Category: Events

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

“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?’

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

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)