Lynch to present ‘Fragments and Coherence’ lecture at Stuckeman School

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Stuckeman School in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State is hosting Peter Lynch, a Stockholm-based designer known for blending architecture, urbanism and landscape, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, as a part of the Department of Architecture’s fall 2025 lecture series. The lecture will be held in the Stuckeman Family Building Jury Space and livestreamed via Zoom. 

Titled “Fragments and Coherence,” Lynch will explore the idea of “holding together,” which he describes as being “part collector, part detective and part chef…gathering different pieces, looking for how they connect and blending them into a single, unique whole.” 

A Rome Prize-winning architect and researcher, Lynch brings decades of international experience to the Stuckeman School with works spanning architecture, urbanism, landscape design and building technology. He leads the Stockholm-based studio Building Culture PLA and has taught at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Cranbook Academy of Art.  

Lynch’s “Timescape Garden,” which was showcased at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021 serves as an example of his vision for blending urban landscape with natural, wild growth.  

He will also introduce his upcoming book “Fragments and Coherence: Essays and Works of Architecture” (Skira, 2025) while sharing examples of his in cities including New York, Detroit, Shenzhen, Beijing and Stockholm.  

In his forthcoming book, Lynch explains how his holding together idea shows up in famous buildings like Hadrian’s Villa and Eileen Gray’s Villa E. 1027, as well as in music, art and literature, as seen in works from Beethoven to poems by T.S. Eliot. 

“The structure of all these works—the way that they achieve coherence and integration—arises from the character of the elements they are composed of, and the way that this material is held together to resolve the whole,” said Lynch. “In each case the work process results in something singular: an example of itself alone, not encompassed by any category or rule.” 

The Stuckeman School welcomes Lynch back after his appointment as Stuckeman Visiting Professor for the spring 2015 semester.