Lecture 5: Francesca Perani - Architectural Activism: Challenging Space and Systemic Boundaries

The lecture recounts an initial journey through the architectural profession as an individual path challenging conventional box-like spaces through playful design interventions rich in cheeky diagonals, bold textures and brazen holes. A design search in material and visual experimentation, trial and error, where emotional and communicative charge finds expression in spaces, objects, and graphics.
This is a personal exploration that turns toward the interpretation of architecture as a plural political act, recognizing its potential to subvert the toxic system entrenched within the profession by embracing architectural activism, confronting systemic norms, and advocating for a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable built environment.
A narration highlighting the power of shared creativity as an effective instrument to bring about change.

Francesca Perani is an architect-activist, graphic designer, and educator trained in Milan, Italy, Belgium, Australia, and the UK. She established her “Enterprise” in the Valleys of Bergamo, and her work has been published and awarded internationally. She is the president of the RebelArchitette association, advocating for equality in architecture through the open dissemination of international female role models.

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ACC Lecture Serie 2024 - Limits of architecture. Architecture of limits is curated by DASP Students / Phd in Architecture. History and Project: Federica Joe Gardella, Giulia Montanaro, Paolo Bianco, Hongye Wu, Federico Madaro, Federica Serra, Saurajeeta Bose, Caterina Juric, Marta Rossi. And coordinated by Professor Mauro Berta.