The Architectural History MA gathers around the table to discuss, question, and exchange thoughts across the many stories that architecture tells. The exhibition presents a selection of the images, objects, and ideas that have emerged from those conversations, traces of the course’s collective thinking. Conceived as both a metaphor and a spatial device, the table becomes the central site of interaction within the exhibition — a surface where ideas are “set” and from which visitors are invited to draw, engage, and reflect. Around this shared surface, the exhibition unfolds as both a reflection of and a continuation of the discussions that shape the course. 

The Setting the Table exhibition is organised in three parts. The first is displayed on the south wall and on the table. It presents the cohort’s written research, the ideas that shaped the dissertations, and the possibilities for disseminating architectural histories. The second part is displayed on this wall. It acknowledges those who collaborated, guided, and participated throughout the Architectural History MA. The third part is displayed on the north wall. It presents, in the form of an atlas, a collection of images and artefacts that propose a collective conversation around the different possibilities of architectural history and theory.

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Curatorial team: Macarena González Carvajal, Issy MacGregor, Joseph Williamson.

Photos: Qing Tang