DOCSLIB.ORG

CHANGE in the CITY: OPPORTUNITIES for ARCHITECTS in the NEW URBAN AGENDA CONFERENCE – 4 July 2017

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
CHANGE in the CITY: OPPORTUNITIES for ARCHITECTS in the NEW URBAN AGENDA CONFERENCE – 4 July 2017 CHANGE IN THE CITY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARCHITECTS IN THE NEW URBAN AGENDA CONFERENCE – 4 July 2017 Book tickets at: www.architecture.com/internationalweek #RIBAIntWeek The RIBA’s International Conference is a call RIBA’s International Conference will connect with to arms. Times are changing, and so must architects, no matter where or what size their practice is, to help them understand the potential the profession. To make a difference, we need impact and opportunities of global urbanisation. Under the umbrella of the New Urban Agenda, to work and think in new ways. the week will provide explanation and inspiration, showing how the architecture profession can use its skills over the next two decades to make a valuable and long-lasting contribution to our future Join us to find out how architects and the cities and society. profession remain relevant during these changing times and network with our outstanding RIBA President Jane Duncan experts, your peers, urban planners, developers and academics. What is the New Urban Agenda? Other events and activities this Week Every 20 years, the UN stages a global summit to outline, debate and agree the key issues affecting RIBA Late: Beyond Borders launch of installations housing and sustainable urbanisation over the next two decades. Discussing city-making topics as Monday 3 - Friday 7 July wide and varied as migration and security to housing, urban mobility and social cohesion; mayors, Each summer, the RIBA gives practising architects and students the political leaders, built environment experts and urbanists come together to debate, agree and adopt opportunity to display their ideas and work through the Architecture a global strategy – the New Urban Agenda. Open. This year’s open-call theme, ‘Beyond Borders’, rethinks the thresholds that divide nations, communities and families and consider the possibilities of our shared boundaries on global, local and domestic What does this mean for architects, where are the opportunities? scales. The installations launch on 3 July and remain in place until September 2017. Architecture Open is sponsored by Cosentino. How can architects face the challenges of rapid urbanisation and yet thrive in the creation of 21st-century worldwide cities? This conference looks closely at the role architects can play in Delivering the New Urban Agenda through competitions building the good city, at every stage of their career, for practices of any size, working in all parts Monday 3 - Friday 7 July of the world. With a host of key speakers of international stature including Sir David Chipperfield, This four-day exhibition showcases shortlisted and winning entries Dr Joan Clos, Odile Decq, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Amanda Levete and Ma Yansong as well as from previous RIBA competitions, uncovering the kinds of fresh, urbanists and sociologists, the day explores and highlights the expertise that architects can bring disruptive ideas needed to meet the world’s most important urban to the making of a cohesive society. challenges. In particular, it reflects on three critical themes emerging from the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda for delivering sustainable Grounding the New Urban Agenda in tangible case studies, we discuss how architects need to urban development: architects’ agency in creating a cohesive society; innovate to cope with ever increasing demands on housing; what types of building will encourage affordable and sustainable housing: how architects can influence communities in dense environments; and how to balance the changing needs of the population client choices; and protecting cultural heritage: deploying architects’ while protecting the city’s heritage. design vision to unlock economic and community value for clients. International Prize Launch Tuesday 4 July, 7pm (free for conference ticket holders) This event will launch the call for entries for the second RIBA International Prize. It’s by invitation only but part of the offer for Change in the City conference delegates. International Women in Architecture Day Wednesday 5 July (social media event) A call for colleagues around the world to celebrate women architects by hosting your own event and participating in a social media campaign. With thanks to Marks Barfield Architects, The Rothschild Foundation, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, ORMS and Taittinger Champagne. #EthelDay is a social media campaign named after Ethel Charles, the first woman to be admitted to the RIBA in 1898. Please sign up to the Ethel Day Thunderclap via your own social channels http://thndr.me/tRMkjM Image of Ethel Mary Charles (left). RIBA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TICKET PRICES: £125 + VAT Non-members £100 + VAT RIBA Members Change in the City £45 + VAT Student members (sign up for free student membership to get this price) 4 JULY 2017 Early bird prices available until 2 June 2017 Time Name Description Speakers 9.00 Arrival Registration 9.30-10.30 The New Urban Agenda: a guide for the perplexed Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat, and former Mayor of Barcelona, outlines the key issues in the New Urban Agenda, which sets a new global standard Joan Clos, Anna Minton, RIBA President Jane Duncan for sustainable urban development, and will help us rethink how we plan, and RIBA Vice President International Peter Oborn manage and live in cities – explaining where the opportunities lie for architects. 10.30-11.30 A politician’s perspective: the future for cities Architects think they can play a key role in creating the future city, but given so few attended the United Nations summit, do prominent figures George Ferguson, Dan Hill, Tristram Hunt, from the sectors who did actually attend agree? Eduardo Paes, Saskia Sassen 11.30-12.00 Break Tea and coffee 12.00 - 13.00 The architects’ perspective: Leading international architects discuss how they think their skills can be Sir David Chipperfield, Odile Decq, Elizabeth Diller, roles and opportunities better used in city making. Is it at a macro level, or via individual buildings? Sarah Gaventa, Amanda Levete, Ma Yansong 13.00-14.00 Lunch Lunch in the Florence Hall 14.00-15.15 A sense of belonging: From both an architectural and sociological perspective, we examine Suzanne Hall, Jo Noero, how to create a cohesive society what building types will encourage social cohesion in the future city. Urban-Think Tank 15.15-16.30 Housing: opportunities for architects to innovate As we live for longer and land prices continue to rise, are architects Michael LaFond, Robert Mull, collectively designing the right kind of homes to deal with our changing society? Christopher Sharples, Yun Wai Wing 16.30-17.00 Break Tea and coffee 17.00-18.15 Cultural heritage: Protecting the world’s cultural and natural heritage is one of the aims of the Rob Bevan, Hannah Corlett, unlock economics and community value New Urban Agenda. We ask what positive role architects can play, and how. Farrokh Derakhsahani, Diébédo Francis Kéré 18.15-18.30 Closing remarks Jane Duncan and Peter Oborn 18.30-21.00 International Prize Launch Networking event opening the call for entries for the second RIBA International Prize. in organising professional workshops Sarah has been an Associate at Rogers and international architectural Stirk Harbour + Partners, and a founder competitions. of Scarlet Projects and Made Public. Rob Bevan Hannah Corlett Diébédo Francis Kéré Anna Minton Eduardo Paes Robert Bevan is the London Evening Hannah Corlett is co-founder and Diébédo Francis Kéré is a German- Anna Minton is a writer and reader at Eduardo Paes is a Brazilian politician Standard architecture critic. He writes director of ASSEMBLAGE, a London- trained architect from the small the University of East London, where and former mayor of the city of Rio on architecture, design and heritage for based studio of architects and urban West African town of Gando in she is Programme Leader of the MRes de Janeiro. His career in public service publications internationally. His book designers. Key projects by the studio Elizabeth Diller Suzanne Hall Burkina Faso. He is recognized for in Architecture, ‘Reading the neoliberal began in 1993 when he was appointed and documentary The Destruction of include winning schemes in the Elizabeth Diller is a founding partner of Suzanne Hall is Director of the London his innovative construction strategies city’. She is the author of ‘Big Capital: Deputy Mayor of the Jacarepaguá Memory: Architecture at War (2006/ international competitions for the $1bn Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a New School of Economics (LSE) Cities that combine traditional materials Who is London for?’ and ‘Ground and Barra districts in Rio at the age of Urban-Think Tank / Brillembourg 2016) was an inspiration for the London Iraqi parliament complex and 50 ha York City-based design studio working Programme. Having previously and building techniques with modern Control: Fear and Happiness in the 23. In 2000, he was appointed Rio´s & Klumpner Festival of Architecture theme for 2017. masterplan and the UN-HABITAT at the intersection of architecture, the practised as an architect in South engineering methods. Since founding 21st Century City’. She is a regular Municipal Environmental Secretary Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Robert is a member of ICOMOS, the (United Nations Agency for Human visual arts, and the performing arts. Africa, she is now an urban Kéré Architecture in 2005, his work contributor to The Guardian and where he refined his knowledge of Klumpner founded architecture firm advisory body to UNESCO on cultural Settlements) fully integrated, economic DS+R is rooted in early conceptual ethnographer, with research and has earned numerous prestigious Architectural Review and a frequent environmental issues. In October Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) in 1998 in heritage and a board member of Blue housing settlements in Iraq. Currently projects that distinguished Ms. teaching interests foregrounded awards such as the Global Award for broadcaster and conference speaker. 2008 he was elected Mayor of Rio de Caracas, Venezuela, after graduating Shield in the UK.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Venice & the Common Ground
    COVER Magazine No 02 Venice & the Common Ground Magazine No 02 | Venice & the Common Ground | Page 01 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 01 of 02 EDITORIAL 04 STATEMENTS 25 - 29 EDITORIAL Re: COMMON GROUND Reflections and reactions on the main exhibition By Pedro Gadanho, Steven Holl, Andres Lepik, Beatrice Galilee a.o. VIDEO INTERVIew 06 REPORT 30 - 31 WHAT IS »COMMON GROUND«? THE GOLDEN LIONS David Chipperfield on his curatorial concept Who won what and why Text: Florian Heilmeyer Text: Jessica Bridger PHOTO ESSAY 07 - 21 INTERVIew 32 - 39 EXCAVATING THE COMMON GROUND STIMULATORS AND MODERATORS Our highlights from the two main exhibitions Jury member Kristin Feireiss about this year’s awards Interview: Florian Heilmeyer ESSAY 22 - 24 REVIEW 40 - 41 ARCHITECTURE OBSERVES ITSELF GUERILLA URBANISM David Chipperfield’s Biennale misses social and From ad-hoc to DIY in the US Pavilion political topics – and voices from outside Europe Text: Jessica Bridger Text: Florian Heilmeyer Magazine No 02 | Venice & the Common Ground | Page 02 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 02 of 02 ReVIEW 42 REVIEW 51 REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE AND NOW THE ENSEMBLE!!! Germany’s Pavilion dwells in re-uses the existing On Melancholy in the Swiss Pavilion Text: Rob Wilson Text: Rob Wilson ESSAY 43 - 46 ReVIEW 52 - 54 OLD BUILDINGS, New LIFE THE WAY OF ENTHUSIASTS On the theme of re-use and renovation across the An exhibition that’s worth the boat ride biennale Text: Elvia Wilk Text: Rob Wilson ReVIEW 47 ESSAY 55 - 60 CULTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION DARK SIDE CLUB 2012 Mexico’s church pavilion The Dark Side of Debate Text: Rob Wilson Text: Norman Kietzman ESSAY 48 - 50 NEXT 61 ARCHITECTURE, WITH LOVE MANUELLE GAUTRAND Greece and Spain address economic turmoil Text: Jessica Bridger Magazine No 02 | Venice & the Common Ground | Page 03 EDITORIAL Inside uncube No.2 you’ll find our selections from the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice.
    [Show full text]
  • 420 Architectural Works Compete for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2015
    EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD 2015 420 ARCHITECTURAL WORKS COMPETE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE – MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD 2015 The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced today the list of 420 projects competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. 27% of the proposals deal with Housing while 24% are Cultural facilities. 11% are connected to Education, 5% to Offices and the other 33% include mostly Sport, Commercial, Governmental, Transport and Urban typologies. Initiated in 1987 after an agreement between the European Commission and the Barcelona City Hall, the 60.000€ prize is the highest award in European architecture and is awarded biennially to works completed within the previous two years. The principal objectives are to recognise and commend excellence in the field of architecture and to draw attention to the important contribution of European professionals in the development of new ideas and technologies and of the clients who support them. Previous winners include: Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Centre; Reykjavik, by Peer Henning Larsen Architects / Teglgaard Jeppesen, Osbjørn Jacobsen; Studio Olafur Eliasson / Olafur Eliasson; Batteríid architects / Sigurður Einarsson Neues Museum, Berlin, by David Chipperfield Architects / David Chipperfield, in collaboration with Julian Harrap Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo, by SNØHETTA / Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Tarald
    [Show full text]
  • Architectsnewspaper 11 6.22.2005
    THE ARCHITECTSNEWSPAPER 11 6.22.2005 NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN WWW.ARCHPAPER.COM $3.95 GUGGENBUCKS, GUGGENDALES, CO GUGGENSOLES 07 MIAMI NICE LU ARTISTIC Z O GO HOME, LICENSING o DAMN YANKEES 12 Once again, the ever-expanding Guggenheim is moving to new frontiers. TOP OF THE A jury that included politicians, Frank CLASS Gehry and Thomas Krens has awarded 4 the design commission for the newest 17 museum in the Guggenheim orbitto VENTURI AND Enrique Norten for a 50-story structure on a cliff outside Guadalajara, Mexico's sec• SCOTT BROWN ond-largest city. The museum will cost BRITISH TEAM WINS VAN ALEN COMPETITION PROBE THE PAST the city about $250 million to build. 03 EAVESDROP But there is now a far less expensive 18 DIARY range of associations with the Guggenheim 20 PROTEST Coney Island Looks Up brand. The Guggenheim is actively 23 CLASSIFIEDS exploring the market for products that it On May 26 Sherida E. Paulsen, chair of the Fair to Coney Island in 1940, closed in 1968, can license, in the hope of Guggenheim- Van Alen Institute's board of trustees, and but the 250-foot-tall structure was land- ing tableware, jewelry, even paint. An Joshua J. Sirefman, CEO of the Coney marked in 1989. eyewear deal is imminent. Island Development Corporation (CIDC), Brooklyn-based Ramon Knoester and It's not the museum's first effort to announced the winners of the Parachute Eckart Graeve took the second place prize license products but it is its first planned Pavilion Design Competition at an event on of S5,000, and a team of five architects strategy to systematize licensing.
    [Show full text]
  • Page 1 – 1 Barch Year 6 Continuity in Architecture
    2010 Page 1 – 1 BArch Year 6 Continuity in Architecture Catalogue 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 – 3 Introduction from Head of School 4 – 17 BA (Hons) · Year 1 – 3 82 – 89 Research 4 – 5 Introduction 82 – 83 Architecture Research Centre at MIRIAD 6 – 9 Year 1 84 – 85 MA Architecture+Urbanism 10 – 13 Year 2 86 – 89 MARC · Manchester Architecture Research Centre 14 – 17 Year 3 18 – 81 BArch · Year 5 & 6 90 – 111 The School and the City 18 – 19 Introduction 90 – 91 msa squared International Collaboration & Exhibition 92 – 93 msa² · Manchester Society of Architects Design Awards 2010 22 – 29 Continuity in Architecture Year 5 & 6 96 – 97 MADF · Manchester Architecture & Design Festival Archaeology’s Places and Contemporary Uses · Venice 98 – 103 The Courtyard Project at the Manchester Museum Experiments in Urban Narratives · Manchester 104 – 107 Events month 108 – 109 mssa · the Manchester Student Society of Architecture 30 – 33 Emergent Urbanism Year 5 110 – 111 EASA 34 – 39 [Re_map] Year 6 International Workshop · Hannover 40 – 43 Prototype Year 5 44 – 47 Material-Space Year 5 48 – 53 Emergent Topographies Year 6 MAD-MAN 54 – 59 Displace Year 5 & 6 Heterotopia sequences workshop · Salerno & Naples, Italy 60 – 65 Biomimetics Year 5 & 6 Extreme Environments · Cornwall 66 – 71 msa Projects Year 5 & 6 Collaborations and Impact · Manchester City Council 72 – 75 Part-Time · Flexible Provision 76 – 77 BA · Humanities 78 – 79 BArch · Humanities 80 – 81 BArch · Technology · Climate Change, Proposition & Detail Page 1 Table of contents msa 2010 Catalogue 2010 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2010 review of the msa The school continues to be a popular and Student success this year includes the Kohn highly respected destination for the study of Pedersen Fox / Architecture Foundation Student – the catalogue summarises the breadth architecture in a city with a rich tradition and Travel Award won by Nandi (Marshal) Han, of activity within the school illustrating vibrant contemporary architectural scene.
    [Show full text]
  • Press Folder Contents Domainede Chaumont-Sur-Loire
    Press Folder Contents Domainede Chaumont-sur-Loire Theme of the 2009 Festival: « Gardens of Colour » Page 3 « Carte Blanche » Page 4 Patrick Blanc Page 5 Erik Borja and Simon Crouzet Page 6 Michel Racine and Béatrice Saurel Page 7 Christophe Cuzin Page 8 Christophe Robin Page 9 Michel Pastoureau, President of the 2009 « Gardens of Colour » Jury Page 10 The 2009 Jury Page 11 The Competition Page 12 The Gardens Pages 13 to 31 Gardens of Light Page 32 The France 3 «Côté Jardins» Programme, Guest of the Garden Festival Page 33 What’s New in 2009 Page 34 Location of the Gardens Page 35 Our Partners Page 36 Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire Page 37 2009 Cultural Programme Page 38 The Committees Page 39 The Key Figures in the Domaine Page 40 Visuals available for the Press Page 41 to 48 Practical Information Page 49 Public body for cultural cooperation Centre d’Arts et de Nature created by the Centre Region and the de Chaumont-sur-Loire commune of Chaumont-sur-Loire 2 Gardens of Colour Domainede Chaumont-sur-Loire Theme of the 2009 Festival: « Gardens of Colour » Colour, bright or subtle, is essential in any garden, whether it is dealt with from a philosophical, reli- gious, symbolic or scientific point of view. In gardens, as in paintings, humankind endeavours to understand and to master colour in an attempt to bring about harmonies, balancing colours by uniting their arrays and radiation. In 2009, the International Garden Festival will demonstrate that the vegetative palette used by the ar- tists and landscape architects creates an infinite diversity of chromatic associations, whose virtues and energy have an undeniable effect on the senses and the mind.
    [Show full text]
  • How Much Tradition Does the Future Need?
    LIGHTLIFE 6 Spring 2011 High-performance LIGHTLIFE LED products by Zumtobel fascinate users with their high efficiency, — Topic: How much tradition does the future need? excellent colour rendition, maintenance-free operation and sophisticated design. 6 The interaction with intelligent Combination of historical and modern archi- lighting control systems tecture in international projects in the fields of creates dynamic solutions office and communication, presentation and providing a perfect combination retail, art and culture, education and knowledge of lighting quality and energy efficiency. Topic: How much tradition does the future need? Intelligent lighting solutions by Zumtobel strike a perfect balance of lighting quality LED lighting solutions and energy efficiency – by Zumtobel HUMANERGY BALANCE. set standards in terms of design freedom and provide exceptionally brilliant light. Zumtobel provides perfect LED lighting solutions for any application area. www.zumtobel.com www.zumtobel.com/LED www.zumtobel.com Dr. Harald Sommerer, CEO Zumtobel Group about the continuity of tradition and modernity at Zumtobel Dr. Harald Sommerer (Photo: Jens Ellensohn) BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE WITH LIGHT Tradition and progress are integral components of the Zum- lies in the harmonious integration of the design instrument tobel brand. Both parameters are at the heart of our day-to- light in new and old structures, thereby facilitating a dialogue day company operations. Zumtobel is measured on the basis between architecture, light and the environment. This is often of its history as well as its ability to face new challenges and accompanied by a confrontation between continuity and develop ground-breaking, future-oriented solutions. Before contrasts. Traditional shapes and structures are united with taking a decisive step forward, it‘s just as important to look new elements.
    [Show full text]
  • Architecture Program Report 7 September 2015
    ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITATION BOARD 7 SEPTEMBER 2015 THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART NADER TEHRANI, DEAN ELIZABETH O’DONNELL, ASSOCIATE DEAN The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union Architecture Program Report September 2015 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Architecture Program Report for 2016 NAAB Visit for Continuing Accreditation Bachelor of Architecture (160 credits) Year of the Previous Visit: 2010 Current Term of Accreditation: From the VTR dated July 27, 2010 “The accreditation term is effective January 1, 2010. The Program is scheduled for its next accreditation visit in 2016.” Submitted to: The National Architectural Accrediting Board Date: 7 September 2015 The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union Architecture Program Report September 2015 Program Administrator: Nader Tehrani, Dean and Professor Chief administrator for the academic unit in which the Program is located: Nader Tehrani, Dean and Professor Chief Academic Officer of the Institution: NA President of the Institution: William Mea, Acting President Individual submitting the Architecture Program Report: Nader Tehrani, Dean and Professor Name of individual to whom questions should be directed: Elizabeth O’Donnell, Associate Dean and Professor (proportional-time) The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union Architecture Program Report September 2015 Section Page Section 1. Program Description I.1.1 History and Mission I.1.2 Learning Culture I.1.3 Social Equity I.1.4 Defining Perspectives I.1.5 Long Range Planning I.1.6 Assessment Section 2.
    [Show full text]
  • Düsseldorf 'S Media Harbour
    Düsseldorf ’s Media Harbour Culture, communication and creativity D üsseldorf ’s Media Harbour The development of part of the old harbour into prime office space and a new trendy district was a successful urban planning project that has served as a role model for similar projects in Germany. From commercial harbour to and a lively restaurant scene. Soon, there will also be architectural showcase residential properties in the Media Harbour. The When structural change set in during the seventies transition from commercial harbour to Media Har- and eighties it became obvious that the around 212 bour ref lects t he fundamenta l changes t hat have hectare commercial harbour site wouldn’t be needed taken place in Düsseldorf ’s economy. Today, the city for its origina l pur pose any longer. However, t he is predominantly a service hub with a strong indus- harbour’s location close to the city centre offered a trial background. This same structural change is also unique opportunity to transform it into an attractive evident in the Media Harbour, with the media, the district with offices, restaurants and hotels. movers and the shakers in the foreground and the typical harbour industries on the land spits further back. The city council decided to close the Berger Hafen and Zollhafen sections of the harbour in 1976. The Past and present wet dock was filled in to create the land on which the Plot for plot, each site was developed to ref lect its Rheinturm tower and the Landtag parliament build- future user’s requirements. An urban planning com- ing today stand.
    [Show full text]
  • Rolex and Architecture 2016 Press
    PRESS RELEASE ROLEX CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION – LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA – AS 2016 EDITION OPENS Venice, 26 May 2016 – Rolex is supporting the world’s most important architecture exhibition, which runs from 28 May to 27 November in Venice. This marks the second of three editions (2014, 2016 and 2018) with Rolex as the exclusive Partner and Official Timepiece of the International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. “We are very proud of our association with the Architecture Biennale,” said Arnaud Boetsch, Director Communication & Image at Rolex. “Architecture and watchmaking have much in common, as both must achieve a perfect rendering of function and aesthetic pleasure. This can only be accomplished by meeting the highest standards of precision and performance, something we at Rolex excel at and which is being showcased at the exhibition in this historic city over the next six months.” Rolex’s success as the world’s leading luxury watch brand can be traced back more than a century to company founder Hans Wilsdorf who was motivated by a sense of excellence at every level. He created nothing less than a new architecture for the watch case, making the iconic Oyster the first waterproof watch, one that, like great buildings, has stood the test of time. In the design and construction of its own buildings over the past 50 years, Rolex has demanded the same values of excellence manifest in its watchmaking. The company’s two newest buildings, a tower in Dallas, Texas, by Kengo Kuma and a building in Milan by Italy’s own Studio Albini, are the focus of an exhibition presented by Rolex in the Giardini.
    [Show full text]
  • David Chipperfield.Indd
    David Chipperfield http://www.davidchipperfi eld.co.uk/ David Chipperfield Background 1953 Born in London, UK 1978 Diploma in Architecture, ARchitectual Association, UK 1978-84 Worked for Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers, and Nor man Foster 1985 Established David Chipperfield Architects Founder member of 9H Gallery, London, UK 1992-97 Trustee of the Architecture Foundation, London, UK Teaching Taught as a Visiting Professor at: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. USA Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne, Switzerland London Institute, UK TAught as a Professor at: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Suttgart Germany Mies van der Rohe Chair, Barcelona School of Architecture, Spain Awards and Prizes 81’ Schinkel Prize, special mention - 90’ Brithish Design and Art Direc tion Award ; Andrea Palladio Award for the Toyota Auto Kyoto building, Kyotot, Japan; British Design and Art Direction Award; Fi nancial Pantone Colour Award - 98’ AIA Award(UK) for KaistraBe Studios, Dusseldorf, Germany; RIBA Regional Award for the RIver and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, UK etc... David Chipperfield Design Philosophy The work of David Chipperfield Architects is based upon a solid foundation of design excellence, budget and programme control, pro- ficient project management and the achievement of best value and ar- chitectural quality. Working directly with architectural teams, David Chipperfield is actively involved in the design and supervision of each project from the initial concept stage, through planning, construction and completion. The practice is driven by a consistent philosophical approach, not a predetermined house style. As a result it aims to create specifically de- tailed buildings that are intimately connected to context and function. We believe that high quality design results from the continuity of the design process and intensive dialogue with the client, consultants, con- tractors and end users.
    [Show full text]
  • CORB++ 6 Credits ARCH 456 Le Corbusier in Context 3 Cr
    SUMMER 2015 MAY 18 – JUNE 26 CORB++ 6 credits ARCH 456 Le Corbusier in Context 3 cr. A Study of the architecture, painting, sculpture, applied arts and milieu of Corb ARCH 497 Reflective Recordings 3cr. A method of active observation and creative production Itinerary Map 4 countries 15 cities +/- Sites Le Corbusier Contemporary Architecture Architects UNStudio Group8 Shigeru Bahn Yi Architects Jean Tschumi Wiel Arets Architecture James Stirling and Partners Bernard Tschumi Phalt Architekten Spillman Delugan Meissel SANAA Eschle Architekten Mies van der Rohe Piano and Rogers Andrea Maffei Architects Hans Scharoun Jean Nouvel Cino Zucchi Archietti Santiago Calatrava Dominique Perrault Carta Associates Damien Karl Moser Lacaton and Vassal Fluchaire & Julien Cogne Gigon & Guyer Boerli Studio Holzer Kober Cormac David Chipperfield Institute for Lightweight Christophe Gulizzi Alsop Robert Maillart Structure Architects 2b_architectes Gustav Zeuner Institute for Computational Heinz Isler Matte Trucco Design Lacroix Chessex Renzo Piano Frei Otto Herzog and De Meuron Foster and Partners Jorg Schlaich Edouard Francois Eileen Gray Werner Sobek Manuelle Gautrand Rudy Rocciotti Hascher Jehle Architektur AS Architecture Studio Zaha Hadid GWJ Architektur Victor Laloux and Gae Kengo Kuma Otto and Werner Pfister Aulenti Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art Historic Buildings and Public Spaces Travel Expenses Estimated cost for the trip is $4200. This includes: Airfare 1200 Trains 560 Transit 105 Hotels 1300 Entries 215 Food 820 There is the potential for the cost to be less based on each students’ choice of flight and hotels. Costs are based on mid-priced hotels. Train fares are as of January, 2015 and may be less when booked.
    [Show full text]
  • (Pre)Served at the Table Erik Fenstad Langdalen
    (Pre)Served at the Table Erik Fenstad Langdalen A modest folding dining table stands in the middle of the green-colored chamber on the upper floor of the Eidsvollsbygningen, an eighteenth-century wooden mansion located in a rural setting north of Oslo. It is only when reading the metal plaque screwed to the tabletop that one becomes aware of its significance. Called “Grunnlovsbordet” (the constitution table), it was on this table that, in 1814, the Norwegian constitution was signed, making it the most important table in the nation’s history. Being the site for this pivotal moment, and instrumental in converting the entire building into a national monument, eventually listed and frozen in time, it hints at the sig- nificant role that tables have played across time. An appropriate surface for negotiations, conversations, meals, games, and much more, a table orches- trates social interaction in a very particular way: it lets people meet on the same horizontal level; it allows for both informal and formal settings; it forces us to face each other, look each other in the eye, and to communicate in one way or another. A table pulls us together, but the tabletop provides us at the same time with a comfortable distance from our tablemates, offering a perfect balance between the social and private, between exposure and secre- cy. Depending on its shape and size, a table establishes hierarchies; it dic- tates both spatial and social positions, leaving someone at the head, some- one at the bottom, and someone in between. At times you are seated beside an enemy, at times beside a friend, and at times you find yourself seated at a roundtable with a particular kind of nonhierarchical setting.
    [Show full text]