Safe Space er en undersøkelse av betydningen av mangfold og representasjon innen arkitekturfeltet, så vel som mulighetene for en mer inkluderende arkitektutdannelse og praksis i Norge. Med inviterte gjester skal Safe Space Collective arrangere offentlige samtaler om representasjon av minoriteter i feltet til diskriminering i boligmarkedet, klimaurettferdighet og skeive praksiser innen arkitektur. Disse samtalene vil skape en diskurs som vil bli nærmere undersøkt i form av podcast og publisert tekst.

Oslo-baserte Safe Space Collective, initiert og drevet av Bùi Quý Sơn, Paul-Antoine Lucas og Armelle Breuil er et fransk-vietnamesisk skeivt kollektiv som opererer i krysningspunktet kunst, arkitektur and aktivisme. Prosjektet Safe Space er en samtaleserie som tar form som utstilling og residency-opphold på ROM i perioden 3 mai - 6 juni 2021.

Safe Space is a podcast series, consisting of six episodes. They will be recorded during public roundtable events, hereafter the program:

Prelude 1: Safe Space in the making
Gabrielle Paré - Artist, program coordinator (ROM for kunst og arkitektur)
Tina Lam - Student in urban planning (NMBU), communication assistant (ROM for kunst og arkitektur)
Recording: Saturday April 10, 2021 - 10:00

Prelude 2: The vocabulary of representation
Tess Skadegård Thorsen, PhD - Researcher, speaker, educator and consultant
Recording: Saturday May 8, 2021 - 13:00

Episode 1: Who gets to be an architect?
Maisam Mahdi - Interior architect and furniture designer (Arkitektskap)
Gary Bates - Architect (Spacegroup)
Recording: Saturday May 1, 2021 - 18:00

Episode 2: Diversity and representation in architecture and design education
Tu-Uyen Phan-Nguyen - Student in architecture (AHO)
Mikael Oscar Johansen - Student in landscape architecture (NMBU)
Nebil Zaman - Artist and designer (KHiO alumnus)
Josina Vink & Shivani Prakash - Teachers and researchers in design (AHO), leading the “Opening Up AHO” initiative
Recording: Thursday May 13, 2021 - 18:00

Episode 3: Who are we designing for? - Engaged modes of practice
Else Abrahamsen - Interior architect & Jack Hughes - Architect (Makers’ Hub)
Håkon Matre Aasarød - Architect (Vardehaugen)
Recording: Wednesday May 19, 2021 - 18:00

Episode 4: The right to housing
Alf Jørgen Schnell - Human geographer, housing activist (Reduser Husleia)
Hanna Asefaw - Student in human geography (UiO), housing activist (Reduser Husleia)
Ole Pedersen - Social entrepreneur (Nedenfra)
Recording: Friday May 21, 2021 - 18:00

Episode 5: Environmental justice and the preservation of Sápmi territories
Astrid Fadnes - Architect and writer
Joar Nango - Artist and architect
Recording: Wednesday May 26, 2021 - 18:00

Episode 6: A queer practice of architecture
Espen Heggertveit & Eirik Stokke - Architects (SPEED Architects)
Alma Oftedal - Architect, critic and lecturer (AHO)
Recording: Wednesday June 2, 2021 - 18:00

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