Robert Maxwell Memorial Lectures
Kenneth Frampton - Reflections on the predicament of architecture: seven points in retrospect
Thursday 22 April 2021 6pm BST (1pmEDT)
Introduction
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay (University of Liverpool)
Mark Swenarton (University of Liverpool)
Lecture
Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University)
Conclusion
Marco Iuliano (University of Liverpool)
KennethFrampton’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.
The event will take place via Zoom
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University of Liverpool School of Architecture