Siufan Adey and Thomas Aquilina of Afterparti present the architecture collective's manifesto in the second part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture.
Afterparti, which was born out of the New Architecture Writers (NAW) programme for emerging BAME writers, creates zines ?non-commercial magazines ? and events that promote underrepresented voices in architecture and design.
"We'd already disrupted the status quo in the short amount of time that we were on the NAW programme and we wanted to continue this momentum and continue changing the industry and continue fighting for equity," said Afterparti member Adey, who is also a content producer at Dezeen. "So we formed Afterparti." Afterparti "explores big ideas on contemporary urban space "
For the London Festival of Architecture's series Manifestos: Architecture for a New Generation, which Dezeen is broadcasting a selection of as part of Virtual Design Festival, Adey and fellow Afterparti member Aquilina explained the work Afterparti is doing to realise the inclusive, transdisciplinary future it envisions for architecture.
"We explore big ideas on contemporary urban space through the lenses of identity and race. We want to tackle the uncomfortable subjects," Aquilina explained. "We think of ourselves, in some ways, as part of the next generation of culture-makers."
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