• Open Lecture Series 2013/2014
• Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055
• Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus
• Wednesday 12th March; 6PM

Talking about architecture means talking about the world we inhabit. Broad, deep and completely pervasive, ‘architecture’ is the synthetic environment that surrounds us. This designed world is the way in which abstract ideas about how we live, work and how society operates become real. This talk will discuss how we might understand this world – buildings, cities, objects, experiences and systems – as physical manifestations of culture and how we as designers embed meanings in the material world. In other words, how we can ‘read’ and ‘write’ architecture.

Sam Jacob designs buildings and objects, and writes about architecture, design and the city. He was co-founder of FAT where he was responsible for a range of internationally acclaimed projects. He now directs his own architecture and design studio. Sam is Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Director of Night School at the Architectural Association in London. He is columnist for Dezeen and Art Review and contributing editor to Icon. He is currently co-curating the British Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale.

www.samjacob.com
www.strangeharvest.com
@_SamJacob