Graduate School of Architecture

14/09/2026

GSA Advanced Design Research Symposium - Archi Week: 27-28 August 2026

14/09/2026

11/09/2026

GSA Architecture Week Reviews - 24-28 August 2026

01/07/2026

Days Two and Three of the GSA Mid-Year Portfolio Reviews brought together external reviewers and GSA staff to critically assess M Arch student portfolios.

01/07/2026

Looking back on the GSA Mid-Year Portfolio Reviews, where B Arch Honours portfolios were reviewed and moderated by GSA staff.

12/06/2026

The third iteration of the Chronograms of Architecture exhibition opened at the FADA Gallery on Thursday, 4 June. The exhibition featured eight previously commissioned chronograms, previously exhibited at the AA School of Architecture in London and later at CIVA Brussels, alongside a newly commissioned chronogram by Wolff Architects .

The exhibition also included nine student-produced diagrams developed through the Architectural History and Theory module where students employed mapping and diagramming as critical tools for understanding, questioning, and reimagining architecture across time and context. Bringing practitioners and students into dialogue, Chronograms of Architecture demonstrated how diagrams can trace relationships, challenge inherited narratives, and open up new ways of thinking about the discipline.

The exhibition is on until the 24th of June .

12/06/2026

The Chronograms of Architecture Symposium brought together previous contributors and the GSA’s Architectural History and Theory programme for a rich conversation on mapping as a pedagogical tool and its potential to shape architectural thinking and practice.

The symposium included an introduction by Lily Jencks and was moderated by Nick Axel , creating space for dialogue between educators, researchers, practitioners, and students. The programme also featured a presentation by Wolff Architects on their new commission in dialogue with MADEYOULOOK , highlighting the intersections between critical discourse and architectural practice.

04/06/2026

The Chronograms of Architecture Symposium brings together past and present participants in the Chronograms of Architecture project. Session One will feature presentations and discussions from the following guests speakers:

Heidi Lu – University of Johannesburg
An architect, academic, and curator

Tlhologello and Letlhogonolo Sesana - Sesana Sesana Studio
Architects, researchers, educators,

Simphiwe Mlambo – University of Johannesburg
Architectural academic, and doctoral student

Tatjana Schneider – MOULD
An architect, educator, researcher, and activist

Abriannah Aiken – DLR Group
Architectural academic, and doctoral student

Bryony Roberts - Bryony Roberts Studio
An artist, designer, and educator

Nick Axel – E-flux
An architect, editor, educator, and curator



Date: Thursday, 4 June 2026
Time: 16:00 – 19:15 SAST
Venue: UJ FADA Auditorium

Session 1
16:00 - 17:30 Moderated by Nick Axel

Session 2
18:00 - 19:15 Presentation by Ilze Wolff

Exhibition opening/ Wine Bar: 19:15
RSVP: See Linktree
CPD CAT 1, 0.3

29/05/2026

Building up to the Chronograms of Architecture Symposium and Exhibition taking place on Thursday, 4 June, B Arch Hons students have developed their own chronograms through a series of workshops, led by Lily Jencks, “Drawing History: Learning from Charles Jencks’ Evolutionary Diagrams,” where students developed positions through individual manifestos and engaged in collective thinking across their research units, drawing connections, tracing ideas, and grappling with mapping architectural histories together


Date: Thursday, 4 – 24 June 2026
Time: 16:00 – 21:00 SAST
Venue: UJ FADA Gallery & Auditorium
RSVP: See Linktree
CAT 1, 0.3 CPD Points


Exhibition
The Chronograms of Architecture Exhibition showcases diagrams by Charles Jencks, the renowned post-modern architecture writer and critic, spanning from 1920 to 2000, along with nine commissioned diagrams by contemporary architects, historians, and researchers. Previously exhibited in London and Brussels, it is being hosted in Johannesburg this year, in conversation with the GSA; featuring student diagrams developed through workshops with and the Architectural History and Theory module convened this year by 


Symposium
The exhibition coincides with a symposium taking place at the FADA Auditorium. The symposium brings together past and present participants in the Chronograms of Architecture project and will be moderated by Axel, deputy editor of e-Flux Architecture.

 
The works in this exhibition have been commissioned as part of Chronograms of Architecture, a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House.
 
The exhibition is generously supported by The Cosmic House.