Research Lab for
Concrete Utopias
EXPERIMENTAL AND CONCRETE UTOPIAS
Projects
Six projects since 2018 in Innsbruck, Schwaz and Zaldibia: studios, 1:1 interventions and collective designs, built with the people who use them.
Jakob Breitenlechner, Heinrich Pan, Xotil Natke
La Unité 1.0: Eine Bühne für den Alltag
2025–26 · Innsbruck · #différence #utopie
A temporary stage for everyday life on the GEIWI forecourt, designed and built by students of Studio 2. Its action day “Diversity in Design” on 18 June 2026 opened the RLCU platform. Project page →
With the Center for Interdisciplinary Gender Research
Jakob Breitenlechner, Heinrich Pan, Birgit Brauner, Karl-Heinz Machat, Michael Kaserer, Peter Erspamer, Xotil Natke
Public Transformers: inclusive spaces for many
2024–25 · Innsbruck · #différence #autogestion
Courses, a 1:1 installation in the university’s public space and a symposium on how gender studies can inform situated design. Project page →
With the Center for Interdisciplinary Gender Research. Funded by the University of Innsbruck and Land Tirol
Jakob Breitenlechner, Heinrich Pan, Birgit Brauner, Eric Sidoroff, Anirudhan Iyengar, Koldo Telleria, Susanne Hofmann, Xotil Natke
Ertzetik Erdira / From the Edge to the Center
2021–23 · Zaldibia, Gipuzkoa · #autogestion #différence #utopie
Two years in a Basque village: lectures and workshops with 132 residents, five 1:1 interventions, and a collective masterplan for the main square. Project page →
With UPV/EHU, Udalbiltza and the Municipality of Zaldibia. Pilot study of the PhD
Xotil Natke, Birgit Brauner, Heinrich Pan, Jakob Breitenlechner
Ich bin da: Leben auf der Straße
2022 · Innsbruck · #différence #utopie
A modular, reusable shelter on a central square: gallery, stage and meeting place between students, homeless people, journalists and the public. Project page →
With the street newspaper 20er. Funded by the Chamber of Architects and the City of Innsbruck
Xotil Natke, Walter Prenner, Verena Rauch, Eleni Boutsika Palles
Potenziale 3: Intervention Lab / Common Ground
2021–22 · aut. architektur und tirol · #autogestion #utopie
Exhibition design as a threshold between institution and public: podiums, modular seating and a ramp that was circulation, stage and surface at once. Project page →
With Walter Prenner and Verena Rauch (Studio 3) and curator Eleni Boutsika Palles
Birgit Brauner, Andreas Flora, Xotil Natke, Christoph Ganslmeier
Lebensraum Schwaz 2040
2018–20 · Schwaz, Tirol · #différence #autogestion
How will people live in Schwaz in twenty years? Over 50 students, round tables and exhibitions in town, and a 600-page publication for the city. Project page →
With the City of Schwaz. Led by Birgit Brauner and Andreas Flora
Have a place that needs a concrete utopia?
We work with municipalities, civic groups, cultural institutions, universities and building partners on studios, 1:1 interventions and joint research.
Research Lab for Concrete Utopias
Institut für Gestaltung / Studio_2
Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck
Technik Campus, Technikerstraße 21
6020 Innsbruck, Austria