Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2024 7 PM - 9 PM
Location: Federation Hall (Main Hall)
The Hagey Lectures
Waterloo's premier invitational public lecture series since 1970, the Hagey Lectures – named after the university's first president – are a free, annual series of lectures intended to challenge, stimulate, and enrich not only the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Waterloo, but also all members of the community.
2024 Hagey Lecture - Wanda Dalla Costa
This year’s Hagey Lecture, Decoding meaning in Indigenous design, will be delivered by Wanda Dalla Costa, Principal of TAWAW Architecture Collective Inc., on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 7pm in Federation Hall.
Decoding meaning in Indigenous design
TAWAW is a design-research firm dedicated to advancing Indigenous architecture. Our current research centers on the meaning found in original structures – the tipi, hogan, longhouse or wigwam - which we have come to understand as a microcosm of a larger world. Each project we undertake, offers behavioral, social and ideological meanings, that we integrate into contemporary form. Our work is not about replicating traditional designs but about understanding the meanings they hold, to bring meanings forward, making culture visible, but also stable. Join us as we explore the work of encoding and decoding Indigenous environments.