Category: Course Leader/ Kate Catterall

Metropolis_a critical review of the Venice Biennale

“Freespace” Shows That Architects Must Retool Their Relationship to Power—and to the Biennale

Review: At this year’s edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, there was little evidence of a discipline coming to grips with pressing issues.

http://www.metropolismag.com/homepage/venice-architecture-biennale-review/?utm_source=Main+List&utm_campaign=d13ca23196-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_02_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ceb057ffe6-d13ca23196-290296165&mc_cid=d13ca23196&mc_eid=d810f19d64

Kenneth Frampton received the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale

The architecture critic/theoretician who wrote so eloquently about Carlo Scarpa – see this weeks available texts – wins a lifetime achievement award.

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13422-interview-with-kenneth-frampton?id=13422-interview-with-kenneth-frampton&ajs_uid=0229H2750601H3U&ajs_trait_oebid=3782E0258467B1M

Triennale: John Thackara

What a great first day. We saw John Thackara present to a full house at the Triennale di Milano this evening. Amongst other things he talked about how designers can instigate change in social, environmental and economic systems. Some references:

http://www.doorsofperception.com/

http://www.sla.dk/en/

http://www.ecoschools.global/

https://laruchequiditoui.fr/fr

http://foodshedguide.org/foodshed

http://www.fibershed.com/

http://p2pfoundation.net/

http://ecosystemsknowledge.net/

Thanks to Angelica Sibrian for the introduction and to Ilaria Muzzi for taking the photo.

John Thackara

http://www.triennale.org/en/evento/meet-the-media-guru-future-ways-of-living/

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