Pantopia is a platform curated by Stefan Laxness and Antoine Vaxelaire. While teaching at the Architectural Association they thought it was necessary to create a online platform that would freely distribute all the knowledge acquired in their studio over the years.
Stefan and Antoine have created Pantopia as a collective of spatial thinkers eager to participate in the discussion within and around our built environment.
Pantopia is committed to deliver unapologetic diagnostics and reality based design proposals.
Stefan Laxness
Stefan Laxness (1990) is a London based architectural researcher, artist and former project leader at the 2018 Turner Prize nominated research agency Forensic Architecture (FA). At FA 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 teaches at the Architectural Association in London, where he is a studio master of Diploma 9. He has exhibited work in the Antarctic Pavilion during the Venice Art Biennale and has previously worked at PLP Architecture in London and Jakob+Macfarlane in of Architecture in London.
Antoine Vaxelaire
Antoine Vaxelaire is an architect, educator and creative advisor.
Antoine graduated from the Architectural Association with Honours in 2013. Since then he has worked in architecture studios in London, Brussels, Zurich, Tokyo and Mexico City.
In 2016 he co-founded TOIT, a creative consultancy studio based in Barcelona. In addition to his practice Antoine is a Diploma Unit tutor at the AA School of Architecture and a creative advisor for retail and entertainment companies in Barcelona.
In 2020 Antoine co-founded Pantopia with Stefan Laxness.