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Commons and Public Partnership: Legitimising a Commons Sphere📆 Wednesday 21 October🕧 6-7:30 pm📍LVMHE002 Theatre, Central...
01/10/2026

Commons and Public Partnership: Legitimising a Commons Sphere

📆 Wednesday 21 October

🕧 6-7:30 pm

📍LVMHE002 Theatre, Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins

🎟️ Booking essential. Visit link in bio to reserve your spot!

Join author Torange Khonsari Torange Khonsari and guests David Bollier, Charles Schweik and Ramia Maze as they discuss commons, place, community autonomy centering on Torange’s new book “Commons and Public Partnership” (2026) published by Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Publishing .

Commons and Public Partnership reimagines the commons as a dynamic third political sphere, one that bridges the gap between the household and the state. Torange Khonsari shows how cultural practices can activate communities, creating neighbourhood-based commons systems that challenge conventional governance and centralised politics. Drawing on local experiences in over 65 communities, Khonsari addresses pressing societal issues, from citizen apathy and institutional distrust, to the lack of awareness around creative practices that can transform political engagement.

Dr Torange Khonsari

Dr Torange Khonsari is founding director of practice Public Works , a practice widely recognised for advancing participatory urbanism and civic design. She co-founded and directed the Centre for Applied Research in Empowering Society (CARES) at London Metropolitan University, where she led interdisciplinary research addressing civic transformation and socio-ecological urban futures.

David Bollier
David Bollier is an American activist, scholar, and blogger focused on the commonsas a new/old paradigm for re-imagining economics, law, social practice, and culture.

Prof. Charles Schweik
Charlie Schweik is Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Much of his 30+ scientific career focused on the study of open-source software teams as an example of Internet-based collective action.

Prof. Ramia Mazé
Ramia Mazé is Professor in Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UAL). At UAL, she is affiliated with the Service Futures Lab. based research as well as critical and feminist epistemologies.

We are excited to announce the AIA x RIBA Keynote Lecture 2026 hosted by Spatial Practices, with speaker Craig Dykers of...
30/09/2026

We are excited to announce the AIA x RIBA Keynote Lecture 2026 hosted by Spatial Practices, with speaker Craig Dykers of Snøhetta Snøhetta.

📆 Tuesday, 27 October 2026

🕧 6:30 pm for the talk, followed by drinks

📍 LVMHE002 Theatre, Central Saint Martins, Granary Square, N1C 4AA

🔗 Tickets £5- £20 at link in bio. Booking essential.

🎟️ FREE ENTRY for CSM / UAL students and staff on presentation of a student / staff pass. Please book via seperate link in the Eventbrite listing.

This lecture is jointly convened by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) aia.uk and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Royal Institute of British Architects in partnership with Spatial Practices Spatial Practices CSM, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

The AIA and RIBA have a long history of collaboration dating back to the founding of their institutes in 1857 and 1834 respectively and are delighted to present this year’s keynote lecture with Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins.

About Craig Dykers

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Craig Dykers is an architect, educator, and founding partner of the internationally acclaimed design practice Snøhetta.

Educated at the University of Texas at Austin, he co-founded the Oslo-based practice in 1989 and later helped establish its New York studio, contributing to the firm’s emergence as one of the world’s most innovative multidisciplinary design practices.

For more than three decades, Dykers has led projects that blur the boundaries between architecture, landscape, urbanism, and cultural infrastructure. His work is distinguished by a commitment to creating environments that strengthen the relationship between people, place, and the natural world while fostering social interaction and civic engagement.

Two Brazilian Indigenous artists - Glicéria Tupinambá and Olinda Tupinambá - are coming to London in October for a talk ...
23/09/2026

Two Brazilian Indigenous artists - Glicéria Tupinambá and Olinda Tupinambá - are coming to London in October for a talk at Central Saint Martins:

“Indigenous Creative Ecologies: with Glicéria Tupinambá and Olinda Tupinambá”

Tuesday 13 October
5:30-7pm
Room C202
Central Saint Martins, Granary Square N1C 4AA

🔗 Booking essential – link in bio.

This will be a rare chance to hear these creatives discuss how their work unites art, ancestral knowledge and environmental stewardship to resist colonial structures.

Glicéria Glicéria Tupinambá, an artist, researcher and leader from Serra do Padeiro, Bahia, researches Tupinambá feather mantles held in European museums, feeding this into the collective creation of new mantles, and reimagining restitution as cultural renewal.

Olinda Olinda Tupinambá, a performance artist, filmmaker and visual artist from Bahia, uses her body as a living site where culture, territory and political agency converge. In her work she embodies entities like the Kaapora, a forest-protecting cosmological entity, and the jaguar, as an ancestral presence affirming Indigenous existence in the face of erasure.

Both represented Brazil at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). Now they bring their vision to CSM with a Q&A chaired by Dr Jamille Pinheiro Dias (University of London, School of Advanced Study) — a rare chance to hear from two artists reshaping Indigenous creative futures.

Live translation by Lucia Sa (University of Manchester)

The event is hosted by Dr Catalina Mejía Moreno (CSM Central Saint Martins) with support from Ponte, SAS and Bochinche, an initiative of the Spatial Practices Climate Forum at CSM funded by rearc institute.

👋 Welcome to Spatial Practices! A huge welcome to everyone joining us this week and next on BA Architecture BA Architect...
16/09/2026

👋 Welcome to Spatial Practices!

A huge welcome to everyone joining us this week and next on BA Architecture BA Architecture, MArch Architecture CSM MArch Architecture, MA Cities MA Cities at Central Saint Martins and MA Narrative Environments MA Narrative Environments at Central Saint Martins Spatial Practices CSM.

You’re about to become part of a creative community exploring architecture, cities, storytelling and the spaces that shape how we live, work and connect.

Check out your Welcome event for everything you need to know about your first days at CSM — meeting your course team, finding your way around campus, collecting your ID and connecting with fellow students.

🔗 Link in bio or visit:
https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/welcome/csm/your-welcome-event

We can’t wait to see you at CSM and discover where your ideas will take you.

MACities NarrativeEnvironments ArchitectureStudents

Our Spatial Practices Show is part of the London Festival of Architecture programme again this year!Join us at Central ...
09/06/2026

Our Spatial Practices Show is part of the London Festival of Architecture programme again this year!

Join us at Central Saint Martins for the Spatial Practices Show 2026 public launch next week to see research-led, socially engaged and innovative work by our incredible graduating students from BA Architecture, MA Architecture, MA Narrative Environments and MA Cities, curated across four distinct installations.

Together, these works show how creative practice leaves it’s mark our communities and cultures and the futures we all share.

Our show is open daily from 18-21 June
12-8pm Thursday to Saturday and 12-6pm Sunday
More details at the LFA link in bio.

image: from the Spatial Practices Show 2023, designed by

Q***r Belonging: Past, Present and Futurepart of Sunday June 1412-6pmQ***r Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C4BHTick...
08/06/2026

Q***r Belonging: Past, Present and Future
part of

Sunday June 14
12-6pm
Q***r Britain, 2 Granary Square, London N1C4BH

Tickets via link in

Join Stage 2 MA Architecture Leader Ulrike Steven for the panel discussion ‘Q***r Belonging: Past, Present and Future’, part of the LFA programme, responding beautifully to the theme of Belonging.

Ulrike will be in conversation with and Lenny Rajmont, founder of - celebrating their brilliant contributions to the built environment, and the spatial queeries that sit at the heart of our industry and alternative modes of practice.

This will take place at the groundbreaking - the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum.

London Festival of Architecture Murray Lecture 2026: Echoes, with Jayden Ali and Shumi Bose. Monday 01 June6:30-8:30 pmT...
29/05/2026

London Festival of Architecture Murray Lecture 2026:
Echoes, with Jayden Ali and Shumi Bose.

Monday 01 June
6:30-8:30 pm

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH

Tickets and more info at link in bio.

Join Founding Director of JA Projects , Jayden Ali, for this London Festival of Architecture’s keynote Murray Lecture, titled Echoes.

This years Murray Lecture will be delivered by Jayden Ali and kicks off LFA2026 with an exploration of the 2026 theme of ‘Belonging’, at the scale of the city, neighbourhood, high streets and projects.

The Murray Lecture is an annual event that brings leading voices in the built environment to discuss the future of cities and our industry. Ali will unpack the theme of Belonging, before sitting down with Shumi Bose for a conversation unpacking ideas shared further and inviting the audience into the discussion through a moment of Q&A.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Jayden Ali
Founding Director, JA Projects

Shumi Bose
Academic, curator and editor in the field of architecture and architectural history, UAL Central Saint Martins

How to mend Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)? A panel discussion.Tuesday 28 April5:30-7pmLVMH E003 TheatreCentral Sa...
17/04/2026

How to mend Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)? A panel discussion.

Tuesday 28 April
5:30-7pm
LVMH E003 Theatre
Central Saint Martins

Open to all UAL / CSM staff and students (no need to book)
External guests : book your spot via link in bio

Join Adriana Cobo-Corey , Senior Lecturer in Ethical Practice, and guest speakers for a panel presentation and discussion in celebration of Adriana’s recently published book ‘Mending Privately Owned Public Spaces: Works on Taste and Spatial Practice’ (Routledge, 2026).

Her book is motivated by a simple observation: Privately Owned Public Spaces are overlooked sites when it comes to explore the subject of taste in architecture and urban design. With a focus on collaborative practice and temporary interventions on POPS, the panel will address questions such as: why don’t we talk about taste in socially engaged practice today? Does a focus on aesthetics pose an ethical dilemma between superficiality and depth in the face of persistent social inequity?

On the panel:

Manijeh Verghese, CEO of Open City and a Mayor of London Design Advocate.
Anna Minton, Journalist, writer and academic. Author of Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City (Penguin, 2009)
Carl Fraser, Co-founder of Counter Mapping, designer, researcher and lecturer in architecture.
Shumi Bose, Curator; Chief Editor of KoozArch, Subject Leader on Contextual Studies, CSM, UAL
Adriana Cobo Corey, Writer and academic. Author of Mending POPS (Routledge, 2026). Subject Leader on Ethical Practice in Design, CSM, UAL

How to mend Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)? A panel discussion and book launch. Tuesday 28 April5:30-7pmLVMH E003 ...
17/04/2026

How to mend Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)?
A panel discussion and book launch.

Tuesday 28 April
5:30-7pm
LVMH E003 Theatre
Central Saint Martins

Open to all UAL / CSM staff and students (no need to book)
External guests : book your spot via link in bio (free)

Join Adriana Cobo-Corey, Senior Lecturer in Ethical Practice, and guest speakers for a panel presentation and discussion in celebration of Adriana Cobo Corey’s recently published book Mending Privately Owned Spaces: Works on Taste and Spatial Practice (Routledge, 2026).

Her book is motivated by a simple observation: Privately Owned Public Spaces are overlooked sites when it comes to explore the subject of taste in architecture and urban design. With a focus on collaborative practice and temporary interventions on POPS, the panel will address questions such as: why don’t we talk about taste in socially engaged practice today? Does a focus on aesthetics pose an ethical dilemma between superficiality and depth in the face of persistent social inequity?

On the panel:

Manijeh Verghese, CEO of Open City and a Mayor of London Design Advocate.

Anna Minton, Journalist, writer and academic. Author of Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City (Penguin, 2009)

Carl Fraser, Co-founder of Counter Mapping, designer, researcher and lecturer in architecture.

Shumi Bose, Curator; Chief Editor of KoozArch, Subject Leader on Contextual Studies, CSM, UAL

Adriana Cobo Corey, Writer and academic. Author of Mending POPS (Routledge, 2026). Subject Leader on Ethical Practice in Design, CSM, UAL

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