"Sometimes a Building is Not Enough": Lola Sheppard on Architecture as a Cultural Act

Thursday, September 10, 2020
image of Lateral Office's project, Making Camp

                                                                               Making Camp, Lateral Office

In an interview with ArchDaily, Professor Lola Sheppard discusses how designing across the public realm, infrastructure, and the environment can shape architecture and community.

2020 is looking like a critical line in the sand for the design professions, since even Architecture is not insulated from these urgent issues. We too will want to find a way to respond both systematically in how we operate, but also in the scope of design-research projects. We are working through some of this now, hoping to find a balance between urgency and relevancy.

Read the ArchDaily interview.