This conversation with WAI Architecture Think Tank, Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcíal, unfolds as a guided introduction to the formation of their practice and the questions that shape its work. Taking place in conjunction with In That Same Hour, currently on view at Darat al Funun, the discussion is anchored by their work Monuments to the Victims of Capitalism, presented as part of the exhibition. 

Through the conversation, Nathalie and Cruz reflect on the political, historical, and material imperatives that inform their approach to architecture and urbanism, articulating a practice grounded in research, narrative, and critical speculation. The discussion also traces the development of their ongoing work around Narrative Architectures, of which the work on display forms a part. 

The conversation will take place online and will be held in English.

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WAI Architecture Think Tank is a planetary studio committed to critical spatial practice and developing alternative and public design curricula about the built, destroyed, and imagined environments. Founded in Brussels in 2008 by Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia, and now joined by Ema Yuizarix, WAI oscillates between Puerto Rico, France, and the USA. Their work has been featured in the Chicago Architecture Biennale, and exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou Metz, Neues Museum Nuremberg, Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology Lisbon. They are authors of influential publications including Universal Principles of Architecture, A Manual of Anti-Racist Architecture Education, Narrative Architecture, Pure Hardcore Icons and more.