CCA Discussion Panel: The Architecture Lobby

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CCA Discussion Panel: The Architecture Lobby

Free and open to the public

Please join us for a panel discussion with Neeraj Bhatia, Peggy Deamer, Dean of Architecture Jonathan Massey, Eric Rogers, and Rosa Sheng to examine both the content and the form of change in the architectural profession. The Architecture Lobby is an organization of architectural workers that advocates for the value of architecture in the general public and for architectural work within the discipline.

Why is it important to recognize that you — an architecture student, an emerging architect, a firm owner — are a worker?
Why should there be an activist organization to make this demand?

Members of the Architecture Lobby will present the organization’s work to induce a debate on these controversial questions.

UPDATE 8/6/2016: Big thanks to Neeraj, Jonathan, Eric and Rosa for a great conversation and another big thank you to CCA for being really welcoming and open to discussions on these important issues in architecture. Check out the photos below of the event!

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Our Manifesto

Build worker power and collective agency through unions and cooperatives.
A living wage, benefits, job security, and wage transparency across the discipline.
No more free labor; no unpaid internships, unpaid overtime, or unpaid competitions.
Center the importance of labor in our understanding of architecture. Architecture is work!
Stop peddling buildings as products. Demand compensation based on the value and impact our work creates.
End oppression based on gender within and enabled by the discipline.
Confront the complicity of architecture in racism. Confront racism in our workplaces.
Design for the full spectrum of human life. Universal design is not an afterthought.
Challenge the concept of licensure. Expand the right to practice.
Celebrate the collective process of producing architecture. Demystify architecture as the work of a solo creative genius.
Climate justice as the basis of all architectural work. There can be no sustainable future without sustainable labor practices.
Fight for democratic alternatives to the capitalist system of development.

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New Haven, CT 06512