Exhibition opening
"Radical Pedagogies: Reconstructing Architectural Education"

  • Exhibition opening

    The Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, photo by B. Stawiarski

After the lecture by Beatriz Colomina, the exhibition "Radical Pedagogies. Reconstructing Architectural Education" will be opened in the exhibition pavilion of the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology.

"Radical Pedagogies" presents an atlas of intense but short-lived pedagogical experiments that played a crucial role in shaping architectural discourse and practice in the second half of the twentieth century. These experiments challenged and redefined the field of architecture. They were radical in the literal meaning from the Latin radix (root), the basis or foundations of something. This global array of new modes of teaching shook foundations and disturbed assumptions, rather than reinforce and disseminate them. “Radical Pedagogies” occupied, subverted and rejected traditional educational institutions but had long-lasting impact. Much of architectural teaching today still rests on the paradigms they introduced.

"Radical Pedagogies" constitutes an “open archive” that encourages debate regarding the history and future of architectural pedagogy. Conceived as an interactive platform, the installation for the 7th Warsaw Under Construction festival incorporates take-away texts, facsimiles, original publications and teaching documents, archival films, and implements features of augmented reality.

Other archival events from that cycle:

DzieńGodzinaNazwa wydarzeniaMiejsce wydarzenia
18:00 Workshops How to work with ruins? Urban Ecology as the intervention toolWorkshop with Robert Ungar Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
17:00 Workshops Learning from the cityPart one – an appartment Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology
ul. Koszykowa 55, Warsaw
18:00 Debate Simple methods of deterring reprivatisationA tenants’ debate Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
18:00 Meeting Happy City. Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design.Meeting with Charles Montgomery moderated by Marta Żakowska Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
12:00 For children Open actionsWorkshops for kids during the “Reconstruction Disputes” exhibition Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
16:00 Guided tour Guided tour in EnglishThrough „Radical Pedagogies” exhibition Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology
ul. Koszykowa 55, Warsaw
17:00 Guided tour Guided tour with VarsoviansBeata Chomątowska guides through „Reconstruction Disputes” exhibition Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
14:00 Guided tour Curatorial guided tour Tomasz Fudala guides through „Reconstruction Disputes” exhibition Former building of the 9th Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School
ul. Emilii Plater 29, Warsaw
16:00 Guided tour Curatorial guided tour Aleksandra Kędziorek guides through „Radical Pedagogies” exhibition Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology
ul. Koszykowa 55, Warsaw