Next Sustainability Lecture
Selling the Sizzle
Ed Gillespie, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Futerra
Wednesday, 24 February 6:30pm
Herman Miller Showroom
National Design Centre
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
So Copenhagen was the dampest of squibs, people are bored about climate change, sceptical about the science and as we emerge from recession insular of mind and just keen to get back to business as usual. Right? Wrong! Now is the most critical moment in combating climate change and Ed will explain how to ‘Sell the Sizzle’ and reinvigorate the climate change agenda by focusing on the vision of a positive low-carbon future.
Futerra is one of the world’s first specialist sustainability communications agencies, founded in 2001 they have been focusing on ‘making sustainable development so desirable it becomes normal’. Experts in attitude and behaviour change, combined with cutting edge creativity, Futerra has offices in London and New York and an international reputation for powerful, provocative and compelling work. Ed Gillespie is a director at Futerra and has driven the creative direction of Futerra’s work since its foundation. His interesting career history includes working for the Natural History Film Unit, as a marine biologist in Australia, New Caledonia and Orkney and on environmental issues for Transport for London. He has Masters degrees in both Marine Conservation and Sustainable Development and writes regularly for the Guardian.
www.futerra.co.uk
1.5 CES Credits
£3 AIA members, £5 non-members
Please RSVP to Alex Miller, amiller@kpf.com, as seating is limited. Reserve your place now and pay at the door the evening of the event.
The lecture series is organised by Anna Maria Orru, creator of SCENE - thinking, whose aim is to bring together various disciplines around all the innovation on sustainability and systems thinking. http://www.scene-thinking.com/
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2010 Excellence in Design Awards Programme
The Awards Programme recognises and honours excellence in design:
By UK-based Architects for projects anywhere in the world -
By Architects anywhere in the world for projects in the UK -
By Students of Architecture currently enrolled in UK Universities -
These Awards are highly valued by architects because they confer trans-Atlantic recognition. Entries are sought from architects based in Britain, and from architects throughout the world for built projects in the UK. In past years this broad mix has resulted in winning projects from, amongst others, the offices of Foster & Partners, Rick Mather, Zaha Hadid, Panter Hudspith, Gianni Botsford Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Allies & Morrison, Richard Rogers, Will Alsop, and Eva Jiricna.
In parallel with the professional awards, the Chapter has chosen to recognise future talent through the Noel Hill Student Travel Awards Programme. Entries are sought from Students currently enrolled in UK universities for a portfolio of their work.
Critical Dates:
Submission: by 5pm, Friday, 12 March 2010
Awards Presentation: Wednesday, 14 April 2010, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells, London
Jury:
Deborah Bartlett – London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority
Eva Jiricna – Eva Jiricna Architects
David Morley – David Morley Architects
David Porter – Mackintosh School of Architecture
Peter Rees – City Planning Officer, Corporation of London
Stephan Reinke - Stephan Reinke Architects
Please see the attached PDFs regarding submission information and queries.
DesignAwards-Professional-Invite-Instructions-SampleTemplate.pdf
DesignAwards-Student-Invite-Instructions-SampleTemplate.pdf
Also attached below are submission templates in various formats.
Professional-template-variousformats.zip
Student-template-variousformats.zip
Sampling of 2009 Winning Entries:
A-SummarySheet.pdf
B-SummarySheet.pdf
Student-SummarySheet.pdf
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Sustainability from a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Biomimicry in Architecture
Michael Pawlyn, Founding Director, Exploration Architecture
Monday, 25 January 6:30pm
Herman Miller Showroom
National Design Centre
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
This talk will describe the rapidly emerging discipline of biomimicry which uses nature as a source of inspiration for new sustainable solutions. It will be illustrated with a number of architectural projects that demonstrate some of the advantages to be gained from mimicking the functional basis of biological forms, processes and systems. The talk will include a description of the ambitious Sahara Forest Project which Exploration is currently working on with The Bellona Foundation, Bill Watts and Charlie Paton.
Michael Pawlyn, Architect and founding director at Exploration, established Exploration in 2007 to focus exclusively on environmentally sustainable projects that take their inspiration from nature. Prior to setting up the company he worked with Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that radically re-invented horticultural architecture for the Eden Project.
www.exploration-architecture.com
1.5 CES Credits
£3 AIA members, £5 non-members
RSVP preferred; email amiller@kpf.com
Either please send checks made to the AIA UK Chapter with self addressed, stamped envelop to the address below or arrive at the lecture with cash:
AIA UK Sustainability Lecture Series
c/o Alex Miller, Associate AIA
Kohn Pederson Fox
Associates (International) PA
13 Langley Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JG
The lecture series is organised by Anna Maria Orru, creator of SCENE - thinking, whose aim is to bring together various disciplines around all the innovation on sustainability and systems thinking. http://www.scene-thinking.com/
2010-01-25_Michael%20Pawlyn%20Lecture.pdf
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Building Tour
Kentish Town Health Centre
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Project
Thursday 21st January 2010 6:30pm
Herman Miller Showroom
National Design Centre
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
1 CES Credit
Free Admission
Space limited – please RSVP
Contact details: Wade Scaramucci
wscaramucci@ahmm.co.uk
‘Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Camden Islington Community Solutions has delivered a building where design allows health services to be integrated as never before ‘
A message that goes out from a building of this quality is that the NHS is capable of the best and it should be celebrated and cherished and defended tooth and nail - Alan Bennett, Kentish Town Health Centre opening,10th June 2009
For further information on Kentish Town Health Centre, please contact Lucy Swift:
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Tel: 020 7251 5261
email: lswift@ahmm.co.uk
http://www.ahmm.co.uk/
Kentish%20Town%20Health%20Centre%20Bldg%20Tour.pdf
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Spring Lecture Series
Sustainability from a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Various Speakers
Monthly 6:30pm
Herman Miller Showroom
National Design Centre
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
The aim of this lecture series is to expose architects and designers to the field of multi-disciplinary sustainable practice through innovative thinking and solutions to our environmental and social challenges. What makes 2010 particularly appropriate for this topic is that there is a heightened necessity towards sustainable design and ecological responsibility post the recent COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The series kicks-off on the 25th of January, and will continue through till May, with 5 inspiring lectures; including experts ranging in the field of Biomimicry and Environmental law, through to trans-disciplinary permaculture and sustainable communications.
These speakers will give us a glimpse into other fields and show us how we can learn through collaboration, thus inspiring sustainable practice towards creating a better and healthier future. Speakers include:
25 January: Michael Pawlyn – Founding director at Exploration Architecture
24 February: Ed Gillespie – Co-Founder and Creative Director, Futerra
23 March: Polly Higgins - Barrister Advocate of Planetary Rights
19 April: Maja Kuzmanovic – Co-Director Foam (Trans-disciplinary laboratory)
26 May: Dr. Susannah Hagan – Head of [RED] Research into Environmental Design
The lecture series is organised by Anna Maria Orru, creator of SCENE - thinking, whose aim is to bring together various disciplines around all the innovation on sustainability and systems thinking.http://www.scene-thinking.com/
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Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 6:30pm
Herman Miller Showroom
National Design Centre
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
As advertised in the last issue of our newsletter the AIA UK Chapter’s Annual General Meeting will be hosted kindly by Herman Miller at their London showroom on Wednesday 20th January 2010. The event will start with welcome drinks from 6.30pm followed by the formal proceedings at 7.15pm. There will also be further opportunity to network and socialise thereafter.
The AGM is an important event for the Chapter as it is an opportunity for the membership to review the success of your Board in delivering a valuable programme of events through 2009 and the vote for the 2010 Board. Please make a special effort to attend.
Richard Spencer
2009 AIA UK Chapter President
If you are planning to attend would you rsvp by email to aide us with catering arrangements: amanda.lensh@hok.com
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