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MONSTER MASH UP Halloween Party! Thursday, October 31, from 17:00 to 21:00, Robin Evans Room (M416)

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When: Thursday, October 31, 5pm to 9pm

Where: Robin Evans Room (M416), University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

Join us for an evening of Halloween fun!

Free Witches Brew. Halloween face painting. Fun activities. Spooky photo booth. Prizes for best costumes. Arrive at 5pm for the make up counter. Doors open at 5.30pm. Event closes at 9pm. Ticket price includes first drink free (beer, wine or soft drink). Cash bar – cards accepted.

Cloakroom and changing facilities

A secure cloakroom to leave bags and coats will be provided in M321. The cloakroom will be open from 5.00pm.

There are also changing facilities available. These are situated in the basement. There are separate Ladies and Mens showers and changing areas.

To access the changing area go through the double doors to the right of the Student Union office to the outside area, and take the lift down to Floor B. The change rooms are immediately found to the right as you leave the lift.

Book tickets here.

Podcast: A Small Voice Conversations with Photographers

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Out NOW on A Small Voice podcast: David Moore on representation, the guilt-inducing, transgressive nature of documentary photography, his influential degree project “Pictures from the Real World” and why 30 years after it, he wrote a piece of verbatim theatre to help him deal with his discomfort over all those things. http://bit.ly/2Bg5VKr  Go listen! Learnings to made!

David Moore is a London based photographic artist once described as belonging to “the second wave of new colour documentary in Britain”. He has exhibited and published internationally and has work held in public and private collections. David has worked as a photographer and educator since graduating from West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, in 1988. He is currently the Course Leader of MA Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of Westminster. David’s 2017/18 project ‘Lisa and John’ responds to the archive of his influential 1988 graduation project Pictures from the real world – which was published as a book in 2011 – and employs theatre, installation, and collaboration. Lisa and John was launched at Format International Photography Festival in 2017, and included a theatrical play, The Lisa and John Slideshow, written and directed by David. The entire Lisa and John Project was exhibited and performed in London and Belfast in 2018 and received widespread acclaim.

Writer, Sean O’Hagan, wrote:

Moore is such a master of colour that he made me think more than once what William Eggleston’s photographs would have looked like had he been born in the north of England rather than the American south.

David’s current practice addresses agency and a critique of documentary as a genre using installation and theatre as a means posing questions around the production of knowledge through photography. 

In episode 115, David discusses, among other things:

Referenced:

  • Brian Griffin (Ep. 61)
  • Joel Meyorwitz
  • Bill Brandt
  • Ruth Orkin
  • Lewis Baltz
  • Paul Searight
  • Anna Fox
  • The Echo of Things by Christopher Wright

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Call for submissions: LFA and Network Rail announce design competition for train station benches_Deadline, November 11, 12:00pm

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LFA and Network Rail (NR) have announced ‘Sitting Pretty’ – an open call for new ideas for seating for the capital’s mainline train stations, to be installed next spring ahead of the London Festival of Architecture 2020.

As the Festival strives to promote positive change in our everyday open spaces, this design competition seeks an engaging new solution to transform station seating, and to brighten the experience of London’s stations for Londoners, commuters and visitors alike. Architecture and design students, recent graduates and emerging practitioners are invited to submit proposals that showcase a creative vision for these seating provisions and can inform a prototype for how a future of station seating might look.

For more information and to submit entry please click here.

DEADLINE: midday on Monday 11 November 2019

Featured image: City Benches 2018 – Studio Yu x tomos.design © Agnese Sanvito

Open Lecture Series: “Designing Participant Journeys” Carina Bauer, IMEX Exhibitions, Monday, November 4, M416 Robin Evans Room, Marylebone Campus, 17:00

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When: Monday, 4th of November 2019, 17:00

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS

To book your free tickets please click here.

Carina Bauer CEO of IMEX Exhibitions

About this Event

IMEX is arguably the premier exhibition for event professionals around the world, that takes place in both Frankfurt and Las Vegas each year. But how does the organiser keep the show fresh and make sure that regular attendees are always seeing something new on show?

Learning outcomes:

Understand the attendees changing expectations year on year

Understand how to collaborate with new partners in a changing industry year on year

Understand how to design ‘cutting-edge’ activities and design features into a large show on a budget

Technical Studies Lecture Series: “Material Matters!” Carmen Rist-Stadelmann, Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein, Thursday, October 24, M416, Marylebone Campus, 18:30

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When: Thursday 24th of October, 18:30

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

Materials influence the design and outward appearance of our built architecture. Therefore it is important to perceive of material as a whole, as a unity of form and construction, and to make it understandable as a driving force, as the origin of form and construction in the design process. But how do we offer our students a way to understand the meaning of these aspects? To achieve this, the tectonic discourse, promoting a sensitivity for the material, in short, about generating a sense of joy in and curiosity about the interaction between material, its design and construction, that is, the symbiosis between art and technology in the design and realization. The cultivation of working with materials at full (1:1) scale in the University of Liechtenstein during the past ten years has been an attempt to contribute to the tectonic discourse in combination of different materials in the teaching of architecture in Europe.


Carmen Rist-Stadelmann graduated in Architecture from the Technical University Vienna, Austria and received her PhD from the same university in 2015. During her studies, she was an exchange student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She has practiced professionally in Austria and Malaysia and is currently a senior lecturer at the Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein. She runs design studios at undergraduate level and her current research project “Hands- on: An added value for teaching in architecture” focuses on building on a scale of 1:1 with students and professionals as part of their architectural education. Her publication “Crafting the façade: stone, brick, wood”, published by the Swiss publisher park books in 2018, presents the findings of an interdisciplinary design process with the materials stone, brick and wood, which was funded by the European Commission and carried out by three European architectural schools. Her current teaching project, also funded by the European Commission and titled “Wood: Structure and expression”, focuses on the tectonic method for connecting wooden joints to a structure on a scale 1:1. The course is run in cooperation with the industry and three European architectural schools and its results will be completed and published in 2020.

For lecture details contact Will McLean

w.f.mclean@westminster.ac.uk

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Technical Studies Lecture Series: “Building Communities” Don Murphy, VMX Architects, Amsterdam, Thursday, October 17, M416, Marylebone Campus, 18:30

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When: Thursday, 17th of October, 18:30

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS

We design and build attractive spaces for people. As socially committed architects, our mission is to improve the build environment and thus the quality of life. In all our projects we focus on the users and facilitate interaction between people, thereby helping to create healthy communities. Our buildings therefore communicate clearly with their users and with the surroundings.

Don Murphy is an award winning architect, he has lectured extensively internationally, teaches regularly at Universities across the Netherlands, and is adjunct Professor at Hanyang University in Seoul. Don will share his philosophies and principles as creative director and Architect at VMX, and as supervisor for Urban planning at the Municipality of Amsterdam. VMX have an interesting and rich variety of work in typology and complexity and the lecture will reflect this: The idiosyncratic SODAE-House, the incredible multi-storey bicycle park at Amsterdam Central Station and the innovative Noordbuurt housing blocks, with indoor/outdoor transformative garden spaces.


VMX architects is an internationally operating, prize-winning office founded in 1995 in Amsterdam. Their work ranges from the typically Dutch bike shed to a VIP terminal at Schiphol airport, and from social housing to university buildings in Shanghai. Their social commitment is reflected in frequent lectures, their contribution to education, and the Thinking City Summer School – A two-week program which approaches contemporary urban issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Open Lecture Series: “Stage, Set Design and Performance” Chris Ford, OBO, Monday, October 21, M416 Robin Evans Room, Marylebone Campus, 17:00

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When: 21st of October 2019, 17:00

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS

To book your free tickets please click here.

Chris Ford is Chief Operating Officer of OBO London.

About this Event

OBO the international creative and production group is known for creating exceptional brand experiences and catwalk shows globally. The session explores various design, staging and performance techniques used to maximise reach and help their clients achieve their constantly evolving communications ambitions.

Learning outcomes:

Understand the demands of the fashion world in designing a catwalk experience

Understand the various staging elements needed to create a unique experience

Technical Studies Lecture Series: “The Floating Church” Andrew Ingham, Denizen Works, Thursday, October 10, M416, Marylebone Campus, 18:30

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When: Thursday, 10th of October, 18:30

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS

Denizen Works is an award-winning architecture practice based in East London, and led by directors Murray Kerr and Andrew Ingham. The practice won the Stephen Lawrence Prize for House No.7 and was included in the Architecture Foundation’s book, ‘New Architect’s 3’, celebrating the best British practices established in the last decade. In addition to a number of private residential commissions and housing projects, the office has worked on a wide range of projects including; a vertical gallery at Inverewe Gardens, a tea-house in Nepal and The Floating Church.

Denizen Works, working with boat-builders Turks, won The Diocese of London commission to develop designs for a new floating church to navigate the canals of London. Inspired by church organ bellows and the pop-up sleeping pods found in vintage VW camper vans, the project was developed to provide a dramatic and transformative space within the confines of a barge designed to traverse the London canal network. During its nomadic existence, the boat will alternate between two distinct characters. When navigating the waterways, the boat will be compact and low-lying, so as to pass beneath bridges. When moored, the boat will become an illuminated beacon with its sculptural pop-out roof canopies.

Andrew Ingham studied his degree at the University of Nottingham, achieving first class honours before completing his Part 2 and Part 3 qualifications at the University of Westminster. Andrew has been the project architect for a number of award winning schemes and he oversees the technical output of the office including the Floating Church, the Eyrie at Inverewe and a large new build house by Loch Awe.

AIAUK Student Charrette, Roca London Gallery, October 19, from 9:00 to 18:00

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When: Saturday, 19th of October, 9:00-18:00

Where: Roca London Gallery, Station Court, Townmead Rd, Fulham, London SW6 2PY

A JURIED ONE-DAY DESIGN COMPETITION

£10 PER STUDENT

Teams of up to 8 and individuals can register. Individuals will be assigned a team on the day. Each team will be mentored by a practising architect.

The charrette is a CAD-free event. Drawn, modelled and collaged proposals only. Bring your favourite medium and tools with you. Rolls of tracing paper and drawing paper will be provided.

Entry fee includes lunch, refreshments and reprographic services throughout the day.

2nd and 3rd year architecture & interior design students only.

REGISTRATION CLOSES 6PM, 17 OCT 2019. LIMITED TO 80 STUDENTS.

AIA CES 6 CREDITS FOR MENTORS AND JURY.

Open Lecture Series: “Evolving Event Design” David Ball, Brandfuel, Monday, October 14, M416 Robin Evans Room, Marylebone Campus, 17:00

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When: 14th of October 2019, 17:00

Where: M416, Robin Evans Room, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS

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David Ball is CEO of award winning brand experience agency Brandfuel.

About this Event

Brandfuel the award-winning London based creative agency produces major experiences for Google and other global brands year on year. This includes designing the internationally acclaimed Zeitgeist event in the UK for the last fourteen years. How have they kept it fresh to reinvigorate the attendee’s, when the location, format and often many of the guests are the same each year?

Learning outcomes:

Understand why a client’s expectations change each year for the same event type

Understand how the design process evolves to accommodate new expectations

Understand what design elements can be re-used or re-imagined each year