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Global Architecture in the 1970s symposium

 

The School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington was formally established in 1975. In recognition of their fortieth anniversary, the School will be holding an academic symposium with invited guests, and an alumni celebration on the weekend of 18-19 March 2016.

The symposium will take place on Friday 18 March, and will bring together architectural scholars to consider the scope of global architecture in the 1970s, and the ramifications for architectural practice today. The final session of the symposium will be a discussion of architectural futures. The symposium will conclude with drinks and a keynote lecture in the early evening.

On the evening of Friday 18 March, their will be a formal celebration dinner to be held at The Boatshed on the Wellington Waterfront. On Saturday 19 March, we will hold our alumni celebration from 10am – 6pm, including presentations by former students and staff.

Speakers at the symposium include:

  • Peter Wood: “From New Hope to Awoken Force: 40 Years of Architecture” - Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Paul Walker: “McHarg, MacEwen and the Idea of “Crisis” in 1970s Architecture” - Professor of Architecture at The University of Melbourne
  • Eunice Seng: “Habitat, c.1976: Transnational Technologies, Modern Domesticities in Singapore and Hong Kong” - Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong, founding principal of SKEW Collaborative
  • Tom Daniell: “The Rise and Fall of URBOT” - Head of Architecture and Design at University of St. Joseph, Macau
  • Jonathan Massey: “Reflexive Modernism: Designing Environmental Risk” - Dean of Architecture at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Anthony Burke: “The Innovation Imperative: From Projects to Practices” - Professor, Head of the School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney 
  • Marc Aurel Schnabel: “Digital Design Realities and Futures: Architectural Teaching, Learning and Praxis” - Professor of Architectural Technology, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Bige Tunçer: “Informed Urban Design” - Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Peggy Deamer: “Future Detail” - Assistant Dean and Professor, Yale University

Keynote lecture:  

  • Daniel Barber: “The World Solar Energy Project: Alternative Architectures in the 1940s, 1970s, and Today”

For more information and a full programme, see here.
The symposium will cost $35 and the celebration dinner will cost $100. Tickets here.


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