Informal City - Design As Political Engagement
Urbanism & The Informal City research cluster explores the concept of the ‘informal’ as a parallel modality that shapes the urban condition.
Client: Urbanism and the Informal Research Cluster, AA
With particular emphasis on spatiality, the cluster is researching ways in which ‘informal’ processes contribute to a radical re-thinking of the space of the city and its institutions, and organised the Design as Political Engagement symposium at the Architectural Association in February 2012.
Invited speakers included:
Alfredo Brillembourg, (Urban Think Tank, Chair for Architecture and Urban Design ETH Zurich)
Jose Castillo, (arquitectura 911sc, Urban Age, LSE Cities advisory board member)
Felipe Hernandez, (Lecturer University of Cambridge)
Jorge Juaregui,( Atelier Metropolitano)
Franklin Lee, (SUBdv, AA Unit Master 2005-10)
Teddy Cruz, (Estudio Teddy Cruz)