MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2021 – Simon Allford

Simon Allford, co-founder and director of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, is chair of the board of trustees of The Architecture Foundation.

For MANTOVARCHITETTURA he presents a lecture titled “Constructing the Idea”.

In this talk he will discuss how as a practice, AHMM has developed an attitude to architecture. An attitude that addresses a particular perception of the impact of time, programme and context on the shaping of ideas and subsequently buildings.

He will talk about the nature of the collaborative design process and how that has evolved as they have grown from four founding partners to a practice of five hundred.

He will focus on how architecture is evolving to address the particular challenges in constructing a low carbon future.

He will explain how all of this informs a particular focus on the ExtraOrdinary and the Everyday, where an architecture of Theatre, Stage Sets and Props serves as a delightful and engaging background to the dynamic theatre of everyday life.

With an introduction by Valentina Aloe.

The event will be published on the Mantova Campus Youtube channel.