Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

For the second year running, The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment has been ranked the #1 place in the world to study architecture and the built environment in the QS World Rankings 2024. The Bartlett is also #1 in the UK for the 10th year in a row. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eW69iEBG Image: 'Impruneta Birth Centre' by Esme Dowle, Architecture BSc, UG3

Join us this Saturday for Refracted Geographies: the annual Architectural History MA Symposium. The 2023-24 Architectural History MA cohort has looked to challenge the established canons of architecture and propose new perspectives. This year's one-day symposium is structured in three thematic parts: Architectural Humanities – Affective Architectures – Fragmented Histories. It reflects the global scope of the cohort's research and their diverse approaches, with research spanning disciplinary and geographical boundaries, and subjects ranging from colonial anthropologies of Antarctica to constructed images of Asia within Europe. Organised by Architectural History MA students Catherine Cull Thomas, Rodney von Daffer-Jordan, Ed Davison, Yanqi Huang, Radhika Jhamaria and Pimchanok Na Patalung. A publication will accompany the symposium, with sample copies available to browse on the day. 🗓️ 10:00-17:10, Saturday 09 November 📍 Room 6.02, 22 Gordon Street https://lnkd.in/euXJtpJv

A new book addresses spatial boundaries as places where social and political conditions are intensified and where new spatial practices of architectural resistance arise. Architectures of Resistance: Negotiating Borders Through Spatial Practices is co-edited by Nishat Awan, Professor of Architecture & Visual Culture at UCL Urban Laboratory, and contributors include The Bartlett School of Architecture's Associate Professor and Co-Director of Ethics, Mohamad Hafeda. Moving across contemporary, historical, and speculative conditions of borders, the volume discusses new and innovative forms of architectural, artistic, and political practice that facilitate constructive human interaction. Architectures of Resistance is published by Leuven University Press and available now. Find out more and purchase Architectures of Resistance: https://lnkd.in/ebXkNMYS

If you're considering pursuing a Master's degree at The Bartlett, add The Bartlett Postgraduate Virtual Open Week to your diary. From 25-29 November, our free online sessions will introduce you to the wide range of graduate programmes we offer. Find a programme and register to join a session: https://lnkd.in/ebf9D_CN

On Thursday 14 November, join us for Author-itative? A Venture in Decentring Master Narratives and Master Pieces, followed by a drinks reception. The event will launch A Practical Guide to Architectural Drawing (RIBA Publishing, 2024), a new book by The Bartlett's Guang Yu Ren (Director of History & Theory) and Edward Denison (Professor of Architecture & Global Modernities). The book was researched and sourced exclusively from the RIBA Drawings Collection, the world’s largest and most prestigious archive of architectural drawings, and encourages students to engage with the collection physically, intellectually, and critically. The authors will reflect on their decentred approach to the subject - as an archive of coloniality, and a means of constructing and sustaining an authoritative voice for the discipline of architecture that privileges western (invariably British) perspectives, experiences and values. With respondents Fiona Orsini, Curator of the RIBA Drawings Collection, and Neal Shasore, Director of the London School of Architecture. Book your place here: https://lnkd.in/guFKhd8c

CRUNCH, our flagship seminar series, breaks for Reading Week but will return on Monday 11 November. Professor Jussi Parikka and author Antonio López will discuss architectural approaches to ecomedia, media archaeologies and ecologies. Taking inspiration from Low-Tech Magazine – a physical and online publication that has run on a solar powered server since 2018 – the conversation will explore how combining traditional methods with modern technology can help create a more sustainable future. No booking required, but we recommend arriving early to avoid disappointment. 🗓️ 18:30 – 20:00, Monday 11 November 📍 Room G.12, 22 Gordon Street Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eKTXsYYu

Situated Practice MA student Jiaqi (Jessie) Li has been chosen as a finalist in the 19th Arte Laguna Prize. The Arte Laguna Prize is an international art competition dedicated to the visual arts. Jessie's installation, 'When We Look Into Each Other's Eyes', explores a delicate narrative of family, memory and identity through a series of carefully crafted videos, blending family footage and personal memories to capture the complex intimacy between mother and child. The finalists will show their shortlisted works at an exhibition at Arsenale Nord, Venice, from 16 November to 08 December, with the winner of this year's prize announced on the opening night. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eYpV-UXP

Join us for tonight's CRUNCH as curators Fernando Portal and Shumi Bose discuss the power of platforms to change discourse and thought. Chaired by Thomas Aquilina, who recently joined The Bartlett as Co-Director of Spatial Justice. 🗓️ 18:30-20:00, 22 Gordon St Free to attend, no tickets required, but arrive early to avoid disappointment. https://lnkd.in/eThr33ej

Save The Date for FIFTEEN: the Bartlett's winter postgraduate exhibition! FIFTEEN launches on Thursday 05 December, and is open to the public until Wednesday 11 December. This year's show, titled Proximities, will span two Bartlett campuses in Bloomsbury and Stratford for the first time, with a parallel show online. Find out more about this year's show: https://lnkd.in/eBXHttXe

In next week's CRUNCH, two curators discuss the power of platforms to change discourse and thought. Platformers 2: Architecture Through the Fields Artist, researcher and curator Fernando Portal and teacher, curator and editor Shumi Bose will discuss the platforms they set up to enable and cultivate new practices that help them thrive. The Latin American cultural and educational initiative Núcleo Lenguaje y Creación was set up by Fernando to promote interdisciplinary practice throughout architecture, graphic design, civil engineering and the arts. It does so through mentorship programmes that platform researchers interested in Latin American topics. Likewise, Shumi has platformed BIPOC and other colleagues through her teaching, mentorship, curatorial and activist work. Amongst other initiatives, Shumi is the founder of HoldSpace, a digital platform for reading, thinking and talking about architecture beyond the academic sphere. The event will be chaired by Thomas Aquilina, who recently joined The Bartlett as Co-Director of Spatial Justice. 🗓️ 18:30 – 20:00, Monday 28 Oct 📍 Room G.12, 22 Gordon Street No booking required, but please arrive early as entry is first come first served. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eThr33ej