Upcoming events...

We have a number of lectures coming up in the next couple of weeks which we hope you will enjoy.

As part of the main Thursday lecture series, members of the Office for Subversive Architecture will be presenting their work and ideas tomorrow, Thursday November 15th. As usual, this will be at 6.30 in the Forum.

Following this, we have two very different Monday evening lectures on the 19th and 26th of November. These will be in Spring House, again at 6.30. The room is to be confirmed.

On the 19th, artist Christian Nold will be discussing his Biomapping projects (www.softhook.com) and on the 26th, Graham Bizley, who produces the regular "Solutions" page in Building Design magazine, discusses detailing in architecture

More details of these lectures can be found below.

And remember, if you haven't yet joined, please do send the e-mail detailed below - the more members we have, the more money we get from the Students Union, and the more we can do for you!!!

Graham Bizley

Why one thing, not another?
Monday, 26th November, 6.30pm

Graham Bizley is a partner of Prewett Bizley Architects and produces a regular feature in Building Design explaining the construction of a recent building. A book, Architecture In Detail collating 40 of these articles and will be published by the Architectural Press in November 2007.

Detailing is the process by which materials are brought into relation with one another. The choice of materials and the way they are assembled are not arbitrary. The designer is required to exercise value judgements, to give hierarchy to the issues of the project, identifying what is most appropriate in a given situation and weighing up the likely effects of different choices.

So how do we make these choices? Why do we choose one thing over another? Using projects from the book, historical examples and the work of Prewett Bizley the lecture will explore the relationship between the concept and realisation of a project, examining how an appropriate balance is found between technical issues, environmental concerns, economic constraints and the desires of the users.

Christian Nold

Emotion Mapping - recapturing the sensory commons
Monday, 19th November, 6.30pm

Bio Mapping is a research project exploring new ways in which we as individuals can make use of the information we are able to gather about our own bodies. In place of security technologies designed to control our behaviour, this project envisages new tools allowing people to selectively share and interpret their own bio data. By sharing this data we can construct maps visualising where we as a community feel stressed and excited. How will our perceptions of our community and environment change when we become aware of our own and each others intimate body states?

Office for Subversive Architecture

Thursday, November 15th, 6.30pm

The Office for Subversive Architecture is a network of eight architects based in five cities across three countries. osa’s work sits somewhere between art and architecture and recent projects have explored the way people use and interact with public spaces and are well known for addressing issues relating to urban regeneration.

osa also often collaborates with other professionals from visual art, music, film, photography and sculpture. In London, osa recently worked with Hoegaarden to create a living urban oasis replete with grassed-over tables and for another project, created a temporary ‘roof’ of 250 umbrellas over Trafalgar Square.

“These projects are influenced by our ambition to push the boundaries of common practice in architecture by using untraditional and diverse approaches.”

http://www.osa-online.net/