Torben Østergaard
3XN Architects
Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday May 13th, 2015
7:30 pm Lawrence Cummings Lecture Theatre, School of Architecture
Torben Ostergaard is a partner of 3XN, one of the leading architectural firms in Denmark. Operating at the forefront of architectural practice in northern Europe, 3XN is known for the creation of innovative buildings operating at the nexus between design, program, technology and context. The work at 3XN is highly collaborative and is dedicated to producing works that expand culture and shape the behaviour of its inhabitants in ways that encourage them to become more active and engaged with each other, as well as with architecture, the city and the surrounding environment. The work of 3XN includes projects such as: The National Aquarium/Blue Planet, winner of numerous awards such as the RIBA EU Award, the Frederiksberg Courthouse, recipient of the RIBA European Award of 2013, and the Swedbank building in Stockhom, awarded the EU Greenbuilding honour of 2014.
Marc Fornes
theverymany
New York
May 14th, 2015
7 :00 pm Lawrence Cummings Lecture Theatre, School of Architecture
Marc Fornes is the principal and founder of THEVERYMANY, a New York based design studio and research forum that engages the intersection of architecture and art with computer science, emphasizing building and fabrication as a testing ground for digital design. His geometrically complex and algorithmically-produced prototypes have been exhibited worldwide and are part of the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou, the FRAC Centre, and the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP). His pop up store for Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama is the very first carbon fiber self-supported shell structure applied to architecture and was awarded an A+ Jury Award as well as the 40th Annual Interior Design Award by the IIDA. THEVERYMANY also received the AIA New Practices New York award (2012), the Architectural League Prize (2013), and Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard Award (2013). Marc Fornes is also an educator, having developed the (n)Certainties graduate studios at Columbia University with Francois Roche, in addition to having taught at the University of Southern California and Die Angewandte in Vienna. He is currently teaching at Princeton University as well as with Patrik Schumacher at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Gregg Pasquarelli
SHoP Architects
New York
Thursday May 28th, 2015
7:00 pm Lawrence Cummings Lecture Theatre, School of Architecture
Gregg Pasquarelli is the founding partner of SHoP, a New York based architectural firm with projects completed or underway on all four continents. SHoP has set the standard for creative exploration in the field of architecture and modeled a new way forward with its unconventional approach to design.
At the heart of the firm’s method is a willingness to question accepted patterns of practice, coupled with the courage to expand, where necessary, beyond the architect’s traditional roles. Celebrated designs such as the Porter House apartments, the East River Waterfront, and the Barclays Center arena have cemented SHoP’s reputation for smart, successful, transformative neighborhood interventions. In 2009, SHoP was honored with the Smithsonian/Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Award. In 2014, Fast Companynamed SHoP “Most Innovative Architecture Firm in the World.”
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