Anna Bronovitskaya. The Most Important Architectural Schools of the 20th Century: From Vkhutemas and Bauhaus to the Architectural Association.

Date

Schedule

19:30–21:00

Place

Garage Education Center

DESCRIPTION

This lecture looks into the role of architectural schools — from Vkhutemas and Bauhaus to the leading modern architectural centers — in preparing professionals and developing new ideas.

Architectural schools played a significant role in the distribution and transformation of architectural ideas and practices in the 20th century. They were significant not only because they shaped a generation of architects, but also because they served as a platform for fruitful communication among the mature masters who taught there.

This lecture will discuss the programs and teaching methods of leading architectural schools such as Vhutemas-Vhutein, the postgraduate school of the Academy of Architecture, the Bauhaus, Rome Architecture School, the Polytechnic Institutes of Milan and Turin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Architectural School of Harvard University, and the Architectural Association in London.

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Anna Bronovitskaya is an architectural historian, director of research at Moscow’s Institute of Modernism, and associate professor at MARCHI (Moscow Architectural Institute, State Academy). In 2015 she became one of the founders of the Institute of Modernism—an independent institution that researches Soviet architecture of the 1960s to 1980s. Since 1993, she has been lecturing at MARCHI. From 2011 to 2013, Bronovitskaya was head of the DOCOMOMO Russian section. She is also the author of multiple publications on 20th century architecture.

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