Beyond Architecture | David Gianotten

David Gianotten of Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) shares insights into the firm’s community-led projects and signals the changing role of the architect.

OMA’s groundbreaking partnership with in-house research and design studio AMO is responsible for the Countryside: The Future exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale and the educational program of Moscow’s Strelka Institute, as well as a decades long collaboration with Prada. In this talk, OMA’s managing partner – architect David Gianotten will discuss the changing role of the architect, and the importance of cultural and community engagement in the development of sustainable and equitable architecture. Gianotten’s recent projects include the AIR Circular Campus and Cooking Club, a repurposed modernist building and green space in Singapore to host discussions about food and the environment, and Potato Head Studios in Bali, a space to be shared with the local community.