Category: Events

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

Call for Papers: “Research Culture in Architecture”, International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Architecture_Deadline 1st June 2018

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Research Culture in Architecture – International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Architecture

Where: Fachbereich Architektur der TU Kaiserslautern (fatuk), Germany

When: September 27 – 28, 2018

Deadline: Jun 1, 2018

During the Gothic period, Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa (1180-1240) established the foundations of theoretical geometry. Back then, the masters of building were architects, artists and engineers at the same time. Geometry strongly influenced their artistic work. Unfortunately, little is passed down about their knowledge, because the architects did not write.

The Gothic period stands figuratively for the complexity of architecture and its research culture. Architecture refers to many participating disciplines such as construction, materials sciences, building physics, sociology, fabrication technology, computer science, geometry, arts, architectural history and theory. It is significant, that these disciplines are interlinked in planning, design and realization processes of architecture. Compared to other sciences this is certainly one of the reasons why the development of a research culture in architecture is more difficult.

The international conference aims to discuss topics and methods in architectural research, focusing on their cross-disciplinary interrelations and their relevance to the design process itself. We are interested to see approaches to the development of a research culture in architecture. This conference will identify research topics and methods, encourages a research discourse and provides impulses especially for young researchers.

The cross-disciplinary interrelations will be debated through invited keynote lectures, as well as presentations of papers and posters, which have been accepted by our scientific committee. The invited experts from academia and practice will showcase pioneering projects and developments from various fields of architectural research. Additionally, the topics will be discussed at round tables.

Keynote speakers:

Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, RWTH Aachen, Germany / Margitta Buchert, LUH Hannover, Germany / Christian Derix, Woods Bagot SuperSpace, Sydney, Australia / Michael Hensel, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) Oslo, Norway / Caitlin Müller, MIT Cambridge, USA / Eike Roswag-Klinge, TU Berlin, Germany

Call for abstracts:

In addition to the keynote lectures, we invite students, doctoral students, academics, researchers, professors and practising architects to participate in this conference. In this call for papers we invite you to submit abstracts for papers, presentations and posters.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Construction, material and practice:
Support structures, facade concepts, timber-constructions, timber-concrete-composite construction, concrete structures, sustainable building, space concepts, modular building, building components and connections, 3D modelling, architectural geometry, digital fabrication,…

Architectural theory and design methods:
Perception and design, spatial concepts, performance-oriented design, neuro-architecture, history and design, reflection of methods, representation as design method, representation and simulation, algorithmic and generative processes, parametric design concepts…

In the spirit of our conference theme, we suggest that you discuss your investigations within the wider context of architectural research.

Questions could be:

  • Are the interrelations between material and form in architecture changing?
  • How can sustainability bring disciplines together?
  • How is the role of geometry changing in the architectural design processes?
  • How is human perception considered in your research?
  • Which kind of representations can help to visualize the design methods in architecture?
  • How did historical research affect architecture at its time?
  • How can architectural history have an impact on architectural design today?
  • How does the filter bubble affect research & practice?
  • How does practice benefit from architectural research?
  • What can new theories of embodiment and neuroscience bring to architectural design?
  • Does your technological research consider society issues?
  • How does your research address human challenges such as migration, demographic changes and climate change?
  • Is the role of technology in architecture changing?
  • How do we evaluate the performance of architecture?
  • What is the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence on architecture?

The scientific committee will evaluate submitted abstracts based on the originality of the topic, the clarity of the used research methods and the presentation, under consideration of the diverse research aspects.

Abstracts will be accepted either for presentation in the form of a 15-minute talk, or a poster on display for the duration of the conference. All accepted abstracts (talks and posters) will be distributed in a booklet during the conference. A limited number of the accepted abstracts will be invited to develop their work into full research papers for publication in a book after the conference.

What to submit?

Abstract:

  • extended abstract for blind reviews in English: between 600 and 1000 words
  • max. 2 images with captions, 3-5 references
  • the abstract should follow the structure: title, introduction, research, conclusion, references, keywords

The abstract should be supplied as pdf or word document.

Where to submit?

On https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rca2018 or mail to: rca2018@architektur.uni-kl.de

Dates:

1st June: Deadline for submission of abstracts

18th June: Notification of acceptance abstracts

15th July: Submission of the revised abstracts

Until 22th July: Early registration with reduced fee

From 23th July – 01st Sept.: Registration with regular fee

27th – 28th Sept.: Conference 2019: Publication of selected papers

Fees:

Early registration Participants: 150 euro

Full time students: 75 euro

Registration Participants: 180 euro

Full time students: 90 euro

If you want to register as a student, it is required that you send a proof of enrolment to: rca2018@architektur.uni-kl.de

Conference chair and organisation:

Maria da Piedade Ferreira, Cornelie Leopold, Christopher Robeller, Peter Spitzley and Ulrike Weber

The conference is hosted by fatuk, Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Scientific committee:

Dirk Bayer, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany / Jose Nuno Beirao, FAU Lisbon, Portugal / Jaume Blancafort, ETSAE, Cartagena, Spain / Stephanie Brandt, Stephanie Brandt Studio, Germany / Johannes Braumann, UFG Linz, Austria / Chris Dähne, TU Darmstadt, Germany / Elizabeth Darling, Oxford Brooks, UK / Benjamin Dillenburger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland / Eva Friedrich, Google San Francisco, USA / Jürgen Graf, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany / Uta Graff, TU München, Germany / Hans Hagen, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany / Catharina Hagg, TU Berlin, Germany / Susanne Hauser, UdK Berlin, Germany / Goncalo Castro Henriques, Unifederal, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Andreas Hild, TU München, Germany / Stefan Krötsch, Hochschule Konstanz, Germany / Christoph Langenhan, TU München, Germany / Katharina Lindenberg, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland / Alexandra Paio, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal / Itai Palti, Bartlett, UCL, UK / Norbert Palz, UdK Berlin, Germany / Marco Pogacnik, IUAV Venezia, Italy / Martin Ruskowski, TU Kaiserslautern / DFKI, Germany / Christoph Schindler, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland / Gerhard Schubert, TU München, Germany / Tobias Schwinn, Uni Stuttgart, Germany / Maycon Sedrez, TU Braunschweig, Germany / José Pedro Sousa, FAUP Porto, Portugal / A. Benjamin Spaeth, Cardiff, UK / Milena Stavric, TU Graz, Austria / Defne Sunguroglu Hensel, TU München, Germany / Ioanna Symeonidou, AUTH, Greece / Angèle Tersluisen, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany / Georg Vrachliotis, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany / Xiaohong Wang, CAFA Bejing, China / Andreas Winkels, TH Bingen, Germany / Tadeja Zupancic, UL-FA, Slovenja

Reference / Quellennachweis:

CFP: Research Culture in Architecture (Kaiserslautern, 27-28 Sep 18). In: ArtHist.net, May 18, 2018. <https://arthist.net/archive/18136>.

Call for Projects / Papers: “Design Agency within Earth Systems”, Architectural Association Symposium_Deadline 7th July 2018

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8,000 metres above the sea level exists what climbers call the “death zone”. This altitude marks the limit for human habitation, above which our species cannot survive. We thrive in the “life zone” – the earth’s land surfaces and oceans, its geological layers beneath, the dynamic atmosphere above – all affected by gravitational magnetic forces beyond. This living world is constantly being transformed by our social, economic and political interactions revealing our intricate dependences on the earth and its systems. Terms such as “Anthropocene” and “Capitalocene” have drawn attention to the role of political economy in transforming these earth systems and positioned design as a major geological force shaping the planet.

Speakers for symposium include: Neil Brenner (UTL, Harvard GSD); Stuart Elden (Warwick University); El Hadi Jazairy and Rania Ghosn (Design Earth); Marti Franch (EMF Landscape Architecture) + more.

Deadline: 07 July 2018, for notification no later than the end of August 2018.

Successful applicants will be expected to cover their own cost for travel and accommodation.

For more info please download the call for projects / papers:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5mp15tdz3ymuq80/AABPGZEAFT9BZr1Nh6hK2oy-a?dl=0

“The Old House Show” at The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London_ 7th and 8th September, 10:00-17:00

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Event details

When: Friday and Saturday, 7-8 September 2018 10am-5pm

Where: The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the first ever Old House Show, in partnership with Period Living, a free event taking place at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich over two days this September. The Old House Show takes place from Friday 7 September to Saturday 8 September 2018, and will epitomise everything the SPAB stands for. Focusing on the SPAB approach, and our unique emphasis on independent advice, crafts and education, there will be a full programme of talks, building crafts demonstrations and exhibitors with a conservation focus. The Old House Show is for members and non-members alike – and it’s absolutely free!

For more information please go to: https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/events/old-house-show

Join us for the preview of OPEN 2018 on Thursday 14th June, 18:00-21:00

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Calendar of Events

PREVIEW :

THURSDAY 14 JUNE, 6 – 9PM

To be opened by Dr Peter Bonfield OBE
Register at open18.eventbrite.co.uk

STUDENT AWARDS EVENING AND ALUMNI RECEPTION:

FRIDAY 15 JUNE, 6.30 – 8.30PM (Registration from 5.30PM)

RSVP to alumni@westminster.ac.uk

EXHIBITION CONTINUES DAILY:

FRIDAY 15 JUNE – TUESDAY 10 JULY 10AM – 5PM (WEEKENDS 10AM – 2PM)

OCULUS PAVILION: 

THURSDAY 14 JUNE – FRIDAY 13 JULY 9AM – 9PM (SUNDAY 10AM – 2PM)

5m2 pavilion at the rear podium of the University, developed by degree students with the aim to bring people together within a comfortable outdoor microclimate. Precision CNC cut within the University’s Fabrication Laboratory.

Partners: DS3.2, Quintin Hogg Trust Fund, Weber Industries, StructureMode, Fabrication Laboratory, LFA

SYRIA VISIONS OF HOPE: BLOSSOMING IDENTITIES:

THURSDAY 14 JUNE – FRIDAY 13 JULY 9AM – 9PM (SUNDAY 10AM – 2PM)

An experimental exhibition exploring the theme of identity, its manifestations and importance in creating the conditions for a hopeful future with thriving communities and spaces.

FAB FEST ’18: INTERNATIONAL FABRICATION COMPETITION AND PUBLIC FESTIVAL:

FRIDAY 6 JULY: Awards Night, 6.30 – 10PM

SATURDAY 7 JULY: Let’s Make: Family Friendly Making Festival, 12 – 4PM MUSIC@FABFEST, 6 – 10PM

SUNDAY 8 JULY – TUESDAY 10 JULY : Public Exhibition, 10AM – 5PM

All exhibitions are taking place at: University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LS
T: 020 3506 7003

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/open-2018

HistBEKE (Historic Built Environment Knowledge Exchange) Seminar Day Invitation, Friday 29th June, London

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The HistBEKE project will very soon have a set of recommendations to send to Historic England for their agreement, following which they will be put into action.

We are keen to ensure that the heritage sector, including those in academia, is fully on board with these and that everyone has been able to have an input.

We would like to invite you, therefore, to a seminar day on Friday 29th June in London, either just to attend or to present a short paper. This seminar day is an opportunity to hear more about the HistBEKE project and how the framework will work, including recommendations for the knowledge exchange and research agenda. The future of the project will also be discussed, as well as how it can be used and further developed by everyone in the sector.

Topics for presentations may include, for example:

  • How you might make use of HistBEKE
  • Whether or not your own research agenda/priorities aligns with HistBEKE
  • Knowledge gaps and research themes that we might have missed
  • Knowledge gaps and themes that you might be able to fill (perhaps they could be used as a topic list for MA dissertations?)
  • Thoughts on the recommendations and any further suggestions
  • Guidance / publications / projects that might be added to the knowledge exchange
  • Areas for future collaboration

The key outcome from the workshops was that that HistBEKE should have two key elements:

  1. A Knowledge Exchange – a ‘one-stop-shop’ website that anyone can access for information on building types, conservation techniques, craft skills, materials etc. This will effectively be a Google-style search engine which will provide links/signposts to resources, many of which may well be on your website. This should be a wiki-style page that will be open access so that anyone can update it.
  2. A research agenda and strategy to fill any knowledge gaps and thus add to the knowledge exchange above. This should be ‘managed’ by a network/forum/stakeholder group rather than an open access wiki.

The other recommendations can all be found in the online survey that we are currently running to see how strongly everyone agrees them: https://survey.liv.ac.uk/Histbeke2018Survey.

The recommendations will not be finalised until after the seminar day, however, and all comments will be taken into account.

Please send your expression of interest to Stella Jackson by 31st May and let us know if you’d be able to attend on the 29th June, and if you would like to present a short (max 20 minutes) paper.

Featured image by SPAB (via University of Liverpool)

Symposium “Postmodernism Now: Politics, Culture, Context” at Design Museum London _ Saturday 30th June, 11:00-18:00

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Douglas Spencer, lecturer at the University of Westminster and the leader of the MArch Dissertation module, will be speaking at:

Postmodernism Now: Politics, Culture, Context

This symposium investigates the revival of postmodernism, and what it might mean for our current moment.

When: Saturday 30 June, 11:00-18:00

Where: Design Museum London

In this symposium, leading architects, designers, artists and critics reflect on the influence and legacy of postmodernism, and ask what the renewed interest in its ideals and values has to do with our own period of political and economic uncertainty.

Postmodernism emerged in the 1970s as the cultural response to the era’s shifting economic and political sands: the break with the mixed economy of the post-war years and the emergence of neoliberalism. This moment of flux was manifested in a culture that was colourful, ironic and self-aware. In contrast to the certainties of the post-war era, all became relative in an invigorating culture of permissiveness and free-floating signifiers.

The backlash began in the early 1990s when postmodernism began to be seen as an aesthetic aberration forever associated with reactionary politics, Thatcherism and the hyper-consumption it unleashed. Today, we are told that Postmodernism is back, with a slew of books, reappraisals, and a new generation of architects and designers advocating its principles of aesthetic pluralism, licentiousness and stylistic promiscuity. But what should we make of it?

This event has been organised alongside the exhibition ‘The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture’, which is on at Sir John Soane’s Museum, 16 May – 26 August 2018.

For more info and booking: https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks-courses-and-workshops/postmodernism-now-politics-culture-context

Featured image credit: Al Yaqoub Tower, Dubai, 2013, by Adnan Saffarini, via Design Museum

Conference “Superstructures: The New Architecture 1960-1990” at The Julian Study Centre and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts on the 8th and 9th June 2018

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Douglas Spencer, lecturer at the University of Westminster and the leader of the MArch Dissertation module, will present his work at:

SUPERSTRUCTURES: THE NEW ARCHITECTURE 1960–1990 CONFERENCE

See below for dates / £50/£37.50 concessions, Free for students. Pre-booked tickets only / The Julian Study Centre and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

To book please call Visitor Services 01603 593199

Explore the influences and legacies of the iconic ‘High-Tech’ building style. International architecture and design historians will unpick and magnify themes from the Sainsbury Centre’s 40th anniversary exhibition, SUPERSTRUCTURES: The New Architecture 1960–1990.

Conference Programme

Friday 8 June | 4:30 – 7:30pm

A special exhibition tour with SUPERSTRUCTURES co-curator Professor Jane Pavitt will be followed by the conference Key Note speech by Professor Todd Gannon. ‘Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech’ will reassess the work of one of the most influential voices in twentieth-century architectural history.

Saturday 9 June | 10am – 4pm

Encounter a day of stimulating talks covering subjects from the mid-century designs of Charles and Ray Eames, to the spectacular growth of British leisure centres throughout the 1970s.

Speakers will convene for questions with plenty of opportunities to hold further discussions over lunch and refreshments.

Speakers include:

Professor Jane Pavitt, Head of the School of Critical Studies and Creative Industries at Kingston University.

Professor Todd Gannon, Head of Architecture Section at The Ohio State University’s Knowlton School and author of Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech.

Professor Pat Kirkham, Professor of Design History at Kingston University.

Dr Otto Saumarez Smith, Shuffrey Junior Research Fellow in Architectural History Lincoln College, University of Oxford.

Douglas Spencer, Lecturer in Historical and Critical Thinking at Architectural Association and author of The Architecture of Neoliberalism.

Programmed in partnership with the Modern Interiors Research Centre at Kingston School of Art (Kingston University)

This event is inspired by SUPERSTRUCTURES: The New Architecture 1960–1990, an exhibition that marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, the first public building designed by the world-renowned architect Norman Foster.

Exhibition runs until 2 September 2018.

Architecture Research Forum: “What About Design?” Kester Rattenbury, Thursday 17th May, Erskine Room, 5th Floor, 13:00-14:00

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KESTER RATTENBURY: “WHAT ABOUT DESIGN?” The Research Assessment and You

Westminster has an amazing body of active, diverse, internationally recognised staff teaching our students design. Their outputs – your outputs – include buildings, competition designs, exhibitions, books, collaborations, products, blogs, new ways of working. This work is recognised locally, nationally and internationally. But is it research?

Arguably in all case, and demonstrably in some, yes, it is. And when the next national University research appraisal, the REF, takes place, all staff will be considered to see what their ‘research outputs’ have been, and will have to make submissions demonstrating this.

In the last REF, Architecture was able to submit Design Portfolios of selected staff projects for the first time. This Research Forum opens the discussion on how this will work – and whether we can in any way shape the process so as make the work of our remarkable staff a more more visible part of our School.

This is a short, three part event to open the discussion:

*Professor Lindsay Bremner and Professor Susannah Hagan will give short accounts of how the process worked last time;

*Toby Burgess and Arthur Mamou-Mani will give short presentations of the range of work they do, as an example of the range of our staff work

*Open discussion chaired by Kester Rattenbury on how we might approach Design Folios in the next REF and whether we could turn any part of the exercise to our advantage.

When: 17 May 2018, 13.00–14.00

Where: Erskine Room, 5th Floor

The Architecture Research Forum is a seminar series hosted by the Architecture + Cities Research Group where staff present work-in-progress for discussion.

ALL WELCOME

Roca One Day Design Challenge UK, Roca London Gallery, Saturday 26th May, 9:00-20:30

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The second edition of the Roca One Day Design Challenge UK will take place in London on Saturday, the 26th May. Once again, the event will take place at the Roca London Gallery, emblematic building in the city designed by the renowned architectural firm Zaha Hadid Architects.

As usual, the challenge will consist of a competition against the clock in which the participants will have to design a product related to the bathroom space in just one day.

When the challenge finishes, a professional jury made up of internationally renowned architects and designers will evaluate the projects based on the creativity and originality of the designs, the feasibility of the project and the quality of the presentations.

The competition, organised by Roca since the year 2012, is aimed at young students and professionals under the age of 30 that wish to test their creativity and participate in a collaborative event with other young people from these sectors.

Are you under 30 and living in the UK? Register for the next Challenge and show us what you’ve got!

When: Saturday, 26th May 2018, 9am-8.30pm

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

To register online go to: http://www.onedaydesignchallenge.net/en/contests/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-2018