Sliver Lecture Series 25/26: Good Things* & Hermann Czech: Design Issues

The Institute of Architecture (I oA) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna is pleased to announce two lecture series for the academic year 2025/26. All lectures take place at the I oA square and are open to the public.

I oA Sliver Lecture Series 25/26: Good Things*
What’s Good? It sounds like the easiest question in the world. Apfelstrudel is good. Sunshine is good. Architecture… well, that’s trickier. Good is never just good—it’s a claim, a pose, sometimes even a sales pitch. Good is never neutral; it is bound to power, to culture, to choice. This lecture series wants to poke at polite certainties and tug at the loose threads. What counts as good, who gets to decide, and whose good is being served? We’ll explore how good things can inspire, perhaps also mislead; how they can be political, social, material, ethical, or simply pleasurable.  

*Terms and Conditions Apply

October 23, 2025, 6 pm
Anna Puigjaner (MAIO Architects)

November 27, 2025, 6 pm
Mireia Luzárraga & Alejandro Muoño (TAKK)

December 4, 2025, 6 pm
Stéphanie Bru & Alexandre Thériot (BRUTHER)

March 19, 2026, 6 pm
Tülay Atak (I oA)

March 2026 (tbc) Arno Brandlhuber / Jonas Janke (bplus.xyz)

April 2026
Madelon Vriesendrop

May 28, 2026, 6 pm
Mark Lee (Johnston Marklee)

Organized by: Sam Jacob, Anna Gulinska, Camille Breuil, Galo Moncayo, Maja Ozvaldič , Giacomo Pala and Valentin Bossart

Hermann Czech: Design Issues
In parallel, the Institute of Architecture (I oA) hosts a lecture series by architect and guest professor Hermann Czech, titled Design Issues. The series will address questions of design, from spatial separation and body measures, to the role of structure, the design process, and the generation and destruction of form.

October 1, 2025, 6 pm
Introduction to Vienna


October 17, 2025, 6 pm
Separation of Spaces


November 7, 2025, 6 pm
Relation to Body Measures


November 28, 2025, 6 pm
The Role of Structure


December 19, 2025, 6 pm
Design Process


January 9, 2026, 6 pm
Generation and Destruction of Form

Organized by: Sam Jacob, Hermann Czech and Janis Stainhauser