Nature of Knowledge
Symposium
The IABR 2024: Nature of Hope is hosting an educational symposium to learn from novel and urgent approaches in the way architecture and affiliated spatial design practices are taught, learned and crucially, unlearned.
The ecological crises are changing the spatial and material realities within which design operates, demanding a reorienting of design’s priorities and a rethinking of the tools and methods we use to act in relation and response to these changes. After all, systemic change requires not only transformation of our systems of construction and the materials that we use, but also to our values and our frameworks for thinking and doing. What educational formats and practices acknowledge head on the systemic challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and widening social inequalities, and that equip us to envision collective futures otherwise?
In the context of the IABR 2024: Nature of Hope, the symposium Nature of Knowledge will learn from experimental and hopeful pedagogical projects that critically reappraise the knowledges and skills designers need to think with, make with and alliance with. Together we will celebrate some of the essential and inspiring pedagogical initiatives that seek transformative ways of spatially, materially and equitably shaping our living environments with respect and care for the Earth, its lands and its beings.
The symposium consists of an afternoon program and an evening program. Please note that tickets for both parts are sold separately.