As he ends his years of service at the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Iñaki Ábalos has given a Walter Gropius Lecture, customary for departing chairs.

As he ends his years of service at the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Iñaki Ábalos has given a Walter Gropius Lecture, customary for departing chairs.Entitled ?Architecture for the Search for Knowledge,? the lecture is named for Ábalos? mantra by the same words, which is an aphorism written by Friedrich Nietzsche.Throughout the event, Ábalos delved into various mixed-use typologies, each of which is in some way related to the basic typology of the medieval monastery.Highlights of the lecture include: 10:30 - 14:45 Ábalos introduces the theme of the relationship between education, research, and professional practice, as well as the overall typology of mixed-use projects, through the example of the medieval monastery. 14:45 - 17:30 Ábalos delves into the architectural typology of the medieval monastery, noting their ?open ecosystems,? varying ?circles of privacy,? and mixed uses. 17:30 - 22:20 Ábalos explains his dedication to the study of mixed-use projects in modernist and contemporary architecture, as well as subsystems of skyscrapers.  22:20 - 31:00 The namesake aphorism of the lecture is explored, in addition to its and Nietzsche?s relationship to monasteries. The background is additionally given on ...