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ABOUT The Person
EMMA Kaufmann-LaDuc
Emma Kaufmann LaDuc (US) is an architect and landscape architect based in Zurich. She graduated from the Institute of Architecture / TU Vienna, continuing her studies in landscape at the Department of Architecture / ETH Zurich. Parallel to this, she was research assistant at Gebaeudelehre und Entwerfen / TU Vienna and subsequently at the Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies / ETH Zurich.
Emma teaches an experimental unit on landscape at the Architectural Association Summer School in London and is a member of the collective La Rivoluzione delle Seppie. She works within urban and rural territories to understand their complexities, thinking through living systems and acting through collaborative interventions.
Emma Kaufmann-LaDuc
2021 – 2023
ETH / Zürich CH
Department of Architecture
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
2017 – 2021
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Institute of Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
2019 – 2020
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Institute for Site-specific Art
2013 – 2017
Phillips Academy / Andover MA Member of the Cum Laude Society
High School Diploma
2014
Northeastern University / Boston MA School of Architecture
Studio Participant
ETH / Zürich CH
Department of Architecture
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
2017 – 2021
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Institute of Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
2019 – 2020
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Institute for Site-specific Art
2013 – 2017
Phillips Academy / Andover MA Member of the Cum Laude Society
High School Diploma
2014
Northeastern University / Boston MA School of Architecture
Studio Participant
2022 – 2023
Architectural Association / London GB
Summer School
Unit Head
2022
ETH / Zürich CH
Architektura
Co-president
2022 – Present
La Rivoluzione delle Seppie / Belmonte Calabro IT Non-profit Cultural Association
Volunteer / Architect
2022
In:dépendance / Furka CH
Jan de Wylder / Studio Carrousel
Artist in Residency
2022
ETH / Zürich CH
Teresa Gali-Izard / Chair of Being Alive
Research Assistant
2021
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Gebäudelehre und Entwerfen
Research Assistant
2020
Notgalerie / Vienna AT
KöR / Art in Public Space
Assistant / Photographer / Media Coordinator
2019 – 2021
OLI Architecture / New York NY
International Office for Design
Intern / Photographer / Media Coordinator
2014 – 2017
Addison Gallery of American Art / Andover MA
Phillips Academy in Andover
Photographer / Videographer
Architectural Association / London GB
Summer School
Unit Head
2022
ETH / Zürich CH
Architektura
Co-president
2022 – Present
La Rivoluzione delle Seppie / Belmonte Calabro IT Non-profit Cultural Association
Volunteer / Architect
2022
In:dépendance / Furka CH
Jan de Wylder / Studio Carrousel
Artist in Residency
2022
ETH / Zürich CH
Teresa Gali-Izard / Chair of Being Alive
Research Assistant
2021
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Gebäudelehre und Entwerfen
Research Assistant
2020
Notgalerie / Vienna AT
KöR / Art in Public Space
Assistant / Photographer / Media Coordinator
2019 – 2021
OLI Architecture / New York NY
International Office for Design
Intern / Photographer / Media Coordinator
2014 – 2017
Addison Gallery of American Art / Andover MA
Phillips Academy in Andover
Photographer / Videographer
2021
Spontaneous Urban Ecologies
Klasse für Alle / Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan
Ecologies of Non-Design
Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse / Geneva CH
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
2020
Stories from Wild Trees
Vienna Design Week / AA Visiting School / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan / Baran Demir
Spontaneous Urban Ecologies
Klasse für Alle / Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan
Ecologies of Non-Design
Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse / Geneva CH
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
2020
Stories from Wild Trees
Vienna Design Week / AA Visiting School / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan / Baran Demir
2022
Roundtable: About a New Togetherness
London Festival of Architecture / London UK
Speaker
2021
Indicative Ecologies: feral trees as signs of urban resilience
Uprooting the Anthropocene: (re-)centring trees in tree-human relationships
University of Oxford / Oxford UK
Speaker / Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
2020
Tolerant Urban Ecologies: perspectives from beneath the pavement
Care Beyond Crises / By Design or by Disaster Conference
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano / Bolzano IT
Speaker / Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan
Re-thinking Tourism for a Planet in Crisis
Re-thinking Tourism Symposium
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Q & A Moderator
Urban Explorations: public art in public space
Die Archivierung der Gegenwart (Archiving the Present)
BIG ART / Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Artist / Participant
Roundtable: About a New Togetherness
London Festival of Architecture / London UK
Speaker
2021
Indicative Ecologies: feral trees as signs of urban resilience
Uprooting the Anthropocene: (re-)centring trees in tree-human relationships
University of Oxford / Oxford UK
Speaker / Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
2020
Tolerant Urban Ecologies: perspectives from beneath the pavement
Care Beyond Crises / By Design or by Disaster Conference
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano / Bolzano IT
Speaker / Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan
Re-thinking Tourism for a Planet in Crisis
Re-thinking Tourism Symposium
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Q & A Moderator
Urban Explorations: public art in public space
Die Archivierung der Gegenwart (Archiving the Present)
BIG ART / Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Artist / Participant
Chislennichek No. 5 “Ciphers” (Moscow: Chislennichek, 2022) <https://chislennichek.com/>
Furka re-vue in:dép / In:dép re-vue 2022 (Zurich: ETH Studio Jan de Vylder / universum carrousel journey, 2023)
Furka re-vue in:dép / In:dép re-vue 2022 (Zurich: ETH Studio Jan de Vylder / universum carrousel journey, 2023)
2023
Working title / Botanical Gardens of Belmonte Calabro
Biennale Architettura / Venice IT
Collaboration / La Rivoluzione delle Seppie
2020
Cracks in the System
Vienna Design Week / AA Visiting School / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan / Baran Demir
2020 Memorial to the Urban
Notgalerie / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
Re-thinking Tourism for a Planet in Crisis
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Initiated by Jakob Travnik
Cleaning Script
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Initiated by Jenni Tischer
The Human Needs
Bangkok Design Week / Resilience / Bangkok TH
Curated by Marlies Breuss
2019
Fremdheit (Foreignness)
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Curated by Maximilia Hogrebe
Working title / Botanical Gardens of Belmonte Calabro
Biennale Architettura / Venice IT
Collaboration / La Rivoluzione delle Seppie
2020
Cracks in the System
Vienna Design Week / AA Visiting School / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt / Aurora Zordan / Baran Demir
2020 Memorial to the Urban
Notgalerie / Vienna AT
Collaboration / Lauro Nächt
Re-thinking Tourism for a Planet in Crisis
Technische Universität / Vienna AT
Initiated by Jakob Travnik
Cleaning Script
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Initiated by Jenni Tischer
The Human Needs
Bangkok Design Week / Resilience / Bangkok TH
Curated by Marlies Breuss
2019
Fremdheit (Foreignness)
Universität für angewandte Kunst / Vienna AT
Curated by Maximilia Hogrebe
2020
AIANY Projects Honor Award / LX Pavilion
Internship / OLI Architecture / New York NY
AIANY Projects Honor Award / LX Pavilion
Internship / OLI Architecture / New York NY