Author: Mirna Pedalo

Robotic Carving Workshop, 28th-29th June 2018_Deadline for applications: 20th June

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When: 28th – 29th JUNE 2018

Deadline: 20th June 2018

The Robotic Carving A.R.T. 2018 summer workshop will investigate ways to transform abstract, intangible data, such as material distribution or density, into physical form.

Participants will learn how to apply structural analysis and topology optimization on shell structures and how to translate structural data into robotic instructions.

The workshop will culminate in a 1:1 robotically carved wall installation that will be exhibited in FAB FEST ‘18.

Apply now online at fabricationlab.london

Textile Robotics Workshop, 25th-27th June 2018_ Deadline for applications: 20th June

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When: 25th-27th June 2018

Deadline: 20th June 2018

The Textile Robotics A.R.T. 2018 summer workshop will investigate the ways in which industrial robotic arms can generate large scale structural textiles and automate a generative design process through robotic fabrication.

Using structural analysis and topology optimization, participants will explore different pattern combinations and learn how to translate them into robotic instructions.

The workshop will culminate in a 1:1 robotically fabricated installation that will be exhibited in FAB FEST ‘18.

Apply now online at fabricationlab.london

Architectural Gateway Workshop with Sami Rintala, 18th-22nd June 2018_Deadline for applications: 15th June

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When: 18th – 22nd June 2018

Deadline: 15th June 2018

The Architectural Gateway summer workshop is a collaboration with the critically acclaimed Finnish architect Sami Rintala.

Sami’s work is based on narrative and conceptualism, resulting in a layered interpretation of the physical, mental and poetic re-sources of a site. The workshop will culminate in a large-scale installation made of structural corrugated card. It will feature as an entrance to FAB FEST ‘18, as well as forming a dramatic, transitional gateway to Digital Construction Week, a major industry event taking place in Excel in October.

Sami Rintala ran the “last” design & build project with DS3.6 students in Finland last year, and is a remarkable design-through-making teacher:

http://www.fininst.uk/events/lastu-mobile-home/

We are very grateful to the Finnish Institute in London for their generous support for this workshop.

Apply now online at fabricationlab.london 

Summer School “Integrated Mobility Challenges in Future Metropolitan Areas” in Delft / Amsterdam, August 2018 _ Deadline 21st June

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When: 21st – 28th August 2018

Where: Delft University of Technology (NL) with fieldwork in Amsterdam (NL)

The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS), the Delft Deltas, Infrastructures & Mobility Initiative (DIMI), the University of Paris-Est and ARENA Architectural Research Network join Delft University of Technology in the organisation of the interdisciplinary 2018 Summer School: Integrated Mobility Challenges in Future Metropolitan Areas.

‘Integrated Mobility Challenges’ will explore interdisciplinary approaches towards sustainable urban integration of rail/metro stations within urban areas and networks. At the main point of intersection between the railway and the city, stations are key elements of the organisation of the intermodal transport but also catalysts of urban developments. By using Amsterdam (specific case study will be Amsterdam Sloterdijk station area) as test-bed and design location, you will exchange and acquire knowledge on different approaches and strategies.

Target Group: 60 researchers, young professionals and/or master students in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Environmental Design and Sciences, Landscape Architecture, Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics, and related disciplines (social sciences are welcome too). 3 ECTS credits will be given to every participant.

How to apply

Application deadline: 21st June 2018

Application should include: full name, email address, cell phone number, university, faculty, study program (incl. field of discipline); CV and a motivation letter (maximum of 100 words).

Please send your application or enquiries to Joran Kuijper J.A.Kuijper@tudelft.nl.

Admission will be based on evaluation or CV and motivation letter. Shortly after the 21st of June you will hear if you are granted to participate. No tuition fee for scholars and/or students affiliated at one of the ARENA network institutions.

More information can be found here: https://www.ams-institute.org/events/event/summer-school-2018-integrated-mobility-challenges-in-future-metropolitan-areas/

To download the programme: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ml320xygtr8gl3/AACfY2e9nMVc_C78fMEFP2OYa?dl=0 

Featured image: Manifistation Teleport ’86, the new train station Sloterdijk / Foto: Frans Brusselmans / Collectie Amsterdams Stadsblad

PhD Scholarships in Architecture at the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University_Deadline: 15th July 2018

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Newcastle University is delighted to announce two new PhD scholarships in Architecture at their School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, both open to creative practice and written thesis routes in any area of architectural research, with deadlines of 15th July for applications.

These are great opportunities for outstanding candidates to join their flourishing PGR and research community:

  1. The arq PhD Scholarship in Architecture  includes 1.5 days per week editorial work supporting the Cambridge University Press journal arq: Architectural Research Quarterly and is £15,000 per year for four years.
  2. The Forshaw PhD Scholarship in Architecture will be the inaugural appointment for a new endowed annual PhD scholarship in the school at £15,000 per year for three years. In accordance with the terms of the Forshaw endowment, the scholarship is open to women applicants only.

 

Featured image from University of Newcastle web-site.

Call for Entries: RIBAJ Eye Line 2018 _ Deadline: Tuesday 12th June

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We want to see your best architectural images. This year there’s a new category for practitioners and a link with the RIBA’s world-famous Drawings Collection

Eye Line, the RIBA Journal’s acclaimed an­nual award for architectural image-making skills, is now open for 2018 entries. Once again we are delighted to be in partnership with ar­chitectural visualisation experts AVR Lon­don. As ever, Eye Line is free to enter online.

Key dates:

Deadline: Tuesday 12 June, 23:59

Judging: 28 June

Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online

Exhibition opening: September

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

To enter the competition and for detailed info please go to: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/enter-eye-line

 

Featured image from RIBAJ: Commended 2017, Frigidarium, Deimante Bazyte.

“Where Do Houses Live?” Exhibition, Proctor and Matthews Architects, 11th-15th June, 10:00-17:00, 184 – 192 Bermondsey Street

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When: 11th to 15th June, 10.00 – 17.00

Where: 184 – 192 Bermondsey Street, London

 

If people live in houses where do the houses live? If they are homeless all we are left with is the typical endless, featureless suburbia. (Gordon Cullen, Maryculter, 1974)

The week-long exhibition of projects by the practice explores the issues of identity and sense of place, offering an approach to the design of new neighbourhoods which is anchored in the social, environmental and cultural contexts specific to each location.

Tickets available now ‘Where do Houses Live?’

Job Opportunity: RIBA Part II Architectural Assistant position at Alma-nac _ Deadline 15th June 2018

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Alma-nac is looking for an architectural assistant to join its team in London.

Alma-nac is an award-winning London based design studio committed to producing high quality architecture whilst maintaining a lively and engaging work environment. They undertake a range of projects of varying scale and sector and are currently looking for an experienced architectural assistant to join their team.

Candidates should possess the following:

  • a minimum of one year professional experience
  • detailing, construction and preferably job running experience on small to medium projects
  • excellent 3D modelling skills – physical and digital
  • exceptional presentation skills
  • Archicad experience preferable but not essential
  • fluent spoken and written English
  • ability to manage workloads under time pressure

Candidates should be confident to:

  • manage the day to day running of a small project under supervision
  • communicate design issues and solutions directly to clients
  • liaise with consultants and local authorities
  • assist in general practice management

Above all they are looking for someone with a grounded creative approach and a strong attention to construction detail.

If you feel you are suitable for the role please email (no hardcopies) your CV, cover letter and portfolio to work@alma-nac.com with ‘Application for Architectural Assistant – June 2018’ as the subject.

Please include examples of professional experience where possible.

Deadline Friday 15th June.

London Festival of Architecture: “Does identity matter?” A symposium on architecture and identity, Friday 15th June, 11:00-18:00, Royal Academy of Arts

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When: Friday 15th June 2018, 11:00-18:00

Where: Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House entrance Piccadilly London W1J 0BD / 6 Burlington Gardens entrance, London W1S 3ET

Tickets: free tickets available for Westminster students (worth £15). Email rosa@londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

The London Festival of Architecture is proud to present Does Identity Matter? – the inaugural LFA Symposium on Friday 15 June. The event offers a rich exploration of identity in the context of individual and collective expression, place-making and architectural practice, and takes place at the Royal Academy – newly re-opened following a major expansion project designed by Sir David Chipperfield.

Identity can be seen as the intangible patina that has formed upon places over decades or centuries, or as a more synthetic recent invention by marketers and developers: either way it is fundamental to our understanding of the buildings and spaces around us. Does Identity Matter? will bring together prominent architects, academics and commentators to explore how identity acts as a potent architectural force in shaping London. We will challenge how people connect and identify with their homes, workplaces and neighbourhoods and the city as a whole.

The highlight of the day is a keynote address by Mary Duggan. In a talk entitled The identity of the profession: starting again, Mary will share her experience of setting up two successful practices and the role identity plays in forging a successful presence in a marketplace that is abundant in talent. Having initially founded Duggan Morris Architects, she will reflect upon its commercial success and the lessons she has taken from it in establishing Mary Duggan Architects, and the role identity has played in creating her own distinct profile, focus and skillset.

Panel 01 – Destruction of City’s Identity (chaired by Rob Bevan, architecture critic)

  • Verity Jane Keefe (visual artist working predominantly in the public realm) – ‘Outer London love affairs’
  • Clare Melhuish (director, UCL Urban Laboratory and an anthropologist specialising in architecture and the built environment) – ‘Universities as agents of change in urban identities’
  • Maya Ober (founding editor of the practice-led research platform Depatriarchise Design) – ‘Antagonised identities of South Tel Aviv neighbourhoods of Shapira and Neve Sha-anan’
  • Rhiannon Williams (poet, currently studying MA Narrative Environments at Central St Martins) – ‘Fracture Edit: recoding the Cypriot buffer zone

Panel 2 – Production of City’s Identity (chaired by Shumi Bose, senior lecturer in architecture, Central St Martins, UAL)

  • Adam Greenfield (London-based writer and urbanist) – ‘Inhospitable Soil: destination London and the difficulty of the commons’
  • Mustafa Chehabeddine (design principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox) – ‘Iconic architecture and the city identity’
  • Emily Gee (London planning director, Historic England) – London’s identity on the (sky)line’
  • Morag Myerscough (designer/artist fascinated how colour, pattern and words can change urban environments and perceptions of spaces into places) – ‘Can we together make belonging?’

Full programme for the day and booking info can be found on the following link:
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/does-identity-matter

Featured image copyright: Mary Duggan Architects

New London Architecture Annual Lecture: Amanda Levete CBE, Wednesday 6th June, 18:30-20:00

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When: Wednesday 6th June, 18:30-20:00

Where: Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2SR

This year’s Annual Lecture is one of the highest profile events in the NLA calendar and a headline event of the London Festival of Architecture in June.

Amanda Levete CBE is a RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architect and recent recipient of the prestigious Jane Drew Prize, recognising her talent as a leader in international design. Through her own practice, AL_A, she has created award-winning projects around the world, including the Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter in London; the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon; and Central Embassy in Bangkok.

This event is part of the London Festival of Architecture 2018 @LFArchitecture #LFA2018

To book tickets: http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/whats-on/events/2018/june-2018/nla-annual-lecture-2018-amanda-levete-cbe