TACK x Jaap Bakema Study Centre TACK x Jaap Bakema Study Centre

Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing, or simply TACK, is an international research project that aims to gain a better understanding of the often implicit experiential knowledge which architects draw on when designing buildings and cities. TACK, formed by ten European academic institutions, three cultural institutions for architecture and nine architectural firms, initiated a second round of TACK Talks: How To? A Guide Through Knowing.

On 11 March, 25 March, 8 April and 6 May, the second series of TACK Talks explored the interplay between culture and professional practice. These talks investigated how tacit knowledge is identified, communicated and produced in relationship to society. Representatives from Architekturzentrum Wien, the Flanders Architecture Institute and Het Nieuwe Insitituut - including directors, curators, archivists, researchers and graphic designers - discussed their different perspectives on mediating tacit knowledge and addressed challenging questions surrounding their practice.

These topics began with How to Choose the Expert, regarding the notion of expertise and the existence of a socially established design culture. This was followed by How to Archive Embodied Knowledge, recognising the agency of other actors in architectural production, both human and non-human. Next was How to Define What Belongs Where, acknowledging the entanglements between territory and the built environment. And, finally, How to Reach Out to Communities of Practice, on communication and public engagement.

• How to choose the expert? 11 March 2021, 6-7pm With Maureen Mooren (art director Het Nieuwe Instituut), Monika Platzer (Achitekturzentrum Wien), moderated by Anna Livia Vørsel. Responders: Hamish Lonergan, Claudia Mainardi. Watch the video on YouTube
• How to archive emodied knowledge? 25 March 2021, 6-7pm With Sofie de Caigny (Flanders Architecture Institute) and Monika Platzer (Architekturzentrum Wien), moderated by Ionas Sklavounos. Responders: Eric Crevels, Paula Strunden, Mara Trübenbach. Watch the video on YouTube
• How to define what belongs where? 8 April 2021, 6-7pm With Hülya Ertas (Flanders Architecture Institute) and Marten Kuijpers and Ludo Groen (Het Nieuwe Instituut), moderated by Filippo Cattapan. Responders: Jhono Bennett, Caendia Wynbelt. Watch the video on YouTube
• How to Reach Out to Communities of Practice? 6 May 2021, 5-6pm With Dirk van den Heuvel (Het Nieuwe Instituut), Sofie de Caigny (Flanders Architecture Institute) and Monika Platzer (Architekturzentrum Wien), moderated by Christoph Grafe. Responders: Eric Crevels, Claudia Mainardi. Watch the video on YouTube

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