Ethical practice in times of crisis

Maintenance and Joy

granary square — Image: The Great Unwashed by Adriana Cobo Corey. Photo: Katarina Heeckt

This Spatial Practices public lecture series, hosted by BA Architecture in our LVMH Lecture Theatre, will discuss the intersections between maintenance and spatial practices today.

From the scale of the human body to that of the planet, we will ask, what methods are spatial practitioners using to connect maintenance with joy in times of crisis? How do they contribute to repairing the world while committing to make new?

Performative Renovations, OK Boyfriend – Mandie O’Connell and Alex Schwede

Maintenance, the body and architecture: Alex Schweder/Performance Architecture

Thursday 5 October, 6.00–7.30pm
Image: El Bicho, Aguante El Barrio, 2002, Bosa, Bogota

Maintenance, public space and communities: Ana Lopez/Arquitectura Expandida

Thursday 19 October, 6.00–7.30pm
Image: Seoul, Ossip van Duivenbode

Maintenance, the city and infrastructure: Philipp Rode/LSE Cities

Thursday 2 November, 6.00–7.30pm

Image: Tom Cockram, The Grenfell Community

Maintenance, innovation and ethics of housing: Helena Rivera/Small Studio

Thursday 16 November, 6.00–7.30pm
Image: Planetary Sensing via Satellites, on Hardware and History

Maintenance, the planet and AI: Stephanie Sherman/MA Narrative Environments

Thursday 30 November, 6.00–7.30pm

Central Saint Martins