COAT - conditions atmosphériques d‘espace - is a vienna-based Art and Architecture Studio, founded by Julia Fraolini (FRA) und Felix Steinbacher (GER). Through experimental and atmospheric spatial approaches, their work explores the relation between Architecture and Society as well as the the implicit contemporary challenges arising from it. 

The practice's focus lies in investigating architecture's potential in shaping socio-cultural phenomena through experimental re-interpretation of archetypal conditions. Both individuals and collectives are encouraged to re-evaluate habits, ways of living, and their relationship to the shared environment. Through their projects, spatial and architectural narratives are redefined and conventional ways of thinking are challenged.



Felix Steinbacher is an architect based in Vienna, Austria. He received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Innsbruck under the supervision of Univ. Prof. Arch DI Kahtrin Aste at the Institute for Experimental Architecture ./studio3.

He worked for LAAC, Innsbruck and currently works at Wolfgang Tschapeller, Vienna. Felix recently received the Startstipendium 2025.

Julia Fraolini is a french architectural designer based in Vienna, Austria and Lyon, France. She graduated in 2021 with a Master of Architecture from the University of Innsbruck under the supervision of Univ. Prof. Arch DI Kahtrin Aste at the Institute for Experimental Architecture ./studio3. 

Julia has worked in various architectural offices in Paris, Innsbruck, Vienna and Barcelona and received in 2023 the TISCHE Stipendium.



 



Julia Fraolini & Felix Steinbacher as COAT architecture - conditions atmosphériques d’espaces -