Lectures
WORK
Architecture and Labour
How does the economic system underlying space production impact architectural practice? Conversely, how does the practice of architecture impact the construction industry and housing crises? erRIOTing posit that construction can never be sustainable, how to respond to housing needs? This studio i
This lecture series, WORK—Architecture and Labor, seeks to illuminate obscured and too often ignored economic questions to address work conditions and the division of labor and class in the profession. How can the current architecture practice be reformed to operate on non-extractive principles? it the identity-shattering posit that construction can never be sustainable, how to respond to housing needs? T For instance, will bridging the gap between intellectual design workers in the office and the manual and executive labor force on-site offer a way out? What is the causality between land and material value and the organization of the office? Why is the profession so remote from labor struggles and poorly organized, with so few unions, badly negotiated labor contracts, and barely any self-management models? Asking candidly ‘who can afford to be radical,’ this lecture series seeks answers from thinkers, researchers, and practitioners to address power structures and labor in architecture.
27.02, 16:00 - 17:30 CET
Marisa Cortright (Architectural Worker) & (non-)Swiss Architects
08.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Namita Vijay Dharia (RISD)
16.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Pedro Fiori Arantes (UNIFESP)
30.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Claudia Mainardi (FOSBURY/TACK)
|1| WORK - Architecture and Labour" Online lectures series if organized by RIOT and Station +
|2| Zoom Link: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63869259622, Meeting ID: 638 6925 9622
Support Team: Spring 2024 Fix the Office Studio, Antoine Iweins, Kathlyn Kao, Saira Mohamed
Lectures
WORK
Architecture and Labour
How does the economic system underlying space production impact architectural practice? Conversely, how does the practice of architecture impact the construction industry and housing crises? erRIOTing posit that construction can never be sustainable, how to respond to housing needs? This studio i
This lecture series, WORK—Architecture and Labor, seeks to illuminate obscured and too often ignored economic questions to address work conditions and the division of labor and class in the profession. How can the current architecture practice be reformed to operate on non-extractive principles? it the identity-shattering posit that construction can never be sustainable, how to respond to housing needs? T For instance, will bridging the gap between intellectual design workers in the office and the manual and executive labor force on-site offer a way out? What is the causality between land and material value and the organization of the office? Why is the profession so remote from labor struggles and poorly organized, with so few unions, badly negotiated labor contracts, and barely any self-management models? Asking candidly ‘who can afford to be radical,’ this lecture series seeks answers from thinkers, researchers, and practitioners to address power structures and labor in architecture.
27.02, 16:00 - 17:30 CET
Marisa Cortright (Architectural Worker) & (non-)Swiss Architects
08.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Namita Vijay Dharia (RISD)
16.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Pedro Fiori Arantes (UNIFESP)
30.04, 17:00 - 18:30 CET
Claudia Mainardi (FOSBURY/TACK)
|1| WORK - Architecture and Labour" Online lectures series if organized by RIOT and Station +
|2| Zoom Link: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63869259622, Meeting ID: 638 6925 9622
Support Team: Spring 2024 Fix the Office Studio, Antoine Iweins, Kathlyn Kao, Saira Mohamed
Agenda
Teaching
Fall:
In Service Of:
Research
Action
|1| Image Credit: Baumann, Heinz, Street Cleaning, 1980-1982. ETH Bildarchiv, Bern, Bärenplatz.
People
Kathlyn Kao (she/her/hers), Harvard GSD, is a scientific collaborator at RIOT, a practicing architect at Dream the Combine; and co-founder of Paperwork. Her work focuses on questions of immeasurability and intangibility within regimes of land ownership and environmental law. Her thesis, “In the Capital of Absence, I am Longing for___,” supported by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, focuses on the spatial remittance economy of overseas Filipina domestic workers. She has given talks at institutions including Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University, ABK Stuttgart, and ARQ Technológico de Monterrey. Kathlyn received a B. Arch from Cal Poly (SLO) and is a registered architect in New York, USA.
Nagy Makhlouf (he/him/his), ENSA Paris-Malaquais, is currently writing a doctoral dissertation within the ALICE and RIOT laboratories at EPFL, where he addresses the relationships between suburban planning, liberal governmentalities, and computational drawing in the U.S.A. He has recently contributed to the book Unearthing Traces and magazines such as Trou Noir and Polygone.
Collaborators:
ACAN
agps
Alia Bengana Architecture
Archizoom
ASAR
Assemble
CRL
DRAG Lab
Dream the Combine
Elise Misao Hunchuck
Filipe Calvao
Huda Tayob
Material Cultures
Motor Productions
New South
Something Fantastic
TPOD
THEMA
Villalba Studio
Teaching Assistants:
Carolina Pichler
Laure Melati Dekoninck
Paulina Ornella Beron
Credits:
Website Design: Something Fantastic with Villalba Studio
Graphic Identity: Something Fantastic
Agenda
Teaching
Fall:
In Service Of:
Research
Action
|1| Image Credit: Baumann, Heinz, Street Cleaning, 1980-1982. ETH Bildarchiv, Bern, Bärenplatz.
People
Kathlyn Kao (she/her/hers), Harvard GSD, is a scientific collaborator at RIOT, a practicing architect at Dream the Combine; and co-founder of Paperwork. Her work focuses on questions of immeasurability and intangibility within regimes of land ownership and environmental law. Her thesis, “In the Capital of Absence, I am Longing for___,” supported by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, focuses on the spatial remittance economy of overseas Filipina domestic workers. She has given talks at institutions including Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University, ABK Stuttgart, and ARQ Technológico de Monterrey. Kathlyn received a B. Arch from Cal Poly (SLO) and is a registered architect in New York, USA.
Nagy Makhlouf (he/him/his), ENSA Paris-Malaquais, is currently writing a doctoral dissertation within the ALICE and RIOT laboratories at EPFL, where he addresses the relationships between suburban planning, liberal governmentalities, and computational drawing in the U.S.A. He has recently contributed to the book Unearthing Traces and magazines such as Trou Noir and Polygone.
Teaching Assistants:
Laure Melati Dekoninck
Paulina Ornella Beron
Credits:
Website Design: Something Fantastic with Villalba Studio
Graphic Identity: Something Fantastic