Lily Jencks and Jessica Reynolds introduce Intermediate 13. Sick City Rehab: Toxicity and Health in the Twenty-First Century.
Intermediate 13 investigates the changing nature of public institutions and their role in the cultural production of the city. This year the unit will focus on health-related programmes, particularly how human health conditions are mirrored in the built environment. Do IBS and air pollution share symptoms? What do eating disorders and ultra-skinny skyscrapers have in common? Could the way we treat depression work for the housing crisis? The unit will combat these late-capitalist disorders by proposing architectural typologies of health-related programmes that critically reassess the health of both the public and the city. Reflecting a patient’s journey through the medical system, Intermediate 13 will consist of five stages
Location: Lecture Hall
Date: 30.9.14
Time: 10:30
