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2016 YL BENSAERNÏAETH

April, May/Ebrill, Mai 2016 Aberystwyth Arts Centre and other locations throughout Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth a lleoliadau eraill ledled Cymru

Celebrating the power and pleasures of well-considered buildings and places Dathlu grym a phleserau adeiladau a lleoedd o ansawdd

The Wales Festival of Architecture Mae Gŵyl Bensaernïaeth Cymru returns to Aberystwyth in April and yn dychwelyd i Aberystwyth ym mis May, with a programme of talks, Ebrill a Mai, gyda rhaglen o sgyrsiau, films, exhibitions and book launches, ffilmiau, arddangosfeydd a lansiadau once again exploring “the power llyfrau, a fydd yn archwilio “grym and pleasures of well-considered a phleserau adeiladau a lleoedd buildings and places”. o ansawdd”.

Photographer James Morris gives Bydd y ffotograffydd James Morris yn us a glimpse of what it’s like for the rhoi cipolwg i ni ar sut brofiad ydyw i bobl residents, workers or students in recent sy’n byw, yn gweithio neu sy’n fyfyrwyr award-winning buildings in Wales, from mewn adeiladau yng Nghymru sydd wedi schools to individual homes, through an ennill gwobrau yn ddiweddar, o ysgolion i exhibition called Inhabitation. A panel gartrefi, drwy gyfrwng arddangosfa o’r enw discussion explores innovative ways to Inhabitation. Bydd panel yn trin a thrafod reclaim neglected buildings to help solve ffyrdd arloesol o adfer adeiladau sydd wedi the challenge of affordable housing in cael eu hesgeuluso er mwyn helpu i ddatrys the countryside. In Machynlleth, both yr her o dai fforddiadwy yng nghefn gwlad. English and Welsh Poet Laureates Ym Machynlleth, bydd Bardd Cenedlaethol provide an evening of poetry in a Cymru a Bardd Cenedlaethol Lloegr yn fascinating architectural setting, bringing cyflwyno noson o farddoniaeth mewn a new dimension to the Festival, linking lleoliad pensaernïol cyfareddol, gan ddod â architecture with other art forms. dimensiwn newydd i’r Ŵyl a fydd yn cysylltu pensaernïaeth â mathau eraill o gelf. With satellite events across Wales, we hope the 2016 Festival of Architecture will have Gyda gweithgareddau ategol yn cael eu cynnal something of interest for everyone who cares ledled Cymru, rydym yn gobeithio y bydd about the places and spaces around us. Gŵyl Bensaernïaeth 2016 yn cynnig rhywbeth sydd o ddiddordeb i bawb sy’n gwerthfawrogi’r lleoedd a’r gwagleoedd sydd o’n cwmpas.

Venues/Lleoliadau

Aberystwyth Art Central Gallery/ City Hall/ Design Commission Arts Centre/ Oriel Celf Ganolog Neuadd y Ddinas for Wales/ Canolfan Y Town Hall Civic Centre Comisiwn Dylunio Celfyddydau King Square Cymru Aberystwyth Barry CF10 3ND 4th Floor Aberystwyth CF63 4RW Cambrian Buildings University SY23 3DE Cardiff CF10 5FL CYMRU GW OF ARCHITECTURE FESTIVALWALES ˆ YL BENSAERNÏAETH

MOMA Machynlleth Oriel Davies The Welsh Y Y Tabernacl The Park Quilt Centre/ Machynlleth Newtown Canolfan y Cwilt CF99 1NA SY20 8AJ SY16 2NZ Cymreig Town Hall Lampeter SA48 7BB

WALES FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE GWˆ YL BENSAERNÏAETH

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6/4/2016 | 6pm – 8pm Theatre, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Festival launch event/Digwyddiad lansio’r Ŵyl ARE DERELICT BUILDINGS A SOLUTION FOR AFFORDABLE RURAL HOUSING? A panel discussion featuring ABC (Adfer, Ban a Chwm/Revitalise hill and Valley) a building preservation trust addressing the issues of derelict or redundant vernacular buildings in rural Wales and the need for affordable housing in the area. Talk followed by reception to open Festival exhibitions. AI ADEILADAU SYDD WEDI DADFEILIO YW’R ATEB I DAI FFORDDIADWY YNG NGHEFN GWLAD? Trafodaeth rhwng panel gan gynnwys ABC (Adfer Ban a Chwm/Revitalise Hill and Valley), sy’n ymddiriedolaeth cadwraeth adeiladu sy’n rhoi sylw i’r broblem o adeiladau sydd wedi dadfeilio neu sydd ddim o’u hangen bellach yng nghefn gwlad Cymru a’r angen am dai fforddiadwy yn yr ardal. Yn dilyn y sgwrs, bydd derbyniad i agor arddangosfeydd yr Ŵyl.

15/4/2016 | 7.30pm MOMA Machynlleth THE LAUREATES’ READING An evening of poetry in a fascinating architectural setting with Poet Laureate Carol-Ann Duffy and National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke. DARLLENIADAU’R BEIRDD CENEDLAETHOL Noson o farddoniaeth mewn lleoliad pensaernïol cyfareddol gyda Bardd Cenedlaethol Lloegr, Carol-Ann Duffy a Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru, Gillian Clarke. Tickets/Tocynnau: £10. Students/Under18s/ Myfyrwyr/Pobl ifanc dan 18 oed £5 T: 01654 703355 www.moma.machynlleth.org.uk

22/4/2016 | 12.30pm – 3.30pm Design Commission for Wales, Cardiff COMMON GROUND: SHARED LANGUAGE? The Design Commission for Wales, RTPI Cymru and RSAW invite you to join our guest panel to explore just how well designers, planners and place-makers really understand one another. We’ll be thinking about the power of communication and the need for greater understanding across professions. TIR CYFFREDIN: SIARAD YR UN IAITH? Mae Comisiwn Dylunio Cymru, y Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru ac RSAW yn eich gwahodd i ymuno â’n panel gwadd i drin a thrafod faint yn union y mae dylunwyr, cynllunwyr a chrewyr lleoedd yn deall ei gilydd mewn gwirionedd. Byddwn yn ystyried grym cyfathrebu a’r angen am well dealltwriaeth ar draws proffesiynau. www.dcfw.org/common-ground-shared-language/

30/4/2016 | 10am - 4pm Education Room, Oriel Davies, Newtown ‘MEET THE ARCHITECT’ OPEN SURGERY Come along to this drop-in event to discuss your building or renovation project and get information and inspiration from local architects, as part of the ‘Added Dimensions’ exhibition. CYMHORTHFA AGORED - ‘CWRDD Â’R PENSAER’ Dewch draw i’r digwyddiad galw heibio hwn i drafod eich prosiect adeiladu neu adnewyddu a chael gwybodaeth ac ysbrydoliaeth gan benseiri lleol, fel rhan o’r arddangosfa ‘Added Dimensions’.

4/5/2016 | 12 noon - 1pm MOMA Machynlleth Midday Market Day Talk/Sgwrs Hanner Dydd Diwrnod Marchnad ARE DERELICT BUILDINGS A SOLUTION FOR AFFORDABLE RURAL HOUSING? A panel discussion with contributors from the world of housing, architecture and planning, exploring the challenge of providing affordable housing in rural areas. AI ADEILADAU SYDD WEDI DADFEILIO YW’R ATEB I DAI FFORDDIADWY YNG NGHEFN GWLAD? Trafodaeth rhwng panel o gyfranwyr o faes tai, pensaernïaeth a chynllunio a fydd yn trin a thrafod yr her o ddarparu tai fforddiadwy yng nghefn gwlad.

13/5/2016 Portmeirion RSAW SPRING SCHOOL Conference for architects and related professions; launch of RSAW Touchstone Review; ticketed event. YSGOL WANWYN RSAW Cynhadledd i benseiri a phroffesiynau cysylltiedig; lansio Adolygiad Touchstone o RSAW; digwyddiad tocyn. T: 02920 228984 www.architecture.com/wales

19/5/2016 | 6pm – 8pm City Hall, Cardiff RSAW AND UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS: LAUNCH OF ARCHITECTURE OF WALES SERIES Join us to celebrate the publication of The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre, by John B Hilling, the first in a new series of books about the architecture of Wales. RSAW A GWASG PRIFYSGOL CYMRU: LANSIO’R GYFRES ‘ARCHITECTURE OF WALES’ Ymunwch â ni i ddathlu cyhoeddi The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre, gan John B Hilling, y cyntaf mewn cyfres newydd o lyfrau am bensaernïaeth Cymru. By invitation through RSAW/Drwy wahoddiad gan RSAW SKYLINE Please register to enter by 20 May (by email) Design Circle (RSAW South Wales Branch) challenges you to imagine a future view across either Cardiff, Newport, Bridgend or Merthyr Tydfil, pictured in the year 2108, with a single, continuous hand-drawn line on A3 paper. HER SKYLINE Cofrestrwch i gymryd rhan erbyn 20 Mai (drwy e-bost) Mae Design Circle (RSAW, Cangen De Cymru) yn eich herio i ddychmygu golygfa dros naill ai Caerdydd, Casnewydd, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr neu Ferthyr Tudful yn y flwyddyn 2108, ar ffurf un llinell barhaus wedi’i thynnu â llaw ar ddarn o bapur A3. For details contact/Am fanylion – cysylltwch â: [email protected] www.designcircle.rsawsouth.co.uk

CARDIFF 2040 POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION The Design Commission for Wales, supported by Cardiff Council, encourages you to imagine what Cardiff could be like in 2040. What will make Cardiff unique and attract people to live, work and visit the city? Design a poster which promotes your vision for Cardiff 2040. CYSTADLEUAETH DYLUNIO POSTER CAERDYDD 2040 Mae Comisiwn Dylunio Cymru, gyda chefnogaeth Cyngor Caerdydd, yn eich annog i ddychmygu sut gallai Caerdydd edrych yn y flwyddyn 2040. Pa elfennau fydd yn gwneud Caerdydd yn unigryw ac yn denu pobl i ymweld â’r ddinas ac i fyw a gweithio ynddi? Dyluniwch boster sy’n hyrwyddo eich gweledigaeth ar gyfer Caerdydd 2040. Deadline for entries/Dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau: 15/4/2016 Winners announced/Cyhoeddi’r Enillwyr: 22/4/2016 For details contact/Am fanylion – cysylltwch â: [email protected] www.dcfw.org

17/1/2016 – 16/4/2016 Foyer café, Aberystwyth Arts Centre THE BOX SEASON 20/Y BLWCH TYMOR 20 – Nathan Kaso - Miniature Melbourne – David Wilson Treleddyd Fawr: the Cottage under the hill

18/4/2016 – 20/8/2016 Foyer café, Aberystwyth Arts Centre THE BOX SEASON 21/Y BLWCH TYMOR 21 – Bandaloop on Sundial Bridge California – Recycled window house – Philip Stockton: New York Night & Day

5/3/2016 – 5/11/2016 Tues – Sat/Dydd Mawrth i ddydd Sadwrn 11am - 4.30pm The Welsh Quilt Centre, Lampeter UNFORGETTABLE: THE FLANNEL QUILTS OF WALES An exhibition in memory of architect Roger Clive-Powell, celebrating the geometric patterns and vibrant colours of historic Welsh quilts, in the imaginatively re-modelled Town Hall building. UNFORGETTABLE: CWILTIAU GWLANEN CYMRU Arddangosfa er cof am y pensaer Roger Clive-Powell, sy’n dathlu patrymau geometrig a lliwiau llachar cwiltiau Cymreig hanesyddol, yn adeilad Neuadd y Dref ar ei newydd wedd. Tickets/Tocynnau £6 (concessions available/gostyngiadau ar gael) www.welshquilts.com

19/3/2016 – 18/6/2016 MOMA Machynlleth ROMANTICISM IN THE WELSH LANDSCAPE A major exhibition of works from public and private collections exploring the seminal role of Wales in the origin and renewal of Romanticism, from the late eighteenth century to the present. Curated by Dr Peter Wakelin. RHAMANTIAETH YN NHIRWEDD CYMRU Arddangosfa bwysig o waith o gasgliadau cyhoeddus a phreifat yn archwilio rôl arloesol Cymru yng ngwreiddiau ac adferiad Rhamantiaeth o ddiwedd y ddeunawfed ganrif i’r presennol. Wedi’i churadu gan Dr Peter Wakelin. Symposium 21 May/ Symposiwm 21 Mai The Power of Place www.moma.machynlleth.org.uk

23/3/2016 – 7/5/2016 Gallery 1, Aberystwyth Arts Centre HOLLOW: THE ART OF REPRESENTATION Taking a copper mine as a source of inspiration, this sculptural installation uses cardboard boxes to explore themes of displacement and the spaces left behind. Jenny Hall, Crafted Space. See www.hollow.info for related workshops and events. HOLLOW: THE ART OF REPRESENTATION Gan ddefnyddio cloddfa gopr fel ffynhonnell ysbrydoliaeth, mae’r gosodiad cerfluniol hwn yn defnyddio blychau cardbord i archwilio themâu sy’n ymwneud â dadleoliad a’r gofodau gwag a adewir ar ôl. Jenny Hall, Crafted Space. Ewch i www.hollow.info am wybodaeth am weithdai a digwyddiadau cysylltiedig.

26/3/2016 – 21/5/2016 Aberystwyth Arts Centre A CELEBRATION OF WELSH ARCHITECTURE: INHABITATION James Morris’s photographs capture the owners and users of award-winning buildings in Wales as they live, work and study in their new environments. DATHLU PENSAERNÏAETH CYMRU: INHABITATION Mae ffotograffau James Morris yn portreadu perchnogion a defnyddwyr adeiladau yng Nghymru sydd wedi ennill gwobrau wrth iddynt fyw, gweithio ac astudio yn eu hamgylcheddau newydd.

16/4 – 2/5 2016 | Mon – Sat/Llun – Sad | 10am – 5pm Education Room, Oriel Davies ADDED DIMENSIONS Exhibition showing the work of local architects’ practices, highlighting the special contributions that Chartered Architects make to their communities and civic life. ADDED DIMENSIONS Arddangosfa sy’n dangos gwaith practisau penseiri lleol, gan dynnu sylw at y cyfraniadau arbennig y mae Penseiri Siartredig yn eu gwneud i’w cymunedau ac i fywyd dinesig. ‘Meet the Architect’ open surgery on Saturday 30 April/Cymhorthfa agored: ‘Cwrdd â’r Pensaer’ Dydd Sadwrn 30 Ebril. www.orieldavies.org.uk

3/5/2016 – 4/5/2016 | 10am – 4pm MOMA Machynlleth ADDED DIMENSIONS Another chance to see the work of local architects in the Sculpture Place, at Moma, including a ‘Meet the Architect’ open surgery on 4 May. ADDED DIMENSIONS Cyfle arall i weld gwaith penseiri lleol yn y Gofod Cerfluniau yn MOMA, gan gynnwys cymhorthfa agored ‘Cwrdd â’r Pensaer’ ar 4 Mai. www.moma.machynlleth.org.uk

23/4/2016 – 4/6/2016 Mon – Sat | 10am – 3.30pm Art Central Gallery, Barry SUBTERRANEAN ARCHITECTURE Richard Cox documents an unusual aspect of Indian traditional architecture, Stepwells. These wells can be found in North Western India and date from the 9th to 17th centuries. PENSAERNÏAETH DANDDAEAROL Bydd Richard Cox yn dogfennu agwedd anarferol ar bensaernïaeth draddodiadol India, sef Ffynhonnau Grisiau Mae’r ffynhonnau hyn i’w gweld yng Ngogledd Orllewin India ac maent yn dyddio o’r 9fed ganrif i’r 17eg. www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk 5/4/2016 – 6/5/2016 Mon – Fri/Llun – Gwener | 9.30am – 4.30pm (Sat/Sun from 10.30am/Sad/Sul o 10.30am ymlaen) Y Senedd, Cardiff GETTING THINGS DONE Showcasing the architecture of the Vorarlberg region of Austria, characterized by an integrated understanding of culture, landscape, materials, craft and environment. Sponsored by Dame Rosemary Butler AM, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales, Ambassador Dr Martin Eichtinger, Austrian Embassy GETTING THINGS DONE Gan roi llwyfan i bensaernïaeth rhanbarth Vorarlberg yn Awstria, a nodweddir gan ddealltwriaeth integredig o ddiwylliant, y tirlun, deunyddiau, crefft a’r amgylchedd. Dan nawdd Y Fonesig Rosemary Butler AC, Llywydd Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, Llysgennad Dr Martin Eichtinger, Llysgenhadaeth Awstria Symposium 28 April at Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff/Symposiwm 28 Ebrill yn Ysgol Bensaernïaeth Cymru, Caerdydd www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/

FESTIVAL MAKING WAVES… We are delighted that the Wales Festival of Architecture will connect with the 2016 Swansea International Music Festival (October 1 – 15th) to present a strand of events linking architecture and music. www.swanseafestival.org

PENSAERNÏAETH A CHERDDORIAETH YN CYDGORDIO… Rydym wrth ein bodd y bydd Gŵyl Bensaernïaeth Cymru yn ymuno â Gŵyl Gerdd Ryngwladol Abertawe 2016 (Hydref 1 - 15) i gyflwyno cyfres o ddigwyddiadau sy’n cysylltu pensaernïaeth a cherddoriaeth. www.swanseafestival.org

Events are free unless indicated in the programme as ‘ticketed event’. Mae’r digwyddiadau am ddim oni bai bod digwyddiad wedi’i nodi yn y rhaglen fel ‘digwyddiad tocyn’.

EVENTS & TALKS / DIGWYDDIADAU A SGYRSIAU COMPETITIONS / CYSTADLAETHAU FILM / FFILM EXHIBITIONS / ARDDANGOSFEYDD WALES FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE GWˆ YL BENSAERNÏAETH

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The Wales Festival of Architecture is a joint initiative between Aberystwyth Arts Centre - Aberystwyth University and the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) Mid-Wales Branch. RSAW is the Welsh arm of the RIBA, representing 700 Chartered Architects in Wales. Mae Gŵyl Bensaernïaeth Cymru yn fenter ar y cyd rhwng Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth - Prifysgol Aberystwyth a Changen Canolbarth Cymru o Gymdeithas Frenhinol y Penseiri yng Nghymru (RSAW). Adain Gymreig Sefydliad Brenhinol Penseiri Prydain (RIBA) yw RSAW ac mae’n cynrychioli 700 o Benseiri Siartredig yng Nghymru.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre RSAW Aberystwyth University SY23 3DE Studio 111, The Creative Quarter, Cardiff CF10 1AF www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk www.architecture.com/wales Box office/Swyddfa Docynnau: 01970 62 32 32 029 2022 8987

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Photos/Lluniau: - Cardiff School of Art and Design: Austin-Smith:Lord/Ysgol Celf a Dylunio Caerdydd: Austin-Smith:Arglwydd; Phil Boorman Photography - The Nook, Hall + Bednarczyk Architects/The Nook, penseiri Hall + Bednarczyk; photographer/ffotograffydd Simon Maxwell - Craig-y-Deryn School, Darnton B3 Architects /Ysgol Craig-y-Deryn, penseiri Darnton B3

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