ARCHITECTS BACKSTAGE LECTURE SERIES F2F LONDON SUMMARY BOOKLET MASTER IN ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN JULY 2018 WHAT IS THE ARCHITECT’S BACKSTAGE SERIES? It’s year-round series of events with the format of lectures, conversations or round tables, that explore how leading designers approach the challenges of building successful companies, and how they have wisely used the factors, contexts, talent and resources at play in their impactful journeys. Students are expected to actively engage with lecturers, in the analysis of the current and future state of practice. The London F2F period is the most intense moment of the cycle, within the MAMD curriculum. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM IT? • Leading professionals sharing deep insights on practice • A direct and analytical tone • Reflections, not recipes, because there are no recipes • Openness to address a variety of topics, as long as they are related to the day-to-day of professionals in our field • A vision of failure and struggle as a necessary step for success • Openness and disposition towards interesting conversation • Bidirectional confidentiality GENERAL DYNAMIC OF THE EVENTS • Venue arrival: grouping outside before entry. Max 10’ courtesy • Tour of the office, if applicable and relevant to the topic • Lecture presentation by the director, Jerónimo van Schendel • Lecturer intervention: lecture, conversation, round table • Q & A session, very important: . Q&A session will be introduced by the director. .To establish an interesting conversation from the beggining, the first 2-3 questions and Q&A orientation of each event will be made by an assigned group of students, who will briefly study the lecturer beforehand and be ready to establish the conversation, before quickly and organically opening it to the class. .Please see next page for Q&A events assignment. • Short informal debriefing and networking session, depending on the hosting institution. TBC on the go. Q&A ASSIGNMENT OF EVENTS Monday 9. Peter Oborn Group A - Chadi Abboud, Mariángela V.Z., Stephen A.N. Wednesday 11. Zaha Hadid Architects Group A - Carlota M.G, Hisham Kaakani, Ángela A.P. Thursday 12. Future Common Grounds Joint event MAMD-MSD, no Q&A assignment Friday 13. Architecture 00 Group B - Miguel Ángel G., Mónica N. Alcolea, Olivier Etchegaray Monday 16. Chipperfield Architects Group B - Andrés V. P., Xiaoying Feng. Tuesday 17. Amanda Levette Architects Group C - Bernardo L.A, Dana A.N Wednesday 18. AKT Engineers Group C - Miguel P.H., Jennifer D.L., Emel Elfakir Thursday 19. Foster and Partners Group D - Mohamed O.Ezz el Din, Avril H.P, Alaa Sheet Friday 20. Farshid Moussavi Architects Group D - Maroa B.P., Eh Fong Chua, Mª Celina R.P. Monday 23. Plan A Consultants Group E - Khaled Abdelmoty, María M.G., Robert S.S. Tuesday 24. Skipping Rocks Lab Group E - Cynthia Karam, Carmen M.V., Paula G.B. WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO TAKE OUT THE MOST OF THIS EXPERIENCE? • Study the lecturers and their work. Research a little bit. • Focus your thoughts on the topic elected for each lecture. • Be analytical, plan possible questions related to each event. You might ask them or not, but this will enrich your learning. • Avoid cliché (it won’t help, nor contribute to the conversation). • Don’t expect recipes. They don’t exist. • Extrapolate insights into your journey, and your objectives. • Share your struggle, if any, on the topics addressed. • Comment with peers, long before and after the event. • Be punctual. These outstanding speakers participate in the MAMD because they believe in its vision, the success of this events depends on having everyone equally invested. SCHEDULE FOR THE LONDON F2F PERIOD ARCHITECT'S BACKSTAGE LECTURE SERIES DATE LECTURE COMPANY SPEAKER & ROLE LOCATION TIME Peter Oborn RIBA - Lutyens Room MONDAY 09 The Future Role of the Profession Commonwealth A.A. 10:40-12:00 Vicepresident Europe 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD Manon Janssens Building ZHA Through the Lens of Director of Communications Zaha Hadid Gallery WEDNESDAY 11 Zaha Hadid Architects 18:00 - 20:00 Archives and Research Shajay Booshan 101 Goswell Rd, London EC1V 7EZ, UK Founder of CODE group Franquibel Lima Head of Design Europe Wework Future Common Grounds. Jeremy Myerson IE London Office Lounge THURSDAY 12 Royal College of the Arts 19:00 - 20:30 Practice, Workspace, Cities Chair of Design 96 Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8 4SG, UK Perkins+ Will Jack Pringle Managing Director A Hybrid Practice: Innovating Alice Fung A r c h it e c t u r e 0 0 Office FRIDAY 13 Architecture 00 18:00 - 20:00 Architecture Business Models Co-founder (Hackney Central) 217 Mare Street, E8 3QE B e n i t o B la n c o C h ip p e r f i e l d A r c h it e c t s Headquarters MONDAY 16 Practice, Studio and Office 18:00 - 20:00 Chipperfield Architects Projects Director 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX (Tower) The Open-Minded Practice: M a x i m i l ia n o A r r o cet Amanda Levette Headquarters TUESDAY 17 Spinoffs and Opportunity in 18:00 - 20:00 Amanda Levette Architects Studio Director 14A Brewery Road, London N7 9NH Architecture AKT Headquarters 17:10 - 19:10 Founder and Principal H a n i f Kara WEDNESDAY 18 DesignEngineeringDesign White Collar Factory, 1 Old Street Yard (Class before will end AKT Engineers Founder and Principal London EC1Y 8AF, United Kingdom 16:45 instead of 17:00) Stefan Behling An Open Conversation About Head of Studio Foster & Partners Headquarters THURSDAY 19 Foster & Partners 18:00 - 20:00 Practice and Design Leadership Jose Alamar Riverside, 22 Hester Road, London, SW11 4AN Associate (MAMD Alumni) F a r s h i d M o u s s a v i Farshid Moussavi Architects Headquarters FRIDAY 20 Realities of Practice 17:30 - 19:30 Farshid Moussavi Architects Founder and Principal 12F, 130 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 5DJ Gerard Daws Design Management and Co-founder and Director RIBA - Lutyens Room MONDAY 23 Plan A Consultants 18:00 - 20:00 Regaining the Leadership Role Nick Willars 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD Co-founder and Director The Entrepreneur's Journey: R o drigo García R IB A - L u t y e n s Room TUESDAY 24 Mindset and Attitudes to Fail and 18:00 - 20:00 Skipping Rocks Lab - Ooho! Founder and Director 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD Succeed IMPORTANT NOTE 1 PLEASE, ALWAYS BRING YOUR ID'S WITH YOU. THANK YOU IMPORTANT NOTE 2 COMMUTING TIME FROM RIBA TO OFFICES IS ENOUGH BUT GENERALLY NOT AMPLE. PLEASE GO STRAIGHT TO DESTINATION AS SOON AS YOU ARE ABLE. THANK YOU MONDAY 9 10:40 - 12:00 RIBA, Lutyens Room 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD The Future Role of the Profession Peter Oborn, VP Europe, Commonwealth Architect’s Association http://www.comarchitect.org/ https://twitter.com/comarchitect?lang=en Peter Oborn is the former Deputy Chairman of Aedas Architects Ltd, responsible for its London office until 2010, and was Director responsible for the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) award winning Al Bahr Towers in Abu Dhabi. More recently, Peter served as RIBA Competitions Adviser and Client Adviser to the government of Oman in connection with the development of a new city located in the Muscat capital area. He served as Vice President International at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) until September 2017 when he was elected as a Council member at the International Union of Architects (UIA). He is also currently a Vice President at the Commonwealth Architects Association (CAA) and a CABE Built Environment Expert. In 2016, Peter became the inaugural Chair of the UK Built Environment Advisory Group, a collaboration between the RIBA, the RTPI and the IStructE, the aim of which is to provide a more effective conduit for the transfer of built environment expertise to a range of humanitarian and development partners together with foreign governments. In January 2017 he was elected as Chair of the RIBA’s Sustainability and Ethics Commision. Peter works with policy makers and professionals around the world to advance the sustainable cities agenda. Well managed architectural competitions are a great way of helping to ensure successful projects, but what constitutes a well-managed competition? During the course of this lecture, Peter will describe the Competitions process developed by the Royal Institute of British Architects, together with the way in which it was used to help procure a masterplan for a new city in the Sultanate of Oman. WEDNESDAY 11 18:00 - 20:00 Z a h a H a d i d G a l l e r y 101 Goswell Rd, London EC1V 7EZ, UK Building ZHA Through the Lens of Archives and Research Manon Janssens, Head of Exhibitions ZHA Shajay Booshan, Founder of CoDe Group http://www.zha-code-education.org/ https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-what-zaha-hadid-s-retrospective-says-about-the-future-of- her-practice https://twitter.com/zha_news?lang=en Manon Janssens has been instrumental in developing the fundamental strategy of the practice for both the present, and future management of the physical and digital archive and their customized databases. Her role maintains oversight for the effective archiving of the practice’s collection, whilst simultaneously managing the evolving library of digital assets containing over 80,000 images and videos. She continues to oversee and direct the implementation of conservation and preservation strategies, as well as the storage and digitization of the physical items of the Zaha Hadid collection. Her liaison with external organisations and third parties allows ZHA to share the collection through exhibitions, publications and third party loans globally.