Category: Events
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James Corner to lecture in London at University of Greenwich, Department of Architecture and Landscape
Thursday 19th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: James Corner :: Intimate Immensity: Public Space in the City Renowned landscape architect James Corner will discuss current ideas about the design of vibrant urban public spaces, the…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Gavin Parkinson :: Seurat’s Surrealist Dialectic
Thursday 12th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] The resurgence of the reputation of Georges Seurat (1859-91) in the twentieth century is usually tied to the increased interest shown in classicism by critics and vanguard artists, particularly in the 1920s. This lecture demonstrates that there was an alternative and unexpected version of Seurat…
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The Hawksmoor International Lecture Series 2015-16 :: Hanif Kara :: Designed Engineering
Thursday 5th November 2015, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003] Technology has obviously changed both architecture and engineering, and the potential for interaction. It has also redefined what each discipline calls ‘Design’. Today, as we enter the post digital era, the role of the structural engineer in ‘Design’ and the processes he uses to realise…
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‘Ordinary Streets’ film launch
‘Ordinary Streets’ is a short film based on an ethnographic and visual exploration of the spaces, economies and cultures of ‘street’. Through the lens of Rye Lane in Peckham in south London, the film engages with issues of migration, urban multiculture and regeneration. Myfanwy Taylor from University College London will provide a commentary on the film. ‘Ordinary…
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ADVANCED LANDSCAPE STUDIO ::: An exhibition of design works by the MA Landscape Architecture and MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism graduates
ADVANCED LANDSCAPE STUDIO ::: An exhibition of design works by graduates of the MA Landscape Architecture and MSc Advanced Landscape and Urbanism programmes – Private View 25 September, 18:00hrs – University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, London The 2014/15 design works of the Advanced Landscape Studio (MALA / MScALU) was focused on site-based actions, interventions…
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James Corner to speak at University of Greenwich
Renowned landscape architect James Corner is to speak at the University of Greenwich in November. Corner, whose firm Field Operations designed New York’s High Line and the South Park of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, will give a lecture as part of the Hawksmoor International Open Lecture Series, at 6:30pm on November 19th.…
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Greenwich Project Studio: professional summer work experience, working with an exceptional place.
Greenwich Project Studio: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Professional summer work experience, working with an exceptional place. Here is a site rich in history, in architecture, in landscape. A client who is eager to engage and open minded. A large public space in London with an extraordinary past in need of a plan for the future.…
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Ed Wall to join workshop on Metropolitan Food Patterns, Expo Milan 2015
Ed Wall, Academic Leader Landscape at the University of Greenwich, will deliver a workshop on metropolitan food patterns, together with Jacob van Rijs and Hui-Hsin Liao (MVRDV) and Pedro Ortiz (Senior Urban Planner of World Bank). The workshop forms part of the Metropolitan Food Patterns event, co-organised by the Politecnico di Milano and Tunghai University of Taiwan,…
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This Saturday ::: Book Launch ::: East of Eden ::: Architecture and Landscape ::: University of Greenwich
Dear Friends and colleagues, Please join us at the East of Eden Book Launch. This is also the final opportunity to view the University of Greenwich Department of Architecture and Landscape 2015 Exhibition. Saturday 27th June, 2015 14:00 – 16:00 10 Stockwell Street, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9BD
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Natura Militaris: Advanced Landscape and Urbanism Portfolio
Natura Militaris Following the Greater London Authority’s All London Green Grid framework, Natura Militaris proposes additional green infrastructure combining both wildlife and new public programs in the Royal Artillery’s historic home of Woolwich. Echoing military training areas on the Salisbury Plain, Dartmoor, and Castle Martin – where endangered animal species have unexpectedly found an ideal habitat – Natura Militaris (militarized nature)…
The Landscape 