ALASTAIR PARVIN: 'HOUSING AS PROJECT'

Guest lecture by Alastair Parvin, designer, inventor and co-founder of the WikiHouse Foundation. The event is part of the lecture series "...as project", where actors active in the field of architecture are invited to the KTH School of Architecture to give an in-depth and detailed account of one, specific project.
ALASTAIR PARVIN
Alastair Parvin is a designer and inventor with 00 London, and the co-founder of WikiHouse Foundation. He is currently working on housing crises, open production & citizen-led cities. Although he trained and practices in architecture, his work extends outside its traditional framework, looking at the economic, social and technological systems behind it. He is a co-inventor of WikiHouse, an open source building system which is uses open design and digital manufacturing to radically democratise the production of homes.
He also thinks, writes, speaks and advises on the design of more democratic systems - what the 'third industrial revolution' means for the future of cities, the economics of architecture, democratic development and urban planning, how the design of markets and technologies shape our politics, and how lateral thinking can be engaged to address some of the most critical social, environmental and economic problems we face.
...AS PROJECT
This event is the fourth installment of the lecture series "...as project" at the KTH School of Architecture, preceded by "Perimiter as project" by Jing Liu of SO-IL, "Intervention as project" by Brynony Roberts and "Loss as project" by Jonas Dahlberg. For the series, the speakers are invited to present one specific project in great depth and detail. The aim of the series is twofold. Firstly, rather than rushing through a practice's complete ouevre, the ambition is to provide an apportunity for a closer look at, and a deeper understanding of, a single work of architecture. Secondly, the series as a whole is an attempt at instigating a wider conversation on the notion of "the project" in architecture.
Introduction by Björn Ehrlemark
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Recorded at the KTH School of Architecture on May 7 2015. For information about upcoming public events, lectures and exhibitions, please visit or website our social media outlets:
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