Stefan Laxness

Doctoral Fellow

Stefan is a Doctoral Fellow at the Landscape and Urban Studies Institute (LUS) at ETH Zurich where he is researching community led landscape transformation initiatives in Europe. Stefan is the Programme Head of AA Visiting School Iceland and the co-founder of Pantopia.xyz an online educational platform for spatial thinkers. Previously, he was a project leader at Forensic Architecture (FA) where he led numerous projects, including the Ayotzinapa Case, developed methodologies for analysing airstrikes in the Middle East and modelling sites of human rights abuse from witness testimony. Stefan has taught architecture at the Architectural Association in London where he was the Unit Master of AA Diploma 9. His work has been exhibited internationally (Werkleitz, 2021; Ars Electronica, 2020; LABoral, 2020; Antarctic Pavilion, 2017). Stefan has worked in architectural practices in London and Paris and hold an AA Diploma from the AA School.