Seventh Lisbon Architecture Triennale

TALK, TALK, TALK: Lighter - How to make otherwise

31 Oct - 18:00 · []

How can weight be reimagined as responsibility, support and resilience rather than burden? Opening a space for discussing forms of architecture and urban life that embrace fragility and erosion, but also play and tenderness, it proposes lighter ways to inhabit the city and to rethink its gravitational pulls.

Supawut Boonmahathanakorn is an architect and researcher leading JaiBaan Studio. His practice explores the cultural dimensions of urbanization in Southeast Asia, seeking a balance between human needs and nature, and investigating how traditional knowledge systems can inform contemporary design.

Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda are co-founders of the Madrid-based practice amid.cero9. Known for their experimental and interdisciplinary approach, they integrate architecture with art, literature and pop culture.

Eyal Weizman is the founder and director of Forensic Architecture, the founding director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Professor of Spatial and Visual Culture. Weizman’s work explores how architecture intersects with human rights, conflict, and justice. 

Moderator: Lilet Breddels, Director of Archis Foundation, publisher of Volume Magazine