20 March/We Made That/ The Architecture Foundation/ London



Following five fast and furious weeks of research and debate at The Open Office, We Made That reflect upon the project and attempt to draw conclusions on the key issues facing accessible and socially engaged urban practices in the future. Chaired by The Guardian's architecture critic and AF Project Space Curatorial Advisory Board member, Oliver Wainwright.

We Made That is a young, energetic architecture and design studio concerned with a broad range of different disciplinary and cultural contexts – predominantly delivering work in the public realm. Their Open Office project runs in The AF Project Space from 20 February to 22 March 2013.

Where:
The Architecture Foundation, 136-148 Tooley St, London SE1 2TU

Entrance:
FREE

More info:
http://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/programme/2012/we-made-that-the-open-office/learning-from-the-open-office
 

22 march/ Piranesi Prix de Rome 2012 - Lecture by David Chipperfield / Casa dell'Architettura Acquario Romano / Rome


Casa dell'Architettura - Roma Acquario Romano, Piazza Manfredo Fanti 47, Rome
March 22nd 2013, 17:00pm

PRIX de ROME
DESIGNING ARCHEOLOGY
International conference
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO ARCHITECT DAVID CHIPPERFIELD

AWARD CEREMONY
Designing Archaeology. Architecture for the Development of Archaeological Heritage” Piranesi_Prix de Rome 2012. Career Achievement Award to Architect David Chipperfield with special reference to his restoration project for the Neues Museum in Berlin.

PROGRAM
16:30 hrs.Greetings and introduction by
Livio Sacchi
F. F. President of Ordine degli Architetti di Roma
Amedeo Schiattarella
Past President of Ordine degli Architetti di Roma
Romolo Martemucci
President of Accademia Adrianea
Elena Calandra
Soprintendente per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio
Speakers
Francesco Dal Co
Editor in Chief of Casabella Architecture magazine Angelo Torricelli Dean of School of Civil Architecture - Politecnico di Milano
Ilaria Valente
Dean of School of Architecture and Society - Politecnico di Milano
Luca Basso Peressut
Director of Piranesi_Prix de Rome Prize
Lucio Altarelli
Full Professor in Architecture Design Università Sapienza di Roma
Alberto Garlandini
President of ICOM Italia
Pier Federico Caliari
Curator of Piranesi_Prix de Rome Prize

18:00 hrs. Lectio magistralis by David Chipperfield


19:00 hrs. Award for Career Achievements to David Chipperfield


More info: 
Accademia Adrianea di Architettura e Archeologia Onlus
www.premiopiranesi.net
www.accademiaadrianea.net
e-mail: premio.piranesi@gmail.com
tel: 0694539143



16 march / Book presentation “Almanacco dell’Architetto. Da un’idea di Renzo Piano” Proctor / Cappella Farnese - Palazzo d’Accursio / Bologna


Un confronto a tutto campo sull’architettura contemporanea, partendo dall’esperienza planetaria di Renzo Piano: è il tema della conferenza “In viaggio con l’architetto”, in programma sabato 16 marzo a Bologna in occasione della presentazione dell’opera “Almanacco dell’Architetto. Da un’idea di Renzo Piano”, pubblicata dalla casa editrice bolognese Proctor. L’appuntamento è alle ore 10:00 nella Cappella Farnese di Palazzo d’Accursio (piazza Maggiore 6), a ingresso libero.
L’Almanacco dell’Architetto, un cofanetto con due volumi per un totale di 1.300 pagine e oltre 5.000 immagini, offre una panoramica sull’arte e la tecnica del costruire dal punto di vista di Renzo Piano: il primo volume, “Viaggi nell’architettura”, presenta 16 tra i progetti più significativi del grande architetto genovese; il secondo volume, “Costruire l’architettura”, raccoglie invece i contributi di nove autori, architetti e ingegneri indicati dallo stesso Piano, che approfondiscono le fasi della costruzione di un edificio.
La conferenza prende spunto da un fantastico viaggio intorno al mondo in mongolfiera escogitato da Renzo Piano, assieme al figlio Carlo, per rivedere “dall’alto, senza fretta e senza rumore”, alcuni degli edifici realizzati in quasi 50 anni di lavoro: dal “Beaubourg” di Parigi al grattacielo del New York Times, dall’aeroporto Kansai in Giappone alla chiesa di Padre Pio a San Giovanni Rotondo, fino a un villaggio in Nuova Caledonia e al grattacielo “The Shard” di Londra.
I relatori all’incontro del 16 marzo sono Carlo Piano (giornalista, coautore con il padre Renzo Piano del primo volume dell’Almanacco dell’Architetto), l’architetto Federico Bucci (prorettore del polo di Mantova del Politecnico di Milano, curatore del coordinamento scientifico dell’Almanacco), l’architetto Mario Cucinella (che ha firmato, tra gli altri, il progetto della nuova sede del Comune di Bologna), l’ingegnereMassimo Majowiecki (docente all’università Iuav di Venezia, tra gli autori del secondo volume dell’Almanacco) e l’architetto Matteo Agnoletto (ricercatore dell’Università di Bologna).
Introduce i lavori Claudio Bertocchi, amministratore unico di Proctor. Saranno presenti alcuni degli autori e dei componenti del comitato scientifico dell’Almanacco: Federico Bucci, Giovanni Calabresi, Fabio Casiroli, Lorenzo Jurina, Franco Origoni, Gianni Ottolini, Marco Sala, Marina Ines Scrosoppi, Gianni Scudo.
La conferenza è organizzata da Proctor con il patrocinio del Comune di Bologna, della Provincia e del Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Ateneo bolognese.
CITAZIONI DALL’ALMANACCO DELL’ARCHITETTO
“Sono un camminatore e la prima cosa che faccio sempre è quella di andare a piedi nel sito dove sorgerà l’edificio. Non bisognerebbe mai progettare nulla senza aver prima camminato molto, si deve raccogliere molta polvere sulle proprie scarpe”, sottolinea Renzo Piano dialogando con il figlio Carlo.
E ancora: “Nel mio lavoro cerco di attenermi in maniera scrupolosa ad un principio: non toccare la matita se prima non sono andato avanti e indietro sul posto con le mani in tasca, se non ho macinato chilometri cercando in silenzio di capire, ascoltare, cogliere l’essenza. I luoghi parlano, come le persone, basta saperli ascoltare. Ogni cantiere è un’avventura: non bisogna affrettarsi, ma saper accettare l’attesa, l’ansia, un po’ di sofferenza. Saper guardare coraggiosamente nel buio. Altrimenti ci si rifugia fra le braccia rassicuranti di mamma memoria e nel mestiere, ripetendo quello che si è già fatto. Invece occorre ribellarsi anche a se stessi per andare avanti e migliorare”.
L’Almanacco dell’Architetto è un’opera pensata non solo per gli “addetti ai lavori”, ma anche per un pubblico più vasto, come tengono a puntualizzare gli editori: “Leggete questo Almanacco come un racconto di vita e di architettura, di arte del costruire e del raccontare, di testimonianze tecniche e poetiche, di materiali e colori, di città e paesi lontani, come un caleidoscopio che combinandosi con la luce rilascia un itinerario immaginario da seguire, quello della qualità e della bellezza”.
Proctor Edizioni è una casa editrice, con sede a Bologna, specializzata in collezioni di architettura, ingegneria e costruzioni. Tra gli ultimi volumi dati alle stampe, “Uffici sostenibili. Architetture premiate in Europa” a cura di Thomas Herzog,“Atlante del Consolidamento degli Edifici Storici” e “Manuale del Geometra e del Laureato Junior”


More info:
www.almanaccodellarchitetto.it 
tel.051.19983311 – convegni@proctoredizioni.it – www.proctoredizioni.it

20 March / Opening STEFANO GIOGLI Small Italy – Fake / Acta International & LuminUp / Rome



STEFANO GIOGLI
Small Italy – Fake
Inaugurazione mercoledì 20 marzo 2013, ore 18.30

ACTA International e LuminUP presentano nella galleria di via Panisperna, Small Italy – Fake, il progetto del fotografo Stefano Giogli, che ha riscosso successo al 43° Festival Internazionale di Fotografia dei Rencontres d’Arles 2012.
Nato dal progetto ‘Reflexions Masterclass’, che ha creato un luogo di confronto itinerante tra giovani fotografi sull’evoluzione dell’immagine nella fotografia contemporanea, Small Italy – Fake è stato realizzato a Rimini all’interno del parco tematico Italia in Miniatura e si sviluppa come un’ interessante ricerca sul paesaggio, evidenziando la relazione tra l’uomo e l’ambiente circostante in uno scambio tra reale e ideale, secondo una singolare percezione del legame vero/falso.

Negli scatti esposti Stefano Giogli fissa attimi di una realtà fittizia, confondendo il fruitore tra i paesaggi sfuocati ma perfettamente riprodotti in miniatura ed i piccoli personaggi di plastica, realizzati in scala, che ne popolano lo spazio. Citando un interessante testo critico di Cinzia Busi Thompson, l’autore “supera agevolmente quelle convenzioni che vogliono la fotografia come oggettiva, ovvero come specchio della realtà, mentre non la riproduce affatto [...] poiché il dispositivo fotografico è solo uno strumento a disposizione dell’artista che può così interpretare la sua realtà, dare un contenuto specifico ad una forma polisemantica.”
Il punto di vista del fotografo, altro rispetto alle figure che ci si situano, insieme alle immagini che ne derivano, fanno si che non ci sia nessuna immedesimazione da parte di chi si pone di fronte a questi lavori; il fruitore rimane ancor più estraniato da quegli ambienti tanto familiari quanto irreali.

La mostra è accompagnata dalla pubblicazione, Small Italy – Fake di Stefano Giogli, testo critico di Cinzia Busi Thompson.

Stefano Giogli
Nato nel 1965 vive e lavora a Città di Castello (PG). Autodidatta, inizia a fotografare dal 2000. Dal 2005 ad oggi ha vinto numerosi premi tra cui nel 2010 PORTFOLIO ITALIA 2010 Gran Premio Epson e nel 2012, VIII° Premio Bastianelli per il miglior libro fotografico opera prima con “L'unico eri tu". Ha esposto nelle principali capitali europee con mostre collettive e personali partecipando nel 2012 a due grandi manifestazioni internazionali di settore, Photoespana e Les Rencontres d'Arles, avvicinandosi anche al mercato delle aste con la partecipazione a AUCTION4ACTION‐ asta a favore di Fotografi Senza Frontiere. Diverse le collaborazioni avviate nel corso degli anni come il progetto con NIKON Italia, EPSON Italia, e con riviste quali IODONNA - L’EUROPEO, FOCUS, F e FOTO CULT. Da qualche anno è membro del gruppo
REFLEXIONS‐MASTERCLASS diretto da Giorgia Fiorio e Gabriel Bauret.


Acta International & LuminUp 
Via Panisperna 82/83 Roma
+39 06 4742005
20 marzo – 13 aprile 2013
dal lunedì al venerdì ore 16.00 ‐ 20.00 
sabato su appuntamento

18-22 January/Maison & Objet/Nord Villepinte/Paris


Maison & Objet is an important international industry event for interior design and decoration at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center. It offers a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the trends in decoration, furniture, home furnishings, etc.. Attracted by Maison & Objet are primarily retail and mail order companies, department stores, art galleries, interior designers and decorators. 

"The art of living aspires to better living. Our dematerialized, virtual world is searching for a harmonious lifestyle that is more anchored in reality. A new vitality is perfecting the riches of Nature. Design is recomposing a bio-inspired world. The world of the home, a true living organism, is part of this revitalizing effect. We are rediscovering the primal force of original fodder. We are exploring the modalities of emotional comfort in which Beauty is first. We are experimenting with new fields in the sciences in order to lay the foundations for hope of rebirth. A manifesto for a better present, with the rallying cry: life to the hilt. "

More info:
http://www.maison-objet.com

10 October-20 January/William Klein + Daido Moriyama/Tate Modern/London


Explore modern urban life in New York and Tokyo through the photographs of William Klein and Daido Moriyama. This is the first exhibition to look at the relationship between the work of influential photographer and filmmaker Klein, and that of Moriyama, the most celebrated photographer to emerge from the Japanese Provoke movement of the 1960s.
With work from the 1950s to the present day, the exhibition demonstrates the visual affinity between their urgent, blurred and grainy style of photography and also their shared desire to convey street life and political protest, from anti-war demonstrations and gay pride marches to the effects of globalisation and urban deprivation.
The exhibition also considers the medium and dissemination of photography itself, exploring the central role of the photo-book in avant-garde photography and the pioneering use of graphic design within these publications. As well the issues of Provoke magazine in which Moriyama and his contemporaries showcased their work, the exhibition will include fashion photography from Klein’s work with Vogue and installations relating to his satirical films Mister Freedom and Who Are You Polly Maggoo?

More info:
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/william-klein-daido-moriyama

28 November-10 February/Antony Gormley Model/White Cube Bermondsey/London


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 //