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Texts and talks engaging with embodied perception, spatial computing, and the theoretical frameworks underpinning extended reality. A central focus is the exploration of female pioneers in virtual technologies and the educational platform XR Atlas.
MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst
Vienna, Austria
Introductions by Lilli Hollein, Director General, MAK, and Markus Huber, CEO, viennacontemporary
xr-atlas.org
Educational Online Platform
Development Gianluca Monaco, Bruno Mokross
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Vol. 8
with Mira Müller
DOI 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1790260
Architectural Design Magazine
Guest-edited by Owen Hopkins
ETH Zurich
Seminar Series 2025
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Embodied Realities & Extended Minds
Architectural Association School of Architecture
London, UK
Chair Paula Strunden
TACK Publishing
Book Chapter
Air AA – Architectural Association London
Podcast
MAGAZIN – Space for Contemporary Architecture
Vienna, Austria
Manege für Architektur, Ausgabe 2
Publication
Archizoom, EPFL
Exhibition: Database, Network, Interface
Architektur Aktuell 1–2/2020, Digital column
by Arian Lehner
Architectural Association London
Online Lecture
Design Ecologies, Volume 8, Issue 1
Academic Article
Worlds
Immersive extended reality models and installations unfolding as sensorial architectures and spatial research instruments. Situated within a practice of speculative world-making, these works explore hybrid realities as performative environments where embodied perception, memory, and presence converge.
47m Contemporary · Leipzig
Level I Im Untergrund / In the Underground · Analogue Virtual Reality · P.M. Dreier-Wang & Paula Strunden
Level II Aus dem Ei / Out of the Egg · VR Experience, Sketches & Panorama Drawing · Paula Strunden
Level III Auf dem Ansitz / On the Perch · Video Installation · P.M. Dreier-Wang
Composition / Sound Design Daniel Helmer
VR Coding Joelle Galloni · Studio Vrij
Choreography Viviana Defazio
Poster Yun Kuo
Photography Anna Luisa Richter
XR Setup Standalone VR · Unity · Meta Quest
Festsalen, MUNCH Oslo
Project Owner Birgitte Aga · Head of Research & Innovation, MUNCH
Creative Producer Julie L. Parisi · MUNCH
Community Engagement Awo Mahamoud Abdulqadir · MUNCH Youth Collective
Conceptual Sound Nisj
Spatial Audio Marijn Cinjee, Casimir Geelhoed · 4DSOUND
Technical Coordinator Christian Sivertsen · ITU Copenhagen
System Architecture Kostas Iliadis · BOLT Virtual Athens
Development Team KHORA Copenhagen · BOLT Virtual Athens · ITU Copenhagen · University of Nottingham
Part of XTREME — Horizon Europe research project (2024–2026)
Photography Adrian Kirkerud, Blindt
Special Thanks MUNCH Workshop & the XTREME Team
XR Setup Guided mixed reality, 4D sound · Unity · Standalone Apple Vision Pro or PC VR with Meta Quest
MAGAZIN – Space for Contemporary Architecture
Vienna, Austria · ETH Zurich
Sound Design Daniel Helmer
Graphic & Textile Design Masha Rudakova
Dream Brain & Website Development Liquid City
Exhibition Design Assistance Luise Rietz
Research Partner Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Photography Simon Veres, Richard Pobaschnig
Special Thanks Nikola Znaor, Tanja Drinhausen and the MAGAZIN team
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, Valve Index, Vive object trackers or OptiTrack · Meta Quest standalone (in development)
XR INSTALLATION
MAK Vienna · MAK Center Los Angeles
Sound Design Daniel Helmer, Maximilian Liebich
Voice Over ElevenLabs AI
Oral History Recording Pauline Schindler, an Oral History (1976), Larry Scher
Archival Material Architecture & Design Collection (ADC), University of California, Santa Barbara
Special Thanks Friends of Schindler House (FoSH), Bob Sweeney, Bob Knight, Larry Scher, Valentina Ganeva, Marlene Moser, and Nikola Znaor
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, Valve Index, Leap Motion hand tracking
Q21 Vienna · MU Hybrid Art House Eindhoven
V2_ Rotterdam · META.MORF
Doctoral Supervisor Angelika Schnell
Sound Design Daniel Helmer
Performers Flora Machava, Charlotte Puebla
Photography Hanneke Wetzer, Riccardo de Vecchi, Sounak Das
XR Setup Networked location-based VR for two · Unity · PC, Valve Index, Leap Motion, 5 Vive Trackers per person
Farrell Centre Newcastle · Ars Electronica Linz
Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam · NFF Utrecht · AFFR Rotterdam
Farrell Centre Newcastle · Ars Electronica Linz
Doctoral Supervisor Angelika Schnell
UX Coding Joelle Galloni, Malou Minkjan
Sound Design Daniel Helmer, Max Liebich
Voice Over Laura Cameron Wilson
Photography Riccardo de Vecchi, Sander van Wettum
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, Valve Index, Leap Motion, 4 Vive Trackers (cat, table, chair, ball)
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna · ETH Zurich
Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Vienna, Zurich, Salzburg
Doctoral Supervisor Angelika Schnell
UX Coding Joelle Galloni
Voice Over Emilia Bruck
Photography wildbild, Sereine Fritsche, Maria Belova
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, Valve Index, Leap Motion, 3 Vive Trackers
Open City Docs Festival London · MU Artspace Eindhoven
NFF Utrecht
Created with John Cruwys
UX Coding Pelican Party
Sound Design Kevin Pollard
Voice Over Bodo Neuss
Fabrication Bmade, MU Artspace
Production Marie Walker-Smith
Photography MU/Hanneke Wetzer
XR Setup Location-based VR for two · Unity · PC, HTC Vive Pro, Leap Motion, 2 Vive Trackers
Royal Academy of Arts London
Invisible Landscapes Exhibition
Voice Over Tom James
UX Coding Fabian Strunden
Sound Design Kevin Pollard
Fabrication Bmade
Production Marie Walker-Smith
Partners HTC Vive, Bmade
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, HTC Vive, Leap Motion, 1 Vive Tracker
Estonian Museum of Architecture
Tallinn, Estonia
Sound Design Jakob, Nathan Tulve
Actress Anna Zsoldos
Supported by HTC Vive Arts
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, HTC Vive
Leolux What if Lab Competition
Dutch Design Foundation
Illustrations & Graphic Design Sofia Strunden
UX Coding Jesper Van den Ende
Production Mara Siegel, Marie Walker-Smith
XR Setup Networked location-based VR for two · Unity · PC, HTC Vive, Leap Motion, 1 Vive Tracker per person
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
Gallery Neus Nijmegen · Frame Lab Amsterdam
OBJECT Rotterdam · Expanded Realities London
Voice Over Bodo Neuss
UX Coding Fabian Strunden
Sound Design Kevin Pollard
Professors Michael Tite, Penelope Haralambidou, Kei Matsuda · Unit 24
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, HTC Vive, Leap Motion, 2 Vive Controllers tracking chair and window
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
Unit 24
XR Setup Real-time VR · Unity · PC, Oculus DK1
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
Unit 24
XR Setup Location-based VR · Unity · PC, HTC Vive, Vive Controllers
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
Unit 24
XR Setup 360° rendered VR film · 3ds Max · PC, Oculus DK1
ENSA Paris, Quai Malaquais
Bachelor Thesis
Collaborators Thomas Roger, Gabrielle Veuillemin
Professor Gilles Delalex
Workshops
Workshops, summer schools and university courses built on hands-on experimentation and co-creation, developing embodied methodologies in XR in collaboration with dancers, choreographers and sound designers.
1-SEMESTER STUDIO
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Guest Critics Mona Mahall, Mara Trübenbach, Thomas Pearce, Philipp Enzmann
Workshop Facilitators Viviana Defazio, Anne Brannys-Droste, Jörg Brinkmann, Jens Wiechering
Technical Support Gianluca Pandolfo
Documentation Josefine Dransfeld
1-DAY WORKSHOP
Urania, Zagreb · Kreativna Ura 2026
Supported by Kultura Nova
Photography Sanjin Kaštelan
3-DAY WORKSHOP
HZT/Uferstudios, Berlin
Participants UdK, HZT Berlin
6-DAY WORKSHOP
Vienna Architecture Summer School
Participants Yunxi Wu, Julia Bruton, Florian Schlautman, Luise Rietz, Elisabeth Brem
1-DAY WORKSHOP
MAK Vienna · Academy of Fine Arts Vienna · Angewandte Vienna
Photography Maria Belova, Martina Menegon
5-DAY WORKSHOP
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
SEMESTER COURSE
Architectural Association London
5-DAY WORKSHOP
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Participants Oaklands School, East London
2-DAY WORKSHOP
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Participants Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Architecture)
Photography Christina Maria Ehrmann
1-DAY WORKSHOP
Camden School for Girls, London
AFTER-SCHOOL CLUB
STORE STORE London
Photography Frederik Peterson (Store), Marta Fernandez Canut (Rochester Square), Paul Plews
1-DAY WORKSHOP
La Sainte Union Highschool, London
1-MONTH SUMMER SCHOOL
The Bartlett UCL London
Supported by John Cruwys, Matei Mitrache, Karen Ko, Flavian Berar, Olli Parkinson