Strange Harvest is a lecture presented by Sam Jacob that explores the idea of architecture as an expanded field. It explores how research, criticism and curation can be fundamental to architecture’s propositional nature and to built form. The lecture will chart a story through the end of FAT Architecture and the emergence of the eponymous new practice Sam Jacob Studio. Through examples of projects including A Clockwork Jerusalem at the Venice Biennale and the Heerlijkheid Hoogvliet in Rotterdam, Jacob’s talk will examine the relationship between architecture and wider culture and how connecting the two can produce an engaged and provocative form of architectural practice.

Sam Jacob is principal of Sam Jacob Studio for architecture and design and was one of the co-founding directors of FAT Architecture. He has been responsible for a range of internationally acclaimed and award winning projects ranging from the large scale - such as the master plan and design of the Heerlijkheid park and cultural centre in Rotterdam - to the cultural, including co-curating the British Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale.

Jacob is also a writer and critic, acting as contributing editor for Icon magazine and columnist for both Art Review and Dezeen. His book ‘Make It Real: Architecture as Enactment’ was recently published by Strelka Press.

Jacob is Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture and Director of Night School at the Architectural Association.

This lecture is proudly sponsored by bulthaup Toronto

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