BAA Lecture Series 2025: Demonstrations / CELEBRATE with Manijeh Verghese

Central Saint Martins, UAL

Manijeh Verghese talk highlights every day celebrations of the city and it's architecture.

LVMH Lecture Theatre (E003), Central Saint Martins

BA Architecture Lecture Series 2025 Demonstrations

Join BA Architecture for the 2025 autumn series of lectures Demonstrations, convened and curated by Adriana Cobo-Corey, Senior Lecturer in Ethical Practice and Carlotta Novella, BAA Stage 1 Leader.

In our fourth Demonstrations lecture series, Manijeh will talk about how to celebrate the city and its architecture in connection to culture and everyday life.With extensive experience curating critical exhibitions and public programs on architecture, Manijeh will demonstrate how to celebrate the places where we live while exploring the potential cultural narratives have for positively transforming them and challenging the profession’s normative views on how to design our built environment. Manijeh Verghese (she/ her) is the CEO of<a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtp%3A%2Fots.cenrtyo-i%2Fku.g&s=kMdw7hqU8f7bjQKKDf-aJgie9hw" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtp%3A%2Fots.cenrtyo-i%2Fku.g&s=kMdw7hqU8f7bjQKKDf-aJgie9hw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtp%3A%2Fots.cenrtyo-i%2Fku.g&s=kMdw7hqU8f7bjQKKDf-aJgie9hw" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtp%3A%2Fots.cenrtyo-i%2Fku.g&s=kMdw7hqU8f7bjQKKDf-aJgie9hw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open City</a>. 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She is on the Board of Trustees for the<a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtr%3A%2Fatsutchectrieinfonatoud%2Fku.gro.&s=2XjgD1uSyfm4hbaXIlAaa_dCJr4" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtr%3A%2Fatsutchectrieinfonatoud%2Fku.gro.&s=2XjgD1uSyfm4hbaXIlAaa_dCJr4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtr%3A%2Fatsutchectrieinfonatoud%2Fku.gro.&s=2XjgD1uSyfm4hbaXIlAaa_dCJr4" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphtr%3A%2Fatsutchectrieinfonatoud%2Fku.gro.&s=2XjgD1uSyfm4hbaXIlAaa_dCJr4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Architecture Foundation</a> and a member of the advisory board for<a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphti%3A%2Fdtsrdsoanayritircrecuht%2Fku.oc.e&s=VR9vkDpYnjwAAWxTNl7RtZpupvk" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphti%3A%2Fdtsrdsoanayritircrecuht%2Fku.oc.e&s=VR9vkDpYnjwAAWxTNl7RtZpupvk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphti%3A%2Fdtsrdsoanayritircrecuht%2Fku.oc.e&s=VR9vkDpYnjwAAWxTNl7RtZpupvk" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphti%3A%2Fdtsrdsoanayritircrecuht%2Fku.oc.e&s=VR9vkDpYnjwAAWxTNl7RtZpupvk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The DisOrdinary Architecture Project</a>. She was co-curator of<a href="https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights" title="https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights" title="https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Garden of Privatised Delights</a> – the 2021 British Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale and was the interpretation specialist for the<a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphth%3A%2Fttssbemuletoiu.di%2Fo.koc%2Fjproctsoea-utgsi-ha%2Fyrella&s=cuSN8IMyBkm72fdUNThR2BD9sPU" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphth%3A%2Fttssbemuletoiu.di%2Fo.koc%2Fjproctsoea-utgsi-ha%2Fyrella&s=cuSN8IMyBkm72fdUNThR2BD9sPU" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphth%3A%2Fttssbemuletoiu.di%2Fo.koc%2Fjproctsoea-utgsi-ha%2Fyrella&s=cuSN8IMyBkm72fdUNThR2BD9sPU" title="https://url41.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB&d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1760028600%2F1v6ttm-000000003y3-47RB%7Cin41l%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C68E7E89E8D95AE154601A1281B5E7120&o=%2Fphth%3A%2Fttssbemuletoiu.di%2Fo.koc%2Fjproctsoea-utgsi-ha%2Fyrella&s=cuSN8IMyBkm72fdUNThR2BD9sPU" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">South Asia Gallery</a> at the Manchester Museum that was co-curated by a collective of over 30 local experts.