Chronograms of Architecture

The symposium brings together participants in the Chronograms of Architecture project, past, present, and future. An introduction to the project by Eszter Steierhoffer (director Jencks Foundation) and a lecture by Lily Jencks on Charles Jencks’ diagrams of architecture will be followed by a series of presentations and a panel discussion featuring contributors to the exhibition. Maria Fedorchenko (Architectural Association London) and Rotor co-founder Lionel Devlieger (UGent) will present their new chronograms, commissioned on the occasion of the exhibition at CIVA, and Francesca Hughes (Yale University) will present their chronograms that were first exhibited at the Architectural Association and initially commissioned by e-flux Architecture and Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House. Following a short break and guided tour of the exhibition, the symposium will continue with a presentation by Nana Biamah-Ofosu (Architectural Association London) of her work-in-progress Chronogram, which is to be presented in 2026 in Johannesburg, as well as a presentation by Sam Jacob (London / Vienna) about his recent explorations of Jencksian chronograms through large language models.

Chronograms of Architecture originated as a collaboration between the Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House and e-flux architecture.