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In anticipation of winter, we are reviving our cozy salon series with heated talks, spicy debates and fireside chats focusing on the agency of design. With the current global financial crisis, the ability of architecture and its allied disciplines to reach beyond disciplinary boundaries and to engender an activist approach is ever more critical. How can we as designers participate in the shaping of policies and bring awareness to issues that resonate beyond the specifics of a single project? This season we will be tackling several key issues relating to the theme of the activist architect: the crisis project, the writing (publishing) project, and the artist project. Each will present different critical viewpoints on the role of a designer as it expands beyond the traditional definitions of “architect.”

Home-room is relaunching the new season in November with a new member. Jeannette Kuo, a licensed architect currently teaching at MIT, has joined Axel Haeusler and Silvia Benedito as part of the organizing committee. We look forward to bringing you an exciting season of events and welcome any comments and suggestions.