Workshops take place in the Speakers’ Corner at the Corderie dell’Arsenale.
Exhibition ticket required.
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Biourban Acupuncture Kharkiv
Since 2022, Kharkiv, Ukraine has been in a war zone. New knowledge around nature-based socio-biological solutions for regenerative urbanism and urban biological restoration in Kharkiv are being developed through local knowledge, and the interdisciplinary research, innovation, design, and implementation centre, Ruin Academy Kharviv. This discussion will investigate cross-over architectural interventions, urban acupuncture, biourbanism and Constructivist biology.
Speakers: Marco Casagrande (Biourbanist Professor, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy, Kharkiv); Menno Cramer (Biourbanist, Neuro-Scientist, International Society of Biourbanism)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Soft Tactics: Tailored Assemblies
In The Subversive Stitch, historian Rozsika Parker examines how weaving, once relegated to ideas of female domesticity, became a celebrated fine art practice and a critical form of knowledge production. This hands-on session begins with a discussion about weaving and other ‘soft knowledges’ and their applications to architecture as ultra-thin material practices, representations of cultural identities, and forms of collective authorship.
Speakers: Stephanie Rae Lloyd (Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design), Sam Sheffer (Critic, Rhode Island School of Design), Emily Ezquerro (Critic, Rhode Island School of Design), Emma Sheffer (Filmmaker, Channel Films).
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
My Grandfather’s House
An interdisciplinary approach connects personal and public archives, the built environment, urban anthropology, and feminist urbanism to understand the tensions surrounding Argentine democracy. A house, the story of a person, and the history of a country are all explored in conversation.
Speakers: Natalia Dopazo (Urban Planner, Asemblea Desobediente), Carolina Ipes (Associate Director, Urban Design & Masterplanning, Urban & Estate Regeneration, Community Engagement, PRP London).
