In conjunction with the immersive exhibition 40×40, currently on display at Palazzo Bembo, which features material from the IAWA collections in celebration of the IAWA’s 40th anniversary, the presentation and roundtable discussion will explore the future of archiving, and the future of women’s records, as we aim collectively to envision an archive of the future that would enable a balanced history of architecture.

The mission of the IAWA is to preserve women’s records and foster research aimed at repairing the omissions in the recorded history of architecture. This program seeks to raise the awareness of the underrepresentation of women in architectural archives, the general absence of dedicated women’s collections, and the urgent need to establish women’s archives internationally, both as institutional entities and as symbols.

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Moderator:
Paola Zellner Bassett is an Argentine architect with a Master of Architecture from SCI-Arc. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Virginia Tech, Director of the IAWA Center and Chair of the Board of Advisors of the IAWA. Her creative work, including immersive exhibits celebrating the IAWA collections, has been shown internationally. Her recent publications include the book Expanding Field of Architecture: Women in Practice Across the Globe, co-authored with Marcia Feuerstein and Jodi La Coe.

Speakers:
Martha Thorne is the former Dean of the IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid and Segovia, Spain. From 2005 to 2021, she served as Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Prior to that, she worked as a curator in the Department of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1995 to 2005. In the early 2000s, she served as an advisor to the board of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA). Thorne holds a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and currently works as a consultant for architecture competitions, prizes, and events.

Catja Edens is an architectural historian and educator in architectural history at Delft University of Technology. As a member of the Curatorial Research Collective at Eindhoven University of Technology, her PhD research focuses on the archiving of women architects within the broader context of architectural archival practices.

Teresita Scalco is an art and design historian with a PhD in Design Sciences from IUAV University of Venice, where she serves as Head of the Archivio Progetti. She is a professor at IUSVE- Istituto Universitario Salesiano. Scalco has co-curated numerous exhibition and digital projects, focusing primarily on the contributions of women to design culture and cultural institutions. Her most recent project is Archivi, Progetti, Donne (Archives, Design, Women).

Fabio Marino is an architectural historian and Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He earned his PhD in Architecture, History, and Project from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2019. His research focuses on contemporary architecture, with particular emphasis on the cultural and professional migrations between Italy and the Americas during the 20th century. Marino was awarded the 2024 Milka Bliznakov Research Prize to conduct research in the IAWA collections.