Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin. LAAC is an Innsbruck-based, internationally active architectural office that has been developing, researching and teaching innovative answers to urban and landscape challenges for more than a decade. The office is headed by Kathrin Aste and Frank Ludin and works in teams made up of architects, artists and graphic designers as well as representatives of a network of partners and experts from a range of disciplines. In addition to public buildings in the fields of culture, education and sport and high-profile and functional office and industrial projects LAAC has a special focus on the design of landscapes and open spaces which ranges from landscape interventions and the design of public squares to the development of large-scale masterplans.
Kathrin Aste, born 1969, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck where she subsequently worked as an assistant professor. She lectures widely on such subjects as urban design, architecture and physis and artistic landscapes at the Universities of Innsbruck and Liechtenstein and the Lichtakademie Bartenbach, etc. She has been the president of aut.architektur und tirol since 2013 and a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Platform Geography, Landscape and Cities) since 2014. Frank Ludin, born 1972, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck and was an assistant professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture.hochbau in Innsbruck. He became a partner of astearchitecture in 2005 and founded “LAAC” together with Kathrin Aste in 2009.
Selected projects: Residenzplatz, Salzburg (2016), Dorfgasse residential complex, Innsbruck (2016), Kulturstadtraum, Spittal an der Drau (2017), MPREIS Weer (2017), Stadtnaht Dornbirn (2017), PS2 library, restaurant, housing, Innsbruck (under construction); Under development: Copa Cagrana Neu, Vienna.
Kathrin Aste, born 1969, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck where she subsequently worked as an assistant professor. She lectures widely on such subjects as urban design, architecture and physis and artistic landscapes at the Universities of Innsbruck and Liechtenstein and the Lichtakademie Bartenbach, etc. She has been the president of aut.architektur und tirol since 2013 and a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Platform Geography, Landscape and Cities) since 2014. Frank Ludin, born 1972, studied architecture at the University of Innsbruck and was an assistant professor at the Institute for Experimental Architecture.hochbau in Innsbruck. He became a partner of astearchitecture in 2005 and founded “LAAC” together with Kathrin Aste in 2009.
Selected projects: Residenzplatz, Salzburg (2016), Dorfgasse residential complex, Innsbruck (2016), Kulturstadtraum, Spittal an der Drau (2017), MPREIS Weer (2017), Stadtnaht Dornbirn (2017), PS2 library, restaurant, housing, Innsbruck (under construction); Under development: Copa Cagrana Neu, Vienna.
