Inaugural Lecture: “Helsinki to Kumasi – Stories from the Centre” by Prof Harry Charrington | Monday, March 17, 2025 at 18:00 in M416 (Robin Evans Room)

When: Monday, 17th of March 2025 at 6pm

Where: M416 (Robin Evans Room), Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

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In this lecture Professor Harry Charrington advocates for a more engaged history of architecture and place-making. He discusses some remarkable work in Helsinki and Kumasi, and introduces individuals with their own distinctive agency, showing that how they did things became what they achieved. He argues we need to share more stories like these if we are to develop a praxis capable of addressing the complexity of the living world. This is largely a task of recovery; these stories already exist as tacit knowledge in our day-to-day practices. Reflecting on over thirty years of practice, teaching, and research, and utilising archival material and oral histories, Charrington suggests how we might restore them to history – i.e. to humanity.

The event will be followed by a drinks reception – to close at 20:30.