BANG! Being the Building. Musarc Salon at the Barbican
Musarc have been invited to host a salon as part of the Barbican's OMA/Progress exhibition on Thursday 26 January 2011. On the occasion of the event, Musarc have commissioned a new film by sound artist Davide Tidoni which explores sonic impulse responses inside and around the Barbican by popping a balloon. Recorded during periods of silence, often at night, the results of such a seemingly mundane act are mesmerising. Tidoni adds a humorous dimension to this in the way he later stages the recording in the film. The first work in this series, A balloon …
PROVOKING ARCHITECTURE: Live Projects as Research in India and Sierra Leone
Friday 27th January - Monday 13th February 2012 The Warehouse, First Floor, Spring House An exhibition of built projects carried out as research in India and Sierra Leone. Live projects poke beneath the surface of everyday life to explore the accommodations which can be made to physical and cultural resistances found in rapidly changing situations to provoke an appropriate architectural response. They provide a testing ground for hypothetical ideas developed in the Diploma school, a method of investigation at PhD level and a firm pragmatic, …
LOOSE FIT: Remoteness, Industrial Production and Arousing Tools (+ Stairways) – Inaugural Lecture by Professor Maurice Mitchell
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Maurice Mitchell at 6:30pm, followed by drinks and the launch of an exhibition - Live projects in Research in India and Sierra Leone - in the Warehouse (1st Floor) Exhibition dates and opening times: Friday 27th January - Monday 13th February 2012 Private View: Thursday 26th January - 6:30pm to 8:30pm Monday to Friday - 10am to 7pm Saturday - 10am to …
Transformations. Lecture by William Mann of Witherford Watson Mann Architects
“An architect can only form part of a whole; he begins what others will finish, or finishes what others have begun” Eugene Viollet-le-Duc How far can buildings accommodate the mutability of individual lives and collective relationships? Working for mature institutions, Witherford Watson Mann Architects have increasingly found themselves working with existing buildings. Reflecting on projects and realisations by the practice, including Astley Castle for the Landmark Trust, William Mann will consider the tension between care for structures and …
Studio 1: Cultured Landscape. Exhibition Opening
Work in progress Studio 1 is showing work from a continued investigation into the density of the city, this year focusing on an urban loose fit and how nature and wilderness can live within the city. The four briefs shown are part of a suite of shorter non-linear exercises aiming to propose the architectural components of the main building and landscape project; A room beyond, A room with no ceiling, A shared room and Composed wilderness. Following on will be the Urban gestures & Urban ensemble, and Envelope, structure, lining projects, and all of …
Musarc Christmas Concert
St Bartholomews have added 150 chairs after the concert sold out on 4 December 2011. Book now → On 16 December 2011, Musarc will be returning to St Bartholomew the Great with an ambitious programme of improvisation, instrumental and choral performances, a sound installation, and an exhibition of photographs by Yiannis Katsaris. * Sound installation and bar open 7.00pm Programme starts 7.30pm Bar open after concert Doors close 10.30pm St Bartholomew the Great West Smithfield London EC1A 7HW Tickets and admission Full price …
Aldgate Series 4:
Alan Dein and Philipp Ebeling
A series of lectures with presentations made by those who can offer an insight into the area of Aldgate and its urban and creative context, as well as the ongoing regeneration of the area. Philipp Ebeling: Invisible Walls Philipp Ebeling, born in Germany, works as a freelance documentary and portrait photographer in London. He completed a BA in photography at the London College of Communication in 2002. His regular editorial clients include the Sunday Times Magazine, the Observer and Guardian magazines, Time Out, Dazed & Confused, GEO and …
Ideas about urban change: Carefulness
São Paulo Study Group Ideas about urban change: Carefulness Carefulness is used here to describe a way of looking and a way of working in the city. It is suggesting that time and attention to the specifics of situations, the culture of a place, its use, texture and form are important when considering opportunities for change. Seminar/workshop: 2-4pm in The Forum. The event is free but places limited. Please email office.asdprojects@gmail.com to book a place. Debate moderator: Prof Peter Carl (London Met, PhD Programme) Speakers: Pablo …
Real Time 2007–2011
Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design
London Metropolitan University
