Is Semper Worth Reading

Pep Avilés, Anna-Maria Meister, Cristóbal Amunátegui, and Frederike Lausch

Dialogue

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

90 Minutes

DATE

25/03/2026

SUMMARY

Do we still need Gottfried Semper to think about architectural style? What does Semper have to say to architecture students today? This dialogue aimed to take a fresh look at Semper’s writings and the broader 19th-century discourse on style, material, and technique.

BIOGRAPHY

Pep Avilés is an associate professor at Penn State.

Anna-Maria Meister is an assistant professor at TU Darmstadt.

Cristóbal Amunátegui is an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Frederike Lausch is an associate professor at ENSA Grenoble-UGA.

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CATALOGUE

Pep Avilés, Anna-Maria Meister, Cristóbal Amunátegui, and Frederike Lausch

Is Semper Worth Reading

Online

25/03/2026

Format

Video

Dialogue

Pep Avilés, Anna-Maria Meister, Cristóbal Amunátegui, and Frederike Lausch

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