Recognizing Facts on the Ground: Deconstructing Power in the Built Environment

Join Lukas Pauer for a discussion of his integrated practice, research and teaching-an effort to recentre the study of how sovereignty is acquired and disputed as a practice-based matter of space and power. In recent years, Pauer has worked on a series of projects aimed at decoding and deconstructing built objects that political actors around the world have used to project power. As such, his academic practice seeks to empower marginalized, underrepresented and vulnerable individuals and communities.
Lukas Pauer is a licensed architect, urbanist, historian and educator. His Vertical Geopolitics Lab, an investigative practice and think tank at the intersections of architecture, geography, politology and media, is dedicated to exposing intangible systems and hidden agendas within the built environment.