Critical Judgment: Architectural Criticism and the Politics of City Form
Academia Belgica, Rome
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam
The Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, in collaboration with the Academia Belgica in Rome, presents a one-day symposium aimed at defining a new agenda for architectural criticism and its instrumentality in relation to the social and political imagination.While the success of architectural design, as both a product and as an icon of entrepreneurial prestige, has grown immensely in recent years, its power as a critical instrument of political and social responsibility has waned. The public popularity of architecture is, ironically, inversely proportional to an increase of political powerlessness and cultural disillusionment many architects feel about their effective contribution and relevance to the built environment.
This symposium offers this reality as a platform for an intellectually committed agency. It provides the possibility to reflect upon the way we imagine the politics and the form of the city, along with the contribution of architectural criticism to both. It will also pose new opportunities for architecture as a design practice and provide an opportunity to rethink architecture’s history, criticism, and theory.
The symposium is convened by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Joachim Declerck, Salomon Frausto, Gabriele Mastrigli, and Martino Tattaro.
Due to a fortuitous scheduling mishap, we were able to attend not only the planned morning lectures (Mario Tronti, Elia Zanghelis), but also several rescheduled afternoon ones (Pippo Ciorra, Richard Ingersoll)…
Lectures:
Academia Belgica, Rome
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam
The Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, in collaboration with the Academia Belgica in Rome, presents a one-day symposium aimed at defining a new agenda for architectural criticism and its instrumentality in relation to the social and political imagination.While the success of architectural design, as both a product and as an icon of entrepreneurial prestige, has grown immensely in recent years, its power as a critical instrument of political and social responsibility has waned. The public popularity of architecture is, ironically, inversely proportional to an increase of political powerlessness and cultural disillusionment many architects feel about their effective contribution and relevance to the built environment.
This symposium offers this reality as a platform for an intellectually committed agency. It provides the possibility to reflect upon the way we imagine the politics and the form of the city, along with the contribution of architectural criticism to both. It will also pose new opportunities for architecture as a design practice and provide an opportunity to rethink architecture’s history, criticism, and theory.
The symposium is convened by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Joachim Declerck, Salomon Frausto, Gabriele Mastrigli, and Martino Tattaro.
Due to a fortuitous scheduling mishap, we were able to attend not only the planned morning lectures (Mario Tronti, Elia Zanghelis), but also several rescheduled afternoon ones (Pippo Ciorra, Richard Ingersoll)…
Lectures:
Mario Tronti “The Autonomy of the Political”
Elia Zanghelis “Design and Political Commitment”
Pippo Ciorra “The Individual City”
Richard Ingersoll “The Inversion of the Iconic Power”
Also, accompanying the symposium was an exhibition entitled “A Vision for Brussels: Imagining the Capital of Europe.”
Elia Zanghelis “Design and Political Commitment”
Pippo Ciorra “The Individual City”
Richard Ingersoll “The Inversion of the Iconic Power”
Also, accompanying the symposium was an exhibition entitled “A Vision for Brussels: Imagining the Capital of Europe.”
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