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Verena Ziegler
Research Associate
Verena Ziegler is Research Associate with a teaching and researching position. She is trained as Architect and Textile Designer, currently undertaking her PhD research at the University of Arts Linz and in collaboration with HTWG Constance at the Open Innovation Lab. Verena Zieglers research is subject of collaborative exploration between Architecture, Textile- and Interaction design and critically investigates the cultural and emotional rootedness (Verortung) of new materials and technologies to explore prosthetic relations between the body and the environment for potential new forms of dwelling and belonging. The use of traditional crafting techniques and cultural artisanry in combination with novel material performativity, technological activation and digital fabrication methods seeks to embody and enact sustainable forms of living, to create a sense of place and expressions of personal, experiential, cultural and aesthetic values.