The terms of habitation. Re-theorizing the Architecture of Housing

9-12/11/2020, h. 11:00 – 19:00
Zoom Meetings

Convened by the Research Group “Retheorizing the Architecture of Housing as Grounds for Research and Practice” at the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) and co-organized by Yael Allweil, Gaia Caramellino, and Susanne Schindler, the conference “The Terms of Habitation” aims to explore the language of housing and through the investigation of terminology offer a theoretical frame that can reconnect design to policy, finance and other perspectives, recasting architecture as a crucial aspect of housing provision in a post-neoliberal society.
Through a close analysis of keywords across time and place, cultures, disciplines, practices and actors, the conference bring into focus and rethink the changing role of architecture in the process of housing production and reflect on the enduring tensions between housing and architecture.
Scientific Committee: Yael Allweil, Gaia Caramellino, Tzafrir Fainholtz , Mariana Fix, Jesse Lockard, Nelson Mota, Avigail Sachs, Susanne Schindler, Sharóne Tomer, Dana Vais, Ana Vaz Milheiro.