Featuring a diverse, challenging and engaging series of public events and activities aimed at anyone with an interest in the built environment, the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is returning to London with in-person events for the first time since 2019.
5 events you should attend at London Festival of Architecture 2022
This year’s programme explores the theme of “Act” inviting the audience to reflect on how we should act in the face of the climate emergency, social injustice, and the needs of a changing society.
Location:
The Leather Market
THE LEATHER MARKET, 11-13 Weston St, London
Photo Kingspan
16:00 -18:00
Location:
the Design Museum
224 - 238 Kensington High Street
W8 6AG
Photo LFA
23 June 2022
18:00 -20:00
Location:
Grimshaw Architects
57 Clerkenwell Road, London
EC1M 5NG
Photo Adam Nathaniel Furman
18 June 2022
10:00 -15:00
Location:
RSBC Life Without Limits Centre
10 Lower Thames St, London
EC3R 6EN
Photo EPR Architects
10 June 2022
18:00 -19:00
Location:
Somers Town Museum
52 Phoenix Road
NW1 1ES
Photo Diana Foster
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- Gaia Lamperti
- 26 May 2022
LFA, the world’s largest annual architecture festival, will bring together the public and the industry professionals in a month-long (1—30 June 2022) celebration of architecture and city-making that will temporary re-shape London’s public spaces.
This year’s programme features over 400 events, including installations, talks and debates, performances and tours, workshops, and family activities, that explore the theme of ‘Act’. The aim will be to invite the audience to reflect on how we should act in the face of the climate emergency, social injustice, and the needs of a changing society, as well as how we can act for ourselves, each other, and our cities.
“This year’s Festival promises to explore all aspects of our theme of ‘care’ and with such a diverse programme of event types. As we emerge from lockdown, we’re delighted to see the Festival play its part in welcoming everyone back to the capital,“ commented Rosa Rogina, Director of LFA.
Each edition focuses on some key places across the city, and 2022 destinations include the London Borough of Camden, known for its rich cultural and architectural heritage as well as the history of activism; the City of London, which provides a uniquely rich mix of ancient and modern, the Royal Docks, an incredible legacy of industrial architecture and enormous opportunities for architects to reflect on our past identity; South Westminster, home to the political ‘HQ’ of the capital, and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which this year celebrates the 10 year-anniversary since the London 2012 Olympic Games.
To help you navigate such a rich programme, Domus picked five events that well represent the scope and significance of the show and that you may want to check out.
Opening Image: LFA 2019 - Daedalum. Photo Luke O'Donovan.
The Net Zero Pavilion seeks to demonstrate the ability to deliver Net Zero Carbon using Category 2 off-site manufactured solutions utilising Structurally Integrated Panels Systems (SIPS). The space will be built to highlight what can be achieved with SIPS technology and will be open for all companies within the festival's workspace to use, signifying a shift from pandemic passivity to active collaboration. The unit will remain on site for the month of June and will be open to the tenants of the Leather Market to use as a meeting space. There will be a ‘free message’ space within the unit to encourage users to leave their messages and thoughts about the space and the wider environmental crisis, with the aim of inspiring others to act.
Location:
The Leather Market
THE LEATHER MARKET, 11-13 Weston St, London
A panel of influential architects, curators, educators and thinkers to present radical calls to action from an emerging generation of voices in architecture who are shaping a new future for London. Economic insecurities and inequalities; cuts to public services and facilities; climate change; systemic racism and discrimination, and the repercussions of Covid-19 are just some of the trails facing urban dwellers in 2022.This year's nominators are Thomas Aquilina, Ben Campkin, Ashley McCormick, Elsie Owusu, OBE and Binki Taylor FRSA. The nominees are Krish Nathaniel, Nathaniel Télémaque, Pride of Arabia, Prince Henry Ajene and Nooma Studio.
11 June 2022
16:00 -18:00
Location:
the Design Museum
224 - 238 Kensington High Street
W8 6AG
Queer spaces have facilitated queer people to exist and be together, and there will always be a need for them. During the book presentation of 'Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories’, a lavishly illustrated volume curated by Adam Nathaniel Furman and Joshua Mardell, contributors and editors will share stories of spaces, that recognise LGBTQIA+ life as strong, vibrant, vigorous, and worthy of its own place in history. Looking forward, the panel will also discuss visions of what form these spaces may take in the future to continue uplifting queer lives and encouraging active communities.
23 June 2022
18:00 -20:00
Location:
Grimshaw Architects
57 Clerkenwell Road, London
EC1M 5NG
EPR Architects and celebrated ceramicists Clayground Collective at the RSBC (Royal Society for Blind Children) Life Without Limits Centre organised an immersive sensory clay workshop where participants will work together to build their own interpretation of an animated city. With a focus on materiality, the aim is to empower the participants to connect with clay solely through the act of touch - helping them understand how blind and vision impaired people connect with the material world around them. The workshop will enable participants to fully engage in art-making and individual expression - working together to create one large sculptural piece by using other senses to their fullest extent.
18 June 2022
10:00 -15:00
Location:
RSBC Life Without Limits Centre
10 Lower Thames St, London
EC3R 6EN
A walk to places associated with Padmore, Nkrumah, CLR James, Claudia Jones, Paul Robeson and others, from the Headquarters of the International African Service Bureau to the site of the Unity Theatre to an impressive block of social housing. The short walk considers the politics of building naming, as it explore the reasons behind the presence of Cecil Rhodes House, now renamed. Meeting point at the new Somers Town Museum where refreshments, a exhibition, library and publications can be found.
10 June 2022
18:00 -19:00
Location:
Somers Town Museum
52 Phoenix Road
NW1 1ES