“Architecture in the Critical Zone”

Conference Booking Now Open

Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/MTU) is hosting the 15th All Ireland Architectural Research Group (AIARG) annual conference and exhibition on the theme of Architecture in the Critical Zone on Thursday 5th -Saturday 7th March in Douglas Street.

The term “Critical Zone” is taken from the geo-sciences and describes the biochemical, fragile layer of the earth, its surface on which life is created. Connected to the philosopher Bruno Latour (1947-2022), the term is extended to a critical, participatory relationship to our living world, whose threatened state has reached an unprecedented scale in the Earth’s now man-made history. Latour has described this worldwide situation, which affects all living beings on the planet, as a “new climate regime”.

The conference is transdisciplinary and includes traditional papers, films and artefacts by academics and practitioners on architecture, art, ecology, geography, philosophy and critical theory.

The conference programme and booking link are available here -
https://lnkd.in/dXfMHaGM

We warmly welcome any colleagues who wish to attend.