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Book launch Nonlinear Urbanism – Towards Multiple Urban Futures

Edited by: Anton Falkeis, Anastasia Shesterikova, Benjamin James, Michael Tingen and the I oA, Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

November 9, 2022, 6 pm

Die Angewandte, I oA, Institute of ArchitectureI oA SQUAREOskar-Kokoschka-Platz 21010 Vienna

Welcome by Baerbel Mueller, Dean, I oA, Head of [applied] Foreign Affairs, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Introduction by Anton Falkeis, Editor, Head of Special Topics in Architecture, I oA, University of Applied Arts Vienna

How to read the book: Ben James, Co-Editor, I oA Researcher, University of Applied Arts Vienna


Nonlinear Urbanism is a collection of speculative essays discussing a multitude of disruptive and nonlinear futures of urban agglomerations. The book is based on urban innovation research conducted at the Department for Special Topics in Architecture at the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In addition to investigations by students, renowned experts contribute to questions and ideas related to our urban future.
The structure of the book is nonlinear in itself. Graphically and thematically interconnected cross-references allow for both a contextual and sequential reading of the book. Merging the printed volume with an additional digital layer offers an interlaced and simultaneous experience, navigating multiple levels of content, thereby mirroring the complexity of urban systems.

With contributions by: Oliver Alunovic, Gerald Bast, Aleksandra Belitskaja, Brian Boigon, Goni Dagan, Matias del Campo, Anton Falkeis, iheartblob, Benjamin James, Gakku Jumaniyasova, Mathias Juul Frost, Julia Koerner, Jan Kovaricek, Christoph a. Kumpusch, Lauren Ly, MAEID (Daniela Mitterberger & Tiziano Derme), Sandra Manninger, Shaun McCullum, Michael Nemkov, Georg Popp, David Ruesskamp, Merve Sahin, Viktoria Sandor, Anastasia Shesterikova, Michael Tingen, Margarita Volkova, Michael Walczak, Shilun Yang, Bo Zhang.

Nonlinear Urbanism – Towards Multiple Urban Futures

Edited by: Anton Falkeis, Anastasia Shesterikova, Benjamin James, Michael Tingen and the I oA, Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Edition Angewandte, Birkhäuser Basel, 2022

ISBN: 9783035624397