Automata: Reason as economy of means

Bringing to the forefront the parallels between systematic classification and self-generative form, this workshop addresses the themes of type and strategy in the main exhibition “Economy of Means”. In three days of debate, the Swiss collective F.A.T. moderates conversations with students, professors and practitioners to deconstruct fundamental concepts in architecture,  from their original classical meanings to our contemporary interpretations, under the premise that theory is a tool of economy in architecture.The programme concludes in a session on “The Poetics of Reason”.

Detailed programme:

SESSION 1

Thursday, 24 October, 10:30–13:30
Economy of Procedures: Augmented Architecture
with Lucinda Correia, Fabrizio Ballabio

SESSION 2

Thursday, 24 October, 15:00–18:00
Economy of Material: Building the Whole Earth
with Patrícia Robalo, Filipe Magalhães (FALA Atelier)

SESSION 3

Friday, 25 October, 10:30–13:30
Economy of Void: The Invention of Space
with Célia Gomes, Edgar Brito

SESSION 4

Friday, 25 October, 15:00–18:00
Economy of Measures: Small is Meaningful
with Marta Sequeira, Daniel Zamarbide

SESSION 5

Saturday, 26 October, 10:30–13:30
Economy of Repetition: From Typology to the City
with Nuno Brandão Costa, Alexandre Saraiva Dias (Orange Arquitectura)

SESSION 6

Saturday, 26 October, 15:00–18:00
The Poetics of Reason: On Automaton
with Alexandra Paio, Pedro Levi Bismarck

We invite you all to download here the texts that will used for the several sessions.