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The Grid as Political Rhetoric: The Nineteenth-Century American Land Reform Movement
Join the PhD Programme of the Architectural Association for a seminar with Professor Irene Cheng (California College of the Arts). On Wednesday, March 17, at 6 pm London time. See zoom link below. In the 1840s, workingmen in New York City turned to land reform as a primary means to redress the growing inequality in […]
Forms of Reform: London’s Housing Estates for the Labouring Classes
A seminar with Irina Davidovici (ETHZ) organized by the PhD Programme of the Architectural Association Wednesday, February 10, at 6 pm UK time – see zoom link below This lecture examines the bourgeois projections and expectations that underlined the reform of early working-class housing estates in late-19th and early-20th century London. It hypothesizes that the urban and […]
Sealed Pots and Fake Colanders: The Art and Architecture of a 1970s Marxist-Feminist Art Group
A Seminar with Jacopo Galimberti (University of Bologna) Join us on Wednesday, Jan 27, at 6 PM London time on Zoom for an event organized by the PhD Programme of the Architectural Association. Recent years have seen a surge of interest in the Wages for Housework Campaign, a feminist movement active during the 1970s and […]
End-of-Term Presentations
On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, join AA Candidates and Directors of Studies, with guest critics Jeremy Lecomte (ENSA-V), Gabu Heindl (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna) and Gabriele Mastrigli (Universita’ di Camerino) for a day of discussions on ten ongoing PhD theses. Full abstracts here: 201202_PhD Presentations-compressed_compressed Zoom link: https://aaschool.zoom.us/j/99847635792?pwd=czNlSGZDWjRTc3N3WmJlUEo4alVUdz09 Schedule 9 AM Qing Liu, “A […]
God is in the Detail: Labour, Architecture and the Politics of Construction
Join us on zoom for a day-long symposium organized by the PhD Programme of the Architectural Association, on Friday, November 20 – access link can be obtained by registering here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/god-is-in-the-detail-labour-architecture-and-the-politics-of-construction-tickets-123471048229 The construction of architecture is often addressed as a matter of technical expertise or poetic craftsmanship; seldom is it addressed as a matter of […]
End-of-year Presentations
Over two days, we will discuss 16 ongoing theses on Zoom. Join us at the link below and check out the full abstracts here: 200620_Abstracts Programme Day 1 – Tuesday, June 23, 2020 AM session with guest critics Hamed Khosravi and David Burns 10 am Anna Font Vacas 10.40 Enrica Maria Mannelli 11.20 Takako Hasegawa […]
A Pilgrimage Round my Room: Virtual Travel to the Holy Land in the Middle Ages
The history of virtual travel and immersive experiences extends well into the Middle Ages. Without leaving their room, many Christians undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land using only devotional manuscripts and the affective power of imagination. If done correctly, these imaginative journeys would not only provide the devotee with the benefits of physical pilgrimage, […]
Constructing the World, Thinking Architecture Through a Reading of Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition
Join us on zoom (link below) for a seminar with Hans Teerds Organised by the AA PhD Programme Wednesday 27 May 2020, 18:00 London time Spatial thinking is political thinking, the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) once wrote. It is political, not because it is concerned about a specific space nor place, but since it […]
Commoning the City: A Seminar with Stefan Gruber
Join us on Zoom (link below) at 4 pm London time for a seminar with Stefan Gruber organized by the PhD Programme of the Architectural Association, London Commoning the City: Notes on Assembling an Atlas Against the backdrop of the escalating climate crisis, social inequity and political polarization, the failures of governments or the market […]
Olivia Marra–The Garden as Political Form: From Archetype to Project
[…] Under the guise of a PhD by Design, the dissertation showcases an extensive production of authorial drawings to discuss these propositions through a genealogy of historical chapters, intermediated by site-specific design strategies […]
