In a lecture titled The Architecture of Error, Francesca Hughes considers the tools that architects developed to manage fears of physical error and examines some of the ways in which these tools, and the fears they barely conceal, intersect with the rise of redundant precision in architecture during the twentieth century. The series They want to speak with you invites(...)
7 May 2015 , 6pm
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In a lecture titled The Architecture of Error, Francesca Hughes considers the tools that architects developed to manage fears of physical error and examines some of the ways in which these tools, and the fears they barely conceal, intersect with the rise of redundant precision in architecture during the twentieth century. The series They want to speak with you invites(...)
SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)
30 October 2014 , 6pm
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SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)
Juan José Castellón presents his latest research on the application of design methods that integrate structural and spatial parameters and, in particular, the development of stereotomic prototypes in architecture. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
23 October 2014 , 6pm
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Juan José Castellón presents his latest research on the application of design methods that integrate structural and spatial parameters and, in particular, the development of stereotomic prototypes in architecture. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
29 January 2015 , 6pm
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L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen of Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative present the group’s methodologies and discuss the need to rethink the terms of humanitarian design. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
9 July 2015 , 6pm
Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen want to speak with you
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Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen of Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative present the group’s methodologies and discuss the need to rethink the terms of humanitarian design. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
In this talk, titled Design the place for people to meet, Manabu Chiba will explain his approach to design with an emphasis on realizing architecture as a facilitator for new place-to-place, person-to-person and people-to-place interactions. His work attempts to reveal the context of a site and create formal simplicity, in order to nurture relationships among(...)
11 February 2016
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In this talk, titled Design the place for people to meet, Manabu Chiba will explain his approach to design with an emphasis on realizing architecture as a facilitator for new place-to-place, person-to-person and people-to-place interactions. His work attempts to reveal the context of a site and create formal simplicity, in order to nurture relationships among(...)
The architectural practice OFFICE was founded in Belgium in 2002 by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen. They have contributed to past CCA exhibitions including Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture (2011). The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
13 November 2014 , 6pm
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The architectural practice OFFICE was founded in Belgium in 2002 by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen. They have contributed to past CCA exhibitions including Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture (2011). The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
Learning from... Ordos
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Chisasibi
A conversation between artist Thomas Kneubühler and filmmaker Ernest Webb, who explore housing and human migration in a small town on the eastern shore of James Bay. The conversation will be moderated by Alessandra Ponte. Taking the hydroelectric installations in Northern Quebec as his cue, Kneubühler documents how the generation of power touches the land and by extension(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
25 October 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Chisasibi
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A conversation between artist Thomas Kneubühler and filmmaker Ernest Webb, who explore housing and human migration in a small town on the eastern shore of James Bay. The conversation will be moderated by Alessandra Ponte. Taking the hydroelectric installations in Northern Quebec as his cue, Kneubühler documents how the generation of power touches the land and by extension(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre