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London School of Architecture Show and Tell: The Future for Architects
What is the architect’s role in the 21st Century? Leading thinkers Alastair Parvin and Daniel Susskind are joined by Farshid Moussavi and Will Hunter in an evening exploring the contemporary state of the profession.
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Tickets include entry to the Designs of the Year exhibition before the talk begins. Doors will open at 18:15. The Designs of the Year exhibition will be open for ticket holders to view between 18:15 and 19:00, and will then close. The talk will start at 19:00 and last for 1 hour 30 minutes. This event will be filmed and recorded for use on the Design Museum and London School of Architecture online and web platforms.
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Many architects feel that the professional community is in flux; in recent decades, architects have become increasingly marginalised in the construction process, with their traditional functions being usurped by others and with fierce competition causing lower fees. Meanwhile, the pace of change – in particular the rise of digital technologies – presents as many challenges as it does opportunities.
Two speakers who are at the forefront of critical enquiry into the role of the architect, present their visions for how the profession must evolve.
Daniel Susskind’s talk explains how, in an internet society, ‘increasingly capable systems’ will undermine professional monopolies and change the way that specialist knowledge is made available. While Alastair Parvin reports from the frontline of that digital revolution, discussing 00’s work advancing open source design and production, and speculating upon what the economy might look like both for design professionals and also for citizens in the future.
Both speakers illustrate urgent new models for practice in the 21st century, and participate in a panel discussion following their presentations with Farshid Moussavi and Will Hunter.
more about the speakers
Alastair Parvin
Alastair Parvin is a strategic designer with 00 London, and the co-founder of WikiHouse Foundation. He is currently working on better housing systems, open source design, distributed production, and how the ‘third industrial revolution’ might help us build more resilient, democratic cities.
Daniel Susskind
Daniel Susskind is co-author with Richard Susskind of The Future of the Professions and a lecturer in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. Previously, he worked for the British Government: in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, in the Policy Unit in 10 Downing Street and as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Cabinet Office.
Farshid Moussavi
Farshid Moussavi is the founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture and Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her practice’s research arm, FunctionLab, critically examines the relevance of the discipline of design in relation to the constantly changing built environment.
Will Hunter
Will Hunter is the Founder and Director of the London School of Architecture. He trained as an architect at the Bartlett, UCL and at the Royal College of Art. He was previously the executive editor of The Architectural Review and editor of the monthly magazines of The Architects’ Journal and Building Design.
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