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Vanessa Grossman is a lecturer whose work examines the intersection of architecture, ideology, power, and governance, with a focus on social and environmental justice. Her research investigates Cold War-era local and global practices, concentrating on the geopolitical entanglement of architecture and politics in France and Brazil, while addressing broader themes affecting Latin America and the Global South. Her interests encompass urban housing histories, developmentalism in the Global South, the politics of climate change, and the legacies of avant-garde architectural theories. Grossman’s scholarly contributions include the forthcoming book 'Concrete Alliance: Communism and Modern Architecture in Postwar France,' which explores the interrelation of political communism and architectural modernism during France's Fifth Republic. She also serves as the Exhibitions Review Editor for the Journal of Society Architectural Historians and is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies. Grossman previously held roles as an Assistant Professor at TU Delft and as a postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich.
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Teaching architecture and urban design courses.
Delft University of Technology • Delft, Netherlands
Engaged in teaching and research in architecture.
ETH Zurich • Zurich, Switzerland
Conducted research in advanced studies of architecture.
L’Architecture d’aujourd’hui •
Managed editorial responsibilities for the journal.
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