Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in Shaping the Built Environment

“Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in Shaping the Built Environment” is an annual conference led by women in architecture as a part of the London Festival of Architecture.

The 2019 edition was Co-curated by Melodie Leung, Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Museum of Architecture, supported by Finsa and hosted at the Aga Khan Centre.

This year’s theme unpacked the notion of crossing into the unknown in design, architecture, art and science, discussing the boundaries and cultural borders created and traversed through drawing and communication, memory and imagination and collaboration.

In forging a new and previously unknown horizon of possibilities, how can we create relevant means of communication and ways of envisioning boundaries which are productive rather than limiting? How does memory affect the ability to respond to an unknown future? How can new strategies be fostered within the built environment when designing across scales, cultures and differences?

The conference was divided into three sessions focussed on the following themes;

Collaboration – View the full talk here:    • Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in the B...  
Memory and Imagination - View the full talk here:    • Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in the B...  
Drawing and Communication - View the full talk here:    • Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in the B...