MSD at HOME_ AA Global Forum Melbourne - Roundtable Discussion 1

MSD at HOME_ AA Global Forum Melbourne
Roundtable Discussion 1: Architectural Pedagogy as Research
Chaired by Dr Paul Loh, Speakers: Theo Lalis & Leire Asensio-Villoria

Opening of AA Global Forum: Melbourne with Donald Bates & Manijeh Verghese

AA Global Forums provide a space to learn, share and discuss architectural ideas and initiatives in a local context, both online and through onsite meetings, lectures and workshops. AA Global Forums are made up of networks of AA alumni, students, staff, members and participants of AA Visiting Schools, and offers support to AA students and members of the wider School community who are currently dispersed around the world.

The AA Global Forum: Melbourne, by working collaboratively with partner institutions – such as the University of Melbourne - will provide AA staff, alumni and students – especially those already within or returning to the Australasia region – with a venue for connection and an opportunity to network. The inaugural AA Global Forum: Melbourne event in will be held on Tuesday 4 May 2021, and will explore architectural pedagogy from the context of the Architectural Association and the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). The event comprises three roundtable discussions focusing on the following themes: Architectural Pedagogy as Research, Virtualizing Design Pedagogy and its Implications, and Globalizing Architectural Education. The discussion panels will consist of AA and MSD staff, along with invited alumni and associates, and will be moderated by Dr Paul Loh and Prof Donald Bates of the University of Melbourne, and Mond Qu from United Make.

Speakers

Paul Loh

Leire Asensio Villoria

Leire Asensio-Villoria Leire Asensio is a senior lecturer in urban design and architecture at the University of Melbourne’s school of design. Previous to the MSD, Leire was a lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and taught design and theory at Cornell University’s department of architecture and Landscape Urbanism at the graduate design school of the Architectural Association in London. She was also the design research lead for the Health and Places Initiative, a research collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on studying the links between the built environment and health outcomes.

Her writings have been published in a number of academic as well as professional books and journals and, together with David Mah, Leire is also active in the production of architectural and creative works. Leire is a registered architect in Spain and received her Diploma in Architecture awarded with honours from the Architectural Association in 2001.

Theo Sarantoglou Lalis

Theo Sarantoglou Lalis Theo Sarantoglou Lalis is the co-founder of LASSA Architects, an international architecture practice with offices in London and Brussels. LASSA operates at the intersection between the fields of art, architecture and landscape. LASSA is strongly engaged with technology for its pivotal role in the democratization of non-standard architecture. As a practice, LASSA has two main concerns. On one hand, the development of architectural form for its capacity to stimulate the corporal experience of space and the framing of social life. On the other hand, the politics of construction and a complete rethinking of building procedures. LASSA has won several international awards for their Villa Ypsilon in Greece and was a finalist for the Chernikov prize.

Theo has been teaching a diploma unit (Masters program) at the Architectural Association in London since 2009. He has taught postgraduate studios at Harvard and Columbia and undergraduate studios at Chalmers and LTU in Sweden. He has lectured and run workshops internationally. He has experience practicing architecture in 18 countries and is a registered architect since 2001.

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