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A new book addresses spatial boundaries as places where social and political conditions are intensified and where new spatial practices of architectural resistance arise. Architectures of Resistance: Negotiating Borders Through Spatial Practices is co-edited by Nishat Awan, Professor of Architecture & Visual Culture at UCL Urban Laboratory, and contributors include The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL's Associate Professor and Co-Director of Ethics, Mohamad Hafeda. Moving across contemporary, historical, and speculative conditions of borders, the volume discusses new and innovative forms of architectural, artistic, and political practice that facilitate constructive human interaction. Architectures of Resistance is published by Leuven University Press and available now. Find out more and purchase Architectures of Resistance: https://lnkd.in/ebXkNMYS

Check out the first issue of the Georgia Tech School of Architecture newsletter from School Chair Julie Ju-Youn Kim, AIA!

Refracted Geographies, the new publication from our Architectural History MA students, showcases the global scope and diverse approaches of research projects by the 2023–24 cohort. The book, which is available now through Issuu, accompanies the recent Architectural History MA annual conference, and spans disciplinary and geographical boundaries. https://lnkd.in/eyD5QRxX

I write about bioregional weaving and conversation in local participatory processes in the latest edition of Plan - Journal for social planning, regional and urban development - Volume 56, Issue 3, November 2024. The text is based on a lecture I gave at a conference on bioregional architecture Technical University of Munich on Thursday, September 12, led by Prof. Niklas Fanelsa. Bengt Andersen Tom Davies EINAR AARVIG Vigleik Winje Svein Egil Hatlevik Joar Skrede and many more also contribute to the issue. It can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dex5JCWt Plan is mandatory reading, as always!

“What should architecture schools, most of whom depend upon part-time educators, do to address the tremendous gap in the job security and pay between their tenured faculty and adjuncts?”⁠ ⁠ In their latest article with The Architect's Newspaper, professors Peggy Deamer and Tom Fisher share their insights. ⁠ ⁠ Visit https://lnkd.in/gpF-x4ut to read the full column. ⁠ ⁠ P.S. Check out The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education (Routledge, 2024), co-written by Deamer, for an architectural way of looking at these problems at different scales.⁠ ⁠ #ArchitecturalEducation #News #Faculty #HigherEd #HigherEdNews #EducationNews

🚀 New publication on the ecological validity of architectural research Together with Carl Schultz we provide a formal framework for making psychological research more relevant for design. Too often, psychological experiments don't reflect how people actually perceive and behave in real spaces. We introduce the Ecological Validity of Architectural Cognition (EVAC) framework, which helps ensure that experiments mirror real-world building experiences more closely. This is a step towards truly evidence-based, user-centred architecture. We apply the framework to 25 papers studying the problem of "perceived spaciousness". The paper is open access at:

Maximum New York fall semester syllabi are done for these classes: > Foundations of NYC > Foundations of NYC (Hard Mode) > Foundations of the Federal Gov > Institutional Architecture: Foundations of Parliamentary Procedure > Founding Forty (1763-1803): An Extemporaneous Seminar

#CoDesign within a system can be colonial too. Lifehouse book mentioning this 1968 poster: I participate You participate She/he participates We participate You participate They profit How you organise participatory design must go beyond the workshop, the place, the moment of temporary engagement.

Free the title! And other thoughts about the future of “architect”.

https://lnkd.in/gmN8DkMa. Here’s a compilation of all the exercises from Studio 1 (M24) in the Master's program on Architectural Tectonics, (MAT)showcasing the work completed throughout the semester.