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V. Mitch McEwen : Uses of the normal : the normal as power (October 16, 2019)

V. Mitch McEwan begins by thanking Hernan Diaz Alonso for his introduction, clarifying that the title of her talk doesn’t refer to Georges Canguilhem...

Iddris Sandu : Creative architect (October 2, 2019)

Iddris Sandu argues that the term “architect” is not a noun but a verb, “the process of turning a figment of imagination into an...

Benjamin Bratton: Master class 2 (October 22, 2015)

Benjamin Bratton begins his talk on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the city with a fable with the message: The future city isn't for us...

Emmanuel Petit: Spheres and labyrinths (July 15, 2013)

Emmanuel Petit describes his 2013 book Irony; or, The Self-Critical Opacity of Postmodern Architecture as an extension of his interest in how new ideas...

Eva Franch i Gilabert (March 4, 2020)

Hernán Díaz Alonso introduces Eva Franch i Gilabert by comparing her work as director of the Architectural Association to that of a music producer....

Patrik Schumacher (September 13, 2010) Part 1 of 2

Eric Owen Moss introduces Patrik Schumacher, comparing him to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Zaha Hadid, Don Quixote, and Philip Johnson. Schumacher declares his soon-to-be-published book...

Jennifer Bonner : A dollhouse with grilled cheese & other ideas for architecture (November 6, 2019)

After Hernan Diaz Alonso’s introduction, Jennifer Bonner discusses sandwiches, extrusions and how layers stack. The research of “Best Sandwiches” (2016) led to works such...

Minsuk Cho : Challenged grounds (February 12, 2020)

After Hernán Díaz Alonso’s introduction, Minsuk Cho describes in detail seven of recent Mass Studies’s projects, each responding to challenging natural or artificial environments: •A...

Zvi Hecker: Memory is the soil of architecture (October 5, 2011)

After being introduced by Eric Owen Moss, Zvi Hecker discusses some of his earlier work. He comments on the importance of overcoming the sterility...