Studio 2.2 at the AF 100 Days Studio

The tutors of our studio 2.2 were invited to speak about their research and pedagogy as part of the hugely popular Architecture Foundation 100 Days Studio. Lead by Nana Biamah-Ofosu; Bushra Mohamed; Mary Vaughn Johnson and Michael Badu

“As the classroom becomes more diverse, teachers are faced with the way the politics of domination are often reproduced in the educational setting…” - bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

We believe that it is important to explore non-Eurocentric narratives in the study of architecture, encouraging true collaboration between the global north and the global south, one without conditions or caveats. Studio 2.2 is a research studio at Kingston School of Architecture taught by Michael Badu and Nana Biamah-Ofosu in collaboration with Mary Johnson and Bushra Mohamed. This year, the studio has focussed on the 'Compound House' and studied how this historic housing typology could be used to generate more thoughtful responses to urban growth and continuity in African and Western cities. We believe that the future of cosmopolitan settlement depends on both understanding the differences and unearthing the commonalities that exist between the different ways in which different people make and inhabit place. Selected students will present their projects situated in Accra, Ghana and London, UK.