Scaffold Episode 93: Tosin Oshinowo

The curator of this year's Sharjah Architecture Triennial considers the contradictions that often emerge between the moral clarity of architectural exhibitions and the murkier realities of practice.

Tosin is a Lagos-based architect and curator of this year's Sharjah Architecture Triennial. 

In episode 93 of Scaffold Oshinowo discusses the contradictions that often emerge between the rhetoric of architectural exhibitions and the murkier realities of practice. She addreses the new forms of ingenuity and beauty driven by conditions of scarcity in the global south, while at the same time acknowledgeing the profit motive that sustains most practices, and the often conventional work it produces. 

 

 

 

 

Scaffold is a podcast series featuring interviews with architects, artists and designers. Hosted by Matthew Blunderfield and produced by the Architecture Foundation, it is available on Apple PocastsSpotify, and most major podcast streaming platforms.

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