LENA KOHLMAYR
CURATORIAL ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
IN SOCIAL AND SPATIAL CONTEXTS
VITA
Lena Pauline Kohlmayr, *1988 in Vienna, Austria
lives and works in Vienna
EDUCATION
2018 master degree in Social Design - Arts as urban innovation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
2014 - 2015 architecture studies at the Tokyo University - design studio at Kuma.Lab
2012 - current master studies in Architecture at the Vienna University of Technology
2012 exchange studies in Architecture at the ETSAM Madrid
2012 bachelor of science graduation in architecture the Vienna University of Technology
2003 - 2007 graduation from secondary school with a focus on arts, Vienna 1030
WORK
ONGOING WORK
since 2021 part of AKT architecture collective - AKT and Hermann Czech curating the Austrian Pavilion the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Venice 2023
since 2019 University of Applied Arts Vienna - curating the program of the Angewandte Festival
since 2015 Architecture center Vienna (AZW)
independent employee in the field of mediation - workshops, tours on architecture and urbanism and conception of such
since 2018 artistic consultant at meduni-Wien for a interdisciplinary tutorial-group under the supervision of Dr. Klaus Spiess
PROJECT-BASED WORK
2019 project coordinator for Steirischer Herbst-Festival, Graz
2018 curation and direction of Oskar nimmt Platz - Raum für gepflegte Unruhe, Vienna
2017 project study Eine urbane Knautschzone mit Potential - chapter social fabric analysis together with Asia
Valencic
2015 - 2017 Tracing Spaces - an artistic research project by Michael Zinganel and Michael Hieslmayr
occasional project based support
2017 competition contribution for an artistic memorial in public space by filmmaker and artist
Ruth Beckermann, Salzburg - architectural and graphical assistance
2014 city walk on short-term-use-projects for the cultural institution Aktionsradius Augarten, Vienna
conception and tour
2013 project leadership and curation of a short-term-use-ART-projekt YIX, Vienna
2011 graphic design for a paper model for kids for the 21er Haus of the Belvedere Foundation, Vienna
FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE - WORK
2017 - 2018 wks-architekten zt kg, Vienna
architectural inventory and implementation planning
2015 Ryuji Fujimura, Tokyo
internship
2013 - 2014 design and realisation of an extension for the restaurant Bunkerei Augarten
in collaboration with koba architektur
2013 EASA (european architecture student assembly), Slovenia
tutor for a design and construction workshop
2013 - 2015 Department of architecture theory at the Vienna University of Technology
tutor
2011 - 2013 head of the students council of architecture at the Vienna University of Technology
2011 - 2012 Hoppe architekten
part-time employee
2008 - 2010 internships in several architecture offices
Hoppe Architekten, Vienna
C.G. Luetcke, Berlin
3d-Vienna”, Vienna
Planungsbüro Fauszt, Vienna
AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS
2017 award of excellence in the architecture competition Spa in Nature by Lixil Foundation Japan
2016 Joint Study Scholarship in the course of JASEC Joint Study Program TU Wien at Tokyo University
2013 merit scholarship of the Vienna University of Technology
EXHIBITIONS
PARTICIPATIONS
2018 Oskar nimmt Platz at The essence 2018 - exhibition, book and video presentation
2018 social furniture contribution to the exhibition Mapping social architecture by Marlene Wagner at Magazin.
2018 performing for a video work by Johanna Tinzl shown at the Tiroler Landesmuseum
2018 school project in collaboration with the AZW - contribution for the exhibition
Geschichte gemeinsam verhandeln” at Haus der Geschichte Wien
2018 Living room Festival, Zurich
public intervention and installation “Pflanzbarer Aktivismus”
2018 Oskar nimmt Platz, Vienna
curation and head of the project
2018 Stereoskop lV - Performance Festival, Vienna
performance and installation “Regelkonformitätsmaschine”
2017 Living room Festival, Zurich
public intervention and installation “Mein Haus, dein Haus”
2017 Urbanize Festival by Derive Magazine
installation and performance „analog posting“
2017 Unpacking Burckhardt - part of a group talk with Social Design Studio, House of Commons, and others at Narrowcast House - dokumenta14
2017 No Hope No Fear - Politics of Fear Collective at Kunsthaus Wien
participation and workshop conception and execution
2017 Echo - in the Wells of Silence - “In der Kubatur des Kabinetts” at Fluc, Vienna
group exhibition curated by Johanna Tinzl - installation and performance
2016 Schwenderkino, Vienna
public cinema and place-making project - part of organising team
2016 ENHANCEMENTS Mediated Urban Landscapes - Cyberpark training school, Athens
participation and trainee grant
2012 EASA (european architecture student assembly), Helsinki
participation in construction and design workshop
german, englisch
spanish, japanese (basic conversation level)
LANGUAGES
PUBLICATIONS
Oskar nimmt Platz - Raum für gepflegte Unruhe
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, 2018
KENGO KUMA LAB IN TOHOKU
University of Tokyo Press, 2018
ISBN978-4-13-061137-4
Eine urbane Knautschzone mit Potential
Der öffentliche Raum in einem Stadtteil zwischen Prater und Donau
Kapitel "Stadtraumanalyse" - Team: Asia Valencic und Lena Kohlmayr
Forschungsstudie der Abteilung
Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation
im Auftrag der MA19 – Architektur und Stadtgestaltung
Wien, 2017
LIXIL Spa in Nature Competition
architecture + urbanism
2017:07