Sydney Launch—Chacarita Moderna

Join us for the launch of Chacarita Moderna by french architect Léa Namer, at Bookshop by Uro, Sydney.

Léa will present her book Chacarita Moderna: The Brutalist Necropolis of Buenos Aires. The book looks at the Sexto Panteón of Buenos Aires, a brutalist necropolis as monumental as it is little known, and its forgotten designer, Itala Fulvia Villa, a fascinating figure of Argentine modernism.

Originally initiated with Elsa Dupont in January 2019, "Chacarita Moderna" is a project centered around the Sixth Pantheon of the Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires. The study of this unique necropolis is the beginning of a multidisciplinary artistic practice (video, sculpture, installations) and a broader reflection on the relationship of our contemporary societies with death and cemeteries.

Léa Namer will be introduced by David Neustein, a director of Other Architects, a collaborative practice based in Sydney.

Ticket price redeemable as a discount from book purchases.

About the speaker:

Léa Namer is a French born architect. After several years working in Parisian architecture and landscape architecture studios, she began developing independent research projects focused on architecture and land. In 2011, as part of a university exchange program, she spent a year at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism in Buenos Aires and presented a thesis on the relationship between the city of Buenos Aires and the Río de la Plata.