"Le Corbusier鈥檚 Models of Worldmaking"_ London South Bank University _ 21.03.2023 - 06.04.2023 _ Photos by: Spyros Kaprinis [31.03.2023].
The School of The Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University (#LSBU) hosts an international symposium, reconsidering an exhibition of 150+ models of Le Corbusier鈥檚 built and unbuilt projects.
The Symposium will take place in:
Lecture Theatre A, Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University (#LSBU), Keyworth Street, London SE1 6NG.
Thursday 30 March 2023, 17:30'-20:30'
Registration link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/le-corbusiers-models-of-worldmaking-tickets-592126023877
The exhibition of models is open to the public from 21 March to 06 April 2023 in the foyer of Keyworth Centre, #LSBU. 聽
Since the early 20th century Le Corbusier鈥檚 projects have been unavoidable points of reference in architectural knowledge and practice. Their roles, however, have changed historically from avant-garde and polemic statements of icons of the modernist movement, to stigmatised and politically charged constructions, and, in recent years, to contested grounds for reflections on ethical, socially-aware, and ecologically-just practices. His projects, whether built or unbuilt, operate in the tension between architecture imagined and architecture conceived. This space in-between is precisely the quality that turns them into the driving force for progression and reconsideration of the field of architecture. Their discursive, imaginative, and projective qualities have produced socio-spatial imaginaries and expressible fantasies. The symposium celebrates an exhibition of 156 models of Le Corbusier鈥檚 built and unbuilt projects proposed for x countries. It brings together researchers, architects, and scholars to revisit Le Corbusier鈥檚 Models of Worldmaking examined through various architectural, pedagogical, and theoretical perspectives. The speakers outline a systematic form of enquiry reflecting on key experimental and methodological applications of Le Corbusier鈥檚 work, ones that could be catalysts of change or critical reflection on our radically changing profession.
Curated and Convened by:
Dr. Hamed Khosravi and Prof. Igea Troiani.
Guest Speakers:
Brigitte Bouvier (Director, Fondation Le Corbusier)
Prof. Alan Powers (London School of Architecture)
Prof. Tim Benton (Open University)
Rene Tan (Director, RT+Q)
Layton Reid (Visiting Prof. at University of West London).
The event is supported by grant funding provided by #LSBU.
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