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SUMMARY:Scarcity Scares - Prof. Jeremy Till - Dean of Architecture and the
  Built Environment at the University of Westminster
DTSTART:20111109T131500Z
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CONTACT:Peter Armitage
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: This lecture is based on the hunch that the next d
 ecade will be defined by our reaction\nto conditions of scarcity\, and tha
 t the present formulations of sustainability are insufficiently\nnuanced t
 o cope with these conditions. The lecture is also based on the premise tha
 t one of architecture's key dependencies is economics\, which in turn has 
 historically been defined through various readings of scarcity – thus if
  architecture is to understand economy it has to understand scarcity. The 
 lecture will be structured around 3 key moments in the relationship betwee
 n scarcity and economics – 1792 with Malthus\, 1932 with Robbins and 197
 2 with the Club\nof Rome – in each of which scarcity was effectively use
 d as a scare tactic to delimit the issues that economics can address\, and
  that this economics of fear is can also be seen reflected in a parallel h
 istory of architecture. The final section will then speculate on the conte
 mporary condition. What happens if scarcity is liberated from its hold wit
 hin neo-classical and now neoliberal economics\, and instead is understood
  as a constructed condition? The hesitant answer is that architects and ot
 her spatial agents will have to find new ways of working within these poli
 tical ecologies\, in which arguments of working with less and saving resou
 rces will be only part of the solution.\n\n*Biography*: Jeremy Till is an 
 architect and educator. He was appointed as Dean of Architecture and the B
 uilt Environment at the University of Westminster in 2008\, moving from th
 e University of Sheffield where he was Professor of Architecture and Head 
 of the School of Architecture. His extensive written work includes Archite
 cture and Participation and Flexible Housing\, the latter of which was win
 ner of the 2007 RIBA President's Award for\nResearch. His book Architectur
 e Depends was also awarded the RIBA President's Award for Research. He is\
 ncurrently leading a major EU research project on scarcity and creativity 
 in the built environment. As an architect\, he worked with Sarah Wiggleswo
 rth Architects best known for their pioneering building\, 9 Stock Orchard 
 Street (The Straw House and Quilted Office)\, which has received extensive
  international acclaim and multiple awards\, including winning the RIBA Su
 stainability Award. In 2006 he curated the British Pavilion at the Venice 
 Architecture Biennale.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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