Radical Generosity

Join us to discover the inspiring work of this year’s Royal Academy Architecture Prize winner, Renée Gailhoustet in this celebratory lecture and panel discussion delivered by chair of the 2022 awards jury Farshid Moussavi RA.

Housing is one of the most pressing and complex issues of our time, encompassing ideas about how we want to live with one another in private and public. This year’s RA Architecture Prize Winner, Renée Gailhoustet has dedicated her career to innovative social housing in her native France. Her projects were ahead of their time in bringing together nature and dwelling in irregular configurations, with terraced designs that allowed for generous planting and private outdoor space.

Rather than restricting the programme of her projects to housing, Gailhoustet projected a model for neighbourhood-building, where amenities like schools and shopping could be integrated into housing complexes.

In this celebratory lecture, Farshid Moussavi RA will discuss the continuing significance of Gailhoustet’s work. She will then be joined by a panel of experts and enthusiasts to delve deeper into the themes of the projects and how Gailhoustet’s approach continues to be relevant to anyone interested or involved with how we live in cities.