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MEDUSA from subsea to the Moon, © COMEX Fr, LIQUIFER Systems Group, A, Vermeulen, B; rendering:LIQUIFER Systems Group/René Waclavicek

JUNE 2013

6.-7.6.2013: Invited lecture at the Sustainable Space Summit, Liechtenstein Congress 2013, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein (This event with the very best experts from the region and around the world is dedicated to sustainable architecture and planning, property and infrastructure development.)

MAY 2013

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 16.4.2013 - 17.30- The City as a Spaceship CAAS: interview with the space entrepeneur and designer Sumsita Mohanty

“Cheap and local access to space will provide more possibilities for space research and increase know-how,” Valentin Eder, manager for satellite communications and Earth observation at Liquifer", in “Space à la Suisse", Lanay Tierney, THE VIENNA REVIEW, May 2013, p.12

6.5.2013 - lecture and seminar "SPACESHIPCITY 2.0. Water": in cooperation with Prof. Peter Droege, Institute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Exhibition participation with RAMA - Rover for Advanced Mission Applications and MEDUSA - from subsea to Moon and Mars, SONNENWELT, Großschönau, Austria, 3. May 2013

APRIL 2013

Far Future Of The Living Room by Bruce Dorminey interviews Barbara Imhof, LIQUIFER, 29 April, 2013

18.4.2013 - lecture and seminar "architecture beyond the earth's horizon", in the frame of "Habiter Mars" at EPFL ENAC SAR-GE
Section d'architecture, Lausanne, CH

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 16.4.2013 - 17.30- HI-SEAS - Part 1 HAWAI SPACE EXPLORATION AND ANALOGUE SIMULATION - Interview with the commander Angelo Vermeulen and mission scientistt Oleg Abramov

MARCH 2013

18.3.2013 - book presentation WHAT IS THE ARCHITECT DOING IN THE JUNGLE? BIORNAMETICS. edited by Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber, Lichthof, University of Applied Arts, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz , 1010 Vienna, Austria


8.3.2013, 10.0 - 13.00, HS 2, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Presentation of BIORNAMETICS at ecm - educating/curating/managing, Seminar in the Master Course

FEBRUARY 2013

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 15.1.2013 - 17.30 - Space art ETTAS part 7 "Der Flash nachts unterm Himme"l - interview with the artists Tim Otto Roth

JANUARY 2013

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 15.1.2013 - 17.30 - SPACE ART- art as part of the life support system in long term space missions ETTAS Part 6 - Barbara Imhof presents the ESA Topical Team Arts & Science and the 6th broadcast in this series of space artists :an inteview with Kirsten Johannsen about her work.

START of SHEE Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (Funded by EU - FP 7)
Consortium: International Space University (Coordinator), France; LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH (Tedchnical coordination), Austria; Space Applications Services N.V., Belgium; Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia; Compagnie Maritime D Expertises S.A., France; Sobriety s.r.o., Czech Republic; Space Innovations, v.o.s., Czech Republic

December 2012

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 18.20.2012 - 17.30 - Every space project needs an artist ETTAS part 5 - Barbara Imhof presents the ESA Topical Team Arts & Science and the 5th broadcast in this series of space artists: the work and lecture by Sarah Jane Pell, Australian artist, performer, commercial diver and researcher.

November 2012

27.11.2012 Lecture at Academy Düsseldorf - 17.00 Uhr and Art Asscoiation Malkasten Düsseldorf - 19.00 Uhr

21.11.2012 Barbara Imhof invited to the symposium and discussion "Energie Neu Denken" 21. November 2012
„wolke 19“ im Ares Tower, 1220 Wien

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 20.11.2012 - 17.30 - Science Communications - Barbara Imhof interviews Bertram Schütz of Science Communications about presenting science-related topics to non-scientists, science exhibitions, science journalism, science policy and science media production.

OcTOBER 2012

29.10.2012 - University Liechtenstein: Seminar SpaceShipCity (Master's degree programme in Architecture)

Architektur - Fachmagazin Sept./Okt. 2012 - 06- Waltraut Hoheneder about "Wohin gehen wir? Wo werden wir arbeiten?
Reflexionen zur Arbeitswelt von heute und morgen"
- work enviroments today and tomorrow


"Austria go space!"
guest commentary for the Austrian Press Agency by Barbara Imhof

The salon on Tuesday, 23.10.12 | 23:10 Uhr, Talk,ServusTV, AT 2012
Moderation: Andrea Eckert
Guests: Jean Ziegler - critic of globalisation, Barbara Imhof - space architect, Julian le Play - singer

R adio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 16.10.2012 - 17.30 - Technosensuals - Barbara Imhof interviews Anouk Wipprecht
(fashion designer specialized in integrated technologies)

2112AI [ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE], 1OOYC SPACESHIP/1OOYC: SPACE - EARTH - CONTINUUM (ROUND TABLE)
Saturday, 6 October 2012, A+A Gallery 3073 Calle Malipiero, San Marco Benetke
volution, extension and exploration - how we will explore inner and outer spaces in the next hundred years. The future exploration of larger structures in space and on earth and the synergies between terrestrial and extraterrestrial technological developments.

Moderator: Manuela Hotzl, London
- Thomas Bock (TUM - Robotics, Munich, Germany)
- Barbara Imhof (space architect, LIQUIFER Systems Group, Vienna, Austria)
- Tom Kovac (RMIT University, Melbourne)
- Krištof Oštir (Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies SAZU, Slovenia)
- Brent Sherwood (NASA JPL - strategies, policy, Pasadena, California, USA)
- Leopold Summerer (Head of Advanced Concepts Team, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL)
- Christian Waldvogel (artist, architect, Zurich, Switzerland)

September 2012

Lecture: We are the experiment @ StudioX
11 September at 06:30 at Mumbai, Kitab Mahal, 4th floor, 192 N Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001, India

August 2012

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 21.08.2012 - 17.30 (2nd broadcast) - Barbara Imhof interviews Gernot Groemer, Norbert Frischauf and others regarding their testing of AOUDA - a space suit for Mars.Simulation activities of the ÖWF in the Austrian Alps.

21.8.2012 - 19.45: ATV- TV documentary about LIQUIFER's work in ATV's LIFE MAGAZINE

20.8.2012 - 22.00: Interview of Barbara Imhof in ZIB 2 - about Copenhagen Suborbitals most recent tests of their capsule for commercial access to space

JULY 2012

Radio Orange 94.0 - 17.07.2012 - 17.30
AOUDA - a space suit for Mars. About the simulation activities of the ÖWF in the Austrian Alps.

JUNE 2012

3.6.2012, 17:00: Talk and discussion: Aspern und das Paradoxon der Roten Königin / Salon
Architekturtage (architecture days) with: Dietmar Steiner, Barbara Imhof, Rudolf Scheuvens, Elke Knöß-Grillitsch, Alfons Bauernfeind, Christoph Chorherr, Lars Schmid and Ernst J. Fuchs
Location: aspern Die Seestadt, FABRIK PUBLIK, 1220 Wien

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 19.06.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
Arts & Science: Kunst am Limit - interview with the Austrian well-known artist Eva Schlegel

Interview with Barbara Imhof in QUER - Magazine for architecture and urban matters - relevant article in German >

fFORTE - Views from Work about LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH

MAY 2012

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS94.0 - 15.05.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
Arts & Science: Biomodd - an approach to artistic practice in space - interview with the space artist Angelo Vermeulen who will become the HI-SEAS commander - Mars simulation mission

Contribution to first contact A-Z of aliens landing in the probably last magazine of the world (Erster Kontakt - A-Z der Alien-Landung, Das vielleicht letzte Magazin der Welt)

PODCAST: Audio Corsogespräch : Weltraumarchitektin Barbara Imhof über Raumschiffeinrichtungen

APRIL 2012

17.4.2012 LECTURE Barbara Imhof “We are the experiment”, lecture at the department of Painting and Graphic Design, Prof. Edgar Honetschläger, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria

Radio OrangeSPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 17.04.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
Arts & Science: interview with the New York basedaerospace engineer and space artist Bradley Pitts


28.3.2012 “The city as a spaceship”, podium discussion and statement in the frame of the Smart Cities Days 2012, University of Technology, Graz, Austria

IVAM - Valencia
Exhibition: Construyendo Hábitats Tecnológicos, 03 Abr - 01 Jul 2012
LIQUIFER invited with their works to exhibit


ReTravelling on Space Ship Earth
The Viennese space architect Barbara Imhof has been elected FEMtech expert of the month of March 2012. A graduate of the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France, she has been active for years in developing designs for space missions.

MARCH 2012

28.3.2012 LECTURE Barbara Imhof “We are all astronauts”, lecture in the framework of the design studio “minus g”, Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, Prof. Sabine Pollack, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria
The City as a spacesip, interview with Barbara Imhof by KARIN KRICHMAYR , 27. März 2012 16:54 (German)

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 20.03.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
Architiects without borders - about the new platform ArchitektInnen ohne Grenzen in Österreich mit Petra Gruber (Architektin), Fritz Öttl (POS-Architekten)

NAWITECH - promoting sciences to young female students, interview with Barbara Imhof (German)

Barbara Imhof of LIQUIFER Systems Group receives expert AWARD for women in research and technology from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology.

selcetd links in German:
- BMVIT - Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
- FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency
- Austrian Press Agency
- University of Technology Vienna
- Salzburger Nachrichten

FEBRUARY 2012

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 21.02.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
Arts & Science: Interview with the ecologiyt and space artist Angelo Vermeulenbased in Belgium

Arquitetura espacial: conheça a sua casa em Marte, OBVIOUS Magazine, publicado em arquitetura por Allia
Article about Space Architecture and the work of LIQUIFER Systems Group

KPMG lobby, Kopenhavn, Danmark - art work for the transnational accounting company KMPG in collaboration with Eva Schlegel, implementation fourth quarter of 2011 - see also short notice in "Kunstzeitung"

JANUARY 2012

Deployable Getaway - Office - work envirnments - synergies between working in space and on earth interview with LIQUIFER Systems Group Waltraut Hoheneder, Kaspar Vogel and Barbara Imhof inthe magazine: "Architektur", IssueDec. 2011, page 55-59

LIQUIFER Systems Group is consortium member of FASTER - Forward Acquisition of Soil and Terrain for Exploration Rover

LIQUIFER Systems Group mentioned in "Space Architecture", an article by David A. Nixon, in the December issue of Aerospace Ameriac p.57 > download

Radio Orange SPACE SPECIALS 94.0 - 17.01.2012 - 17.30 - Barbara Imhof interviews
ANTARTKISCHE FORSCHUNGSSTATION HALLEY VI - Interview mit Hugh Broughton, britischer Architekt seiner gleichnamigen Londoner Firma, die derzeit die 6. Antarktisstation HALLEY VI des Britisch Anarctic Survey baut

McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Podcast lecture
Barbara Imhof: Architecture beyond the Earth’s horizon
Barbara Imhof (Liquifer Systems Group, Vienna) discusses the past and future of architecture in outer space, and the challenges and opportunities of human habitation outside the Earth’s atmosphere.

Symposium: "Wieviel Wissenschaft bekommt der Kunst?" / "How much science is conducive for the arts?"
Lecture invitation to present the arts-based resarch project: Biornametics