Architecture in Challenge Sessions
Curator: Pamela Karimi
Architecture in Challenge is a series of events that consists of two individual online lectures by Dr. Pamela Karimi and two panel discussions featuring her alongside experts and critics in the fields of art and architecture. These discussions will address alternative solutions and approaches in the realm of design.
Architecture in Challenge is a series of sessions consisting of two individual online lectures by Dr. Pamela Karimi and two panel discussions featuring her alongside specialists and critics in the fields of art and architecture. These discussions will focus on alternative and supplemental solutions in design.
The first lecture is based on Karimi’s recent book, published by Stanford University Press. This book explores the interactions of Iranian artists with alternative and substitute spaces and also examines the role of architects in these interactions.
Speaker: Pamela Karimi
Date: October 21, 2023
Time: 18:00
Architecture in Challenge is a series of sessions consisting of two individual online lectures by Dr. Pamela Karimi and two panel discussions featuring her alongside specialists and critics in the fields of art and architecture, focusing on alternative and supplemental solutions in design.
The second lecture will cover a topic that relates to Dr. Karimi’s upcoming book. This book discusses desert architecture in Iran and the Middle East and its role in future-oriented and apocalyptic designs.
These two lectures will be accompanied by two supplementary panel discussions, in which Pamela Karimi will engage in discussions with Homayoun Sirizi and Helia Darabi (Session Three) and Pouya Khazaeli and Behnaz Motarjem (Session Four).
Speaker: Pamela Karimi
Date: November 5, 2023
Time: 18:00
Architecture in Challenge is a series of sessions featuring two individual online lectures by Dr. Pamela Karimi and two panel discussions with her, along with specialists and critics in the fields of art and architecture, focusing on alternative and supplemental solutions in design.
In Session Three, Dr. Karimi will engage in discussions with Homayoun Sirizi and Helia Darabi. The topics presented in these sessions will be diverse. For example, one of the topics to be explored is the impact of Iran’s underground culture after the revolution on the emergence of specific forms in Iranian architecture post-revolution. This section will examine changes in everyday living spaces and their effects on the thoughts and styles of architects, who have gradually created a unique design language and a culture of activism. The second topic will address future-oriented design solutions in the face of natural resource scarcity. The central thread connecting this series of sessions is alternative and supplemental solutions in the field of design.
In the second dialogue panel (Session Four), Dr. Pamela Karimi will engage in discussion with Pouya Khazaeli and Behnaz Motarjem. The topics presented will be diverse. For example, one of the topics to be explored is the impact of Iran’s underground culture after the revolution on the emergence of specific forms in Iranian architecture. This section will examine the changes in everyday living spaces and their effects on the thoughts and styles of architects, who have gradually created a unique design language and a culture of activism. The second topic will address future-oriented design solutions in the face of natural resource scarcity. The central theme connecting this series of sessions is alternative and supplemental solutions in the field of design.
Speaker: Pamela Karimi, Pouya Khazaeli, Behnaz Motarjem
Date: December 3, 2023
Time: 18:00