About Making:
Exploring Building Craft and its Social Processes

A collaborative project exploring different aspects of ‘making’ in art and architecture, while carrying forward the materials and processes of traditional and modern craft in a cross-cultural and cross disciplinary mix.

Watch ‘About Making’ Interviews

A project by Eleena Jamil, Stephen Knott, Christoph Lueder & Abbe Fletcher in collaboration with GarisPXL and @wincfilms

supported by British Council

DIALOGUES

Speakers Martina Margetts (UK) and Andy Rahman (Indonesia) give their perspectives on tradition, contemporary craft and architecture in the context of Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, with introductions by Eleena Jamil and Q&A session chaired by Stephen Knott.
Speakers Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez of Notpla and Varudh Varavarn (Vin Varavarn Architects Ltd) will discuss their use of natural and local materials in the search for sustainable solutions in the context of the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia, with contributions by Dr. Christoph Lueder. Q&A session will be chaired by Dr. Stephen Knott.
Speakers Salah Krichen and Pablo Boirac of 121 Collective and Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann of Shau Architects present their work and discuss cultural exchanges in their process of making within the context of the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia. The dialogue is moderated by Dr. Stephen Knott and Dr. Christoph Lueder.

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About Making Dialogue 3: Cultural Exchange with SHAU architects and 121 Collective is now available to watch on youtube! Tune in to watch @shauarchitects share insight on the cultural exchange and reciprocity that takes place in the experimentation of materials, crafts and techniques during their design process such as combining the cultural reference of the Warak Ngendog, the mystical icon of Semarang, with the German Zollinger construction method in their latest project, Microlibrary Warak Kayu. About Making Dialogue 2: Local / Natural Materials is now available to watch on Youtube! Listen in to our speaker, Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez of Notpla speak about his experience experimenting with natural and local materials such as seaweed in the search for sustainable solutions to the global plastic packaging problem “We found that having a chance to work and to talk with people and local craftsmen in the area, gives us a lot of knowledge and idea of how to understand the specific location and the specific environment that our Architecture should respond to.” “ The future has to take count of the realities of the way the world is developing whilst recognising this idea of wisdom that is inherent in traditional craft and try to broaden our cultural understanding in order to further a new kind of sense in craft ” - A quote by Martina Margetts from the first About Making Dialogue : Tradition About Making Dialogue 1: Tradition is available to watch on Youtube! Speakers Salah Krichen and Pablo Boirac of @121.collective and Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann of @shauarchitects will present their work and discuss cultural exchanges in their process of making within the context of the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia. The dialogue will be moderated by Dr. Stephen Knott and Dr. Christoph Lueder. Link to register on bio. Join us for a dialogue discussing the use of natural and local materials and their processes in the making of sustainable solutions. Listen to Amin Taha of @groupwork_arch describe the process of making and approach to materiality in projects such as 15 Clerkenwell Close and Caroline Place in the last interview of the series Join us for an online dialogue discussing the role and influence of tradition in contemporary craft and architecture. Speakers Martina Margetts (UK) and Andy Rahman (Indonesia) will give their perspectives on tradition, contemporary craft and architecture in the context of Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, with introductions by Eleena Jamil and Q&A session chaired by Stephen Knott.