- wednesday 21 march
The future of design and the role of architects as localism gains teeth through the NPPFThe RIBA has called on architects to support localism by using their skills to help communities draw up plans for their area, and to bring vision and inspiring ideas. But if the notion of localism is in effect the political context for the National Planning Policy Framework (currently a white paper), then there are many who are less positive about the prospects for good design and urbanism, and the ability of architects to make much of a difference. What makes most money, they contend, is what will get built. Host: Harry Rich, Chief Executive, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Speakers
Jonathan Glancey,
Architecture critic Downloads |
SENSEable Cities: living environments of the futureThe increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years is allowing a new approach to the study of the built environment. The way we describe and understand cities is being radically transformed - alongside the tools we use to design them and impact on their physical structure. Carlo will address these changes from a critical point of view through the work of the SENSEable City Lab, a new research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host: Dr Rachel Armstrong, teaching fellow at Bartlett School of Architecture, co-director of AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) and a global TED Fellow Speaker
Carlo Ratti,
architect, engineer and founding partner, Carlorattiassociati, Director of SENSEable City Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Urban Management |
Designing buildings for the next centuryWith the economic and environmental future of the world uncertain, the evolving role, purpose and impact of buildings, both in the workplace and in society in general, become increasingly important. To understand what the future may look like, we also need to learn from the past, as the need to design high performance, sustainable buildings, which can respond to change, becomes an imperative. Host: Alex Lifschutz, Director of Lifschutz, Davidson Sandilands and past President of the Architectural Association Speakers
Stephen Bayley,
design and architecture author, critic, curator, broadcaster and consultant Downloads |
A Stirling Prize for retrofit?Too often, retrofit has a perception of being a second rate practice, one which doesn’t require the same level of intellect or creativity as new build. In an environmentally challenged world, the need to combine art and resources to produce intelligent and responsive buildings, which meet the needs of the people using them, will only increase. What will it take to inspire people about retrofit and to consider it as a form of developing better buildings as opposed to just a way of carbon cutting and saving energy? Host: Sunand Prasad, co-founder and Senior Partner, Penoyre & Prasad LLP, past President RIBA, member of the London Mayor’s design advisory panel and member of the Green Construction Board Speakers
David Kohn,
Founder, David Kohn Architects Downloads |
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