The second lecture in the ‘Material Economies’ series took place on 24 October 2024. The American architect Michael Meredith from MOS Architects spoke about specific projects as well as his general understanding of architecture. The video recording of the lecture is now available online.

Michael Meredith

MOS Architects is a New York-based architecture firm founded in 2005 by principals Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith. Hilary Sample teaches at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Michael Meredith teaches at the Princeton School of Architecture. Their academic research takes place in parallel to the real constraints and contingencies of practice and influences both. Both architects write regularly for Artforum and Harvard Design Magazine. The practice designs and builds in an international context with a focus on educational facilities, art, campus planning, housing and private residences.

Vortragsreihe «Material Economies»

In the lecture series “Material Economies”, the contributions by Olaf Grawert and Michael Meredith will discuss two positions from a European and US perspective that deal with the use of building materials in architecture. We want to understand which economic and ecological conditions the individual materials are subject to. How do we deal with our current knowledge of the scarcity of resources and the carbon footprint or recyclability in building practice – how do we deal with regulations, supply chains or circular processes?  To what extent could an ecological and social attitude also influence the construction industry in economic terms so that our future develops in a fairer and more sustainable way? Grawert and Meredith show us examples of how materials are used to strive for a “high building culture” while also meeting high ecological and economic challenges.