Studio-X Amman

18/03/2021

Join us this Wednesday, March 24 for a virtual event organized by the GSAPP Collective for Beirut and co-presented by Columbia GSAPP and Columbia Global Centers l Amman
12:00 pm New York | 6:00 pm Amman

Register here: http://bit.ly/GSAPPCollectiveforBeirut

As part of the GSAPP Collective for Beirut’s mission, this conversation brings together members of the Collective — Joanne Hayek (‘12 MSAAD), Mayssa Jallad ('17 MSHP), and Salim Kadi ('06 MSAAD) — to discuss how they have each sought to engage with current crises in Lebanon through their diverse initiatives. The conversation will address the importance of data usage, grassroots movements, and the actual involvement on the ground during such events.

Event link: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/2260-alumni-conversations-gsapp-collective-for-beirut

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

11/05/2020

Apply today!

The Janet Abu-Lughod Library Seminar IV
Online sessions with Ala Younis

SUPERHEAT
Bearable Substructures

May 27 - June 29, 2020

The seminar is free and open to participants from around the world.

Seminar description:
In this seminar, we reflect on the temporality, vulnerability, and exploitation of lives on a construction site. Questioning the frameworks and sources of “third world architecture” history, we experiment with and produce the contents of Superheat, the first issue of an annual publication. While the intensifying heat warms up construction sites and their materials, the stories of the lives on these sites survive as they happen within a bearable substructure. Negotiations of weight, power, tactility and others leave their mark (on flesh, on concrete, in files). We will read from personal accounts, re-piece fragments of archives, foreground her side of the story, hear on stocking and reporting, and dig into murky political pasts.

For more details on how to apply: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/environments/11-studio-x-amman

Studio-X Amman and Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture present

Janet Abu-Lughod Library Seminar IV
Online sessions with Ala Younis

Superheat
Bearable Substructures

In this seminar, we reflect on the temporality, vulnerability, and exploitation of lives on a construction site. Questioning the frameworks and sources of “third world architecture” history, we experiment with and produce the contents of Superheat, the first issue of an annual publication. While the intensifying heat warms up construction sites and their materials, the stories of the lives on these sites survive as they happen within a bearable substructure. Negotiations of weight, power, tactility and others leave their mark (on flesh, on concrete, in files). We will read from personal accounts, re-piece fragments of archives, foreground her side of the story, hear on stocking and reporting, and dig into murky political pasts.

The seminar will be held from May 27 – June 29, 2020 on Sundays and Tuesdays, 6-8 pm Amman time.
Public talks on Saturdays are open to the public.

Participation is online, free, and open to participants from around the world. Places are limited, and the call for participants is open until Monday May 11, 2020.

To apply, please send your cv and a short text of relevance (up to 500 words) to [email protected] with “JALS Superheat Application” in the subject line by May 11. The text can be a cover letter, an excerpt of an essay you wrote, or a short story. Selected participants will be notified by May 15.

27/04/2020

Studio-X Amman and Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture present

Janet Abu-Lughod Library Seminar IV
Online sessions with Ala Younis

Superheat
Bearable Substructures

In this seminar, we reflect on the temporality, vulnerability, and exploitation of lives on a construction site. Questioning the frameworks and sources of “third world architecture” history, we experiment with and produce the contents of Superheat, the first issue of an annual publication. While the intensifying heat warms up construction sites and their materials, the stories of the lives on these sites survive as they happen within a bearable substructure. Negotiations of weight, power, tactility and others leave their mark (on flesh, on concrete, in files). We will read from personal accounts, re-piece fragments of archives, foreground her side of the story, hear on stocking and reporting, and dig into murky political pasts.

The seminar will be held from May 27 – June 29, 2020 on Sundays and Tuesdays, 6-8 pm Amman time.
Public talks on Saturdays are open to the public.

Participation is online, free, and open to participants from around the world. Places are limited, and the call for participants is open until Monday May 11, 2020.

To apply, please send your cv and a short text of relevance (up to 500 words) to [email protected] with “JALS Superheat Application” in the subject line by May 11. The text can be a cover letter, an excerpt of an essay you wrote, or a short story. Selected participants will be notified by May 15.

03/07/2019

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Sharjah Architecture Triennial to organize an event on the Rights of Future Generations with speakers Adrian Lahoud, Nidhi Arun, and Jamon van den Hoek.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Sharjah Architecture Triennale to organize an event on the Rights of Future Generations with speakers Adrian Lahoud, Nidhi Arun, and Jamon van den Hoek.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

03/07/2019

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Sharjah Architecture Triennale to organize an event on the Rights of Future Generations with speakers Adrian Lahoud, Nidhi Arun, and Jamon van den Hoek.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

24/06/2019

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) program at Columbia GSAPP to organize the event for the occasion of the program's 10 year anniversary.

The event included introductions by CCCP co-directors Mark Wasiuta and Felicity D. Scott, presentations by CCCP alumni, and responses by Martin Beck, Craig Buckley, Beatriz Colomina, Jeff Preiss, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, and others.

Also included live performances by Khyam Allami and Muqata'a - مُقاطعة, a screening of Matters of Time by Abeer Seikaly, and DJ set by Martin Beck.

This project was implemented by Studio-X Amman at Columbia University GSAPP and Columbia Global Centers l Amman, in partnership with The Color Experiment. Special Thanks to Feras Takriti and Sahar Mawajdeh.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) program at Columbia GSAPP to organize for the occasion of the program's 10 year anniversary.

The event included introductions by CCCP co-directors Mark Wasiuta and Felicity D. Scott, presentations by CCCP alumni, and responses by Martin Beck, Craig Buckley, Beatriz Colomina, Jeff Preiss, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, and others. Also included live performances by Khyam Allami and Muqata'a, a film screening by Abeer Seikaly, and DJ set by Martin Beck.

This project was implemented by Studio-X Amman at Columbia GSAPP and Columbia Global Centers | Amman, in partnership with The Color Experiment. Special Thanks to Feras Takriti and Sahar Mawajdeh.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

24/06/2019

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) program at Columbia GSAPP to organize the celebration of the program's 10 year anniversary.

The event included introductions by CCCP co-directors Mark Wasiuta and Felicity D. Scott, presentations by CCCP alumni, and responses by Martin Beck, Craig Buckley, Beatriz Colomina, Jeff Preiss, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, and others. Also included live performances by Khyam Allami and Muqata'a, a film screening by Abeer Seikaly, and DJ set by Martin Beck.

This project was implemented by Studio-X Amman at Columbia GSAPP and Columbia Global Centers | Amman, in partnership with The Color Experiment. Special Thanks to Feras Takriti and Sahar Mawajdeh.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

Studio-X Amman partnered with the Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) program at Columbia GSAPP to organize for the occasion of the program's 10 year anniversary.

The event included introductions by CCCP co-directors Mark Wasiuta and Felicity D. Scott, presentations by CCCP alumni, and responses by Martin Beck, Craig Buckley, Beatriz Colomina, Jeff Preiss, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, and others. Also included live performances by Khyam Allami and Muqata'a, a film screening by Abeer Seikaly, and DJ set by Martin Beck.

This project was implemented by Studio-X Amman at Columbia GSAPP and Columbia Global Centers | Amman, in partnership with The Color Experiment. Special Thanks to Feras Takriti and Sahar Mawajdeh.

Photos by Mohammed Zakaria.

17/02/2019

Shadow Spaces: On landscape and plant life in Palestine by Omar Tesdell. February 11th, 2019 at Turbo. Photos by Emad Zyoud.