Architecture & Pavilions

Architecture & Pavilions

Author: Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation Language: English Episodes: 8
There's a particular magic to structures that aren't meant to last. Architecture & Pavilions, from the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, delves into that fleeting world where design meets daring impermanence. This isn't a series of dry lectures, but a curated archive of live conversations and forum discussions that capture the energy of ideas in real time. Each episode places you in the room as architects, artists, and critical thinkers unpack the stories behind temporary installations and experimental structures. You'll hear about the conceptual challenges, the material innovations, and the cultural questions that these pavilions provoke-all hosted within the dynamic context of SCAF's own programming. Tune in for a thoughtful exploration of how architecture operates at its most immediate and inventive scale. This podcast serves as an auditory companion to the foundation's mission, offering deep dives into the dialogues that shape our visual and built environment. It’s for anyone curious about the spaces we pass through, both physically and intellectually, and the conversations they inspire long after the last bolt is unscrewed.
Episodes
Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), in partnership with architectural firm BVN, presents Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder, 2016. Presented in SCAF’s Courtyard Garden, Green Ladder is the fourth and final i…
Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder panel discussion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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As part of the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum, Vo Trong Nghia (Director and Founder, Vo Trong Nghia Architects), Brian Donovan (Principal, BVN Architecture), Sandra Kaji-O'Grady (Head of School and Dean of Architecture,…
Shelter Hacks: Art & Architecture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Shelter Hacks: Art & Architecture conversation curated by Penny Craswell featuring special guest panellists: Timothy Horton, Registrar, NSW Architects Registration Board, and Hugo Moline & Heidi Axelsen, architect-artist…
The intersection of art, architecture, and public art [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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David Burns and Sam Spurr, co-directors of N, moderate a conversation with special guest Urtzi Grau, Principal of Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, that considers the intersection of art, architecture and public art…
A discussion on Trifolium, SCAF's second Fugitive Structures pavilion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Robert Beson and Gabriele Ulacco, Directors, AR-MA, discuss their 2014 SCAF commission, Trifolium, with architect, artist and academic David Burns. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 3 July 2014, in…
Caroline Baum in conversation with Paul Pholeros [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Caroline Baum in conversation with Paul Pholeros, architect and co-director of Healthabitat - an organisation that has worked for over 25 years to improve housing, the living environment and health of indigenous people i…