Chronograms of Architecture Exhibition
Date: Thursday, 4 – 24 June 2026
Time: 16:00 – 21:00 SAST
Venue: UJ FADA Gallery & Auditorium
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Exhibition opening/ Wine Bar: 19:15
The Chronograms of Architecture Exhibition showcases diagrams by Charles Jencks, the renowned post-modern architecture writer and critic, spanning from 1920 to 2000, along with nine commissioned diagrams by contemporary architects, historians, and researchers. Previously exhibited in London and Brussels, it is being hosted in Johannesburg this year, ‘in conversation with’ the GSA; featuring student diagrams from the Architectural History and Theory module convened this year by Heidi Lu and developed through workshops with lily jencks.
Contributions by Pier Vittorio Aureli / Marson Korbi, Mario Carpo , Charles L. Davis II / Curry J. Hackett, Lionel Devlieger / Michael Ghyoot / Adam Przywara / Karen Steukers / Arne Vande Capelle / Louise Vanhee, Maria Fedorchenko/ Yeliz Abdurahman, Francesca Hughes / Urtzi Grau , MOULD , and Bryony Roberts / Abriannah Aiken , Ilze Wolff and Ziko Petse together with Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz Garcia and Graduate School of Architecture.
Curated by Nick Axel , Nikolaus Hirsch, lily jencks , Heidi Lu, Anya Smirnova, and Eszter Steierhoffer
The exhibition coincides with a symposium taking place at the FADA Auditorium. The symposium brings together past and present participants in the Chronograms of Architecture project and will be moderated by Nick Axel.
The first session will explore diagramming and mapping as tools for architectural research and pedagogy. Heidi Lu, Acting Convenor of the Architectural History and Theory module, will present on diagramming as a pedagogical tool, followed by Simphiwe Mlambo, who will discuss mapping as a methodology for student work.
Tatjana Schneider from MOULD, alongside Bryony Roberts and Abriannah Aiken, will then reflect on their respective methodologies developed through previously commissioned chronograms for the exhibition.
The second session will open with an introduction to the project by lily jencks, focusing on Charles Jencks’ diagrams of architecture. This will be followed by a presentation by Ilze Wolff on her newly commissioned chronogram for 2026, with MADEYOULOOK joining as respondents in conversation.
Graphic design by Fred Swart
The exhibition is developed in collaboration with e-Flux, Inc. Architecture, Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House