Director MA History and Critical Thinking in Architecture;
Member AA-OU Architecture &
Urbanism Management Group AUMG;
AA Academic Board

Marina Lathouri studied architecture and philosophy of art and aesthetics. She directs the graduate programme in the History and Critical Thinking at the AA and lectures at Cambridge University. She has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Navarra, Spain and is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile. Lathouri’s current research interests lie in the conjunction of architectural history, city and political philosophy. Most recently, she co-authored the book Intimate Metropolis: Urban Subjects in the Modern City, published several articles and directed a Research project at the AA entitled City Cultures.

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts
PhD History and Theory of Architecture
University of Sorbonne, Department of Philosophy, Paris, France
MPhil Philosophy of Art
School of Architecture Paris-Villemin, Paris, France
MPhil Theory of Architecture
The Berlage Institute, The Netherlands
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Architecture
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture, Greece
MArch

Academic Positions

Architectural Association, MA History and Critical Thinking in Architecture, Director
Architectural Association, PhD Programme, Director of Studies
University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture, Visiting Lecturer (1999-2012)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Distinguished Visiting Professor (2012- )
Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Visiting Professor MA / PhD Research Programme (2009- )
Universidade do Minho, Portugal, Director of Studies PhD Programme (2008-10)
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Adjunct Professor (1996-1999)
University of Greenwich, Masters of Arts in Architecture (MAA) and Masters of Science in Architecture, School of Architecture and Construction, External Examiner (2006-11)
University of Kent, MA in Architecture and Cities, External Examiner (2012- )

Research Interests

Lathouri’s current interests lie in the conjunction of theoretical research on the city and political philosophy, in particular, changing notions of the collective, new modes of inhabitation and formations of public spaces. Most recently, she co-authored the book Intimate Metropolis: Urban Subjects in the Modern City, published several articles and directed a Research project at the AA entitled City Cultures. She also investigates through workshops and seminars, small-scale conversations and public sessions the critical role of writing in the history of the discipline as well as in the new modes of production and communication of a knowledge related to design and public cultures in architecture.

Recent Publications Books

Intimate Metropolis: Urban Subjects in the Modern City, London: Routledge, 2008
City Cultures: Contemporary Positions on the City, London: AA Publications, 2010

Articles

“Projective Architectures: the question of borders in a connected world”, in: Masterplanning the Adaptive City: Computational Urbanism in the Twenty-first Century, London and New York: Routledge 2014, p.20
“A History of Territories, Movements and Borders: Politics of Inhabitation”, in: System City: Infrastructure and the space of flows, Architectural Design Special Issue 04/2013, p.32
“The City as a Project: Types, Typical Objects and Typologies”, in: Architectural Design, Jan/Feb 2011
“North Penn Visiting Nurses’ Association Headquarters”, in: First Works: Emerging Architectural Practices of the 1960s and 1970s, London: AA Books, 2009
“The Frame and the Fragment: Visions for the Modern City”, in: AA Files, no 51, 2005
“Notes on Nomadism and Urban Dwelling”, in: Places of Nomadic Dwelling, Athens: Hellenic Institute of Architecture, 2001
“vEL Architects: Urban Filter”, in: Cambridge Architecture Journal Scroope no 12, 2001
“Enterlacs de Topia, Interlacing Topia”, in: L’Arc Ouest pour Thessalonique: Nouveaux Espaces Collectifs dans la Ville Contemporaine, Athens: Untimely Books, 2000
“Le Corbusier: From Paris to Chandigarh, Variations on the Same Theme (1922-56)”, in: La Citta Nuova, Washington: ACSA Press, 2000
“CIAM Meetings 1947-59 and the Core of the City: The Transformation of   an Idea”, in: La Citta Nuova, Washington: ACSA Press, 2000

Research Projects

City Cultures Research Cluster AA/CC, Architectural Association, Director, 2008-11
Architecture Politics, History and Critical Thinking Debates, Architectural Association, 2013-
Politics and Spaces, History and Critical Thinking Debates, Architectural Association, 2009-13
Writing Architecture, Post-Graduate Seminar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2012-
Critical Writing in Architecture, International Conference, Architectural Association, 2011
History and Theory in Architectural Education, International Workshop at Werner Oechslin Library Foundation, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 2009
Re-reading Palladio, International Conference in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts, 2009
Writing in Architecture, International Course at Werner Oechslin Library Foundation, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 2008

Design Research

2000-03 Lead Consultant, Urban and Planning Department of the City of Geneva, Switzerland, Master Plan, Conceptual Design and Feasibility studies, Gare des Eaux-Vives
1993-2000 Project Architect of Exhibition Space / Curator, H. P. Berlage’s Stock Exchange, Amsterdam
Architectural Studies for Sustainable Houses, San Francisco
Research Project for New Housing Systems, The Netherlands
“Sign of the Future”, International Ideas Competition, Graz, Austria
6th International Design Competition, Osaka, Japan
C.A.U.E. 94, “Hotel Industriel”, Paris, France
Planning and Design of Housing District and Cultural Centre, Montauban, France
1992-94 Design Consultant, Architecture Studio Architects, Paris

Design Awards

1st Prize, International Competition, Master Planning and Infrastructure Research for the urban district Gare des Eaux Vives in Geneva and its rail connection to France (1999)
Design Honour, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (1999)
Winning Entry, International Competition of Urban Design, the Northern districts of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (1997)
Distinguished Project, Biennale of Venice (1991)
2^nd Prize, International Competition of Urban Design, Master Plan and Design of Olympic Village, Russia (1991)

Lectures

Lathouri has lectured at the AA and University of Cambridge at all levels, undergraduate and graduate as well as widely in Europe, U.S.A. and Latin America. Academic affiliations to the Architectural Association School of Architecture, Cambridge University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart, Universidad de Navarra, Werner Oechslin Library Foundation, University of Greenwich, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Virginia Tech, University of Thessaly Greece and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.