MOA ACADEMY |
THEMATIC PROGRAMMING |
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES |
Date: 19 April 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm Venue: Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7FP London Price: £75 + VAT, £45 + VAT Lecturer: Rowley Mossop, Innovia Partners Compensation is more than salaries and annual bonuses. Compensation can shape behaviours and motivate talent to achieve individual and team goals. Participants of this presentation will learn a set of compensation tools that can be applied to align employees’ performance and actions with the strategic needs of the firm, while also remaining competitive to attract and retain top talent. This program is highly interactive and aims to provide participants with actionable insights to improve their compensation practices. It is suitable for practice leaders and those charged with related responsibilities. |
Speculative Practice: Architecture as a Process
Date: 14 May 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London Speakers to be announced As dominant forces shaping the built environment are increasingly changing under the influence of technologies, new networks, strategies and systems, architects also need to revisit their model of practice. Can speculative approaches, that consider architecture as a process, narrative or experiment, point the way? How can these approaches make traction in the ‘real world’? This talk will examine the power of innovative, fictional approaches to design in generating new ideas about architecture. In particular, it will aim to show how such attitudes towards design can addressing the contradictions and challenges that architects are facing in their everyday work. Speculative Utopias: Cities from the 1920s to the present
Date: 18 June 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London Since the early 20th century, utopian ideas about the way architecture and urban planning might radically change society have been integral to the discipline. Even though the past has shown the limits of architectural utopia, with its desire to shape subjectivities and systematise behaviour, such projects have proposed new ways of conceptualising architecture and reshaped the way architects approach their practice. This talk examines the legacy of utopian thinking to map their value for contemporary architecture. From radical cities of the past to current projects at the intersection of digital and material, this talk will aim to trace the power of utopia to chart new avenues of research and engage in thinking about tomorrow. 
Date: 2 July 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London Speakers to be announced Architecture is often accused of being reluctant to embrace change. As other industries around it continue to evolve, what new approaches can prove to be disruptive for architecture? What does the future of the built environment look like? This talk will look outside the discipline and examine trends in science and technology that can help us think differently about the current state of architecture. From futures studies to microbiology, it will outline how speculative approaches across different disciplines can reshape the way we live today. |
MoA is pleased to announce the launch of The Directors' Club, a new programme that offers the opportunity for directors of small and medium-sized practices to share knowledge about how they run their businesses and tackle industry issues and opportunities.
Held 6 times a year, the Directors’ Club offers studio-visit discussions between directors led by an expert moderator. The sessions will create an informal social environment (held in a different practice each time), where directors can gain valuable insights from business experts and peers. The membership also includes access to MoA Academy sessions and public programming that is open to all team members. Recruiting
MoA is recruiting for volunteers to help out with exhibitions and events.
If you are interested, please email info@museumofarchitecture.org |
