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Learning from… China
In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
3 May 2007
Learning from… China
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In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
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3 May 2007
The 2024 Toolkit for Today explores imaginative, material, and methodological paths to collectively navigate how queer and trans* theory can offer critiques of power that allow for the revision of some of the core concepts and ontologies of architectural history.
22 July 2024 to 26 July 2024
Toolkit for Today: Cross Wor(l)ds/Queer Wor(l)ds
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The 2024 Toolkit for Today explores imaginative, material, and methodological paths to collectively navigate how queer and trans* theory can offer critiques of power that allow for the revision of some of the core concepts and ontologies of architectural history.
To coincide with the opening of our exhibition To Build Law, we invite you to a roundtable on renovation and rehabilitation policies in Canada. Olaf Grawert, Alina Kolar (bplus.xyz), and Juliette Cook (Ha/f Climate Design) will discuss the economic, environmental, and legal challenges of renovation.
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
renovation and rehabilitation policies in Canada, roundtable, economic, environmental, and legal challenges of renovation
11 December 2024, 6pm
Tear Down or Repair
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To coincide with the opening of our exhibition To Build Law, we invite you to a roundtable on renovation and rehabilitation policies in Canada. Olaf Grawert, Alina Kolar (bplus.xyz), and Juliette Cook (Ha/f Climate Design) will discuss the economic, environmental, and legal challenges of renovation.
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
renovation and rehabilitation policies in Canada, roundtable, economic, environmental, and legal challenges of renovation
19 September 2024, 12pm to 2pm
To celebrate the launch of our publication AP205 Amancio Williams: Readings of the Archive, we invite you to join us for a lecture by Argentinian historian Luis Müller on Amancio William’s innovations through an analysis of his creative process, proposals, and investigations.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre and Bookstore Keyword(s):
Out of the box, archive, Amancio Williams
28 November 2024, 6pm to 9pm
Lecture by Luis Müller and Book Launch: AP205 Amancio Williams
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To celebrate the launch of our publication AP205 Amancio Williams: Readings of the Archive, we invite you to join us for a lecture by Argentinian historian Luis Müller on Amancio William’s innovations through an analysis of his creative process, proposals, and investigations.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre and Bookstore Keyword(s):
Out of the box, archive, Amancio Williams
Shaughnessy House
25 July 2024, 6pm
Shaughnessy House
Alongside a growth in decentralized, experimental, and underground cinema at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, many groups operating from inside the field of architecture such as Superstudio, Studio 9999, and Ant Farm explored the short film as a medium to expand architectural discourse, embed their projects with bold reflections and projections of society, and(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 September 2018 to 19 May 2019
Scripts for a new world
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Alongside a growth in decentralized, experimental, and underground cinema at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, many groups operating from inside the field of architecture such as Superstudio, Studio 9999, and Ant Farm explored the short film as a medium to expand architectural discourse, embed their projects with bold reflections and projections of society, and(...)
Octagonal gallery
madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
June 2024 to October 2024
madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media
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madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start(...)
2024
Making Mamak: Collective Ecologies of Urban Space
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Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start(...)
Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
25 June 2024 to 17 November 2024
Material Workshop: In Low Tide
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Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)