[Uto]

Ursula Frick and Thomas Grabner are the founding directors of [uto], based in St.Gallen, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, he founded the collective [uto]. Along with the generation and analysis of complex geometries, their research and work focuses on the development of formal strategies, generative structures and data-driven design approaches. They have developed and published several software plugins that enhance workflow and integrate routines for the exchange of data/geometry in parametric software. Both with the University of Innsbruck and with [uto], they have taught, held workshops and lectured in many different environments including the AA | Architectural Association, PennDesign | University of Pennsylvania, SCI-arc | Southern California Institute of Architecture, LFU | University of Innsbruck, TKU | Tamkang University in Taipei, and AAG10 Vienna, among others.