Outdoor Domesticity | Ricardo Divesa | DOA Guest Lecture
Join us for a lecture hosted by the Department of Architecture, Monash University.
The lecture will present a collection of five exemplary houses that establish explicit relationships with preexisting trees: La Casa (B. Rudofsky, 1969), Cottage Caesar (M. Breuer, 1951), Villa La Roche (Le Corbusier & P. Jeanneret, 1923), Villa Pepa (J. Navarro Baldeweg, 1994), and Hexenhaus (A. & P. Smithson, 1984–2002). It will then reflect on three theoretical concerns for contemporary practice, focusing on process and its relation to time, place, and outdoor domesticity in modern Western housing.
This talk supports a Master of Architecture Research Studies unit curated by Professor Louise Wright: Buildings & Trees
Please note that Ricardo Devesa will be zooming in from Spain.
Ricardo Devesa is an architect and professor at La Salle School of Architecture (Ramon Llull University, Barcelona), where he coordinates the MIAD Master’s program and researches in ALEC-HER. He graduated from UPV (2000) and earned a PhD from UPC (2012); his dissertation was published as Outdoor Domesticity (Actar, 2022). He co-founded urbanNext.net and served as editor-in-chief at Actar Publishers (2012–2025). He has taught at ETSAB-UPC and IaaC and was a visiting researcher at Columbia University (2007–2009). He has authored and edited numerous books on contemporary architecture, urbanism, and housing.
The Department of Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents the diverse guests who visit us to talk, teach and research the complexities of architecture today.
Event Details
- Date:
- 20 April 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre G1.04, Building G, Caulfield campus
- Register here:
- https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/outdoor-domesticity-ricardo-divesa-doa-guest-lecture-tickets-1985407492255
- Categories:
- Architecture; Current Students; Industry / Alumni
Description
Join us for a lecture hosted by the Department of Architecture, Monash University.
The lecture will present a collection of five exemplary houses that establish explicit relationships with preexisting trees: La Casa (B. Rudofsky, 1969), Cottage Caesar (M. Breuer, 1951), Villa La Roche (Le Corbusier & P. Jeanneret, 1923), Villa Pepa (J. Navarro Baldeweg, 1994), and Hexenhaus (A. & P. Smithson, 1984–2002). It will then reflect on three theoretical concerns for contemporary practice, focusing on process and its relation to time, place, and outdoor domesticity in modern Western housing.
This talk supports a Master of Architecture Research Studies unit curated by Professor Louise Wright: Buildings & Trees
Please note that Ricardo Devesa will be zooming in from Spain.
Ricardo Devesa is an architect and professor at La Salle School of Architecture (Ramon Llull University, Barcelona), where he coordinates the MIAD Master’s program and researches in ALEC-HER. He graduated from UPV (2000) and earned a PhD from UPC (2012); his dissertation was published as Outdoor Domesticity (Actar, 2022). He co-founded urbanNext.net and served as editor-in-chief at Actar Publishers (2012–2025). He has taught at ETSAB-UPC and IaaC and was a visiting researcher at Columbia University (2007–2009). He has authored and edited numerous books on contemporary architecture, urbanism, and housing.
The Department of Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents the diverse guests who visit us to talk, teach and research the complexities of architecture today.