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Technical Studies Lecture Series: “Risk Management in London Underground” James Macrae, Transport for London / Senior Risk Manager, Thursday, November 7, M416, Marylebone Campus, 18:30

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When: Thursday, 7th of November, 18:30

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

James Macrae graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge in 1976 with a degree in Engineering, and joined Taylor Woodrow International as a Graduate Civil Engineer. He became a Chartered Engineer (MICE) in 1980, and worked in West Africa, Dubai and the Caribbean. James left to do an MBA at City University in 1987, and then joined Euro Log, a small project risk management consultancy, where he worked in many different industry sectors, including Oil & Gas, Defence, Construction and Transportation. He spent 4 years as Director of Risk and Planning at the New British Library project at St Pancras. In 2005, he joined London Underground as a risk manager, where he has worked on many large projects, including the £15Bn Crossrail project. He now manages risk for the TfL Stations, Capacity and Infrastructure portfolio, which includes the Bank and Elephant and Castle Station Capacity Upgrades, and all TfL involvement in the HS2 Project. James is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and of the Institute of Risk Management.

For lecture details contact Will McLean

w.f.mclean@westminster.ac.uk

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Exhibition | Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive

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When: 25 October 2019 to 24 November 2019

Where: Ambika P3, University of Westminster, Marylebone, London, NW1 5LS

Opening Hours: Wed-Sun 11am-7pm

Admission: FREE

The largest-ever exhibition devoted to menswear Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive is now open to the public and features a collection of previously unseen examples of Alexander McQueen’s early menswear.

Situated in a vast 14,000sq ft subterranean space opposite Madame Tussauds Invisible Men will showcase 167 garments from over 50 different designers, the vast majority of which have never been on public display before, including a section devoted to Alexander McQueen. 

If tutors or course leaders would like to book for their class to visit the exhibition, please email mensweararchive@westminster.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Groves, the co-curator of Invisible Men, said:

We are thrilled to be able to display a selection of McQueen’s early menswear covering the years from 1997 to 1999 within the exhibition. There were no examples of McQueen’s menswear included in the V&A’s Savage Beauty exhibition, so this is the first chance for the public to see his early menswear designs. They will be able to study the exceptional tailoring skills that he learnt on Savile Row – these were the skills that informed the radical womenswear he was creating during the same period.

As well McQueen, the show also features the work of over 50 other designers covering sportswear, tailoring, uniforms and workwear and aims to redress the balance in fashion exhibitions that usually solely focus on displaying womenswear.

Drawn exclusively from the Westminster Menswear Archive the show explores the story of British menswear over the last 120 years, presenting designer garments alongside military, functional, and utilitarian outfits. It explores the design language of menswear, which predominately focuses on the replication of archetypal functional garments intended for specific industrial, technical or military use.

Contemporary designers featured include Craig Green, the current menswear Designer of the Year, and Samuel Ross, whose label A-COLD-WALL* won the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund award in June.

Examples of menswear from British brand Burberry include a tailored evening tailcoat dating from 1925, and a Hi-Viz jacket from Christopher Bailey’s last Burberry collection in 2018, almost a century later. 

A section devoted to wearable technology includes an example of the world’s first Graphene coated jacket and a solar-powered trenchcoat designed by Junya Watanabe.  A section devoted to C.P. Company’s Urban Protection from the late 1990s includes garments that inflate, light up, detect toxic gas, or turn into chairs.

Also on display is a section devoted to Britain’s obsession to sportswear that includes garments from Gieves, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Palace, Mr Fish, Stone Island, Umbro, Aitor Throup and BodyMap. The exhibition includes several items from Stone Island’s very first collection from 1982, an Italian brand that went on to become firmly established as a favourite of British football casuals in the 1980s. 

Alongside the designer garments, there are examples of British workwear covering the last 100 years including prison uniforms, postman’s uniforms, a police taser suit, and military camouflage. These pieces highlight how influential utilitarian workwear and uniform have been in inspiring fashion designers to create new fashion.   

Invisible Men is curated by Professor Andrew Groves and Dr Danielle Sprecher.

DESIGNERS IN THE EXHIBITION INCLUDE:

A Cold Wall*, Adidas, Aitor Throup, Alexander McQueen, Austin Reed , Belstaff, Bernhard Willhelm , Blades, BodyMap, Burberry, Burton, C.P. Company, Calvin Klein, Carol Christian Poell, Christian Dior, Comme Des Garcons, Craig Green, Dege & Skinner, Gieves, H&M, Harrods, Helmut Lang, Irvine Sellars, Issey Miyake, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Scott, John Stephen, Junior Gaultier, Junya Watanabe, Left Hand, Levi’s, Lewis Leathers, Liam Hodges, Mackintosh, Martin Margiela, Massimo Osti, Meadham Kirchhoff, Michiko Koshino, Mr Fish, Nigel Cabourn, Palace, Paul Smith, Peter Saville, Prada, Sibling, Stella McCartney, Stone Island, Umbro, Undercover, Vexed Generation, Vivienne Westwood, Vollebak, Zegna Sport.

Borderline City | Invitation to Summer School in Berlin | Deadline: November 20, 2019

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An opportunity for 4-6 suitable graduate students (and strong undergraduate candidates) from the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design etc. for a Summer School on the topic of  the ‘BORDERLINE City‘ that will take place in Berlin from 8-15 May 2020. Participation is free, and accommodation as well as a stipend to cover travel expenses will be provided. 

The summer school is part of a broader initiative of colleagues at the Technical University Berlin, which aims to generate impulses for the planned update of the so-called Leipzig Charter of 2007 on the occasion of Germany’s upcoming EU Council Presidency in 2020.

The summer school’s theme is deliberately broad in scope. Amongst other things, the event will deal with:

  • the disappearance of existing, and emergence of new, borders and ‘borderscapes’, both material and immaterial;  
  • the way both intentional and immanent spatial development contribute to the emergence, dissolving and change of borders and ‘borderscapes’; 
  • the role cross-border territories (can) play in European integration processes;
  • the qualities and potentials of borders, ‘borderscapes’ etc. (spatial, cultural and otherwise) as well as
  • the question how built environment professionals should deal with the same. 

In short: it promises to be an exciting event! Prerequisite to participate is the willingness to:

  • deal with the topic (or, rather, one of the topics) the summer school revolves around in the context of a dissertation, a ‘final year project’, or a piece of research in relation to a specific module;  
  • present the (preliminary) findings of the (research) project in the form of a paper, poster or other creative medium; an
  • beyond that actively contribute to the discussions in Berlin.

There is a lot of scope in terms of both the content and the methodological approach and the format of the work to be produced/presented and our German colleagues appreciate that MA theses/final year projects will not be completed by the time the summer school takes place. What they are after are original and thought-provoking ideas, interventions and reflections that provide ‘novel and unconventional input on urban development and urban planning.’ 

Should you be interested in participating, please look at the attached document for further information about the project and send an expression of interest of no more than 750 words with an indication of your motivation to apply as well as a description of your project idea to NovyJ@westminster.ac.uk by 20 November. You should also be able to name a member of staff who supports your application and is willing to help you with the project work. Applicants will be informed of the pre-selection results by 25 November and interviews for the final selection will take place shortly after that.

For more information, please feel free to send an email to Johannes Novy. He will also hold two information drop-in sessions on 30 October and 12 November from 13.00 to 14.00 in M222 to provide the students with an opportunity to meet him in person and ask questions.

Last but not least: Especially if you are considering to apply with your thesis/final year project, it is strongly recommend that you discuss your plan with your tutor and/or course director to make sure that they approve of (and are willing to support) it. 

To download additional material please click here.

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

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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