Lacaton & Vassal: Living in the City

Opening Night: Thursday 6 — 8 pm, July 27, 2023 @ Tin Sheds Gallery

Exhibition period: 27 July - 23 September 2023

Gallery Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday: 10 am — 4 pm Saturdays: 12 pm — 5 pm

This exhibition presents three years of teaching and research framed by inaugural Rothwell co-chairs Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design, and Planning.

Connecting Lacaton & Vassal’s architectural projects, documentary films, research, and studio investigations focused on the Sirius Building and the Waterloo Housing Estate, Lacaton & Vassal: Living in the City illuminates a method based on close attention, transformation rather than demolition, and provision of the highest quality of living space. It foregrounds a critical priority for the Pritzker Prize-winning French architects: Urbanism begins inside each apartment, with quality housing for everyone.

Curators: Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, Hannes Frykholm & Catherine Lassen

Collaborators: Matthew Asimakis, Liat Busqila, Mackenzie Nix, Caitlin Roseby

Credits

image (detail): Transformation of 530 Dwellings, Bordeaux, France, photo by Philippe Ruault 2015