DAVID A. GARCIA: 'BEYOND THE REAL'

A special double event in Triangeln, the entrance foyer of KTH-A. The evening starts off with the launch of "Arkitektur och modernitet", an anthology of texts written by students at the KTH School of Architecture and edited by Helena Mattsson, Frida Rosenberg and Erik Sigge. A short presentation of the book is be followed by a public guest lecture by David A. Garcia, founder of MAP Architects and the editor of Manual of Architectural Possibilities, entitled "Beyond the Real: reflections on spatial perceptions".
In an age exponentially influenced by the power of imagery, how can this perception be a tool of design and spatial understanding within architectural pedagogy? The lecture will venture into landscapes and territories both of the mind, the existing and the composed, blurring our sense of the “real”.
DAVID GARCIA
is an architect and founder of MAP Architects in Copenhagen and Head of the Institute of Architecture and Technology at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, concerned with architecture research of extreme environments. Currently working on projects to activate and protect the Danish coast, he is active in Greenland, Rotterdam and Antarctica. He has developed the periodical MAP - Manual of Architectural Possibilities, dealing with out of balance scenarios, which appears twice a year.
Introduction by Meike Schalk
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Recorded at the KTH School of Architecture on March 12, 2015. For information about upcoming public events, lectures and exhibitions, please visit or website our social media outlets:
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