Architecture Research Seminars: Summer of Architecture at the Paul Mellon Centre

Join us for a series of talks and discussions exploring buildings, cities, and landscapes as they relate to histories of colonialism, empire, diaspora, questions of access, information technologies, and lived experiences in Britain and elsewhere.

Co-organised with Rixt Woudstra (Assistant Professor in Architectural History, University of Amsterdam).

17 May 2023
5pm – 7pm
History Designing Architecture: Performance and Architecture in Africa & its Diaspora with Adedoyin Teriba and Rixt Woudstra
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/history-designing-architecture/event-category/research-seminar-30

24 May 2023
5pm – 7pm
Thermal Governance: Air-conditioning Complexes and Climate Modulation in Urban Asia with Jiat-Hwee Chang and Kim Förster
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/thermal-governance/event-category/research-seminar-30

31 May 2023
5pm – 7pm
Landscapes of Waste: Towards an Urban History of Coal Spoil in Modern Britain with Moa Carlsson and Otto Saumarez Smith
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/landscapes-of-waste/event-category/research-seminar-30

7 June 2023
5pm – 7pm
The Architecture of Disability with David Gissen and Jos Boys
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/the-architecture-of-disability/event-category/research-seminar-30

14 June 2023
5pm – 7pm
The Small Spaces of Empire with Swati Chattopadhyay and Tania Sengupta
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forthcoming/the-small-spaces-of-empire/event-category/research-seminar-30