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Online Event

Architecture Open Lecture: The Home as a Space of Resistance

  • 17.00 - 18.00
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Microsoft Teams
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Architecture Open Lecture: The Home as a Space of Resistance
Part of the Architecture Open Lecture Series: Fortuitous Encounters

The event will feature presentations by Elena Palacios Carral (Architectural Association) and Dr Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture). It is organised by Dr Olivia Neves Marra and Dr Mohamad Hafeda and moderated with the support of second year BA (Hons) Architecture students.

The event will take place online via MS Teams and is open to the public.

Programme:

17:00 – Elena Palacios Carral (Architectural Association)

17:30 – Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture)

Elena Palacios Carral (AAHCT 2015, AADipl 2012) is a PhD Candidate at the Architectural Association and a founding director of Forms of Living, a design and research platform. Palacios Carral has worked as an architectural designer in Mexico City and the UK, and as a researcher at Forensic Architecture. She teaches design studios at Oxford Brookes and Kingston University, and is a lecturer in history and theory at the Royal College of Arts.

Samaneh Moafi is a Senior Researcher at Forensic Architecture, where she provides conceptual oversight across projects and oversees the Centre for Contemporary Nature. Samaneh holds a PhD from The Architectural Association (AA), and a a BA and MA in Architecture from the University of Technology, Sydney. She practiced as an architect in Australia, taught BA Architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney, MArch Urban Design at the Bartlett School, University College, London, and led a number of short courses at the Royal College of Arts and the AA.

Biographies

Elena Palacios Carral (AAHCT 2015, AADipl 2012) is a PhD Candidate at the Architectural Association and a founding director of Forms of Living, a design and research platform. Palacios Carral has worked as an architectural designer in Mexico City and the UK, and as a researcher at Forensic Architecture. She teaches design studios at Oxford Brookes and Kingston University, and is a lecturer in history and theory at the Royal College of Arts.

Samaneh Moafi is a Senior Researcher at Forensic Architecture, where she provides conceptual oversight across projects and oversees the Centre for Contemporary Nature. Samaneh holds a PhD from The Architectural Association (AA), and a a BA and MA in Architecture from the University of Technology, Sydney. She practiced as an architect in Australia, taught BA Architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney, MArch Urban Design at the Bartlett School, University College, London, and led a number of short courses at the Royal College of Arts and the AA.

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