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The Bartlett International Lectures: The Caring Exception: Building the Oasis in the Concrete Jungle
12 October 2022, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno delivers her inaugural professorial lecture with an introduction by Christoph Lindner, Dean of The Bartlett Faculty.
This event is free.
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The Bartlett School of Architecture
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Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno delivers her inaugural professorial lecture, hosted and introduced by Christoph Lindner, Dean of The Bartlett Faculty, as part of The Bartlett International Lectures Autumn 2022. This year, the International Lectures return to an in-person format, with lectures taking place at the school's Bloomsbury campus, in the Christopher Ingold Auditorium, 22 Gordon Street, at 18:30 GMT on Wednesdays throughout the autumn and spring terms.
Abstract
The Caring Exception: Building the Oasis in the Concrete Jungle
In November 2020, in the middle of Covid crisis, Izaskun Chinchilla published the 'Caring City'. In that book, she reflected on how after decades of industrialisation, our cities, in their physical and governmental dimensions, are productivity-oriented places. In them, one can easily deliver merchandise, advertise a commercial product or drive to work. For this lecture Izaskun will analyse how this same principle applies to architecture and living environments, establishing tight relationships between urban thinking and building design. The lecture will also evaluate how cities and buildings are a really hostile environment for non-productive activities: being able to choose where to sit and rest, use a public toilet, drink clean water without paying, breathe unpolluted air, have fun without consuming or walk without getting wet when it rains, will be proved to be great challenges in today´s cities and architecture. The lecture, nonetheless, will aim for an optimistic message: design can help rebalance this situation.
Biography
Izaskun Chinchilla is a Ph.D. architect and professor of Architectural Practice at The Bartlett School of Architecture. Her work has been recognised by the RIBA as an International Honorary Fellow. She has been at the helm of her own firm, Izaskun Chinchilla Architects, since 2001. More than 300 international architecture publications, over 30 international awards and hundreds of invitations to lecture enhance the interest of her work. Garcimuñoz Castle Media Library, Organic Growth Pavilion in NY, ARCOMadrid 2016 VIP Room, several co-working spaces in Madrid and Barcelona, FITUR STAND FAIR for COMUNIDAD AND AYUNTAMIENTO DE MADRID, or Cosmowomen, researching on the work of female architects at La Galleria Nationale di Roma are some of her recognised works. She applies in her profession a strong commitment to critical innovation, linking architecture with ecology, sociology, and science.