Lecture | 'Speculative Allegorical Architecture: The Machine Stops' with Professor Daniel K. Brown

A video lecture by Professor Daniel K Brown, who is the curator of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴, an exhibition at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.



Daniel discusses how speculative architectural drawings represent a dynamic set of continually evolving conceptual ideas that an architect can draw upon to generate concepts for architectural designs. They provide the architect with a method of generative representation that reveals new creative opportunities by their ability to merge social, contextual, cultural, and even mythological references with personal experiences and intuition. This lecture reflects on how speculative drawings are created, how they can be interpreted, and how they can be applied to professional architectural practice.



Daniel speaks with speculative architectural designer William du Toit about how he made the 3.8 meter high drawing 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, which is the centrepiece of the exhibition.



Visit our Gallery from Rātū to Rātapu (Tues-Sun) 11am-5pm to see our current exhibitions, including 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴, on display until 27th March 2022.