Architecture as a cultural object in display is the subject of the Spring 2021 course: Architecture in the “museum.” This course explores the historical conditions that normalized the presentation of architecture in cultural spaces and will be run as parallel seminars held at the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University; the Magíster en Arquitectura (MARQ), Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; and the Laboratorio Editorial de Arquitectura, Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and will be led by local faculty members. Each seminar will focus on their national architectural contexts and work together to survey and construct an Americanist geography of curatorial practices in architecture during the 20th century.
Working sessions with collections specialists and curators are offered to students registered in the course Architecture in the "museum" | March 24: Paul Galloway, Collection Specialist, Architecture & Design, The Museum of Modern Art
The Conversation Series Why Architecture Belongs in the Museum will be held between March and May 2021 as part of this course. Guest speakers include: Giovanna Borasi, Director, Canadian Center for Architecture | Ricardo Daza, Director, Leopoldo Rother Architecture Museum , Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Barry Bergdoll, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University | Valentina Moimas, Curator, Architectural Collections, Centre Pompidou | Patricio del Real, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
A third iteration of Curating Architecture Across the Americas: Historias Ausentes / Missing Histories (CAAAII.) will take place in 2022 to foment historical research on pre-1990 architecture exhibitions and expositions by establishing collaborations between scholars, archives, and museums, and alternative exhibition spaces. The aim of Historias Ausentes / Missing Histories will be to survey the state of the field with an open call for papers and will seek to establish meaningful and lasting collaborations with scholars, curators and institutions to become manifest and active presence in the region.