20 June 2025, 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Hosted by Lidia Gasperoni, Jane Rendell and Polly Gould.
The second festival of Architectural Writing at the Bartlett School of Architecture to be hosted by Critical Spatial Practice: Site-Writing, is a collaboration with the Just Environments Cluster, researchers from In-Commons (a research project between BSA and the University of Melbourne, led by Lidia Gasperoni and Alex Zambelli) and from Between the Text and the Edit (BSA in collaboration with the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg). It includes staff members, current students and alumni from MA Situated Practices, including participants of Critical Spatial Practice: Site-Writing module, with workshops led by BSA PhD candidates Sarah Akigbogun, (architect, film-maker and actor) and Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows (architect, academic, design researcher, founder of Female Architects of Minority Ethnic – FAME Collective), and a Latin American roundtable, Weaving Webs in Common, hosted by MASP alumna Andrea Izurieta.
Programme
Part 1, 9:00-12:00, online via Zoom
9:00: Introduction
9:15: The Book of Common Spells, with the participation of Hélène Frichot, Ela Egidy, Virginia Mannering, Alex Zambelli and Eleanor Suess
10:25: Between the Text and the Edit, with the participation of Polly Gould, Jhono Bennet, Zen Marie, Bettina Malcomess, Brigitta Stone-Johnson
11:30: A State of Fiction in Everyday Life by Albert Brenchat Aguilar and Ato Isaac Jackson
11.40: Pedagogic Experiments through Architectural Writing by Thomas Aquilina
Part 2, 13:00-18:00, in person, Institute of Advanced Studies Common Ground, and UCL Council Room.
13:00: Introduction
13:15: Improvisation workshop led by Sarah Akigbugon
13:45: Site-Writing in Common, hosted by Jane Rendell, with performative readings from participants of the site-writing module, including Sarah Akigbogun, Nasser Al-Khalidi , Luzan Al-Munayer, Ilayda Coksaygili, Casper Meurisse, Xici Qu (Cleo), Shuangyu Xu (Winfur), Zhibai Zhang, and curation of the Site-Writing in Common tables Xici Qu and Zhibai Zhang.
14:15: Weaving Webs in Common, Latin American Practices event curated by Andrea Izurieta
15:30: Textile Workshop facilitated by Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows, Jane Rendell, Lidia Gasperoni opening with Tim Waterman, and Fawzeyah Alsabah, and Ievgeniia Gubkina addressing 20 June as World Refugee Day and contributions from Luzan Al-Munayer, Nishat Awan, Robert Biel, Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows, Lidia Gasperoni, Liza Griffin, Mohamad Hafeda, Catalina Ortiz, Xici Qu, Jane Rendell, Diana Salazar, Michael Singer, and Azadeh Zaferani.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2025/jun/festival-commons-architectural-writing
Image Credits: Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows and Xici Qu
