Bees and Architecture

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

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

26 September 2024

UMA Talks: Free the Map

3 October 2024

UMA Talks: Medium as Material

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

16 October 2024

UMA Talks: Digital architecture – Geometry, data, fabrication

UMA Talks Fall Semester 2024 Programme:
The events are held from 16.00 – 17.00 (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday), except otherwise indicated.

Monday 2 September
Nel Jan Schipull
Immateriality – the æstetics of necessity
Moderated by James Benedict Brown

Thursday 12 September, starts at 16.00
Helena Mattsson, Professor at KTH Architecture School
How is The Built Environment Political?
Moderated by Ebba Högström

Thursday 19 September
Heiner Stengel, Stefan Bannert, Uwe Bresan, Hendrik Gruss
Flowers, Bees & Architecture
Introduced by Stefan Raam & Robin Durand

Friday 20 September, starts at 15.30
Simone Sfriso
Taking care – Architecture and its social role
Moderated by Maria Luna Nobile & Amalia Katopodi

Thursday 26 September, starts at 17.00
Henk van Houtum
Free the map: From Atlas to Hermes: a new cartography of border and migration
Moderated by Roemer van Toorn

Thursday 3 October
Gabrielė Šarkauskienė & Antanas Šarkauskas Architects
Medium as Material
Moderated by Sangram Shirke

Wednesday 16 October
Manja van de Worp & Gabriella Rosi
Digital architecture: Geometry, data, fabrication.
Moderated by Elena Vazquez Peña

Past events 2023/24: