Robert Maxwell Memorial Lectures: Kenneth Frampton

Kenneth Frampton: Reflections on the predicament of architecture: seven points in retrospect

Kenneth Frampton’s presentation will advance a critique of the current malaise in architectural education and of the equally debilitating state of contemporary practice. These aspects are evident in the current postmodern tendency to reduce architecture either to design of spectacular sculpture at a gargantuan scale or to the application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology in order to favour the maximization of profit. Both of these Neoliberal impulses have deprived modern architecture of its former ameliorative character, namely, the formulation of the building task in a socio- ethical and spatially innovative manner. The lecture will attempt to trace the subtle ideological shifts and the changes in nomenclature that have accompanied our currently unsustainable degradation of the megalopolitan environment.

Thursday 22 April 2021
6pm BST [1pm EDT]

Introduction
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
University of Liverpool

Mark Swenarton
University of Liverpool

Lecture
Kenneth Frampton
Columbia University

Conclusion
Marco Iuliano
University of Liverpool

The event will take place via Zoom Registration required

Woodcut: Celia Scott
Cuando
22 de abril, 2021, 18:00
Donde
Online Event
Organizador
University of Liverpool School of Architecture
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