The third edition of our Talking Architecture series will feature Mario Gooden, 2024 William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome, and Francesco Careri, cofounder of the architectural practice Stalker and associate professor of urban and architectural design at Roma Tre University.

Talking Architecture is a series of talks in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Architettura dedicated to new orientations and outstanding achievements in contemporary American architecture. It is an opportunity to explore cross-sections of American architecture, from tradition to innovation, new materials and sustainability, territories and landscapes, and the social role of architecture in its surroundings. Inviting Italian Studios to dialogue with American architects, Talking Architecture provides the occasion to discuss theoretical approaches and applied research practices between the two countries. The series will participate further in advancing global contemporary debates around architecture, landscape, and design.

This series is addressed to a professional audience and provides professional credits. Lectures will be held in English.

Speakers

Mario Gooden is a cultural practice architect and director of Mario Gooden Studio: Architecture + Design. His practice engages the cultural landscape and the intersectionality of architecture, race, gender, sexuality, and technology. His work crosses the thresholds between the design of architecture and the built environment, writing, research, and performance. Gooden’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Venice Architectural Biennale; Storefront for Art and Architecture; the National Building Museum in Washington, DC; and the Municipal Art Society of New York; among many other institutions. Gooden is also professor of professional practice at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) of Columbia University, where he is also director of the Master of Architecture program and co-director of the Global Africa Lab (GAL). Gooden is the author of Dark Space: Architecture Representation Black Identity (Columbia University Press, 2016) as well as numerous essays and articles on architecture, art, and cultural production.

In 1985, Francesco Careri co-founded Stalker, an architectural practice that focused on experiencing actions, research, and exhibitions. Since 2005 he has been an associate professor of urban and architectural design at Roma Tre University, where he is additionally co-director of the Master Environmental Humanities and where he runs the Civic Arts course, a peripatetic laboratory grounded in walking explorations of emerging phenomena. His main publications include: Constant: New Babylon, Una Città Nomade (Testo & Immagine, 2001); Walkscapes. Walking as an aesthetic practice (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2002);  Pasear, detenerse (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2016); Stalker/On Campus Rom (Altrimedia Edizione, 2017; with Lorenzo Romito); Nomadismo Architettura Ospitalità (Bordeaux Edizioni, 2020); CIRCO. Un immaginario di città ospitale (Bordeaux Edizioni, 2021; with Laboratorio CIRCO).