Lacaton & Vassal Exhibition
Lacaton & Vassal: Living in the City
Tin Sheds Gallery, 148 City Road, Darlington. 27 July – 23 September 2023
Curators: Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, Hannes Frykholm & Catherine Lassen
Collaborators: Matthew Asimakis, Liat Busqila, Mackenzie Nix, Caitlin Roseby
This exhibition presents three years of teaching and research framed by inaugural Rothwell co-chairs Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design, and Planning.
Connecting Lacaton & Vassal’s architectural projects, documentary films, research, and studio investigations focused on the Sirius Building and the Waterloo Housing Estate, Lacaton & Vassal: Living in the City illuminates a method based on close attention, transformation rather than demolition, and provision of the highest quality of living space. It foregrounds a critical priority for the Pritzker Prize-winning French architects: Urbanism begins inside each apartment, with quality housing for everyone.
Lacaton & Vassal: Rothwell Chair Symposium 2021
Living in the city: exemplary social and affordable housing design
Session 1 – Living in the city: transformation, intensification. Keynote lecture: Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal | Moderator: Catherine Lassen
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Session 2 – Re-thinking housing models: Victoria. Presentations: Clare Cousins, Quino Holland, Rob McGauran | Moderator: Roderick Simpson, architect and urbanist
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Session 3 – Re-thinking housing models. Presentations: Irénée Scalbert, Sophie Delhay Architecte, Christophe Hutin | Moderator: Kate Goodwin
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Session 4 – new propositions, questioning politics, planning and policy. Presentations: Peter John Cantrill, Professor Nicole Gurran, Future Method Studio | Moderator: Olivia Hyde
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Session 5 – new propositions, questioning cost-per-square-metre and generosity. Presentations: Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal, Andreas Hofer, Florian Köhl | Moderator: Hannes Frykholm
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