Theatrum-Mundi

Director
Adam Kaasa

Chair of the Advisory Committee
Richard Sennett

Project coordinator
Dom Bagnato

Researchers
John Bingham-Hall, Kiera Blakey, Elisabetta Pietrostefani

Project Partner
New York University

 LSE Cities Events

25 February 2017 | The Quito Papers: towards the open city (Beijing)

31 January 2017 | The Quito Papers: towards the open city (London)

7 December 2016 | The Quito Papers: towards the open city (Paris)

4 October 2016 | Designing Respect Exhibition

18 August 2016 | Tania Bruguera and Saskia Sassen: In Conversation

20 August 2015 | Spaces for Literacy

15 June 2015 | Designing the Urban Commons

11 June 2015 | Designing Commons, Defining Commons

25 March 2015 | Designing the Urban Commons: Lessons from the Field

25 March 2015 | Ideas Competition: Designing the Urban Commons

28 February 2015 | Theatrum Mundi LSE Literary Festival discussion

27 November 2014 | Public lecture to celebrate Haworth Tompkins RIBA Stirling Prize 2014

1 October 2014 | Film Season: City, Religion, Capitalism

10 August 2014 | City, Religion, Capitalism: Turning Points for Civilisation

3 April 2014 | CITY RELIGION CAPITALISM

3 October 2013 | Negotiating spaces: design for knowing

25 May 2013 | Embodied City – Mit Kunst Stadt entwickeln

23 May 2013 | NightSeeing™

20 April 2013 | Spaces-in-Between: The City Becoming Ideas Camp

2 March 2013 | Between Curatorial and Urban Practice

11 December 2012 | Music and Architecture: Rhythm and Urban Space (London)

12 November 2012 | Music and Architecture: Harmony and Harmonious (London)

13 October 2012 | Places for Free Speech in the City (New York)

12 October 2012 | Presence and Absence in the City (New York)

23 June 2012 | Expressive Urbanism (London)

5 June 2012 | Social Movement: Designing for Free Speech (New York)

28 May 2012 | The Architecture of Sound: Turning the Inside Out (London)

4 May 2012 | The Architecture of Sound: Ambiance and Presence (London)

15 April 2012 | Light and the City: Culture, Design and Industry (Frankfurt)

10 April 2012 | Social Movement: Stage and Street (New York)

Conferences

26 January 2013 | Frankfurter Positionen, Frankfurt LAB, Frankfurt. Richard Sennett and Axel Honneth discussed ‘Recognition and Presence’.

8 November 2012 | ‘Trading Style’, exhibition at Weltkulturen Museum on display until 31 August 2013, Frankfurt.

Presentations

24 November 2012 | ‘Making Collective Values Visible’, 2012 Venice Biennale for Architecture. A co-organised event with weareherevenice.

Public lectures

2 November 2012 | ‘Common Ground: Between Urban and Art Practice’, 2012 Venice Biennale for Architecture.

 13 Oct 2017 | Theatrum Mundi established as an independent charity at Somerset House

10 May 2017 | Theatrum Mundi opens new Designing Politics exhibition in London

7 Feb 2017 | Adam Kaasa contributes to new Walking Cities book

18 Jan 2017 | John Bingham-Hall publishes new article in Architectural Design journal

16 Jan 2017 | Adam Kaasa to speak on Designing Politics at the Museum of Architecture

16 Dec 2016 | Theatrum Mundi to co-host British Sociological Association seminar on inequality in design

15 Dec 2016 | Theatrum Mundi hosts round table on virtual culture and the city

7 Dec 2016 | Quito Papers film and discussion series launches tonight in Paris

4 Oct 2016 | Theatrum Mundi Designing Respect exhibition opens in Rio de Janeiro

5 Sep 2016 | Theatrum Mundi event explores migration and the politics of urban space

1 Aug 2016 | Adam Kaasa Visiting Professor at University of Toronto

2 Jun 2016 | Adam Kaasa to deliver paper on domestic monumentality

20 Apr 2016 | Adam Kaasa to speak on Theatrum Mundi topics

9 Feb 2016 | New Theatrum Mundi essay on public space

3 Feb 2016 | Theatrum Mundi announces new director, 2016 programme

15 Jun 2015 | Designing the Urban Commons Exhibition featured in The Guardian

29 Jul 2014 | Theatrum Mundi at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014

14 Apr 2014 | Theatrum Mundi hosts CITY RELIGION CAPITALISM with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

6 Feb 2014 | Theatrum Mundi launches “Designing for Free Speech” challenge

15 Jul 2013 | Richard Sennett at Berliner Festspiele

4 Jul 2013 | Theatrum Mundi in Icon Magazine

31 May 2013 | Richard Sennett at the Southbank Centre

31 May 2013 | LSE Cities at the 2013 Zamyn Cultural Forum

23 May 2013 | LSE Cities at RIBA Charles Correa retrospective

18 Feb 2013 | Theatrum Mundi’s Adam Kaasa interviewed by NESTA

15 Feb 2013 | Theatrum Mundi workshops on ‘Music and Architecture’ in February

25 Jan 2013 | Theatrum Mundi at Currencies and Collectives, Frankfurt

14 Dec 2012 | Theatrum Mundi at Venice Finissage and on Monocle

3 Nov 2012 | Theatrum Mundi at the Venice Biennale

26 Oct 2012 | FT review: “A breath of fresh air for public spaces”