Manijeh Verghese on the Venice Biennale of Architecture and privatised public spaces

On Design with Justyna Green

In this episode, we speak to Manijeh Verghese who’s the Head of Public Programmes at the Architectural Association and co-founder of Unscene Architecture – a practice that operates across disciplines to reveal the unseen forces that shape our cities. She’s also the co-curator of this year’s British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, with an installation that focused on the privatised public spaces. In our conversation, we speak about Manijeh’s view of architecture and approach to cities with their public and private spaces, how the issues raised within the Venice Biennale installation became even more important in the pandemic, and Manijeh shares her thoughts as well on not always having a plan, and trusting the unknown.

Mentioned in the episode:

Architectural Association’s Public Programme: https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramme

British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights

Unscene Architecture: https://www.unscenearchitecture.com/

This episode was produced by Green Podcast Productions.

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