For AFSACK’S 11th Salon Conversation, we are thrilled to present an insightful dialogue featuring the visionary Sumayya Vally. "Threads of Culture: A Dialogue on Design, Identity, and Spirituality" engages in a profound discussion with the distinguished architect to traverse the interwoven narratives that shape our spaces and souls. Through the lens of Vally’s insights, this thought-provoking conversation transcends conventional boundaries and considers redefining the essence of space and spirituality.

Watch this session on demand as we unravel the intricate connections between cultural threads and architectural narratives, exploring how design weaves together diverse identities and spiritual dimensions in our built environment.

Embark on a captivating conversation with the renowned Finnish architect, scholar, author, and former professor and Dean of architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology, Juhani Pallasmaa, to unravel the creative and formless quality of architecture as he presents, "Poetics of Architecture: Existence, Silence, and Solitude." This moderated session explores the abstract connection between architecture and the atmospheres it traces, delving into the poetic core that resides within the built environment.

Join us online for a motivating and illuminating dialogue with Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Professor Emeritus of McGill University, where he discusses the important concept of attunement in architecture through the lens of atmosphere. Architecture that is connected and attuned to its context and its inhabitants has the quality and power to enhance our sense of self and our relationships with the world beyond.

This salon talk will explore qualitative aspects of architecture and its connection to the concept of attunement for an alternative approach to conventional formalism.

AFSACK is delighted to host the ninth installment of its Salon Series for an inspirational and thought-provoking conversation with scholar and philosopher Alberto Pérez-Gómez. The event will be moderated by Nooshin Esmaeili, Architect & PhD candidate at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Join us for an inspirational and insightful discussion with architects Dr. Brian R. Sinclair FRAIC and Travis Price FAIA, where they discuss the transcendental quality in architecture - the pause between musical notes that makes the notes relevant, the emotional and spiritual unknown that architecture opens up to us, and the power of metaphor in sacred architecture. By offering a unique lens and new perspectives, this salon talk will explore and discuss ways to move beyond the physical form to pursue and optimize the vital intersection of wisdom and space. Design of spaces that connect the physical with the metaphysical, the outer with the inner, and the visible with the invisible; all that fosters our sense of being.

Join us for the seventh installment of our Salon Series, an inspiring and thought-provoking virtual conversation with architect and author Nader Ardalan, where he shares the magnificence and enchanted mysteries hidden in Persian architecture. The significance of balance and harmony as well as their relationship to the ‘self’ will be discussed during this first salon talk in a series focused on architecture.

From enhancing contemplation to highlighting spaces that poetically respond to and nurture our soul, Persian architecture has been a source of inspiration and wisdom for centuries – architecture that transcends the tangible.