Reciprocity 2026: Forthcoming Events
As part of our current thematic provocation of Reciprocity - Architectures of Exchange, we have a series of events coming up over the next couple of months;
COMMUNAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Exhibition 17—26.04.26
Opening: 17.04.2026, 18:00, book here
Workshop and Panel Discussion: 18.04.2026, 13:00-16:00, book here
Custom Lane, Leith, EH6 6AL
Presenting work by;
Arc Architects and Rebearth
BothAnd Group
Resolve Collective
What are the reciprocal relations required to sustain living communities? Who (and what) has a voice in those communities and how can we fully realise that potential? How might an expanded understanding of what constitutes community and infrastructure help us design, create and support thriving places?
Through the work of four practices, all working at the exploratory edge of architectural research and design, we investigate ideas of community, infrastructure and reciprocal exchange; reimagining transactional forms of practice that support sustainable development and progressive shifts in values, ethics, and working conditions. These ideas are explored through the lens of more-than-human life, communities which span geographies, and the close observation of water infrastructures in a city such as Edinburgh.
In this exhibition, Resolve Collective, working in collaboration with the 20th AlFonj Scout Group, asks how the local and diasporic knowledge of young people might support exciting and alternative ways of preserving architectural and cultural heritage across global communities? Arc Architects and Rebearth collaboratively explores if we could hear the voices of Place, what could we learn and how might it change our approach to design and BothAnd Group present Occupying Landscape Infrastructure (OLI), which tests a strategy to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis in Edinburgh’s public spaces through prioritising and reimagining landscape as infrastructure.
This project presents a range of inventive and emergent architectural and research approaches to the question of what (and to whom) we should be listening and paying attention to, as our cities face a range of diverse future challenges.
RECIPROCITY – ARCHITECTURES OF EXCHANGE
Piper Auditorium, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Wednesday 11th February 2026
6:30pm -8.30pm EST (11.30pm - 1.30am GMT)
We are delighted to be joined by architectural scientist Mae-ling Lokko and architect Mireia Luzárraga who will present and discuss aspects of their respective research, teaching and design practices that shift us towards a deeper co-existence with planetary systems, nature, and non-human life. This public lecture looks to reimagine our reciprocal relationship with the world around us by exploring ideas across science, architecture and construction in pursuit of a more symbiotic and sustainable future through recalibrated material cultures, fabrication customs, responsive environments, and social norms.
HINTERLANDS & THE ACADEMY
Piper Auditorium, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Thursday 12th February 2026
12:30pm -2pm EST
We'll be hosting Hinterlands & The Academy; a collective reimagining for how a school of architecture might radically rethink its reciprocal relationship with its hinterland in context to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. The event will feature provocations from;
Sarah M. Whiting, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Karen Nelson, Dean, Boston Architectural College
Bree Edwards, Director, Harvard University ArtLab
Joseph Zeal-Henry, Director of Cultural Planning, City of Boston
Jha D Amazi, Principal, MASS Design Group
Both of the above events are free and open to the public. A livestream will be available for the Wednesday evening event via the GSD YouTube channel.