(Un)Common Precedents: The Agora II International Symposium

Friday, September 22 at 9:30 am to Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 12:15 pm

• In-person event
• The Pit, Architecture Building, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

• Contact
• Federica Goffi, FedericaGoffi@CUNET.CARLETON.CA, 613-520-2855

This free public event will be held at the ASAU from September 22 to 24, 2023.

Four keynotes, and thirty-three international speakers will come together from 12 countries to question how to re-examine the value of “common” precedents while exploring “(un)common” ones.

The event will combine keynotes, paper presentations, interdisciplinary workshops, a performance, an exhibition by architecture and music students, and a book publication. It will tackle some critical questions, which are at the core of practice: How do architects build a frame of reference? Which are the under-acknowledged and (un)common precedents that inspire architectural design in terms of diversity, culture and socio-political contexts? Is there potential in seeking architectural precedents in adjacent disciplines such as literature, music, the culinary, visual, and performing arts, and beyond?