Guest Lecture by Alexander Grasser

Open by Design: Collaborative Objects as Design Media

Monday 02.06.2025, 15:15 at i.sd Foyer

Alexander Grasser-Parger is an architect, lecturer, researcher, and generative artist. His work investigates real-time participatory digital design, computational methods, and generative building systems. Alexander holds a PhD from TU Graz, a Master’s from the University of Innsbruck, and an undergraduate degree from TU Vienna.
At the Institute of Architecture and Media, he served as a full-time university assistant, leading seminars, workshops, and design studios, as well as completing his PhD dissertation titled Collaborative Objects as Design Media. He has also been a visiting lecturer in the B-Pro Program at The Bartlett, UCL.
Alongside his academic work, Alexander operates as a freelance architect and computational design expert, with experience in firms across Vienna, Berlin, and Shanghai.
His work has been showcased internationally, including exhibitions at the Francisco Carolinum Museum Linz, the Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt, the Spektrum Gallery Berlin, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, VerticalCrypto Art & the NFT Gallery in London and New York, and the NFT Show Europe Valencia. Most recently, he presented a solo online exhibition, OPEN FORM – Variation through Code and Participation, hosted by the Digital Francisco Carolinum Museum in CryptoVoxels.