Feb 05 ‘23/
Memory Palace mentioned in The Guardian alongside Vanishing Points Exhibition Announcement
“Aspiring architects are using social media, AI and digital technology to showcase their fantastical creations to the full” - words from The Guardian
Feb 09 ‘23/
Upcoming Exhibition at the ROCA Gallery, London: Vanishing Points: Architectural Imagination in the Digital Universe
“For his exhibition at the Roca London Gallery, Hamza is is bringing drawings by his peers, who are experiencing a similar social media boom, into dialogue with historical precedents gathered from the Drawing Matter archive. From the elegant formality of Mies van der Rohe, to the painterly compositions of John Hejduk; from a precious hand-drawn plan by Le Corbusier, to a comical sketch by James Gowan, we see how the masters of the past also used drawing to demonstrate architectural imagination and how their work continues to influence this generation of creatives.
The exhibition groups drawings by technique and medium, an arbitrary categorisation, but one that allows comparisons to be made through time and by technique: Layers (collage, composites), Hands (whether drawn with a pen or digital tool), Fictions (images that tell stories), Metrics (those that involve a mathematical process) Abstract and Perspectives.”
Jan 29 ‘23/
Psychogeographic Maps in DERIVAS Vol. 3 Londres
Psychogeographic Walks appear in Vol.3 of Derive Lab’s DERIVAS publication titled ‘Londres’!
Derivelab is a multidisciplinary practice formed to explore, understand and inspire other (new) ways of living and thinking about life in the city. Through investigation, design and action, they develop projects surrounding art, architecture, urban design and other disciplines, which impact three scales: that if public life, the built fabric and everyday objects.
Jun 29 ‘22/
Pavilions for Conversations on Hidden Architecture
“This article is part of Hidden Architecture Series’ “Attitude”, where we explore current works by contemporary architects which, despite its differences regarding cultural or physical contexts, share a practical attention towards the social value of Architecture as a public structure.” Text by Hidden Architecture
Jun 10, ‘22/
KROB 2022, Juror Citation
‘Memory Palace, Triptych’, receives a Juror’s Citation in KROB’s 2022 Competition. The original drawing can be viewed in a83’s Archive Gallery in New York, Soho.
Apr 27,' ‘22/
IKU, ‘Dirty Drawings’, Spring’22 Lecture Series (Online)
Text by Bilge Bal:
'“What we mean by Dirty Drawings is drawing as a creative and sensitive way of imagining, thinking and making, celebrating the humanity/being of dirty hand, considering the materiality of line and the reality of drawing. The process of drawing is as important as the result of it. We do not talk about a discipline trapped in its own boundary. Instead, we stress multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory drawings which are not only based on endemic methods and acts, surfaces and tools, materials and instruments, but also include the borrowed one and the invented one, pushing their limits to incredible ends. (continued)”
Jan 19, ‘22 /
Apartment #5 drawing, Exhibited at the Sir John Soane’s Museum (19 Jan 2022-20 Feb 2022)
Text by the Architecture Drawing Prize:
”A new physical exhibition of The Architecture Drawing Prize has just opened at the Sir John Soane’s Museum!
Featuring shortlisted and winning works from 2020 and 2021 by artists and architects from across the globe, the contemporary collection will be on display till Sunday 20 February, 2022. As the Soane says: "whatever your medium, this is the perfect exhibition for all those who love to use art to capture something special about our built environment."
Jan 07, ‘22 /
Drawing of the Year 2021: The Winning collage enchants the jury with creative mix of media
Text by Aarhus School of Architecture:
“The international student competition – supported by SHL Architects and VOLA – this year celebrated the collage. Norwegian student Trine Mellemstrand Jarstø – a present student at the Aarhus School of Architecture – has won it with an artistic work that combines digital and classic modes of drawing.”
Dec 10, ‘21 /
Vault of Contemporary Art: The Architecture Drawing Prize: 5 Year Retrospective
Text by VCA:
"The exhibition features more than 30 drawings across 12 rooms, including the individual category winners of the 2021 Prize. Between them are real-life proposals and utopian fantasies, ideas that explore, imagine and reinvent the futures of our buildings and cities. Harnessing a variety of themes and subjects, they embrace the creative use of digital tools and renderings while also demonstrating the enduring importance of hand drawing.”
Sep 20, ‘21 /
’Apartment #5” in Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) 75 *2
“We experience both buildings and stories over time. Just as books and films offer a variety of temporalities—narrative time, story time, and reading/watching time—architecture unfolds across a range of time, through our daily and annual routines and rituals, and on and on, across our lifetimes. As built artifacts, buildings weather and materials age. The meaning and experience of buildings, just like books and films, evolve. The sharing of stories and the shared experience of architecture build connections among us. Stories, like architectural form, are translated and interpreted across time and cultures and help to form, and also reveal, our identities—as individuals and cultures." words by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
September 03, ‘21 /
’Memory Palace’ contributed to Log #52
A part of the triptych “Memory Palace” will appear in the New York-based, architecture think tank journal ‘Log’ #52.
Available for pre-order by clicking the link below.
September 01, ‘21 /
Jury Member for Drawing of the Year 2021 Competition
Laurencio will be on the Jury for Aarhus School of Architecture’s 9th consecutive Drawing of the Year Competition. He will be joining Thomas Bossel of PAX Architects, Mikkel Frost of CEBRA, Kasper Heiberg Frandsen of Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Torben Nielsen, Rector of the Aarhus School of Architecture. Past jury members include Tatiana Bilbao, Sergei Tchoban, Eva Prats, and many others.
Submit your collages and learn more on the competition by clicking below!
August 27, ‘21 /
Cover for BrutPh’s primer on Brutalist Architecture in the Philippines
The drawing was commissioned by @brutalistpilipinas, to appear as the cover for their Primer on Brutalist Architecture in the Philippines. The article, written by Caryn Paredes-Santillan, Pedagogical Lead for the College of Architecture of the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, seeks to “introduce the public to Brutalism in simple and accessible terms: want to know what Brutalism is all about? What are the characteristics that describe Brutalist structures? And are all concrete buildings Brutalist?” words by BrutalistPilipinas.
The release of the primer coincides with BrutalistPilipinas’ Third Year since its inception. Read the free primer by clicking the button below!
July 20, ‘21 /
AA Summer School, Guest Speaker for ‘With Love: A Shared World’
“The unit With Love, proposes that we reconnect with space and with each other through writing and drawing. The corresponding public program, A Shared World seeks to use the infrastructure of the internet to uncover connections between the event’s guests and participants. Three guest speakers are invited to describe the quality of one joyful object in their interior world using either a personal, historical or functional approach to explain a broader narrative of that object. While the description takes place, the objects will remain off-screen and participants will draw their interpretations of the description (like life-drawing by words).” words by S. Lanigan and A. Tonkin.
Invited Speakers: Grace Mortlock, Andrew Toland, Clement Luk Laurencio and Kate Finning
July 12, ‘21 /
Conversation w. KooZA/rch
We talk about how Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’ inspired the Memory Palace drawing, what the power of the ‘architectural imaginary’ is, what my approach to drawing is, amongst other topics relating to ‘memory’ and architectural drawings. Images of the Apartment #5 project, and Memory Palace drawing are included. See more by clicking the button below:
June 15, ‘21 /
Short text and ‘Pavilions for Conversations’ drawing contributed to ‘Sent’
“Sent began in 2019 with the vision to bring more voices and experiences into the conversation about space and design. A collection of 100 postcards, contributions are both local (Sydney, Australia) and international, and they have come from architects, writers, artists, lawyers, nurses, environmentalists, physicists and more...”
Sent 90/100 - It begins with a blank page... by Clement Luk Laurencio @clementluklaurencio
June 14, ‘21 /
Review of a83 ‘Architectural Drawing : Not for Construction’
by Anna Gibertini
for New York Review of Architecture, NYRA
Amidst the noise surrounding rendered spaces, augmented realities and NFTs, an exhibition of 13 architectural drawings, shown at SoHo’s a83 gallery, makes the case for the continued importance and relevance of hand-made images to the practice of architecture. “Architectural Drawing: Not for Construction” features work by four practicing architects—BRUNA CANEPA, SEAN CANTY, ADAM CHARLAP HYMAN, and CLEMENT LUK LAURENCIO— answering the question: “What does it mean to make architectural drawings if not for construction?” Or, can drawing a fictive architectural space be an end in and of itself in an industry demanding constant engagement with “the real”?
(continue reading by clicking on the button)
June 03, ‘21 /
‘Architectural Drawing: Not for Construction’ Exhibition (NY)
Contribution of drawn works in a83’s most recent show on 83 Grand Street, Soho, NY, New York. A collection of works by four designers; Bruna Canepa, Sean Canty, Adam Charlap Hyman, and Clement Laurencio. On show until July 9 2021. Open Saturdays. To see more on the show, please visit a83’s page by clicking the button below:
Photography: Vincent Tullo for a83
April 18, ‘21 /
Podcast with Nina Freedman from WHEREING
“A storyteller and master artisan of (architectural) pencil drawings, Clement Luk Laurencio is a recent graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. His surreal, poetic drawings capture the dreams, inventions, memories and flashbacks of places he has lived, visited and cherished. He calls them ‘spatial fictions’. He says they are an invitation for pause, and wandering, in its timeless labyrinth. He probes the question ‘How is the dwelling a place of reverie and protection for the dreamer?’ His work, which has won numerous awards, depicts themes of the pandemic; loss of connection, forced enclosure and fantasies of the future and past. When I came across his work, I was struck by the depth of his imagination and skill. He is just at the beginning.” Words by Nina Freedman
Nina Freedman is based in New York and has a practice @dreamlandcreativeprojects, and also teaches at the Pratt Institute, Cornell University, Parsons School of Design, Stanford University and has been an invited Design Masters Professor in China.
April 13, ‘21 /
Conversation with H. Shaikh of Two World Design
We talk about the importance of hand-drawing within the context of architectural education and in practice, and explore drawings from sketches to final works. Check out the edited video on Youtube by clicking below!
March 23, ‘21 /
Interview with Make Architects
Had a great conversation with the wonderful people over at Make Architects. Check out the full interview on their website, where we talk about inspirations, drawing equipment, favorite architectural drawings/artists and built works!
Feb 24, ‘21 /
Conversation with Mae Losasso for WhyNOW
Talking about the inception of the term ‘Spatial Fiction’, the power of Visionary Architecture (Piranesi, Boullée, Archigram and others), the Poetics of Architecture and of Space, mentioning Bachelard and Antoniades, and the importance of the Architecture Drawing Prize.
’Architecture, as a practice, has always been a bit of a chimera. The Ancient Greeks placed it among the constructive arts, far below the loftier pursuits of music, poetry, and theatre. The Roman architect Vitruvius helped its case a little, in the 1st century BC, by insisting that architecture was an intellectual endeavour, founded on knowledge of pure science, and not merely the work of hard labour. And yet, something was still missing, something that the other arts had, something intangible that architecture wanted to cement beneath its keystone; something called ‘poetics’’. Words by Mae Losasso
January 29, ‘21 /
Overall Winner + Hybrid Category Winner of the 4th Annual Architecture Drawing Prize, co-hosted by Make Architects, The Sir John Soane Museum and the World Architecture Festival
The drawing “Apartment #5, a Labyrinth and Repository of Spatial Memories” (which was re-worked for the prize), was awarded the Overall Winner and the Winner of the Hybrid Category at the Architecture Drawing Prize 2020 International Competition.
Commenting on the overall winner, artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, judges of the prize said: “This drawing creates a labyrinth of drawings, each with its own story. Familiarity and mystery are conveyed with a sensitive, confident technique of great skill and precision. There is nothing loud or colourful, only a realm of acutely observed detail with a powerful muted presence. You can really imagine being here.”- taken from WAF
January 18, ‘21 /
Interview + Feature with Kanto
An in-depth interview with Patrick Kasingsing (Editor-in-Chief, Founder of ‘Kanto’) in the newly released Heirloom Issue, discussing art + architecture practice and the power of drawing in the architectural world. Read the feature by clicking the button below!
”Starting out as one-man passion project in 2015, Kanto has since grown into a five-year old creative title that touches on all aspects of life of the modern creative. We aspire to highlight creative voices around the globe in need of a stage, and to provide a venue for discourse on issues and themes that affect the creative professional. Made in Manila” - words by Kanto
January 10, ‘21 /
Contribution to Caliper Journal TIME(08) Issue
The ‘Apartment #5’ drawings were part of the contributions to the latest issue of Caliper Journal, an independent, youth-led architecture journal from Melbourne, (Naarm). "CALIPER SHIFT07-TIME08 is a double issue featuring over 200 pages, fifty contributors, and interviews with Peggy Deamer, Beau de Belle, and Dr. Jon Goodbun - as well as exceptional student and alumnus work from RMIT University, Harvard GSD, The University of Melbourne, The Bartlett School of Architecture, Monash University, and the Royal College of Art.”- works by Caliper. Get your own copy by clicking the button below!
November 27, ‘20 /
1st Place: Winner of the Drawing of the Year 2020 Competition
The frontispiece for the ‘Pavilions for Conversations’ drawings won the Drawing of the Year 2020 Competition, held by the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark and was announced in November.
The Jury comments: Is this a dream after or for the future, a prediction of the architectural remains after the inevitable flood? The drawing frames a classic architectural landscape, depicting with water pouring out of large stone gutters, running down the stone surfaces. It´s raining cats and dogs and in the middle of this atmospheric storm with raindrops jumping up from the ground, steam flows out of a – teapot! An anachronistic element in the ruinous landscape of columns and stone walls, however the teapot refers to social life, relations that was once there, in between the solid and the void. ‘Pavilions for Conversation’ is a convincing, beautiful drawing made by someone who masters pencil drawing to perfection.
To find out more on the other amazing entries, please click “learn more”
September 30, ‘20 /
Contribution to a83 Gallery’s WORKING REMOTELY Inaugural Exhibition in Soho, NY, New York.
The perspective from the Apartment #5 drawings was risograph printed in the a83 Gallery on 83 Grand Street, Soho, Manhattan NY. Part of the WORKING REMOTELY Inaugural exhibit which is to run until Nov. 1st 2020. To see more information and other contributions to the great exhibit, please click the button below.
September 15, ‘20 /
Runner-up for Architizer’s One Drawing Challenge 2020
The view of Apartment #5 was awarded the runner-up prize for the 2020 One Drawing Challenge, an international drawing competition organised by Architizer. The other main drawing was also shortlisted in the top 100. To see more information about the winners, click on learn more.
September 10, ‘20 /
Recipient of the Fitzroy Robinson Drawing Prize 2020 from the Bartlett School of Architecture
The project Apartment #5, a Labyrinth and Repository of Spatial Memories was awarded the Fitzroy Robinson Drawing Prize and Distinction from the Bartlett School of Architecture. The prize is a “ prestigious and longstanding BSA prize for the best set of drawings in fifth year”.
Jonathan and Victoria Ball Student Drawing Competition by the WCCA
Prize: Highly Commendation Runner-Up
Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects: “This annual competition, sponsored by Past Master Jonathan and Victoria Ball MBE, is led by Deputy Master of Students and Principal Architect at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates – John Bushell.”
For more information, please click “Learn more”
Feature in the Virtual Design Festival (VDF)
by Dezeen
Along with six other students from the Masters Program at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Clement was invited to showcase his drawings for Apartment #5 at the Virtual Design Festival hosted by Dezeen.
To see the film submission, or for more information, please click “Learn more”
Exhibition in Shanghai by ASA + Interview
In 2017, the project Arachne’s Lair was exhibited in Shanghai, along with other student works from the UK. The interview was translated from english to mandarin.
To see the interview in mandarin, please click “Learn more”
Mention in the Architect’s Journal
In an article for the AJ in 2016, the project Arachne’s Lair was mentioned by Gareth Puttock (senior architect at Evans Vettori Architects): “With Ghost Stories as its theme, Unit 2B takes a different tack. The subject comes across in the ethereal representation of the works. And although slightly impenetrable, I can’t help but mention the work of Clement Laurencio. His beautiful pencil drawings have a magical eerie quality of spider-spun creations.”
Bronze Medal RIBA Nomination 2016
Arachne’s Lair was nominated for the RIBA Bronze Medal in 2016 from the University of Nottingham. “The RIBA President's Medals are international awards presented annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to architecture students or recent graduates.” To see more about the project, please click “learn more”.