The Future is A Common History with the Royal Academy
December 1–12, 2020
Granary Building, 1 Granary Square
King's Cross
N1C 4AA London
England
Spatial Practices at Central Saint Martins are excited to invite you to watch Counter-Figures a series of broadcasts curated by Jayden Ali in collbaoration with the Royal Academy of Arts, the Architecture Foundation and Sound Advice.
London’s Architecture is a product of past and present figures who give shape to the city’s spirit, attitudes and trends. Those whose work we choose to celebrate affects what and how we build, and our current development aesthetics are arguably founded on the work of an entrenched and exclusive canon. With this in mind, we ask what opportunities present themselves when a more plural range of voices are consulted and celebrated?
Through a series of broadcasts, Counter-Figures, curated by Jayden Ali, will explore the new heroes of our time, tell new stories, advocate for new agendas, frame new questions and articulate new aesthetics. Each of the three broadcasts, is hosted by a cultural space which traditionally has the power to sanctify people and their practice.
The Future is A Common History (with the Royal Academy)
Join the talk from 6:30pm (GMT) on December 10 here
JA Projects in collaboration with Black Females in Architecture and Dr Adesola Akinleye, perform an alternative history that champions the making of a diverse public realm via an investigation of the Royal Academy of Arts and its setting. Join Jayden Ali and Dr Adesola Akinleye in conversation with Kate Goodwin (RA Head of Architecture and Drue Heinz Curator) to explore the history and context of these conversations.
The previous broadcasts are available to view on the Central Saint Martins YouTube channel.
Profits, Gods and Icons (with Architecture Foundation)
Jayden Ali and Shumi Bose introduce the series via a film-screening-come-lecture, structured around Ali’s recent cinematic triptych that questions society’s relationship to cultural icons and their influence on the built environment.
Sound Advice Awards
Sound Advice, a platform exploring spatial inequality in architecture through music, provide a visual and sonic carnival of an awards ceremony, showcasing the work of undervalued and alternative spatial practitioners that point a way towards the delivery of a more equitable city.
Spatial Practices at Central Saint Martins
We invent spaces, structures and experiences by engaging with the physical, social and political infrastructures of the contemporary city. Our mission is to equip students with the skills and opportunities to reconsider conventional architectural and spatial design in transformative ways—to carve new pathways into architectural practice and beyond.
The programme consists of the following courses:
BA (Hons) Architecture
BA Architecture explores the spaces, places and buildings we inhabit.
Focusing on the relationships between the built environment, social interaction and material culture, we examine the role architects play in contemporary society.
M ARCH: Architecture
In a world where established customs, systems and structures are increasingly unstable, we need a different kind of architectural thinking. On M ARCH: Architecture, you will address the challenges of contemporary society through the built environment.
MA Cities
MA Cities explores alternative, creative approaches to city-making.
Through a critical and experimental approach, you will challenge conventions of urban development and regeneration, exploring new forms of knowledge exchange through culturally engaged participatory processes.
MA Narrative Environments
MA Narrative Environments combines stories and spaces to create memorable human experiences.
On this course, you will design visitor experiences for museums, brand, urban and community environments.
Central Saint Martins, UAL
Across art, design and performance the students and staff of Central Saint Martins create the ideas, materials and actions for a better future. Among our alumni shaping the world through creative action are Grace Wales Bonner, Matty Bovan, Michael Fassbender, Isamaya Ffrench, Antony Gormley, Craig Green, Quentin Jones, Isaac Julien, Jean Julien, Christopher Kane, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Morag Myerscough, Sandy Powell, Laure Prouvost, Simone Rocha, and Yinka Shonibare.
Central Saint Martins is part of University of the Arts London(UAL),an international centre for innovative teaching and research in arts, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts.
