STUDIO 630
Umair Haque suggests that ‘TED thinking’ — the sort that underlies the techno-utopianism behind the TED conference and much of the triumphalist ‘we can do anything’ discourse on the web — does an injustice to the power of ideas, and trivializes the issuse we are confronted with.
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Back to School… ”Architecture and its Future”, UN Studio’s Ben van Berkel at Bartlett School of Architecture.
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Rem Koolhaas: “If you only preserve the beautiful, of course you distort history”. (28m)
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The Metabolist Movement in the 1960s established the foundation from which contemporary architecture in Japan has emerged up to the present. Even today, the visionary architectural and urban projects created by the leading Metabolist Kiyonori Kikutake continue to shine brightly, according to Toyo Ito. In this lecture, he will consider Metabolism’s significance today through his rereading of Kikutake’s works of that time.
Back to School… Achim Menges - Material (In)Formation at USC School of Architecture
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Regional planning. Very sexy intro to how your living situation could be improved.
Back to School: Peter Calthorpe at PennDesign - “Reflections on Urbanisms - New, Traditional, and Global”
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Back to School: Bjarke Ingels gives a master class on innovative architecture+urbanism at Columbia.
“We were asked to look at making a new interpretation of ‘Vancouverism’”… @BjarkeIngels on #beachandhowe
When you drive over Granville Bridge, it’s like drawing a curtain aside “Welcome to Vancouver” (12min)
“In Vancouver, having a canopy over the street is like an urban umbrella” @BjarkeIngels on #beachandhowe
On behalf of BLAH CITY, welcome to Vancouver @BjarkeIngels and thank you to Westbank for your vision! #beachandhowe
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Toyo Ito: A Conversation on Japanese Architecture
What will the city of the future look like? According to the United Nations, by the year of 2050, 70% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Questions dominate our conception of the “City 2.0”: How will we transport ourselves? Where will we grow our food? How will we power our homes, our offices, our cities? What will happen to the natural world?
On October 13, 2012, communities across the globe will be asking these questions as part of TEDxCity2.0 day, a day during which nearly 70 TEDx events will be held in conjunction to dream the city of the future.
To celebrate the City 2.0 and the spirit of urban inspiration, here are 5 great TEDxTalks on the future of cities across the globe.via tedx:
ROMAZO BUCKY LAB SYMPOSIUM
For the very first time we organized a mini symposium for the bucky lab course. Together with our cooperating partner ROMAZO the group organisation for the dutch sunshading industry we had a full day of lectures from different members of Romazo. The students get a first hands knowledge boost and were also able to put their hands on the products in the mini trade show.
For more informations have a look also on www.buckylab.blogspot.com or on www.romazo.nl
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Back to School… Architect Winy Maas of MVRDV lectures in Buenos Aires
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Back to School… Rem Koolhaas of OMA speaking in Tokyo at the Japan National Press Club
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Back to School… Architect Rem Koolhaas lecture at American University of Beirut
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Back to School… Riken Yamamoto lecture at the Barcelona Institute of Architecture “The City as Infrastructure + Facilities”.
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