The Daniels Faculty's Hindsight is 20/20 event series focuses on phenomena that have emerged during the 20 years  – reflecting nearly the duration of a generation. During this time, what circumstances in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, art, urban design, and forestry have changed? Our speakers and exhibitions will explore how our disciplines continue to be transformed by upheavals in technology, politics, and the environment.

Twenty keywords inspire our collection of talks, panels, and installations, drawn from annual lists of "words of the year" published by leading dictionaries and literary venues. These keywords reflect changes in consciousness and historical developments that have altered, in ways large and small, the contexts in which we work:

2000 Google (verb) / 2001 Internet of Things / 2002 Flash Mob / 2003 Social Media / 2004 Paywall / 2005 Carbon Neutral / 2006 Truthiness / 2007 Sharing Economy / 2008 Bailout / 2009 Instagram / 2010 Gamification / 2011 Occupy / 2012 Cloud / 2013 Niche / 2014 #blacklivesmatter / 2015 Truth and Reconciliation / 2016 <flame> Emoji / 2017 Unicorn / 2018 Toxic / 2019 Haptic

The Daniels Faculty’s Hindsight is 20/20 lecture series is open to all students, faculty, alumni, and members of the public. Online registration for each event is required.

Visit our event page for more details on each event, listed below.

Upcoming Lectures

Oct. 24, 2019
Barry Sampson, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects
George Baird Lecture

Nov. 21, 2019
Anna Puigjaner, MAIO

Dec. 12, 2019
Edouard François, Maison Edouard François

Jan. 16, 2020
Thomas Woltz, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Jan. 23, 2020
Billie Faircloth, KieranTimberlake
Jeffrey Cook Memorial Lecture

Feb. 13, 2020
Christine Sun Kim, Artist

Mar. 12, 2020
Teresa Galí-Izard, Arquitectura Agronomia
Michael Hough/Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Visiting Critic

Exhibitions:
Architecture and Design Gallery

Nov. 7, 2019 – Apr. 30, 2020
NEW CIRCADIA (Adventures in Mental Spelunking)

Summer 2020
TORONTO HOUSING WORKS

Exhibitions:
Larry Wayne Richards Gallery

Exhibitions: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery

Jan. 20, 2020 – Mar. 13, 2020
A QUITE INDIVIDUAL COURSE: Jerome Markson, Architect

Mar. 27, 2020 – May 8, 2020
ARCHITECTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE / The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture
A joint symposium and exhibition with the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
 

Symposia

Feb. 27, 2020
CLOISTER/CAMPUS/UNIVERSITY/CITY

Mar. 6 – Mar. 7, 2020
PROFIT & LOSS: artists consider Vietnam, the war and its effects