Can’t Wait for Housing and the People?
Open House Worldwide is a network of 50 nonprofit organizations across 6 continents. If you can’t wait to join Housing and the People on April 9, we’ve rounded up for you a few housing events our Open House members are hosting this week.
ONLINE
The “refugee” housing complex at Alexandras avenue in Athens
Wednesday, 6 April, 2:30 PM UTC | 5:30 PM Athens
Online on viewpal.
A virtual tour of one of the oldest social housing complexes in Athens built in 1933-1935 by the architects of the Technical Service of the Ministry of Welfare, Kimon Laskaris and Dimitris Kuriakos, in order to accommodate Asia Minor refugees of the 1920s in Athens. The area of Ampelokipoi, where the housing complex is located is one of the settlements amongst others such as Dourgouti, Asyrmatos or Tavros. With elements of German functionalism, they are an example of Greek modern architecture and one of the largest social housing complexes of the time.
Hosted by Open House Athens.
What does a typical bourgeois Athenian residence look like?
Friday, 8 April, 3 PM UTC | 6 PM Athens
Online on viewpal.
Tour typical example of a bourgeoise Athenian residence. It is a building with a 1950s stone-built ground floor and a concrete expansion of 1960. In 2009, it took its present form after the renovation undertaken by the owner and architect M. Petrοula. Particular emphasis was given to the study of the surrounding area and the design of an experimental planted roof.
Hosted by Open House Athens.
MELBOURNE
Keeping House: Secure Homes for Women
Thursday, 7 April, 9 AM UTC | 7 PM Melbourne
In-person at Melbourne School of Design. A recording of this event will also be broadcast during Housing and the People.
Consider the big questions about the future of housing with an illustrated talk and panel discussion presented in partnership with not-for-profit community housing provider Women’s Property Initiatives (WPI). The event will explore the complex web of economic, political and cultural forces in Victoria as they impact access to affordable, safe and secure housing for women and women-led households. Learn more.
Hosted by Open House Melbourne.
LONDON
Architecture for Society: Keynote lecture by the pioneering architect, Kate Macintosh
Thursday, 7 April, 6 PM UTC | 7 PM London
In-person at Evolutionary Arts.
Join acclaimed Scottish architect Kate Macintosh for a keynote lecture created in partnership with Open City, The London Society, the Museum of Architecture and the Twentieth Century Society. Macintosh will speak about her life’s work, the work of her long-standing collaborator George Finch and the wider context of British housing today. Learn more.
Hosted by Open City.