decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) is an architectural studio and a residency program based in beit sahour , palestine .

daar ’s work combines spatial interventions , theoretical writings and collective learning .

daar is dedicated to architectural experimentations on the reuse and transformation of colonial architecture , settlements , military bases , 1948 cleanzed palestinian villages , primerly in palestine .

daar was founded in 2007 in beit sahour near bethlehem by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman .

the ideas that have been developed and disseminated throughout the region and abroad via exhibitions , seminars , videos and publications .

dozens of local and international architects are allied with the institute .

furthermore , it works together with a large number of artists , film makers and activists .

the architectural studio and art residency was established with the aim of engaging with a complex set of architectural problems centered on one of the most difficult dilemmas of political practice : how to act both propositionally and critically in an environment in which the political force fields , as complex as they may be , are so dramatically skewed .

are interventions at all possible ?

how can we find an “ autonomy of practice ” that is both critical and transformative ?

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mon apr 16 , 6 : 30pm lecture alessandro petti , decolonizing architecture art residency .
decolonizing architecture art residency , deterritorialized parliament , 2011 . photo : daar ( carina ottino ) .
photomontage by amina bech ,
tracing the line .
courtesy of decolonizing architecture / art residency .
installation view , redcat , los angeles . courtesy of decolonizing architecture / art residency . photo : scott groller .
delfina foundation and decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) collaborate on residencies and public programming with artists and architects who critical spatial practices .
palestine based decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) is an architectural studio and residency program that combines spatial interventions , theoretical writings and collective learning to address issues of colonization , conflict and displacement .
two connected but contrasting exhibitions related to architecture by thomas demand and decolonizing architecture open at nottingham contemporary in january .
the book of profanation , exhibited here for the first time as an experimental prototype , is a compendium of recent projects by decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) .
decolonizing architecture art residency is a palestinian art and architecture collective and a residency program based in beit sahour , palestine . organized by architects sandi hilal , alessandro petti , and eyal weizman , daar examines the possible re - usage of existing architecture in occupied territories–a process they refer to as “revolving door occupancy . ”
decolonizing architecture / art residency ( daar ) is an art and architecture collective set up by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman , based in palestine . their work is a critical examination of the role played by architecture in the occupation of the palestinian territories .
photomontage by sara pellegrini ,
return to nature , the transformation of the military base of oush grab ( the crow ' s nest ) .
courtesy of decolonizing architecture / art residency .
decolonizing north is initiated by konsthall c in collaboration with the decolonizing architecture advance course at royal institute of art in stockholm and the cemfor , centre for multidisciplinary studies on racism , uppsala university .

decolonizing architecture / art residency : common assembly
by demos , t . j . - artforum international , vol . 50 , issue 8 , april 2012 | online research library : questia
event link : urltoken description : decolonizing architecture is a project initiated by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman in 2007 . set up as a studio / residency program in beit sahour , bethlehem and recently re - established as the decolonizing architecture / art residency ( daar ) , they engage spatial research and theory , taking the conflict over palestine as their main case study . .
her work at redcat also included architecture - focused exhibitions including 2009 ' s
small case study house ,
a three - month residency and commissioned installation by the tokyo architecture firm atelier bow wow . currently at redcat is an installation devoted to architecture in the palestine region called
decolonizing architecture .
decolonizing architecture / art residency ( daar ) was founded by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman in beit sahour in the west bank in 2007 . their work begins from a sustained critical examination of the role played by architecture in the israeli occupation of the palestinian territories .
hilal and petti’s work moves between art , architecture , and pedagogy . they are founding members and codirectors of the decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) , an architectural office and artist residency program in beit sahour that combines conceptual speculations and architectural interventions . alongside art and architectural practice , they are also engaged in critical pedagogy , notably as founders of campus in camps , an experimental educational program hosted in dheisheh refugee camp in bethlehem .
decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) is a unique model of interventionary practice established by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman operating from and within beit sahour , palestine . architecture after revolution presents a collection of stories that make a robust and compelling case for architecture to be conceived of as a situated instrument of political practice .
sandi hilal and alessandro petti’s theory and practice moves between art , architecture , and pedagogy . they are founding members and co - directors of decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) , an architectural office and artistic residency program that combines conceptual speculations and architectural interventions . alongside art and architectural practice , petti and hilal are engaged in critical pedagogy . they are the founders of campus in camps , an experimental educational program hosted in dheisheh refugee camp in bethlehem .
in 2010 , researcher lorenzo pezzani undertook a residency in palestine with the outcomes of this residency being showcased as part of a series of events , in partnership with tate modern .
sat apr 28 , 11am - 3 : 30pm seminar : forensic aesthetics eyal weizman , decolonizing architecture art residency ; respondent : tom keenan , associate professor of comparative literature and director , human rights project , bard college . followed by a roundtable discussion with invited guests .
the james gallery is pleased to present the work common assembly by decolonizing architecture art residency , a design group and residency program founded by eyal weizman , sandi hilal , and alessandro petti in beit sahour , palestine . for their first exhibition in new york , decolonizing architecture art residency will produce a large - scale installation in the james gallery based their research on the palestinian parliament building in abu - dis , located on the periphery of jerusalem . decolonizing architecture art residency conducts research , collective learning and public meetings , and makes critical design from its research on existing architecture and infrastructure . their projects articulate the potential of architecture to open an “arena of speculation” that incorporates varied cultural aesthetic and political perspectives . works , whether in the form of large or small - scale models , video , maps , photographs , interviews , or discussions , have been exhibited at nottingham contemporary ( 2012 ) ; neuchâtel , switzerland ( 2011 ) ; red cat , la ( 2010 ) ; ngbk , berlin ( 2010 ) ; the istanbul biennale ( 2009 ) . the group was awarded the prince claus prize for architecture in 2010 .
the james gallery is pleased to present the work common assembly by decolonizing architecture art residency , a design group and residency program founded by alessandro petti , sandi hilal , and eyal weizman in beit sahour , palestine . for their first exhibition in new york , decolonizing architecture art residency will produce a large - scale installation in the james gallery based on their research on the palestinian parliament building in abu - dis , located on the periphery of jerusalem . decolonizing architecture art residency conducts research , collective learning and public meetings , and makes critical design from its research on existing architecture and infrastructure . their projects articulate the potential of architecture to open an “arena of speculation” that incorporates varied cultural aesthetic and political perspectives . works , whether in the form of large or small - scale models , video , maps , photographs , interviews , or discussions , have been exhibited at nottingham contemporary ( 2012 ) ; neuchâtel , switzerland ( 2011 ) ; red cat , la ( 2010 ) ; ngbk , berlin ( 2010 ) ; the istanbul biennale ( 2009 ) . the group was awarded the prince claus prize for architecture in 2010 .
the james gallery is pleased to present the work common assembly by decolonizing architecture art residency , a design group and residency program founded by alessandro petti , sandi hilal , and eyal weizman in beit sahour , palestine . for their first exhibition in new york , decolonizing architecture art residency will produce a large - scale installation in the james gallery based on their research on the palestinian parliament building in abu - dis , located on the periphery of jerusalem . decolonizing architecture art residency conducts research , collective learning and public meetings , and makes critical design from its research on existing architecture and infrastructure . their projects articulate the potential of architecture to open an “arena of speculation” that incorporates varied cultural aesthetic and political perspectives . works , whether in the form of large or small - scale models , video , maps , photographs , interviews , or discussions , have been exhibited at nottingham contemporary ( 2012 ) ; neuchâtel , switzerland ( 2011 ) ; red cat , la ( 2010 ) ; ngbk , berlin ( 2010 ) ; the istanbul biennale ( 2009 ) . the group was awarded the prince claus prize for architecture in 2010 .
decolonizing architecture is a project initiated by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman in 2007 . set up as a studio / residency program in beit sahour , bethlehem and recently re - established as the decolonizing architecture / art residency ( daar ) , they engage spatial research and theory , taking the conflict over palestine as their main case study . decolonizing architecture seeks to use spatial practice as a form of political intervention and narration . their practice continuously engages a complex set of architectural problems centered around one of the most difficult dilemmas of political practice : how to act both propositionally and critically within an environment in which the political force field , as complex as it may be , is so dramatically skewed .
decolonizing architecture artists in residency brave new alps started removing the zionist writings and the flag left behind by the settlers and together with anne gough and jesse long they created hotel oush grab . members from the aic cleaned the site in preparation for the upcoming paidia game day .
please click here to read decolonizing architecture , or , “how to inhabit your enemy’s house ? ” , by lorenzo pezzani , published in contemporary practices , volume vii , 2010 .
decolonizing architecture art residency ( alessandro petti , sandi hilal , eyal weizman ) arose from a need to open up an ‘arena of speculation’ about the future of palestine . this architectural studio and art residency programme based in beit sahour , palestine combines conceptual speculations and pragmatic spatial interventions , discourse and collective learning . daar explores possibilities for the reuse , subversion and profanation of actual structure of domination : from evacuated military bases to the transformation of refugee camps , from uncompleted governmental structures to the remains of destroyed villages .
for redcat , decolonizing architecture will develop an exhibition - - their first presentation in the u . s . —that builds on their work over the last few years , alongside current research projects .
please click here to read about nishat awan ' s residency experience , published online in arteeast ' s winter 2012 quarterly .
decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) : co - directed by alessandro petti & sandi hilal , daar is a combination of an architectural studio and a residency programme , and aims to use spatial practice as a form of political intervention . daar ' s programme has brought together architects , artists , activists , urbanists , filmmakers and curators to work collectively on the subjects of politics and architecture . it was established with the aim of engaging with a complex set of architectural problems centred on one of the most difficult dilemmas of political practice : how to act both propositionally and critically in an environment in which the political forcefields are so dramatically skewed .
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in 2007 , with eyal weizman , hilal and petti co - founded the decolonizing architecture art residency ( daar ) in beit sahour , palestine , an architectural studio and residency program that has gathered together architects , artists , activists , urbanists , film - makers , and curators— to work collectively on the subjects of politics and architecture . daar explores possibilities for the reuse , subversion and profanation of actual structures of domination : from evacuated military bases to the transformation of refugee camps , from uncompleted governmental structures to the remains of destroyed villages ( urltoken ) . in 2014 they published architecture after revolution a text inviting to rethink today’s struggles for justice and equality not only from the historical perspective of revolution , but also from that of a continued struggle for decolonization .
raluca voinea is a curator and art critic based in bucharest . she has a ba in art history and theory from the arts university in bucharest ( 2001 ) and an ma in curating contemporary art from the royal college of art in london ( 2006 ) .
glykeria stathopoulou studied fine art and history and theory of art in the uk and the us . she received the first award in academic excellence for her ma thesis ( san francisco art institute ) .
sakiya is an international art / science / agriculture residency programme with a mandate to bring international and local practitioners together for academic , artistic and ecological interventions with an emphasis on fostering and developing sustainable practices across disciplines .
sandi hilal has developed together with alessandro petti a research - project based artistic practice that is both theoretically ambitious and practically engaged in the struggle for justice and equality . they founded campus in camps , an experimental educational program hosted in dheisheh refugee camp in bethlehem with the aims to overcome conventional educational structures by creating a space for critical and grounded knowledge production connected to greater transformations and the democratization of society . camus in camps has today offshoot in other palestinian camps and is linked in a consortium with universities around the world . – urltoken – in 2007 with eyal weizman they founded daar ( decolonizing architecture art residency ) in beit sahour , palestine , with the aim to combine an architectural studio and an art residency able to gathered together architects , artists , activists , urbanists , film - makers , and curators to work collectively on the subjects of politics and architecture – www . decolonizing . ps .
curator and art critic , okwui enwezor , and historian and political scientist ilan pappe join daar members in conversation to mark the publication of their book architecture after revolution ( sternberg press , berlin 2013 ) . daar ( sandi hilal , alessandro petti and eyal weizman ) is an art and architecture collective and a residency programme based in beit sahour , palestine . daar’s work explores the radical condition of architecture at the moment of decolonisation - the very moment that power has been unplugged , when old uses are gone , and new uses not yet defined .
ersela kripa and stephen mueller of agency architecture reveal their global projects on urbanism and resistance .
ghiath al jebawi is a syrian architect and urbanist based in milan and cologne . he has a bachelor ' s degree in architecture from damascus university , and a masters in architecture from the politecnico di milano . he has worked in architecture and as an assistant lecturer at the department of urban planning and environment in damascus . after the outbreak of war in syria he moved to beirut and later to venice where he has been working with language , art and architecture .
what would an architecture of decolonization look like ? and how might it shift the terms of debate in the israeli - palestinian conflict ? these are among the ambitious questions addressed by the decolonizing architecture / art residency , an art and architecture collective based in beit sahour , a town outside bethlehem . the group - - which now has dozens of collaborators , varying from project to project - - was founded in 2007 by saudi hilal , alessandro petti , and kyal weizman , all of whom operate in the nexus of architecture , theory , and political representation . strategic and utopian at once , daar speaks of decolonization as implying
the dismantling of the existing dominant structure - - financial , military and legal - - conceived for the benefit of a single group .
to this end , the group deploys an expansive architectural imagination as a critical and transformative force against the present political deadlock .
in 2011 , filmmaker cressida kocienski and architect nishat awan were selected for an eight - week residency from july 2011 at daar ' s studio . the outcomes of their residency formed part of common assembly - deterritorializing the palestinian parliament at le centre d’art neuchâtel , switzerland ( 17 sept to 28 oct 2011 ) and nottingham contemporary ( 28 jan to 15 apr 2012 ) . for images of the exhibition at nottingham contemporary , please click here .
along with public art & design practice , nikola is a regular speaker at conferences and design festivals around the world . currently he is editing the life of art magazine for contemporary visual arts published by the institute of art history in zagreb .
kim ' s responsibilities at redcat have involved selecting and overseeing art installations at the institution ' s gallery space in downtown l . a . prior to joining redcat , kim worked in curatorial departments at the san francisco museum of modern art , the san francisco art institute and as a curatorial intern at the walker art center .
founded in 2007 , daar ( decolonizing architecture art residency ) focuses on palestine as a prism through which to view larger issues of architecture and decolonization in general . the redcat exhibit marks the first time that the bethlehem - based daar has shown in the us , and though the exhibition bears the names of alessandro petti , sandi hilal , and eyal weizman , the group cites a range of other resident - collaborators . at his opening talk , weizman framed daar’s activities as a search for a “third way” to inhabit defunct colonial infrastructures — an approach that would neither resort to pure destruction nor continue to trace the well - worn paths of colonial use once power had shifted .
eda soyal ( turkey ) is teaching as a research assistant at the architecture faculty of artuklu university . she holds a ba in architecture from karadeniz technical university and an ma in architectural history and theory from the bartlett school of architecture with a scholarship from turkish education ministry . eda is now a phd candidate at artuklu university .
the artists’ work lies between conceptual speculation and an artistic practice that is based on spatial interventions in art , architecture , discourse , public research , and communal learning . through research , publication , performance , video , film , photography , and interventions , the artists examine the relation between politics and architecture .
by henry - russell hitchcock jr . ; catherine bauer wurster ; museum of modern art
mariela cvetić , ph . d . is an artist and art theorist . she is associate professor at the university of belgrade , faculty of architecture and guest professor at the university of arts , interdisciplinary studies of arts and media and university of novi sad , faculty of technical sciences , department of architecture and urban planning .
february 2011 ‒ june 2012 : researcher for the artistic project x : 20 “romanian art after 1989” under the guidance of art critic erwin kessler . this was a romanian cultural institute project .
yelta köm was born in istanbul in 1986 and is an architect , writer and curator based in istanbul . he practises as a partner in kotustudio and is the co - founder of ( herkes icin mimarlik ) architecture for all . he studied architecture at yildiz technical university istanbul , and also studied as an exchange student at aristotle university thessaloniki . he completed his post - graduate degree at staedelschule architecture class , frankfurt . he is a graduate student at mardin artuklu university , department of architecture .
majd ammouri ( b . jerusalem , 1990 ) is an installation artist . always interested in making art , she graduated from bezalel academy with a ba in fine arts in 2014 . she now works as an art instructor in schools and art galleries . majd lives and works in jerusalem .
born in italy ; lives and works between sarajevo and venice . graduated in architecture at the venice faculty of architecture ‒ iuav . after degree worked as graphic designer and film maker . currently studying film directing at film . factory ‒ sarajevo film academy .
their artist practice has received the following awards and grants : price claus prize for architecture , shortlisted for visible award , the curry stone design price , the new school’s vera list center prize for art and politics , the anni and heinrich sussmann artist award , the chrnikov prize and recipient of the foundation for art initiatives grant .
their artist practice has received the following awards and grants : price claus prize for architecture , shortlisted for visible award , the curry stone design price , the new school’s vera list center prize for art and politics , the anni and heinrich sussmann artist award , the chrnikov prize and recipient of the foundation for art initiatives grant .
benji boyadgian ( b . 1983 , jerusalem ) studied architecture at ensaplv school of architecture in paris , specializing in urban sociology in post - conflict areas . boyadgian works on research - based projects that explore themes revolving around heritage , territory , architecture and landscape . he uses painting and drawing as the main tools in his practice while also incorporating other mediums . he lives and works in jerusalem .
author of transparent city . limits and dwelling in bucharest , co - author and co - editor of nine books and several exhibitions and research projects . ghenciulescu is an independent expert for the european union prize for contemporary architecture ‒
mies van der rohe award
. awards in the last ten years include : finalist at the
european public space of the year 2011ˮ ‒ for the
magic blocksˮ programme ; 6 prizes and 7 nominations at the bucharest architecture annual ; 1 prize and 1 nomination at the romanian architecture biennal ; first prize at the national competition ; and realisation of the romanian pavilion at the 2006 venice architecture biennale . current research interests are contemporary architecture , modern and post - socialist urban and architectural developments in south - eastern europe , urban and building regeneration and community architecture .
alex eisenberg is a curator and artist based in london . he is currently working on ' performing jerusalem ' , a project in collaboration with al - ma ' mal foundation for contemporary art exploring live art and performance in palestine . he works at the live art development agency in london and on independent projects .
my research / practice is related to observing , visualising and rethinking war / post - war cities or other forms of urban conflict and extreme urban situations ( i . e . natural disasters ) , using visual research methods and representations and collective spatial imagination . in my research and projects i participated in scientific and other conferences in spain , portugal , slovenia and albania and elsewhere . at the venice biennale of architecture in 2014 , i showed my research work
sarajevo and self - made solutions in the context of war emergency
. i have participated in and conducted several workshops with citizens and architecture students , including participation in the residency programme of
decolonizing architecture
in palestine ( 2008 ) and was workshop leader of
remaking our city
in sarajevo ( 2012 ) . i was also part of the interactive art project
bring in take out living archive
. currently , i am the co - author and researcher of the action - research programme gradologija ,
beth stryker is co - founder of cluster ( cairo lab for urban studies , training and environmental research ) , a platform for urban research , architecture , art and design initiatives in downtown cairo . stryker has curated exhibitions and programs for d - caf in cairo , beirut art center , leslie tonkonow artworks + projects , aiany / center for architecture in new york ( where she held the position of director of programs ) , and the mca in chicago , among other venues .
what happens to architecture during times of collective anxiety ? sir john sorrell , chair of cabe , reflects on previous downturns and . . .
alessandro petti , sandi hilal , eyal weizman , architecture after revolution , berlin , sternberg press , 2013 , pp . 206 , € 25 .
michael sorkin is principal of the michael sorkin studio , a global design practice with a special interest in the city and green architecture . current work includes planning and design for cities , offices and housing in china , turkey and australia . the president and founder of terreform , a non - profit institute dedicated to research into just and sustainable urbanism , he is professor of architecture at the city college of new york and the author or editor of 18 books on architecture and urbanism , including the next jerusalem and against the wall . he is also the architecture critic for the nation .
elpida karaba has worked since 2000 in education , teaching art theory and art history . she has curated various exhibitions and independent art projects . in 2012 she published archivepublic : performing archives in public art : topical interventions ( co editor p . kouros ) . she is the curator of the series archiverights in iset ( institute of contemporary greek art ) . in 2014 the first performance of her in - process curatorial - educational programme , pat , took place in peristeri , athens , as part of the community projects of neon organisation . a book on pat - peristeri is due in summer 2015 . as a member of the reading group she was also the co - author of the book exercises of idiosyncrasy . she has also published the book 9 + 1 unrealised projects . issues on curating . and was the co - editor in chief of the annual review of aica hellas , techne & kritiki for two anthologies , one dedicated to art theory and its methods and the second to art and its institutions . her research interests and publication record focus on art and political theory , public art and documentary , activist and performative art practices .
daar awarded the 2017 social design circle by the curry stone design prize . listen the interview with sandi and alessandro on the “architecture of the stateless nations”
tina sherwell graduated from goldsmiths , university of london , in textiles and critical theory and received her phd from the university of kent in image studies . previously executive director of the virtual gallery at birzeit university , she was programme leader in fine art at winchester school of art in the uk ( 2005–07 ) . she has written extensively on palestinian art in catalogues , journals , monographs and books , and is currently the director of the international academy of art palestine .
the first is how the process of colonization can be resisted through art and architecture . petti and hilal work on what they call the “decolonization of the mind , ” looking for ways to overthrow the mental frameworks which undergird and sustain physical and militaristic forms of occupation .
decolonizing architecture was founded by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman in 2007 . petti is the director of daar and a research architect based in bethlehem and is co - director of camp ( centre for architecture media and politics ) at the bard / al - quds university in abu dis - jerusalem . he curated border devices ( 2002 - 07 ) , uncertain states of europe with the milan - based studio multiplicity ( 2001 - 03 ) and stateless nation with sandi hilal ( 2002 - 07 ) . hilal works with the united nations relief and works agency ( unrwa ) for palestinian refugees . she is visiting professor at the international academy of art palestine and holds research doctorate in trans - border policies for daily life at the university of trieste . weizman is based in london where he is the director of centre for research architecture at goldsmiths college , university of london . weizman works with a variety of ngos and human right groups in israel / palestine . his books include hollow land , a civilian occupation , the series territories 1 , 2 and 3 , and yellow rhythms . decolonizing architecture was originally conceptualized and its pilot stage produced in dialogue with eloisa haudenschild and steve fagin , partners in the haudenschild garage , spare parts projects .
october 2015 ‒ present : art specialist for the “pandora” project at the faculty of electronics , telecommunications and information technology .
oraib toukan is an artist currently based in oxford , england where she is completing her phd at oxford university ' s ruskin school of art . recent exhibitions include the centre for contemporary art , glasgow ; the asia pacific triennial ; the mori art museum ; kunstraum muenchen ; and the 11th istanbul biennial . until autumn 2015 she was head of the arts division and media studies programme at bard college al quds ; she is visiting faculty at the international academy of art palestine .
ana dana beroš is a croatian architect , exhibition designer , editor and curator . she graduated from the zagreb faculty of architecture and has international professional experience .
hal foster , townsend martin ’17 professor of art and archaeology , came to princeton in 1997 . he teaches lecture and seminar courses in modernist and contemporary art and theory ; he also directs the graduate proseminar in methodology . foster is an associate member of the school of architecture and the department of german ; he also works with the programs of media and modernity and european cultural studies . recent books include art since 1900 ( 2005 ) , a co - authored textbook on 20th - century art ; prosthetic gods ( 2004 ) , concerning the relation between modernism and psychoanalysis ; and design and crime ( 2002 ) , on problems in contemporary art , architecture , and design . his book , figment : painting and subjectivity in the first pop age , is due out in 2011 , to be followed by image building : essays on the art - architecture rapport . he is presently at work on a theory of modernism as a way ( in the words of walter benjamin ) “to outlive culture , if need be . ” a member of the american academy of arts and sciences , foster continues to write regularly for october ( which he co - edits ) , artforum , and the london review of books .
initiated by alessandro petti , sandi hilal and eyal weizman in 2007 , decolonizing architecture is a project set up as a research studio and residency program in beit sahour , bethlehem . the studio examines architecture to articulate the spatial complexities of decolonization , taking the conflict over palestine as their main case study . collaborating with a range of individuals including artists , filmmakers , activists , academics and non - profit organizations to embark on a broad spectrum of critically - engaged and highly - focused research projects , the studio works within a spatial reality that weizman describes as
the politics of verticality
in his riveting study of the occupied territories titled hollow land . offering new possibilities for insight and engagement , the studio aims to inaugurate an
arena of speculation
that incorporates varied cultural and political perspectives as interventions within the political , legal , and social force fields that exist there .
magazine and co - founder of the zeppelin association , bucharest . assistant professor at the ion mincu university of architecture and urbanism , bucharest and a practising architect .
yara sharif is an architect and academic with an interest in design as a means to facilitate and empower ' forgotten ' communities , while also interrogating the relationship between politics and architecture . combining research with design , her work runs parallel between golzari - ng architects , london , and the design studio at the school of architecture , university of westminster . her book architecture of resistance : searching for spaces of possibilities under the palestinian / israeli conflict is forthcoming from ashgate ( 2016 ) .
enwezor’s wide - ranging practice spans the world of international exhibitions , museums , academia , and publishing . he is interested in african , european , asiatic , north and south american art of the 20th and 21st century , in modern and contemporary art of the african countries and the contemporary art of the african diaspora . enwezor’s research includes video and photography , archives theory , photographic documentation , photojournalism and museums history . he also studies theories on diasporas and migrations , of post - colonial modernism and the architecture and urbanism of postcolonial african cities .
he has also worked on a research project : “propocon ‒ property , possession and conflict in re / building settlement” , for the oslo school of architecture and design .
the green pavilion is a public art project , creative laboratory , urban garden and teaching tool for ecological and social sustainable practices .
seven artists will present their artwork and themselves as organisers , curators and members of the art collective through a single group show .
fatemah araghi obtained her ba in architecture from the university of westminster in 2015 whilst being engaged in cultural and socio - political student - related activities alongside her studies . she was an executive assistant in mercy trust events and is currently the academic secretary for the iranian students association of britain . she has just completed her ma in architecture from the university of westminster in the history and theory research lab having fulfilled her keen interests in the field and enhanced her understandings of the theoretical perspectives that architecture entails .
ryan presley currently lives and works in brisbane , australia . his art practice is a reflection of his locale which he audits and critiques to mount a larger enquiry that interrogates the articulations of power . he recently completed a phd at the queensland college of art .
columbia gsapp and studio - x amman are pleased to co - present with arteeast , asia contemporary art week ( acaw ) , and the center for palestine studies a conversation with sandi hilal on the intersections of art , architecture , and pedagogy . the two will discuss their experiences working with refugees and exploring ways of creating “different social , political and spatial relationships between people , state and territory beyond the liberal notion of citizenship . ”
the shufat school embodies an ‘architecture in exile ; ’ it is an attempt to express the constant tension between the here and now and the possibility of a different future .
education fabio franz from october 2014 ph . d . thesis on practices of making and de - proletarianisation in the school of architecture at the university of sheffield ( uk ) 2008 - 2010 ma in communication art & design / royal college of art , london partly funded through scholarships of the hosting institution 2002 - 2006 ba in design / free university of bozen - bolzano ( it ) funded through scholarships of the autonomous province of south tyrol
( 2013 ) . she leads hop . la ! and teaches psychology and psychology of art at faculty of dramatic arts in belgrade .
miroslav karic ( 1975 ) holds a ba in art history from the faculty of philosophy , university of belgrade ( 2000 ) and since 2001 has been a secretary and curator at the remont - independent art association . karic has been a member of the editorial team of
angeliki sakellariou is a greek architect and dance performer based in london . in 2016 she participated in running workshops on the ma architecture course at the university of westminster ( on the architecture cultural identity & globalization pathway ) . angeliki is interested in site - specific performance arts and the relationship between the moving body and the physical space that surrounds it .
sofia dona studied architecture and received her masters in fine arts from the bauhaus university of weimar in
public art and new artistic strategies
. she was awarded the daad prize for the best foreign student at the bauhaus university of weimar ( 2010 ) , and was a winner at the sadas architectural awards 2010 .
seçkin aydın , ( 1980 ) is a kurdish artist and academic . he studied b . c . painting , b . c . sociology . ma : art educ . , mfa : costume and textile design . he has a ph . d in art , and he is studying for a phd . in media , culture and urban studies . seçkin aydın works at batman university as the head of the painting department . he is the president of the mesopotamia culture , art and thinking association in diyarbakir , and he directs bat art lab in batman .
fernando jose pereira studied at the school of fine arts of oporto and was awarded his phd in fine arts from vigo university in spain . he teaches at the university of porto , and is a researcher at the institute of research in art , design and society . his main subjects are art and politics , and art and nature ( as a form of politics ) . he lives and works in oporto , portugal .
rim kalsoum graduated in architecture from the university of westminster , and is currently working at golzari - ng architects and with the palestine regeneration team ( part ) in london . rim is also a volunteer at the riba education and outreach programme . her main interest in architectural design focuses on the topic of ' urbicide ' and symbolic architecture , which she is currently exploring as part of the open gaza research project . rim ' s recent pavilion design won joint first place at fabfest , london , 2016 , as part of the london festival of architecture .
wed apr 4 , 6 : 30pm exploring innovative transitions lecture toni griffin , director , j . max bond center , spitzer school of architecture , city college of new york , cuny .
a bimonthly bilingual printed map with an up - to - date belgrade art space programme , accompanied by a website containing further information on events .
one - day assembly of colleagues , involved in art and culture , to discuss work conditions and the functioning of the local visual arts scene .
abdallah awwad ( b . nablus , 1987 ) graduated from the international academy of art palestine in 2012 . a participant in the jericho 10 , 000 years artists ' workshop and khalil sakakini cultural center ' s open studio residency programme , he was recently invited to be part of the ' the soul of arts calls for the world ' event at the dar al funoon foundation in morocco . abdallah is based in ramallah where he works with animation and childrens ' books .
vivien sansour founded the palestine heirloom seed library as part of her work on seed autonomy . trained in anthropology , vivien works with farmers worldwide on issues of agriculture and independence . her solo show , ' terrain : palestinian agri - resistance ' , created a collection of people and landscape portraits of agri - cultural palestine . vivien participated in the confrontation through art residency in nicosia , cyprus as part of the collective exhibit ' where the sky and the earth touch ' .
the project belgrade art map in accordance with contemporary trends and possibilities of promotion assumes the role of mediator among over ninety belgrade art galleries and the audience – the regular one , the non - audience and the potential audience from the local community and further afield . with the aim of creating new contents in the city , which would connect different sectors and resources , belgrade art map offers the audiences up - to - date information on all current and permanent displays and other additional programmes , opens exhibition spaces for new audiences and contextualises the art scene . the result is a much - needed , but not yet existing , bilingual bi - monthly printed map with the belgrade art space programme , accompanied by a website containing expanded information .
susanne and kaspar have worked for museums , art festivals , art institutions , universities , ngos , schools and as independent producers , in collaboration with dog owners , bakers , landlords , bikers , gardeners , fishermen , homeless people , magicians , teenagers , shopkeepers , a choir and asylum seekers .
the area of obere marktstrasse demonstrates the lost dream of a boom town . the formerly representative architecture now resembles images / ideas of post - socialist cities : how to react to this place ?
tan trained in sociology and art history . she concluded her phd on socially engaged art in the urban space ( itu - istanbul technical university ) and her post - doctorate studies on the methodology of artistic research at mit ( massachusetts institute of technology ) . tan has received several research grants and residencies including daad ( 2006 - 07 ) , the japan foundation ( 2012 ) , iaspis curatorial ( 2008 ) and kitakyushu contemporary art inst . ( 2015 ) . tan is an associate professor at the architecture faculty , mardin artuklu university . in spring 2016 she will hold the position of research professor at hong kong polytechnic , urban environment lab .
ahed izhiman is an artist who was born in jerusalem . ahed has worked as a photography consultant and freelance photographer for the last ten years . since 2001 , he has contributed to community organizations as a young artist , art lecturer and fine art professional trainer , and is one of the co - founders of art lab , the first office - sharing project for artists in jerusalem . his works have been widely presented in national and international exhibitions .
focusing on issues of statelessness and representing the unrepresented , daar gathers architects , artists , activists , urbanists , film - makers , and curators to work collectively on the subjects of politics and architecture .
alex klein is an artist working between los angeles and philadelphia , where she was recently appointed program curator at the ica philadelphia , university of pennsylvania . she is a co - founder of oslo editions , which organized and published the lecture series contra mundum i - vii ( 2010 ) and in 2009 she edited the critical volume on photography words without pictures ( lacma / aperture , 2010 ) . she has been a visiting lecturer at the usc roski school of fine arts , ucla , and otis college of art and design and has held positions at the los angeles county museum of art and the metropolitan museum of art , new york . she received her mfa from ucla and her ma in the history of art from the courtauld institute of art , london .
sandi hilal is an architect based in bethlehem . she is consultant with the unrwa on the camp improvement program and visiting professor at al - quds / bard university in abu dis - jerusalem . she is a founder member of daar—decolonizing architecture art residency . in 2006 , she obtained the title of research doctorate in transborder policies for daily life in the university of trieste . she is a co - author of different research projects published and exhibited internationally : “stateless nation , ” with alessandro petti and “border devices , ” with multiplicity . her publications include senza stato una nazione ( marsilio , venezia 2003 ) ; “living among the dead” ( domus 880 , april 2005 ) ; “road map” ( equilibri , august 2004 ) , la stanza dei sogni ( liguori editore , 2004 ) ; and “stateless nation” ( archis , preview # 4 2003 ) . her projects have been published in national and international newspapers and magazines , such as the new york times , the guardian , il manifesto , al ayyam , al - quds , artforum , and archis .
co - presented by columbia gsapp , studio - x amman , arteeast , asia contemporary art week ( acaw ) , and the center for palestine studies .
daar projects have been shown at the venice and istanbul biennales , tate in london and the centre pompidou in paris , among many others . in 2010 daar was awarded the prince claus prize for architecture .
asmir mutevelić was born in banja luka , bosnia and herzegovina in 1983 . he graduated from the faculty of architecture in sarajevo in 2009 and is one of the founding partners and director at filter arhitektura .
architecture after revolution presents an urgent architectural and political thought experiment : to rethink today’s struggles for justice and equality not only from the historical perspective of revolution , but from that of a continued struggle for decolonisation .
they describe their practice as taking place in a range of contexts : “in built architectural structures , in the formation of critical learning environments , in interventions that challenge dominant collective narratives , in the production of new political imaginations , and in the formation of civic spaces . ” they have exhibited their work at many venues internationally , including the venice art and architecture biennales , 31st bienal de são paulo , red cat in los angeles , creative time in new york city , and 2015 asian art biennial in taiwan , among many others .
rula khoury ( b . 1982 , haifa ) is a curator , art historian and critic . she received a ma degree in art history from haifa university ( 2011 ) . khoury was the artistic director of the khalil sakakini culture center in 2014 . she was the curator of ' manam ' and ' mapping procession ' at the 2014 qalandiya international . currently khoury lives in new york , where she is pursuing a masters degree in writing art criticism at the school of visual arts .
, the leading cultural guide of athens . she is interested in a critical understanding of art in a wider sociopolitical context as well as its performative and educational aspects .
working across a variety of media , öğüt ' s institutional solo exhibitions include forward ! , van abbemuseum , eindhoven ( 2015 ) ; happy together : collaborators collaborating , chisenhale gallery , london ( 2015 ) ; apparatuses of subversion , horst - janssen - museum , oldenburg ( 2014 ) ; stacion – center for contemporary art prishtina ( 2013 ) ; künstlerhaus stuttgart ( 2012 ) ; salt beyoglu , istanbul ( 2011 ) ; the matrix program at the uc berkeley art museum ( 2010 ) ; künstlerhaus bremen ( 2009 ) ; and kunsthalle basel ( 2008 ) . he has also participated in numerous group exhibitions , including the 13th biennale de lyon ( 2015 ) ; 8th shenzhen sculpture biennale ( 2014 ) ; performa 13 , the fifth biennial of visual art performance , new york ( 2013 ) ; the 7th liverpool biennial ( 2012 ) ; the 12th istanbul biennial ( 2011 ) ; trickster makes this world , nam june paik art center ( 2010 ) ; the new museum triennial , new york ( 2009 ) ; and the 5th berlin biennial for contemporary art ( 2008 ) . ögüt has completed several residency programs , including at the delfina foundation and tate modern ( 2012 ) ; iaspis , sweden ( 2011 ) ; and rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten , amsterdam ( 2007–2008 ) . he has taught at the dutch art institute , netherlands ( 2012 ) ; the finnish academy of fine arts , finland ( 2011–ongoing ) ; and yildiz teknik university , turkey ( 2004–2006 ) , among others . öğüt was awarded the visible award for the silent university ( 2013 ) ; the special prize of the future generation art prize , pinchuk art centre , ukraine ( 2012 ) ; the de volkskrant beeldende kunst prijs 2011 , netherlands ; and the kunstpreis europas zukunft , museum of contemporary art , germany ( 2010 ) . he co - represented turkey at the 53rd venice biennale together with banu cennetoğlu ( 2009 ) .
nikola bojić holds a master ' s degree in art history and museology from the university of zagreb and a postgraduate master ' s degree in design studies from harvard university .
anna popielarska is a recent m . arch graduate from the university of westminster . she completed her ba in architecture at oxford brookes university , followed by two years in the industry , at kengo kuma associates in tokyo and knight architects , working on award - winning projects in both practices . aside from her studies , she is a also member of the england team of the european assembly of architecture students , where she has participated in architectural workshops .
for redcat , decolonizing architecture will develop an exhibition that builds on their work over the last three years . comprised of research material , photography , architectural models , video / film works , and a series of books , the exhibition brings together three core projects ( de - parcelization , return to nature , and the red castle and the lawless line ) to recast the largely discredited term decolonization and to consider how the transformation of financial , military and legal infrastructures in the area can lead to what the architects have called
the construction of counter apparatuses that find new uses for the abandoned structures of domination .
assembled together for the first time at redcat , the three projects represent the visual products of research initiated by the studio and its collaborators including amina bech , suzanne harris - brandts , nadav harel , armin linke , francesco mantuzzi , sara pelligrini , diego segatto among others . the studio was recently re - established as the decolonizing architecture institute to capture its full range of activities and programs . the exhibition will also include the institute ' s self - published series of folios titled books of spatial profanation , organized around the overall project ' s five central themes of migration , return , profanation , confrontation , and proximity .
projects related to the public space ( curated or coordinated ) include : the knot . linking the existing with the imaginary – a travelling public space platform in berlin , warsaw and bucharest ( 2010 ) ; the department for art in public space ( 2009 - 2010 ) , a small platform for discussions and artistic projects ; and public art bucharest 2007 .
an international panel of speakers come together to discuss what decolonisation is today , what role architecture can play in transforming decolonisation processes and how political subjectivity should be re - thought from the vantage point of the displaced and extraterritorial refugee .
co - founder of the non - profit group archisquad , a division for architecture with conscience , and project coordinator of its educational programmes :
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, open architecture advisory centres for citizens . winner of merit award in the shinkenchiku competition in japan , awarded by jun aoki in 2009 . one of the initiators and board members of the think space programme of conceptual architectural competitions and co - curator of its exhibition
competitive hypothesis
at the storefront for art and architecture in new york in 2013 . author of many exhibition designs ; her latest collaboration with the artist erik van der weijde was on display at camera austria , graz , in 2015 . editor of croatian magazine oris ( interviews with pritzker laureates kazuyo sejima of saana , edouardo souto de moura and peter zumthor ) . ana dana beroš has been recognised as an early - career architect and selected as finalist for the wheelwright prize awarded by harvard university ' s gsd in 2014 . ana dana beroš received special mention for her curatorial - research project
intermundia
at the 14th international architecture exhibition fundamentals curated by rem koolhaas . recently she started contributing as an author for croatian radio within the
reality of space
series of interviews on politics and poetics of space , with international architects , theorists and critics .