22 Novembre 20 Dicembre/FRP2 Normal Generic Landscape/Corso Italia 13/Milano


Dopo Barcellona, Napoli, Roma, Torino, le foto urbane del duo FRP2 arrivano a Milano nel contesto del primo UP4A Unconventional Place for Art.

"Per vedere se fosse possibile. Per vedere delle opere in posti non deputati all’arte. Per scoprire spazi che non abbiamo mai visto e che forse non esistono. Perchè abbiamo trovato chi ha sostenuto questo sogno e lo ringraziamo: i professionisti del network immobiliare La Casa Agency. Per una scommessa con degli amici casualmente critici e galleristi. Per dimostrare che produrre arte e comunicazione low cost è possibile. Per rispondere a chi parla sempre di crisi. Per promuovere l’arte giovane. Perché crediamo che sia indispensabile. Alla fine perché era divertente farlo."

Dal 22 novembre al 20 dicembre 2012
Corso Italia, 13. Ingresso da Via Rugabella
Ingresso libero ogni giorno dalle 12 alle 20
Sponsored by: La Casa Agency 


28 November / Steven Holl Lecture / The Cooper Union / New York




Steven Holl
Introduced and moderated by Sanford Kwinter
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street

Steven Holl Architects is an architecture and urban design office working globally as one office from two locations: New York City and Beijing. With each project, the firm explores new ways of integrating an organizing idea with the programmatic and functional essence of a building, “always using the unique character of a program and a site as the starting point for an architectural idea.” Major works include Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 2009 Linked Hybrid mixed-use complex in Beijing, China.
Holl’s architecture and writing has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current interest in phenomenology. Along with Juhani Pallasmaa and Alberto Perez-Gomez, Holl wrote essays for the Japanese architectural journal A+U under the title “Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture.” The publication was reissued as a book in 2006.
Most recent projects include the Daeyang Gallery and House in Seoul and The Columbia University Campbell Sports Center in New York City. Currently in construction are the new Glasgow School of Art, the Nanjing Sifang Museum of Art, and the Beirut Marina.
Steven Holl was the recipient of the 2012 AIA Gold Medal. His firm has been honored with many awards, publications, and exhibitions for excellence in design, most recently, their Cité de l’Océan et du Surf Museum (pictured in the slideshow above) won the Emirates Glass Leaf Award, the Annual Design Review, and the American Architecture Award. In 2001, Holl was named America’s Best Architect by Time.
Sanford Kwinter is a writer, theorist, and professor of architectural theory and criticism at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and codirector of the Master’s in Design Studies Program.
Tickets are free for League members; $15 for non-members. Members may reserve a ticket by e-mailing: rsvp@archleague.org


More Info:
http://cooper.edu/ 

28 Novembre / Conferenza "City Portraits: Mexico City" / Iuav /Venezia


City Portraits: Mexico City

a cura di Caterina Pregazzi

28 novembre 2012 ore 9.30
Iuav, Badoer, aula Tafuri
San Polo 2468, Venezia
La conferenza verrà trasmessa in live streaming

Programma:

9.30 saluti
Alberto Ferlenga

introduzione
Caterina Pregazzi

Metropolis mutante
Francisco Pardo

Projects for Mexico City
Jorge Ambrosi

Paesaggi stratificati: i luoghi della memoria consapevole
Juan Carlos Dall’Asta

Luis Barragan a Città del Messico: una nuova sintassi del disegno urbano
Ilaria Valente

Jardines del Pedregal: identità ed invenzione
Giulia Mela

Metropolis and informal life
Jose Castillo

Informalidad y espacios del consumo
Caterina Pregazzi

ore 13 lunch
ore 18 cocktail


INFO:

27 November/In Two Days Tomorrow will be Yesterday Lecture Wolf Prix/AA School of Architecture/London

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"In Two Days Tomorrow will be Yesterday":  Wolf Prix Lecture tomorrow at AA School of architecture in London. 

This lecture is not a ticketed event, but entry to the Lecture Hall will be on a first-come-first-served basis only. Once the Lecture Hall is full, any remaining audience members will be redirected to the New Soft Room, where the lecture will be available to view on video relay. The event will also be streamed live at http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/live/ and available to view later online.
 

Wolf Prix cofounded Coop Himmelb(l)au in 1968. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association of London, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. After teaching abroad he responded to a call as professor of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 1993 where he served as Vice-Rector, Head of Studio Prix and Dean of the Institute for Architecture. Among other decorations Wolf D. Prix received several academic awards including the “Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education” for his commitment to teaching and training, the “RIBA Jencks Award: Visions Built” for major contributions to the theory and practice of architecture as well as the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art for his outstanding creative achievements.
The architectural designs of Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal and CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au, have been highly acclaimed and featured in many publications, museums and collections worldwide. Among the recent projects are the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France; the House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark; the European Central Bank’s new headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; the Busan Cinema Centre in Busan, South Korea and the Dalian International Conference Centre in Dalian, China.




Time: 18:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall

Image © Clemens Fabry

More info:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=2022


26 Nov - 2 Dec / Sofia Architecture Week / Sofia






SOFIA ARCHITECTURE WEEK
 
Sofia Architecture Week (November 26  - December 2) is an international festival for architecture, which this year celebrates its 5th anniversary.  Launched in September 2008 as a two-day conference, the event expanded into a week-long meeting and idea exchange platform for architecture, interior design, landscape and urban environment. Through stimulating a broad professional and public debate the festival aims at initiating sustainable social and architectural practices. The diverse and intense program features presentations, exhibitions, discussions, workshops, screenings and urban interventions as well as architectural workshops for the youngest.
Every year Sofia Architecture Week focuses on a specific topic – in 2012 that is the interaction between culture and architecture in the context of Sofia’s application for a European Capital of Culture in 2019. Participants and public will be all welcomed to follow study and model the interaction between cultural spaces and their creators, users, managers, public and artistic content.
Organizers of the festival are EDNO in partnership with America for Bulgaria Foundation and Sofia Municipality. The curator will be Fang Zhenning.
Guests of the festival have been: NL Architects, Mansilla Tunon, feld72, Rudy Ricciotti, JDS Architects, Ivan Kucina, Atelier Kempe Thill, ECDM, Raumlabor, 3+1 architects, Anne Lacaton, А 69, Frédéric Borel, Randic-Turato, Emre Arolat Architects, Dominique Lyon, Robert Thiemann (FRAME and MARK magazines), OFIS arhitekti, KWK Promes.

Download the program here

An intalian article by Valentina Silvestrini on Sofia Architecture Week here

Manifesto:
We all create! Whether intuitively or on purpose we design urban everydayness. We change urban spaces by our very existence. The urge to have fun, to create, to change, to communicate or just to contemplate captivates and sways the mind. At this very moment the city transforms itself into something so much more than a décor of buildings and streets – a flexible space filled with ideas, impressions and longings. A space in which we are all artists.
Bulgarian cities compete to be European Capital of Culture in 2019 and this gives ground for a critical view upon the cultural infrastructure in both Bulgaria and Europe, with a look towards the avant-garde in the field today – Asia. Halls and museums, galleries and clubs, schools and community centers, squares and parks – whether existing or potential they all need creative ideas to transform them into up-to-date and inspiring spaces. Meanwhile artists, organizations and audience seek spaces to realize their ideas.

More Info:


20 Novembre-2 Gennaio/Un designer per le imprese 2012/Triennale/Milano


Dal 20 Novembre al 5 gennaio alla Triennale di Milano la mostra "Un designer per le imprese 2012".

Un Designer per le Imprese è il titolo dell’omonimo progetto realizzato da Material ConneXion Italia in collaborazione con la Camera di Commercio di Milano, la Provincia di Milano, la Camera di Commercio di Como e la Camera di Commercio di Monza e Brianza.
25 aziende, 6 scuole di design, 150 studenti, 100 progetti, 30 vincitori e 30 prototipi realizzati sono i numeri della mostra, risultato finale di un progetto a sostegno dell’innovazione e della creatività delle PMI milanesi.

More info:
http://www.triennale.it/it/mostre/incorso/2203-un-designer-per-le-imprese-2012

22-25 November/MADE12/Corn Exchange/Brighton

MADE12 takes place between the 22nd and 25th November in the Corn Exchange, part of the Dome Complex by the Royal Pavilion.
We will again be welcoming 120 of Britain's most innovative and original makers to show and sell their work directly to the public.

The fair will showcase over 100 contemporary designer / makers across all media, selling their work direct to the public.  

From: 23rd - 25th November, 2012
Open: 11.00 – 17.00
Venue: Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UD
Entrance £6, under 14s free.


More info:
http://www.brighton-made.co.uk/

24 November/"Common Ground" Finissage/Teatro delle Tese/Venice

The 13th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by David Chipperfield and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will close with success on Sunday November 25th. The Finissage of the Exhibition will take place on Saturday November 24th.
The closing press conference will be held at 11:30 am at the ASAC Library at the Giardini with the President Paolo Baratta and the Director David Chipperfield.
The “Grande Meeting di chiusura” will be a series of round table discussions reviewing the intentions of the Exhibition and the reactions to Common Ground and will take place at the Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale. The meetings, established in the context of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Common Ground, are an occasion to explore the themes of the exhibition Common Ground along with the curator, architects, scholars and critics; they are addressed to the public of the Biennale Architettura that is made up, besides professionals, by architecture lovers, students and visitors of all ages, backgrounds and origins.
Several will be the themes for discussion during the morning Meeting,among these, Making Visible the Collective Value, which will see the participation of Theatrum Mundi / The Global Street and We Are Here Venice (these two new urban forums seek to understand what brings life to a city, particularly in its public places and ask how these might be better arranged, organised and designed. Architects and town planners are mixed with activists, community groups, scientists and artists to reimagine the resources of Venice for the 21st Century). In the afternoon, Common Ground will be declined in four different sessions with the following titles: Common Ground by, Politics and Society, Media and Society and Common Ground and Education. The meeting will be moderated by the President of la Biennale di Venezia Paolo Baratta and by the Curator David Chipperfield with the contribution of some participants of the 13th Exhibition including Rafael Moneo, Luis Férnandez-Galiano, Wouter Vanstiphout and Reiner de Graaf together with Alice Rawsthorn (design critic of the International Herald Tribune), Andres Lepik (Curator), Bernhard Schulz (art and architectural critic), Matthew Slotover (English publisher and entrepreneur, co-publisher of Frieze magazine and co-director of Frieze Art Fair), Brett Steele (director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and AA Publications), and Oliver Wainwright (The Guardian's architecture and design critic).
The meetings will be followed by three of the 77 Universities participating in the project Biennale Sessions of la Biennale di Venezia: Università degli Studi di Firenze - Facoltà di Architettura (Italy), Venice International University (Italy), and Università degli Studi di Trento - Facoltà di Ingegneria (Italy).
 More info:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/news/17-11.html 

20 November/Lecture Paul Williams "Structure or Straightjacket: Creative spaces for CSM"/AA School of Architecture/London


Stanton Williams’ design for the new University of the Arts London campus for Central Saint Martins at King’s Cross unites the college’s activities under one roof for the first time. It provides CSM with a substantial new building, connected at its southern end to the Grade II listed Granary Building, a rugged survivor of the area’s industrial past. The result is a state-of-the-art facility that not only functions as a practical solution to the college’s needs but also aims to stimulate creativity, dialogue and student collaboration.

The lecture will reflect on the design considerations that led to the creation of this stage for transformation – a framework of flexible spaces that can change over time to invoke new interactions and interventions.

Paul Williams formed the partnership Stanton Williams with Alan Stanton in 1985. As founding directors they have been responsible for the creative direction of the practice since its inception. In November 2011, Stanton Williams were judged to have made the most significant contribution to British architecture over the past year and were presented with the BD Architect of the Year Award 2011 along with the title of Education Architect of the Year. Williams is actively involved with the concept and design development of many of the studio projects, including the UAL campus for Central Saint Martin’s at King’s Cross, Issey Miyake Shops and the Eton Manor site for the London Olympics. In 2005, he was awarded the title of Royal Designer (RDI) for sustained excellence in design throughout his career.



Time: Venue:
18:00:00
Lecture Hall 
More info:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=1967 

20-25 November/DA!FEST/Centre/St.Petersburg


The International film festival and award in the field of product design and architecture «DA!Fest» is a review competition of a presentation (documentary, fiction, animation, mixed-media, etc.) videos dedicated to a product design and architecture worldwide projects.
The festival takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia since 2011, annually in autumn.

Members list of the international non-competition video program DA!Fest 2012:
Fraser Ross (Scotland), Humans Since 1982 (Sweden), Innostand (Lithuania), Tyler F. Wallace (USA), Ligita Brege (Latvia), Stanislav Roudavski (Australia), Boca do Lobo (Portugal), ArtAbsinth (Ukraine).
The films will be shown on November 23 at «Make It» Centre, St.Petersburg, Russia.

The founder of the Festival is:
- «BSCA» Creative Agency, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The partners and co-founders of the Festival are:
- «REC 75″ Non-Commercial Partnership, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- «O’Studio» LLC., St. Petersburg, Russia.
- AllAdvertising.Ru
If you have any questions, please mail us: info@dafest(dot)com 

More info:
http://dafest.ru/eng/

8-11 November-7 December/Murcia Open Design/Murcia

 The last day to attend the Murcia Open Design event is tomorrow but the permanent exhibition at Museo Molinos del Rio-Caballerizas is from the 8th of November to the 7th of December. Let's go!

 More information on:

http://www.mmod.es 

 

 

The program for today and tomorrow(in spanish):

 

SABADO 10 NOV.


TARDE //

TALLERES MURCIANOS // 

 MOLINOS DEL RIO - CABALLERIZAS // SALA AUDITORIO // 

 

19.00H COLECTIVO MUJERES CON PAJARITA// CHARLA – TALLER// 

SALA AUDITORIO, MOLINOS DEL RIO - CABALLERIZAS // 

 

DOMINGO 11 NOV. 

TARDE //  

17.00H DOCUMENTAL DE DISEÑO GRÁFICO // "ART & COPY" // GRÁFICA Y PUBLICIDAD //  

GANADOR DEL EMMY AL MEJOR DOCUMENTAL EN 2011, ART & COPY MUESTRA EL TRABAJO Y LA SABIDURÍA DE LOS CREATIVOS PUBLICITARIOS MÁS INFLUYENTES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO.  

CAFE FICCIONES // 

19.00H DOCUMENTAL DE DISEÑO GRÁFICO // "HELVÉTICA" // GRÁFICA Y TIPOGRAFÍA //  

LA PELÍCULA DOCUMENTAL HELVETICA, DIRIGIDA POR GARY HUSTWIT, ES UNA PELÍCULA SÓLO APTA PARA PERSONAS INTERESADAS EN LAS TIPOGRAFÍAS O EN EL DISEÑO GRÁFICO. ESTÁ RODADA CON MOTIVO DEL 50º ANIVERSARIO DE LA APARICIÓN DE LA NEUE HAAS GROTESKE - REBAUTIZADA COMO HELVETICA POR LA EMPRESA TIPOGRÁFICA LINOTYPE PARA PODER VENDERLA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS.  

CAFE FICCIONES //

9 nov / coCreationcamp / Circolo dei lettori / Torino


coCreationcamp è una serie di incontri internazionali in cui si combinano discussioni motivanti, sessioni di generazione di idee e workshop pratici. coCreationcamp è una rete di condivisione che coinvolge investitori pubblici e privati nonché persone creative ed esperti dell’innovazione, provenienti dal mondo del design, dal mondo accademico e dei think-tanks / do-tanks. 
La visione combinata di questi diversi attori consentirà di creare il prototipo di soluzioni innovative per espandere la gamma di pratiche incentrate sull’uomo. La combinazione di metodologie di innovazione e di un’attitudine iterativa aprirà lo scenario dell’innovazione attraverso lo scambio di best practice co-creative.

Il coCreationcamp di Torino é organizzato da Wallonie-Bruxelles Design/Mode (WBDM), Architempo e la Camera di Commercio di Torino, in collaborazione con Wallonie-Bruxelles International e Bold srl, nel quadro del progetto europeo EDEN EcoDesign Network (finanziato da Cross-border Cooperation Program Interreg-Alcotra), all’occasione del salone del design autoprodotto Operae.
Venerdì 9 novembre:
  • 09:30 Apertura e introduzione di Alok Nandi
  • 09:45 Approccio co-creativo: Mark Vanderbeeken, François Jégou
  • 10:30 Casi di co-creazione e relativi strumenti: Alain Berteau, Marcia Caines, Fabrizio Valpreda, Federico Capeci
  • 12:30 Pausa pranzo e networking
  • 14:00 Workshop sulla co-creazione
  • 16:00 Rinfresco e networking
  • 16:20 Risultati: la co-creazione nell’autoproduzione / eco-design
  • 17:00 Chiusura “powered by PechaKucha”


More Info:
http://www.cocreationcamp.com/cocreation/ 

30 October-5 November/Tokyo Design week/Meiji-Jingu Gaien/Tokyo





TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2012 will take place under the symbolical slogan of
「HELLO DESIGN!」 and trying to attract a broad range of visitors from children to adults, people who do not have opportunities to experience design and art in daily life.
In addition, we will be broadcasting event information on our 'TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK.tv' TV program on BS NTV and posting the latest event news on our official website, twitter and Facebook page.

More info:
Time: 11:00−21:00 (18:00 on the last day)
Venue: Meiji-Jingu Gaien (Central Venue), and other metropolitan areas (satellite locations)
Attendance : 100,000 visitors (estimate)
http://www.tdwa.com/