Drazí architekti… — Etika architektury

Vážení přátelé architektury,

dovolte, abych vás pozvala na doprovodné akce v rámci výstavy „Drazí architekti… — Etika architektury“, která probíhá do 26. října 2018 v Lapidáriu Betlémské kaple v Praze.

20. 10. 2018 — 11:00 workshop: Architectural Workers: Re-structuring Architectural Work: Tools and Tactics

What makes ‘good’ or ‘bad’ architecture? Critics, developers, local communities and governmental figures all have different measures of architectural value; rarely are the means of production taken into account. The way architecture is made is often invisible, such as the uncounted hours of unpaid labour in the office, or the ‘necessary’ displacement of existing residents, but these under-represented processes have a substantial impact on our buildings, cities, and landscapes. Collectively re-evaluating how architecture is made is the first step to radically re-structuring it. [...]

24. 10. 2018 — 19:00 přednáška: Andrea Seelich: Architektura vězení

Česká architektka Andrea Seelich ve své přednášce uvede na schématech a konkrétních příkladech svou motivaci, intenci a možnosti v rámci 20 leté praxe v oblasti vězeňské architektury po celé Evropě. Dozvíte se fakta, zákulisí a úskalí oboru a jak se k nim staví zodpovědní v různých zemích. Po přednášce bude dán prostor k otevřené diskusi. Ptejte se na cokoliv!

25. 10. 2018 — 19:00 diskuse: Architect’s Work-Life Balance

Sabina Riß: The Working Conditions in the Profession of Architecture
[...] She will talk about the way the architecture profession is practised which is based on a specific historical habitus and comes along with social problems and such being specific to that particular profession. She will also talk about the situation at universities and issues architects face while finding their way into the profession, such as long working hours, low wages, mostly small-scale practices, precarious work, low career prospects… And specifically for women: the lack of female role models and struggles for professional and private life balance under these circumstances. This often develops into barriers and lead to a higher rate of women dropping out of the profession. To explain all that more in detail, she will differentiate between working conditions and prospects of women employed in architectural offices, being self-employed, being partners in offices – often with male architects, and teaching at universities. All the studies conclude that women tend to take their difficulties as individual problems, whereas they are in fact systemic problems within the field of architecture.

Šárka Homfray: Freelance and Creative Jobs as Precarious Work and How It Is Different for Women
The Czech legislation, while seemingly gender neutral, in many cases does not respect women and their various needs in different life stages. This painfully applies when it comes to flexible and alternative work arrangements and contracts, especially in freelance and creative jobs. While freelancing, in general, is bordering on precarious, specifically for young women it is increasingly difficult to do their work, protect their rights and make a living. The presentation points out legislative hurdles and complications with some suggestions for improvement.  

27. 10. 2018 — 15:00 komentovaná procházka: Vliv architektury na život Prahy 7

Komentovaná procházka po urbanisticky a architektonicky zajímavých prostorách Prahy 7 (Vltavská, nádraží Praha-Bubny, Holešovická tržnice, Strossmayerovo náměstí, nábřeží, podchody pod Hlávkovým mostem). Vzhled měst je výsledkem mnoha vlivů – urbanisté plánují ulice, architekti domy, komunisté obrovské komunikace, lidé bez domova obydlují prostory pod nimi, politici ruší nádraží, kavárníci otevírají a zavírají kavárny, stanice metra je umístěna na zdánlivě nepochopitelných místech. Přijďte se nad konkrétními příklady zamyslet nad reálných fungováním velmi různorodého okolí metra Vltavská.

Projekt „Drazí architekti… — Etika architektury“ vznikl za finanční podpory Ministerstva kultury České republiky, Státního fondu kultury České republiky a statutárního města Brna. Vstup na akce je volný.
The project “Dear Architects… — Ethics in Architecture” is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Fund of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Statutory City of Brno.  Free entrance to all events.