Lecture series MVU (Modern Development and Theory of Urbanism)

FA VUT Brno / ZS 2012 :
STRUGGLE FOR SPACE / ARCHITECTURE AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE

This lecture series will attempt to portray architecture and urban development processes as inherently political matters and the architect as a figure without claims to innocence in relation to power. After modernity lost its significance as a social project, postmodernity emerged with its plurality and autonomy - thus, social ambiguity. Today we have once again reached a time when architects are renewing their professional interest in architecture as a social practice.

The lecture series will address questions such as:
Is there innocent architecture?
What is at stake today in the production of the city?
What is the role of the architect in negotiating with the public sphere?



10.10. JAN KRISTEK and MARKÉTA BŘEZOVSKÁ
MVU - Modern Development and Theory of Architecture (FA VUT Brno)

17.10. MIODRAG KUC
ParaArtFormations (Berlin) / www.paraartformations.net
Lecture: Alternative Infrastructures of the Post-Political City

24.10. MICHAEL ZINGANEL
(Vienna) / www.zinganel.mur.at

31.10. WOUTER VANSTIPHOUT
CRIMSON architectural historians (Rotterdam)
www.crimsonweb.org

07.11. GABU HEINDL
GABU Heindl Architecture (Vienna)
www.gabuheindl.at/

14.11. PETRA HAVELSKÁ
FoRM ASSOCIATES, London
petrahavelska.com / www.formassociates.eu
Lecture: London 2012 Olympic Legacy
Seminar Workshop: Who is the City for?

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TIME AND PLACE : 18:00 // Library of FA VUT in Brno // Poříčí 5, 63900 Brno

NOTE : All lectures are free and open to the public.