School Lecture Series: Léa-Catherine Szacka / EPFL Architecture
Event details
| Date | 23.09.2025 |
| Hour | 18:30 › 18:30 |
| Speaker | Léa-Catherine Szacka |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
LÉA-CATHERINE SZACKA
Pioneers of the XXth Century: Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert
Critic Ada Louise Huxtable and architects Gae Aulenti and Phyllis Lambert were influential figures in architecture and design of the postwar period. Pioneers in a male-dominated field and key actors in the transition from modernism to postmodernism, they diversified the architect’s tools to conquer the public spaces they designed. Opening the exhibition Crossed Histories at Archizoom, this lecture traces the protagonists’ practices through three themes that connect their parallel trajectories.
This lecture is part of the School Lecture Series
COMMUNITY VOL.1
Seven exemplary projects and case studies
Community is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community 'is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others, reminding us of our otherness.
This lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to these questions through their work, which spans film, exhibitions, and communitarian buildings.
Save the dates and join us on Tuesday evenings!
Pioneers of the XXth Century: Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert
Critic Ada Louise Huxtable and architects Gae Aulenti and Phyllis Lambert were influential figures in architecture and design of the postwar period. Pioneers in a male-dominated field and key actors in the transition from modernism to postmodernism, they diversified the architect’s tools to conquer the public spaces they designed. Opening the exhibition Crossed Histories at Archizoom, this lecture traces the protagonists’ practices through three themes that connect their parallel trajectories.
This lecture is part of the School Lecture Series
COMMUNITY VOL.1
Seven exemplary projects and case studies
Community is an ambivalent concept. It involves both gathering through shared customs and exclusion. Some claim that inclusive communities do not exist. Recent history shows people more often unite through exclusion than inclusion. However, communities are not sealed. Philosopher Roberto Esposito explains that community 'is not a property or territory to defend but a void, a debt, and a gift to others, reminding us of our otherness.
This lecture series explores the topic of community through architecture. How does architecture explore, define, or enable communities? Can architects collaborate directly with communities, bypassing institutional entities? How can design convey a collective experience? Seven emerging and established architectural figures respond to these questions through their work, which spans film, exhibitions, and communitarian buildings.
Save the dates and join us on Tuesday evenings!
Practical information
- General public
- Free