Terra Syn(es)thetica

URBIOMs of the Symbio(s)cene / Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM - Photo: Adam Varga

Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition

Exhibition

Terra Syn(es)thetica

Should we panic, or prototype new ways of inhabiting the Earth?

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM (CZ)

Terra Syn(es)thetica explores how emerging technologies can reconnect architecture with natural ecosystems.
In a time of environmental breakdown, panic feels like a logical response. Yet, the same technologies that contributed to the crisis—robotics, AI, digital fabrication—may also hold tools for renewal. The projects presented by students and researchers from the Studio of Architecture III at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM, test what this renewal could look like.
3D-printed ceramic roof tiles are shaped to host spontaneous urban vegetation, creating habitats where architecture meets wild growth. Porous clay vessels regulate humidity, using traditional material properties to support microclimates. A rewilding project reimagines a modernist housing estate, restoring the wetland ecosystems once erased by development of housing and agriculture. Experiments with robotic printing push the boundaries of machine-made structures and explore the difference between a robot and a printer.
These works do not offer fixed answers. They prototype new ways of living with the Earth, striking a balance between control and accident—asking how synthetic and organic systems can work together.

POSTCITY, First Floor, Campus

  • Biotopization of Roofscapes

    Stela Kučerová (CZ), Michal Šourek (CZ), Adam Varga (SK)

    3D-printed ceramic roof tiles are shaped to host spontaneous urban vegetation, creating habitats where architecture meets wild growth. By redesigning traditional ceramic tiles, we aim to retain water, cool buildings through evaporation, and encourage local flora to thrive naturally.

  • Mossform

    Sára Kordová (CZ), Daniel Sviták (CZ), Adam Varga (SK)

    Mossform is a porous ceramic object that passively humidifies air through evaporation. As a humidifier, sculpture, or planter, it quietly brings nature indoors.

  • REMMP—Robotic Engineering of Multimaterial Multiobjective Paraphrenalia

    Daniel Sviták (CZ), Imrich Vaško (SK)

    The project titled REMMP expands large-scale 3D printing into a realm of interaction and complexity, introducing a paradigm of additive fabrication that is not only multimaterial—but meaningfully multimodal.

  • Urbioms of the Symbio(s)cene

    Adam Varga (SK), Imrich Vaško (SK), Shota Tsikoliya (CZ)

    The project Urbioms of the Symbio(s)cene explores urban planning based on the restoration and support of natural habitats. The work presents the concept of URBIOMs—bioinclusive parts of cities—and analyzes map data for digital processes used in their design.

  • REMMP—Robotic Engineering of Multimaterial Multiobjective Paraphrenalia

    Daniel Sviták (CZ)

    Experiments with robotic printing push the boundaries of machine-made structures and explore the difference between a robot and a printer.

Credits

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM – Studio of Architecture III I Curators: Imrich Vaško, Shota Tsikoliya I Architecture: Adam Varga, Daniel Sviták I Graphic design: Margarita Ryzhakova I Production: Michael Kaplánková I Artists / Exhibiting Authors and projects: Biotopization of Roofscapes – Stela Kučerová, Michael Šourek, Adam Varga; Mossform – Sára Kordová, Daniel Sviták, Adam Varga; REMMP – Daniel Sviták; Urbioms of the Symbio(s)cene – Adam Varga

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