Spring 2012 Lecture Series Announced
All lectures are held at 6PM in Meyerson Hall and free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Continuing education credits available.
MEGAPROJECTS: CAN WE BALANCE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL GOODS?*
Tuesday, January 17
7PM, Meyerson Hall Lower Gallery
Tuesday, January 31
7PM, Annenberg Center, Room 511
Co-presented with the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the Civilians' play In the Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards. Panelists will discuss the historical, political, social and aesthetic background of major urban development projects.
*Attendance at In the Footprint, running January 18-29, is strongly encouraged as contents are an important part of the panel discussion. Tickets will be sold at the January 17 event (Student ticket price is $10). See www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/?id=179 or call 215.898.3900 for details.
SYMPOSIUM
Friday, January 27
ARCHITECTURE AND ENERGY: QUESTIONS ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND STYLE
2 PM, Meyerson Hall Galleries
Architecture and Energy is a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Pennsylvania State University and sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) for Energy-Efficient Buildings, a U.S. DOE Energy Innovation Hub led by Pennsylvania State University.
Thursday, February 2
The Architecture of Discourse: Publication & Publicity in Architecture
AARON LEVY
Chief Curator, Slought Foundation
WILLIAM MENKING
Founder and Editor, The Architect's Newspaper
TOM WEAVER
Editor, The AA Files, Architectural Association
& INVITED GUESTS
Saturday, February 11
SYMPOSIUM
ARCHITECTURES OF THE TEXT: AN INQUIRY INTO THE HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI
10AM - 6:30PM, Meyerson Conference Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 2nd floor
The Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the School of Design will collaborate on a one-day symposium to celebrate the acquisition of the uncommon second edition of Francesco Colonna'sHypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice 1545). The symposium will give faculty, students, scholars, and the public the opportunity to explore the beauty, meaning, and mysteries contained within the book's text and images and to share observations and findings with Penn colleagues and the scholarly community.
For details and to register, visit http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/hypnerotomachia.html
Monday, February 13
ADRIAAN GEUZE
Landscape Architect, West 8, The Netherlands
"Re-Frame"
The Annual Ian L. McHarg Lecture
Thursday, February 16
Visual Studies Lecture:
ORKAN TELHAN
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts & Emerging Design Practices
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5pm, Annenberg Center, Room 111
Sponsor: Penn Visual Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Thursday, February 23
PAULA SCHER
Designer, Pentagram
Spiegel Resident
5:30 pm, B1 Meyerson
Co-sponsor: Spiegel
Monday, February 27
ENRIQUE PEÑALOSA
Former Mayor of Bogotá
Wednesday, February 29
VIA: DIRT Launch
Thursday, March 1
NOT VITAL
Visiting Artist
6:30 pm, ICA Auditorium
Co-Sponsor: ICA
Monday, March 12
TIMOTHY BEATLEY
Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
Thursday, March 15
NEIL PORTER
Principal, Gustafson Porter
Monday, March 19
MARION WEISS/MICHAEL MANFREDI
Graham Chair Professor of Architecture, PennDesign
Principals, Weiss/Mandredi
KENNETH FRAMPTON
Ware Professor of Architecture, Columbia University
BARRY BERGDOLL
Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, MOMA
6:30pm, Meyerson Hall, B1
Sponsor: Kohn Pedersen Fox Lecture Fund
Wednesday, March 21
CHRISTINA CAMERON
Professor, Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage
Ecole d'Architecture, Universite de Montreal
Monday, March 26
Integrated Product Design Lecture:
BILL MOGGRIDGE
Director, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Sponsor: Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer/ Integrated Product Design Lecture Series
Wed, Mar 28
MATTHEW DAY JACKSON
Visiting Artist
6:30pm, Institute for Contemporary Art Thursday, Mar 29
JOHN OCHSENDORF
Associate Professor, MIT
Tuesday, April 3
WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI & MOSHE SAFDIE
Meyerson Professor of Urbanism/Principle, Safdie Architects
Thursday, April 5
MOYRA DAVEY
Visiting Artist
6:30pm, ICA Auditorium
Monday, April 9
IN THE TERRAIN OF WATER II
2-7pm, Meyerson Hall, Upper and Lower Galleries
www.terrain.design.upenn.edu
Tuesday, April 10
PHILIPPE RAHM
Philippe Rahm Architects
6:30pm, Meyerson Galleries
Co-Sponsor: Ewing Cole Lecture Fund
Wednesday, April 11
DAVID N. FIXLER
Principal, Design + Preservation, EYP/AE Inc.
Thursday, April 12
URBANIZED: Film Screening & Conversation
RICKY BURDETT
Professor of Urban Studies
Director, LSE Cities and Urban Age
Global Distinguished Professor, New York University
JAMES CORNER
Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, PennDesign
Principal, James Corner Field Operations
GARY HUSTWIT
Director and Producer, "Urbanized"
Co-Sponsor: Penn Institute for Urban Research, Cinema Studies
Wednesday, April 18
YVONNE FARRELL & SHELLEY MCNAMARA
Directors, Grafton Architects
6:30pm, Meyerson Galleries
Co-sponosor: Turner Lecture Fund
Thursday, April 19
KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO
Visiting Artist
5pm, ICA
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28
CONSERVING THE CITY
Friday evening/all day Saturday
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