Space architects on the design of spaces without gravity
Der Standard podcast [in German] Who hasn’t dreamed of what it would be like to live on another planet? Waking up on the ...
News
BBC sounds – How are extraterrestrial spaces being designed?
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two space architects from Austria and the US to hear about how living spaces will be created for the ...
Astronauts Settle into Moon Orbit Habitat with Austrian Expertise
Austrian Press Agency. Before the “International Habitation Module” (Lunar I-Hab) orbits the Moon as part of the ...
LIQUIFER exhibition
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth.Architecture for extreme environments | The exhibition is part of the focus series: Art and science ...
We design habitats for outer space
“Exploring the Final Frontier: A Glimpse into the Innovative World of Space Architecture with LIQUIFER”, article ...
LIQUIFER book presentation at ESPI
You are cordially invited to the book presentation and conversation LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth: Architecture for Extreme ...
Lunar I-Hab Mock-up
Lunar I-Hab Mock-up acceptance review was a complete success! Under contract to Thales Alenia Space – Italy the Lunar I-Hab ...
Living Beyond Earth. Architecture for Extreme Environments
On April 2nd 2024, Barbara Imhof was invited to a talk at the art academy in Tallinn – EKA. The dean of the architecture ...
Perspektiven
Leben im All, 6. March 2024, 17:30 (in German). Barbara Imhof in an interview with Monika Fischer, podcast as part of the ...
Iglus aus Mondstaub sind keine Lichtjahre entfernt
“In terms of our resources, we should already be living on Earth as if we were on an alien planet. We should plan cities ...
Weltraumarchitektur/Space architecture.
LIQUIFER featured in the Welt TV documentary Living in the universe. View [in German] on youtube under the permanent link ...
AIAA Associate Fellows, Class of 2024
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced managing director of LIQUIFER Dr. Barbara Imhof newly ...
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth
Designing in the extreme: LIQUIFER Systems Group pushes the boundaries of all living spaces and develops projects and prototypes ...
Podcast interview
A new interview with LIQUIFER about space architecture, how we work and what project we currently develop and how science fiction ...
How to make roads on the Moon
/ Laser melting manufacturing of large elements of lunar regolith simulant for paving on the Moon, a scientific article about ...
Austria in Space : Space Architecture
This is how we will live on the moon and Mars Houses made of dust, inflatable space stations and greenhouses for hostile places: ...
Viennese mission: Out of this world
Barbara Imhof spoke to the Viennese street newspaper Augustin about designing habitats for outer space. 18 Jul ...
LIQUIFER Living Beyond Earth
We are are publishing a book with PARK Books, to be made available in the Autumn! Keep up-to-date with the launch via PARK Books ...
Out of this world: space architecture from Vienna
Barbara Imhof and Waltraut Hoheneder were interviewed by feminist science publication Sheconomy about breaking into the space ...
Designing for Earth by Living in Space
Barbara Imhof and René Waclavicek a co-curated a workshop with the School of Disruption/SIDI International that asked: Can Space ...
What it’s like … designing living spaces in outer space.
René Waclavicek was interviewed about his role as a Space Architect for the June issue of Austrian politics and culture magazine ...
Planetary Skins
Barbara Imhof was part of an art performance organised by Vienna-based artists Sylvia Eckermann & Gerald Nestler at Galerie ...
Conversation on future food cultures
As part of our annual SynBio4Flav meet-up the team organised a panel discussion on future food cultures moderated by ...
Space Architecture Technical Committee Gathering
Barbarba Imhof was one of the speakers during the one day hybrid event in LA organised by the American Institute of Aeronautics ...
Introduction to Space Architecture Workshop
Barbara Imhof had a conversation with head of the MELLiSA project Christophe Lasseur about the upcoming School of Disruption ...
The Bartlett Lectures
As part of the new Bio-Integrated Design Masters Course at UCL, London, Barbara Imhof was invited to give a lecture on Space ...
Space Designer
The LIQUIFER team were interviewed about extraterrestrial ideas and sustainable ideas for outer space and Earth by journalist ...
Designing for Earth by living in Space
Barbara Imhof shows how architecture is developing beyond the boundaries of our planet to study zero-waste housing systems, in ...
Czech Space Week 2022
As part of a panel on ‘Prospective directions in space research with high commercial and scientific ...
Encounters with Spacewalkers
Niamh Shaw and Barbara Imhof talk about their personal encounters with astronauts and what they have learned from them. This is ...
When two space architects meet …
Interview for FLUTER with Waltraut Hoheneder and Barbara Imhof discuss learning from planning space habitats for building on ...
Frederick Kiesler: Arts and Correalities.
Barbara Imhof gives a talk entitles ‘Homo Spatius’ during the ‘Archeology of the future//Prospective scenarios ...
Book launch and round table
Co-Corporeality: Of Humans, Machines & Microbes Book launch for the publication from the FWF project Co-Corporeality. ...
Going to the moon with ARTEMIS
SPACE SPECIALS podcast: Barbara Imhof and Niamh Shaw are in conversation about humans going to the moon, with contributions from ...
Co-Corporeality of Humans, Machines, & Microbes
New open access BOOK out! Developed through the artistic research project Co-Corporeality, edited by
Barbara Imhof, Daniela ...
Humans in Space
SPACE SPECIALS podcast: Niamh Shaw speaks with astronaut Bob Thirsk about living on space station and the ESA general director ...
EINS ZU HUNDERT (1:100)
Working with ‘models’ is an exhibition in the windows of the studio Steinbrener/Dempf & Huber, ...
Zero Gravity
LIQUIFER are exhibiting their ISS Sleep Kit as part of a Summer exhibition at Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany. The ...
Building Beyond Lecture
As part of The Bartlett International Lectures Spring 2022, Barbara Imhof, space architect and design researcher and Sonya Dyer, ...
Infinite Expanses
Space Architects Barbara Imhof and René Waclavicek show their lunar modules to Austrian broadcasting channel ORF. Read here. ...
Architektur im Weltraum: Die LIQUIFER Systems Group plant und entwirft Weltraumhabitate.
LIQUIFER interviewed by Chapter for a feature on architecture in space. Read here [DE]. February ...
Rituals of human space exploration
Barbara Imhof and Niamh Shaw share their experiences about living in space and the rituals of astronauts as they prepare to ...
OFR Culture Monday
The space architect Barbara Imhof shows the lunar modules of LIQUIFER in a segment on Infinite Expanses in OFR’s Culture ...
Wait a Minute
Recorded in Vienna and Los Angeles and edited by Andrea Lenardin and Peter Noever, Wait a Minute documents snapshots from a ...
Space Exploration through the lens of human activity and design for habitability
Barbara Imhof interviews Julie Patarin-Jossec and Georgi Petrov for a new episode of Space Specials. The conversation is about ...
Homo Spatius: Space Designers
LIQUIFER are exhibiting their RegoLight project as part of a three-month long exhibition at the Cité du design, Saint Etienne, ...
How can humans live on Mars?
Interview with space architect Dr Barbara Imhof and US scientist Prof Bruce Jakosky on Servus TV’s show P.M. Wissen. ...
Long Night of the Museums
Temporary Exhibition by LIQUIFER as part of Night of the Long Museums 2 October 2021 LIQUIFER were invited to show their work as ...
CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY, INGENUITY
A panel discussion was held as part of the ‘Concrete Poetry and Such’ transdisciplinary, experimental symposium at ...
ARTISTIC RESEARCH AND ARCHITECTURE: ON THE POSSIBILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF APPLIED UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ART AND RESEARCH
Gerald Bast, Anderwald + Grond, Alex Arteaga, Tiziano Derme and Daniela Mitterberger, Barbara Imhof and Clemens Preisinger in a ...
Promise of Space Architecture
Barbara Imhof interviews two young space architects for another Radio Orange Space Special. Monika Lipinska and Vittorio Netti ...
Autumn 2021 Newsletter
LIQUIFER sent out their Autumn Newsletter to subscribers in September, reflecting on the past months of conversations, ...
Wie Wiener Architekten ein Raumschiff lebenswert machen
[How Viennese architects make a spaceship worth living in] Franziska Bechtold interviewed the LIQUIFER team for Futurezone. ...
SPACE MATTER MATTERS
for Re-Edited, the inaugural issue of ADATO, Waltraut Hoheneder, René Waclavicek and Barbara Imhof wrote an article about when ...
Experimental Architecture Biennale Symposium
The LIQUIFER Team present their work as part of a three session symposium with the ROBOTIC BUILDING team at TU Delft and FLOW, ...
Human Performance in Space
new Space Specials PODCAST – listen to Human Performance in Space. Barbara Imhof speaks to Dr. Virginia Wotring, professor ...
SPACE DOGS
Following a screening of the Austrian space film SPACE DOGS, Franziska Bechtold moderated a panel discussion with Barbara Imhof; ...
Metabolic Processes in Building Systems
8 July 2021. Barbara Imhof gives a presentation on the Living Architecture project and other non-human architectural interactions ...
Experimental Architecture Biennial
30 June – 20 August 2021. Liquifer were invited to show their RegoLight project as part of Novel Innovations, the 5th ...
Excavations from humans, machines and microbes
29 June – 2 July 2021. Cocorporeality will show their first episode of three exhibitions during the Angewandte Festival in ...
Deployable and Transformable Concepts for Lunar Habitation Elements
24 June 2021. Barbara Imhof presents recent LIQUIFER work at the International Space Development Conference 2021 hosted by the ...
ESERO Austria – Building for space
Building for Space, 1 June 2021 Barbara Imhof presents as part of the ESERO Austria symposium two space architecture projects: ...
Reciprocities: the earth – space continuum.
Reciprocities: the earth – space continuum. 18 May 2021 Barbara Imhof in conversation with space architects Christina Ciardullo ...
Architecture beyond horizons of Earth
Barbara Imhof joins the Architects Chamber in Frankfurt, Germany for a table talk. 19 April ...
Of spacesuits and other “dress codes” for space
Barbara Imhof speaks to Annalisa Dominoni and Brand Griffin about clothes, garments and spacesuits for astronauts for this Radio ...
How space architects design human habitats for the Moon and Beyond
Rachana interviewed Barbara Imhof as part of the Those Space People podcast, a podcast series of casual cosmic conversations with ...
The pioneers of space architecture
Barbara Imhof, Waltraut Hoheneder and René Waclavicek in discussion with Birgit Eller Krumm for KAP A podcast about art, culture ...
Space Futures
Dr. Barbara Imhof presents on futures in Space during Future Day for futurizm.org. 01 March ...
Out of this world architecture – Building for Extreme Environments
Barbara Imhof invited to speak on Industry and Science at the ‘The Future of the Moon – A habitat on the moon’ ...
Capsule Living: About the essence of housing and life
Dr. Barbara Imhof, Waltruat Hoheneder and René Waclavicek discuss the parameters of designing for life in space with DNA club ...
The recipe for a better humanity: a permanent moonbase
Barbara Imhof was interviewed by Igor Zacek & Adam Gala for Vytahmag for their new series on visions of the world where space ...
Simulators and Simulations
A Space Architecture Gathering with AIAA LA-LV Section, Barbara Imhof gives a talk about SHEE, MOONWALK and EDEN ISS in the ...
Dream Big
RADIO ORANGE BROADCAST with Irish engineer, scientist, writer and performer Niamh Shaw recently voted one of Ireland’s leading ...
Out of this world architecture
WIA-E Rome invited Barbara Imhof, internationally active space architect, design researcher, educator and co-founder of LIQUIFER ...
Architecture in Space
René Waclavicek invited by Society of Engineering Students to give a Lunch Lecture at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty, TU ...
The Moon Bar
Nelly-Ben Hayoun interviews Barbara Imhof as part of a non-stop multiperspective conversation for The University of the ...
Digital Futures: Space Architecture
Barbara Imhof in conversation with Melodie Yashar, SEArch+; Madhu Thangavelu, USC; Enrico Dini, D-Shape and Valentia Sumini, MIT ...
TEST.TUBE Lab 2: HABITAT
Barbara Imhof, Lucie Strecker, Barbis Ruder, Kerstin Bennier, Daniel Aschwanden, Thomas Jelinek amongst others developed and were ...
Humans of Space
Barbara Imhof, Austrian Space Architect, Creator of Habitats & Designer in conversation with Dr. Niamh Shaw, a ...
Exploring the peripheries of outer space
RADIO ORANGE BROADCAST with artists and designers Joseph Popper and Sitraka Rakotoniaina who probe the materialisation of futures ...
Outer Space Architecture Panel
StarDust Squad Online International Science Congress. Barbara Imhof speaks on the Outer Space Architecture panel with: Samer ...
Stories about humans, machines and microbes
Co-Corporeality board member workshop to investigate the potential of narratives in architectural themes beyond the usual ...
Women in Space
IoT Tribe Space Endeavour Design Studios I ESA Phi-Week 11:30 – 13:30 CEST Moderated by Brendan Rowan • Clara Grigore, COO, ...
Wohnen hinterm Mond /Living behind the moon
“Wohnen hinterm Mond /Living behind the moon”, online article by Michaela Veit-Wailzer, July 2020, The Viennese space ...
AIAA Space Architechture Gathering 2020
Barbara Imhof presents the achievements of LIQUIFER in space architecture at the 2020 AIAA Los Angeles-Las Vegas Space ...
How to reinvent your business models after COVID-19
Alongside prominent international space figures such as Jan Wörner, ESA Director General and Nick Appleyard, Head of Space ...
MADAME WIEN
Architektur am Limit ohne Schwerkraft by Astrid Kuffner, July ...
LIVING MACHINES
Growing Structures: Bioinspired Innovation Insights for Architectures and Robotics Barbara Imhof invited to speak about Space ...
ZERO GRAVITY
ERES Foundation, Munich, Germany. ZERO GRAVITY: Apollo 11 and the new notion of space, 20 July 2019 – 1 February 2020. LIQUIFER ...
MOON
LONGING, ART AND SCIENCE Natural History Museum (NHM), Vienna, Austria. OUR MOON: LONGING, ART AND SCIENCE, 30 October 2019 – 1 ...
RESIDENT ALIEN
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, New York, USA. RESIDENT ALIEN, 25 September 2019 – 17 February 2020. LIQUIFER exhibiting ...
Getting There Being There
Volume 25: Getting There Being There While the Earth needs our utmost attention more than ever, we cannot ignore the fact that ...