Architecture Speaks! Helga Blocksdorf
Simon Menges
Architecture is a continuation of history. It preserves traces of society that cannot be recorded in any other way. Through architecture, we can understand where we have come from and where we are heading, while at the same time defining what we leave to future generations. These questions are explored in the Architecture Speaks! lecture series through this season's theme, Local Memory.
Jointly organised by Aalto University and the Architecture & Design Museum, the international lecture series Architecture Speaks! brings together current voices and perspectives in architecture. Invited architects share insights into their design processes, their work and their role in the field of architecture.
In the twelfth season of the lecture series, Professor and Head of Department Jenni Reuter invites seven speakers to share insights into their design work under the theme Local Memory. The fifth lecture is held by Helga Blocksdorf.
The lectures are held online in English and are free to attend.
Helga Blocksdorf
After graduating from the University of the Arts Berlin in 2001, Helga Blocksdorf acquired in-depth experience in construction management, execution planning and competitions at Staab Architekten (2002–2007), Berlin. Between 2001 and 2013 she was part of the artist collective après-nous, which held international exhibitions and staged installations in cities such as Copenhagen, Berlin and New York. From 2007 to 2102 she held the position of guest professor of constructive design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and worked as a research assistant in the team headed by Prof. Ute Frank at the TU Berlin. Since 2013 she founded the office Helga Blocksdorf/Architektur in Berlin. In 2021 she was appointed professor and head of the Institute for Construction at the TU Braunschweig. In 2025 she obtained her doctorate as part of the Programme for Design-Based Doctorates (Programm Entwurfsbasierte Promotion, PEP) at the TU Berlin.
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