ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. V. Patteeuw
Event details
| Date | 05.11.2020 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 09:45 |
| Speaker | Dr Véronique Patteeuw |
| Location |
Zoom
Online
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
09:00 – 09:45 – Prof. Véronique Patteeuw
Associate professor (Maitre de conférence) at ENSAP Lille, France, Academic editor OASE Journal for Architecture
Talk title:
When Attitudes Become Positions
Abstract:
In the spring of 1969, Harald Szeemann curated one of the most compelling exhibitions of the twentieth century. When Attitudes Become Form brought together sixty-nine European and American artists advocating for work that would not be primary concerned with pictorial form, but grounded in an inner attitude. Half a century later, Szeemann’s mindset echoes with a series of practices in the field of architecture, shifting from artistic attitudes towards outspoken architectural positions. What is defended by these practitioners, what are the conversations they engage in and the methods they employ? This lecture explores the work of a number of contemporary Belgium-based practices. Challenged by novel narratives for the city and driven by a renewed engagement with the discipline, these practitioners leave references to high modernism behind, and defend positions in between the global and the local. However, they do not avoid architecture. On the contrary. They elaborate projects in which context, climate and materiality are topical elements while explicitly reengaging with the act of building. If one could claim that these positions are highly contemporary, they are not new. On the contrary, they reread, revisit and redefine – often unconsciously – some of the most challenging voices of late twentieth century architecture theory. Considering theory in its dynamic relation to education and practice, and valuing theory as a creative tool for design, this lecture seeks to establish dialogues between the conversations of then and the projects of now and intends to illustrate the propelling character of post-war architecture theory in the light of our current age of acceleration.
Short bio:
Dr. Ir. Architect Véronique Patteeuw (°1974) is associate professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et du Paysage de Lille and visiting professor in architecture theory at KULeuven and at ENAC-EPFL. She lectured amongst others at Harvard GSD Rotterdam Study Abroad Program, Columbia University and IIT. She is the academic editor of OASE, Journal for Architecture. Patteeuw’s research and teaching focus on architecture theory as a creative field. Since 2012, she explores the relevance of post-war theoretical concepts and practices in the design studio Spolia at ENSAPL. As a member of the research group LACTH and following her PhD entitled ‘Architects without Architecture,’ she is currently involved in the ANR-funded research on the history of architectural education in France. Author, critic and editor, Patteeuw published in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited recently Critical Regionalism Revisited (2019), and Mediated Messages: Periodicals, Exhibitions and the Shaping of Postmodern Architecture (2018). In addition, she co-curated the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2006 and founded A16, a publication series on young architects in 2002. In Brussels, she is active as an expert in practice and policy and seats on the boards of AWB, CIVA and A+/BOZAR.
Associate professor (Maitre de conférence) at ENSAP Lille, France, Academic editor OASE Journal for Architecture
Talk title:
When Attitudes Become Positions
Abstract:
In the spring of 1969, Harald Szeemann curated one of the most compelling exhibitions of the twentieth century. When Attitudes Become Form brought together sixty-nine European and American artists advocating for work that would not be primary concerned with pictorial form, but grounded in an inner attitude. Half a century later, Szeemann’s mindset echoes with a series of practices in the field of architecture, shifting from artistic attitudes towards outspoken architectural positions. What is defended by these practitioners, what are the conversations they engage in and the methods they employ? This lecture explores the work of a number of contemporary Belgium-based practices. Challenged by novel narratives for the city and driven by a renewed engagement with the discipline, these practitioners leave references to high modernism behind, and defend positions in between the global and the local. However, they do not avoid architecture. On the contrary. They elaborate projects in which context, climate and materiality are topical elements while explicitly reengaging with the act of building. If one could claim that these positions are highly contemporary, they are not new. On the contrary, they reread, revisit and redefine – often unconsciously – some of the most challenging voices of late twentieth century architecture theory. Considering theory in its dynamic relation to education and practice, and valuing theory as a creative tool for design, this lecture seeks to establish dialogues between the conversations of then and the projects of now and intends to illustrate the propelling character of post-war architecture theory in the light of our current age of acceleration.
Short bio:
Dr. Ir. Architect Véronique Patteeuw (°1974) is associate professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et du Paysage de Lille and visiting professor in architecture theory at KULeuven and at ENAC-EPFL. She lectured amongst others at Harvard GSD Rotterdam Study Abroad Program, Columbia University and IIT. She is the academic editor of OASE, Journal for Architecture. Patteeuw’s research and teaching focus on architecture theory as a creative field. Since 2012, she explores the relevance of post-war theoretical concepts and practices in the design studio Spolia at ENSAPL. As a member of the research group LACTH and following her PhD entitled ‘Architects without Architecture,’ she is currently involved in the ANR-funded research on the history of architectural education in France. Author, critic and editor, Patteeuw published in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited recently Critical Regionalism Revisited (2019), and Mediated Messages: Periodicals, Exhibitions and the Shaping of Postmodern Architecture (2018). In addition, she co-curated the Belgian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2006 and founded A16, a publication series on young architects in 2002. In Brussels, she is active as an expert in practice and policy and seats on the boards of AWB, CIVA and A+/BOZAR.
Practical information
- General public
- Invitation required
- This event is internal
Organizer
- ENAC
Contact
- Joanna Jermini-Howard / Cristina Perez