VZ. Virginia Zangs is an architectural and computational designer whose work explores the relationship between spatial and digital systems. Her research investigates how socio-technical infrastructures shape ecological, political, and cultural realities. research practice interMediations code design &soft cybernetics 𓆩ZM𓆪. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Southern California. She graduated from the MS in Computational Design Practices Programme at Columbia GSAPP. VZ. Her work experience includes collaborations with institutions and design studios including Wiel Arets Architects, Herzog & de Meuron, & OMA, as well as research positions at The Terraforming - Strelka Institute, ToftH - Transformation of the Human, and partnerships with cultural institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Architektur Museum - TUM & the Center for Spatial Research CSR - Columbia University. She is a licensed Architect with a Master's degree and Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the Technical University of Munich and Politecnico di Milano.
VZ.RESEARCH Media Arts & Practice PhD.USC 25/26 Prompts & Provenance.Venice Biennale 2025 Digital Double Symposium.Rome IT 2024 Open Source AI Hackathon.Brown Institute 2024 Start Me Up Bootcamp.Columbia University 2024 SOAM Residency.Network Sovereignty 2024 Center for Spatial Research.Columbia University 23/24 MS Computational Design.Columbia GSAPP 23/24 ToftH - Transformations.Berkeley 22/23 Re:Arc Institute.Berlin 2022 Terraforming 2022.Strelka Institute The New Centre.Research & Practice 2022 MA Architecture.TUM Munich 15/19 Erasmus+ Programme.Politecnico Milano 13/14 BA Architecture.TUM Munich 11/15 VZ.PRACTICE 2025 DesignH.D. Reliquary 2025 Studio𓆩ZM𓆪 2025 Mutual AidMutua.nyc 2024 StudioiM InterMediations 2021 ArchitectureWiel Arets Architects 2020 CuratorialMoMA 2018 ArchitectureHerzog & de Meuron 2017 R&DOMA AMO 2017 DesignThe Metropolitan Museum 2016 CuratorialAM Architektur Museum 2015 Architecture4-Architekten Munich 2014 EditorialDETAIL Magazine
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