In collaboration with the SCI-Arc Student Union, Why Not Us? will explore non-traditional and critical modes of architectural practice and organizing, and speculate on how architecture can learn from mutual aid. The workshop is oriented towards identifying harmful systems present in traditional practices and internships, and will serve as a platform to brainstorm how students can instead build their own mutual aid networks and social infrastructures to flatten leadership in architectural production.

Are you a student organizer interested in participating? Email info@materialsandapplications.org for more info.

About STUN

The SCI-Arc Student Union (STUN) is a student-led organization at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. They administer student activities and help to support the student community at SCI-Arc by funding and organizing student events, built work, exhibitions, and publications. STUN organizes a monthly gathering open to the entire school that allows the SCI-Arc community to discuss and meet informally each week called Fridays@5, of which this program will be a part of.

Heat Aid was organized with M&A Program Board members Aubrey Bauer, Mateus Comparato, Gary Riichirō Fox, Jia Yi Gu, Jesse Hammer, Alyssa Lopez, Kendall Mann, Dana McKinney, and Sage Roebuck