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SUMMARY:Architecture of Extraction: Armelle Choplin / RIOT
DTSTART:20250217T160000
DTEND:20250217T173000
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DESCRIPTION:Armelle Choplin is a geographer and urbanist specialized on A
 frican cities. She focuses on the connections between urban development an
 d globalization and works on the flows of cement along the Lagos-Abidjan c
 orridor.\n\nThe lecture series “Architecture of Extraction” explores t
 he past and present relationship between architectural form and extractive
  processes—as seen by scholars and practitioners. What is the connection
  between a material’s origin and extraction mechanism\, the forces that 
 guide\, facilitate\, and conduct those activities\, and the particular for
 m the material takes in architecture? What is the political economy of thi
 s specific material\, as in\, how is value extracted from it\, and what ro
 le does architecture play in 1that process? What role does technology impa
 rt in extractive processes or in seeking solutions against these? Finally\
 , what alternatives to extraction have design practices uncovered and appl
 ied\, and turn\, what are the physical effects of these different processe
 s on various scales\, from construction sites and territories? The underly
 ing goal is to candidly discuss the relationship between extraction capita
 lism and the built environment via spatial outcomes\, from architectural o
 utputs to logistical networks. \n\nArmelle Choplin\nMonday 17 February 16
 :00 - 17:30 CET\n\nArmelle Choplin is a geographer and urbanist specializ
 ed on African cities. She focuses on the connections between urban develop
 ment and globalization and works on the flows of cement along the Lagos-Ab
 idjan corridor.\n\nRIOT (Research and Innovation On Territory) is a labora
 tory engaged in pedagogy and research within the Institute of Architecture
  (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology—EPFL\, led by Charl
 otte Malterre-Barthes with Elif Erez-Henderson\, Summer Islam\, Antoine Iw
 eins\, Kathlyn Kao\, Nagy Makhlouf\, Nathalie Marj\, and Saira Mohammed. B
 elieving that the construction sector and design disciplines must pivot an
 d wholeheartedly engage in the current social and climatic urgencies by re
 wiring themselves to face and repair the harm\, RIOT utilizes tactics and 
 strategies to decarbonize\, decolonize\, and depatriarchalize space produc
 tion—by design.
LOCATION:SG Foyer
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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