Today, architectural knowledge is no longer advanced by heroic figures nor by institutions organized around singular agendas. Instead, it emerges through sustained exchange among distinct critical practices—through the collective construction of conceptual, methodological, and representational frameworks grounded in carefully developed design techniques, curated lineages of reference, and explicitly articulated aesthetic positions. Prototypes: Architecture Practices and Projects convenes a focused group of architects to interrogate how the formation of their practices and the deliberate production of intellectually driven projects reconstitutes architecture as a disciplinary project that is continually renegotiated in relation to contemporary cultural conditions, economic opportunities, social issues, and political realities.
Participants:
- Almost Studio
- Abel Nile New York
- FORMA
- Mattaforma
- New Affiliates
- operadora
- Outside Development
- salazarsequeromedina
- stock-a-studio
Moderated by Kyle Miller.
Format:
Each office/individual will deliver a 15-minute visual and verbal presentation articulating an explicit intellectual agenda. The presentations will move decisively beyond the instrumental imperatives of professional practice—beyond the logistics of sustaining an office or producing buildings—to address the underlying Project that animates the work. What questions, commitments, or propositions persist across commissions and exceed the limits of any single project? What conceptual, material, political, or representational concerns are being cultivated as a sustained inquiry, and how do they compel continued engagement with architecture as a discipline rather than merely a profession? Each presentation will be followed by 25-minutes of open discussion among the participants.
9:45a: Introduction (Kyle Miller)
10:00a: operadora (Edgar Rodriguez)
10:40a: salazarsequeromedina (Laura Salazar & Pablo Sequero)
11:20a: stock-a-studio (Xavi Aguirre)
12:00p: ANY (Michael Abel & Nile Greenberg)
12:40p: Break
1:40p: Outside Development (Elisa Iturbe)
2:20p: Mattaforma (Lindsey Wikstrom)
3:00p: New Affiliates (Ivi Diamantopoulou & Jaffer Kolb)
3:40p: Break
4:00p: FORMA (Mirka Brooks)
4:40p: Almost Studio (Dorian Booth & Anthony Gagliardi)
5:20p: Concluding Discussion
