A ten-part lecture and publication series organized by Het Nieuwe Instituut, The Berlage, and e-flux Architecture
“Architecture and Representation” is a collaboration between Het Nieuwe Instituut, The Berlage, and e-flux Architecture that investigates the power of representation within and beyond the field of architecture, featuring Pier Vittorio Aureli, Jess Bier, Mark Cousins, Peggy Deamer, Mpho Matsipa, Joan Ockman, Hilary Sample, Samuel Stewart-Halevy, among others. The lecture and publication series brings to light the powers, biases, and histories embedded in the most essential formats and devices of architectural representation, and question how they disseminate into the world at large to shape social, political, and economic imaginaries.
“Architecture and Representation” assembles a wide palette of techniques—from isometric drawings, computer renderings, and cartography to legal contracts, notational short-cuts, and building codes—that each in their own way translate phenomena into relatively fixed, conveniently sized, and orderly documents. The ability to turn architectural representation into operative metaphors is a power not only available to architects and engineers, but also to governments, banks, militaries, and scientists. From border walls and climate models to five-year plans and trickle-down economics, the architect’s toolkit is ripe for strategic appropriation, subversion, and cooperation.
Jess Bier, “Map”
The Berlage, Room K
October 13, 2017, 12:45pm
Pier Vittorio Aureli, “Floor Plan”
Het Nieuwe Instituut
October 19, 2017, 7:30pm
Peggy Deamer, “Contract”
Het Nieuwe Instituut
November 16, 2017, 7:30pm
Samuel Stewart-Halevy, “Working Drawing”
The Berlage, Room K
November 24, 2017, 12:45pm
Mpho Matsipa, “Counter-Cartography”
Het Nieuwe Instituut
December 14, 2017, 7:30pm
Joan Ockman, “Spectacle”
The Berlage, Room K
January 12, 2018, 12:45pm
Hilary Sample, “Scale Figures”
Het Nieuwe Instituut
January 18, 2018, 7:30pm
Mark Cousins, “Make-up”
The Berlage, Room K
January 19, 2018, 12:45pm
Sam Jacob, “Rendering”
The Berlage, Room K
January 26, 2018, 12:45pm
Henk Ovink in conversation with Tom Avermate, “The Polder Model”
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Feburary 7, 2018, 7:30pm
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam
The Netherlands
The Berlage
Julianalaan 134
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology
2628 BL Delft
The Netherlands
