Léa-Catherine Szacka: "Venice Architecture Biennale" (Oct 9)

In the late 1970s and out of an identity crisis, the Venice Biennale, an institution that had existed since 1895, decided to include architecture, first as part of the visual arts, and later as an independent discipline. Since then, architecture have played many roles at the Biennale, yet often remaining mere illustration of built or planned work. This year, with Fundamentals, OMA/Rem Koolhaas have triggered polemics by dedicating the entire show to research rather than representation. In this lecture, I will talk about my participation to the Monditalia section at 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, while contextualising this experience in the general history of the institution, questioning the role of this showcase within the discipline and beyond. 

 is a postdoctoral research fellow at the   (OCCAS). After studying architecture at Université de Montréal and Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV), she completed a PhD in Architectural history and theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, with a thesis on the history of the Venice Architecture Biennale. 

Respondent:  Frida Rosenberg

The student-run bar will be open for the occasion – welcome!

Draw, point, talk  asks emerging architects and scholars to present their ongoing work in a public lecture and to articulate a position that charges the following response and discussion. Putting media and thought into productive dialogue, the series challenges a prevailing climate where design is presented without disciplinary argument or where criticism is presented without proposition. Each session addresses a current debate in architecture by delving deep into the particularities of an architectural practice. Hosted four times per year, this curated series of talks invites the public to an ongoing discussion.

Organized  and curated by the  Stockholm Association of Architects  through Daniel Norell and Frida Rosenberg, in collaboration with KTH School of Architecture.