Building Tour: St. Marylebone School
18:30, 4 June 2009
1 AIA CES Credit
RSVP ylau@kpf.com
“We designed the underground facility to be bright, fresh and open to the elements — an apparent contradiction for a basement. Economy was paramount so we moulded the necessary concrete retaining structure into a legible hierarchy of architectural components: columns, pilasters, beams, brackets and panels. Materials were lightweight and industrial but detailed to give the impression of a highly bespoke piece of architecture.”
— Gumuchdjian Architects
Philip Gumuchdjian spent 18 years with the Richard Rogers Partnership where as Associate Director he was involved in high profile buildings, and masterplans. He co-wrote Rogers’ influential treatise on sustainability: “Cities for a small planet” which has been translated into 6 languages and sold over 30,000 copies. Gumuchdjian was Rapporteur at the UN Habitat II conference in Istanbul and was a member of the German Government’s Urban 21 panel. A visiting critic to the Architectural Association, the Royal College of Art, University College London and Harvard School of Architecture, Gumuchdjian’s work has been published and exhibited internationally.
StMaryleboneSchoolBuildingTour.pdf
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01 June 2009
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