Saraben-academia was established in 2010 to record and publish the ideas and research developed during the workshops and studios taught by Sara Shafiei and Ben Cowd.
Sara and Ben are both senior lecturers at the Leicester School of Architecture and visiting critics at the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture, The Royal College of Art, Ecole D’speciale Paris, Westminster and Cardiff University.
“We look at teaching and academia as a competitive playground and laboratory to test and experiment with ideas, technology, materials and theory. We share ideas and skills openly with students, who often push them and us further… The work is insperable, to a point where we’re never sure who’s teaching who…”
