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Dozentin Inés Toscano
Unfortunately, nowadays architects still follow the nineteenth century’s romantic concept of the design genius which pressures them to become an expert on edifying by themselves. Regardless of what architectural historians, critics and academia portray, architecture comes to life through collaboration and interdisciplinary nourishment: Margaret MacDonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh worked together, so did Ray and Charles Eames, and Aino and Alvar Aalto. What are the controversial and positive contributions of couplings —a term Colomina coined in 1999 for professional partnerships that are also intimate? Stereotypical gender roles need to be unmasked, so why not do it in a playful way? The course consists initially of seminars and group discussions on feminisms and architecture, followed by activist events and workshops that conclude on a theatrical storytelling of a historical coupling. In pairs or groups, participants will analyse gestures, and design the script, scenography and costumes for the performance. With their whole body-experience, they will make visible the ghosts of architectural history and engage critically with issues of architectural labour. |
