vienna AUSTRIA

Mark Foster Gage is at the forefront of a new generation of architects working to combine architectural practice with the innovative use of today’s most advanced technologies. The work of his firm, Gage/Clemenceau Architects ranges from large-scale architectural projects, to a dress for Lady Gaga, and from new store concepts for the fashion company Diesel, to interactive environments for Intel Corporation.

Mark Foster GAGE, “Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy.”
Thursday, 06/06
7.00 p.m. / Seminarraum A
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
1010 Vienna, Austria

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london UNITED KINGDOM

Architects Peter Cook and Takaharu TEZUKA lecture as part of a double bill this Thursday, May 23rd, 6.30 p.m. at The Bartlett School of Architecture. The first lecture, “20 Ideas in 30 Minutes,” will be given by Sir Peter Cook, and the second, “Nostalgic Future,” by Takaharu Tezuka (Tezuka Architects).

Peter COOK, “20 Ideas in 30 Minutes,” & Takaharu TEZUKA, “Nostalgic Future.”
Thursday, 05/23
6.30–8.30 pm / Royal Ear Hospital, Ground Floor
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Capper Street (corner of Huntley Street)
London, WC1E 6AP

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dessau GERMANY

Jose Sanchez will be giving a lecture on “Design = Play” at the Main Lecture Hall, Building 08, Room 006, Dessau Institute of Architecture, Bauhaustrasse 5, Dessau, Germany at 6.30pm on Wednesday 22 May 2013. Jose Sanchez is an Architect / Programmer / Game Designer based in London. He is partner at Bloom Games, start-up built upon the BLOOM project, winner of the WONDER SERIES hosted by the City of London for the London 2012 Olympics. He is the director of the Plethora Project, a research and learning project investing in the future of on-line open-source knowledge.

lecture: Jose SANCHEZ, “Design = Play”
Wednesday, 05/22
6.00 pm / Main Lecture Hall, Bldg. 8, Rm. 006
Dessau Institute of Architecture
Bauhausstrasse 5
06846 Dessau, Germany

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dessau GERMANY

Irene Gallou will be giving a lecture on “Performance Driven Design” at the Main Lecture Hall, Building 08, Room 006, Dessau Institute of Architecture, Bauhaustrasse 5, Dessau, Germany at 6.30pm on Wednesday 15 May 2013. Irene Gallou is a graduate of the EmTech masters program at the AA. She joined Foster + Partners in 2006 and is joint head of the Specialist Modeling Group.

lecture: Irene GALLOU, “Performance Driven Design”
Wednesday, 05/15
6.00 pm / Main Lecture Hall, Bldg. 8, Rm. 006
Dessau Institute of Architecture
Bauhausstrasse 5
06846 Dessau, Germany

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new york NEW YORK

World renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, a 1970 graduate of Cooper Union’s architecture program, speaks at his alma mater. The master planner for Ground Zero and the architect of one of Europe’s most visited museums, the Jewish Museum Berlin, explains the role that memory played in his work on those projects and others, including the Danish Jewish Museum, Manchester’s Imperial War Museum, and Dresden’s Military History Museum.

Daniel LIBESKIND
Holocaust Commemoration: Daniel Libeskind on the Art of Memory
Tuesday, 04/30
6.00pm / Great Hall, Foundation Building
Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
New York, New York 10003

Photo: Michael KLINKHAMER.

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princeton NEW JERSERY

Princeton SOA Lecture Series: “What I Did Next: Princeton’s Alternative Architectural Practices”

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“Curators,” with 
Azra AKSAMIJA, 
Henry URBACH, Jana LEO de BLAS, & Pablo GARCIA
Wednesday, 04/24
6.00pm / Betts Auditorium
Princeton SOA
Princeton, New Jersey 08544

vienna AUSTRIA

Computation, in its most basic meaning, refers to the processing of information. In this way, both mechanic processes operating in the binary realm of the digital, as well as material processes operating in the complex domain of the physical can be considered computational. This lecture will introduce Achim Menges’s work on exploring the territory where machine computation and material computation potentially overlap, where they not simply co-exist but intensely interact in the design process.

Achim MENGES, “Material Computation.”
Tuesday, 04/23
7.00 p.m. / Lichthof 2
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Vienna, Austria

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Chris Bangle would like to re-open in his talk the discussion of Design and Humanism with observations and commentary from his experiences on the forces involved in the creative process and how there may be a chance to return value to the “Human-in-the-loop”—if, that is, we designers are willing to rethink our role.

Chris BANGLE, “Design Forces: Personalities, Interference, Interpretation”
Monday, 04/22
4.00 pm / Lichthof 2
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Oskar Kokoschka-Platz
21021 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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san luis obispo CALIFORNIA

Visionary architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang is the founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects, a Chicago-based collective of architects, designers, and thinkers whose projects confront pressing contemporary issues. Driven by curiosity, intelligence, and radical creativity, Jeanne has produced some of today’s most innovative and award-winning architecture. The transformative potential of her work is exemplified by such recent projects as the Aqua Tower.

Jeanne GANG
Friday, 04/19
4.00–5.00 pm / 
Business Rotunda (03-213)
Cal Poly — San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

new york NEW YORK

”Crouch[ing] in a three-point stance” at the intersection 218th and Broadway, the Campbell Sports Center at Baker Athletic Complex by Steven Holl Architects evokes “a defensive lineman steadying himself on fingerlike stilts,” according to New York magazine. The newly opened structure features strength, conditioning, and study spaces for Columbia athletes, offices for their coaches, meeting rooms, and panoramic views of Inwood Hill Park, playing fields, and the elevated No. 1 line as it passes between Manhattan and the Bronx. Steven Holl delivers an on-site lecture on the building’s design and creation—from watercolor sketch to concrete and steel.

Steven HOLL, “Drawing as Thought”
Wednesday, 04/17
7.00 pm / Campbell Sports Center
Columbia University
Broadway and 218th Street
New York, NY 10027

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