Category: Events
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The End of the Metropolis Era: Edward W. Soja, Open Lecture at the University of Greenwich
On Monday 18 November, 6:00pm, Edward W. Soja, one of the world’s leading urban geographers, will be speaking at the University of Greenwich, Maritime Campus, King William Building, KW315. Urban restructuring over the past thirty years has been leading to a sea change in the very nature of the urbanization process. Signs of this change…
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Neil Denari to give public lecture: The Return to the Real
On Tuesday Neil M. Denari presents The Return to the Real as part of the University of Greenwich Open International Lecture. Come and join us at the Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055, Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus, on Tuesday 29th October at 18:00hrs.
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Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape
Next month, the Van Alen Institute is launching Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape, a new, multi-year inquiry of competitions, public programs, and research to explore the experience of escape in the urban environment. Elsewhere will guide the Institute’s upcoming competitions, public programs, and research to investigate key questions of the contemporary urban experience: How and why do we…
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Building it up – then burning it down: Arne Quinze presents…
Last night Arne Quinze presented his portfolio of artwork at the University of Greenwich. The artist renowned for his dramatic timber and metal installations gave a captivating account of his work process and inspiration. His Uchronia project for the Burning Man festival in the Nevada Desert gained worldwide attention in 2006.
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Grounds for Optimism – Designing Resilient Landscapes in London
On November 6th Johanna Gibbons and Neil Davidson of J & L Gibbons LLP, will be at the Garden Museum to talk about their recent exciting projects, including their winning entry to RIBA and Vauxhall BID’s ‘Vauxhall Missing Link Competition’ to redesign the public realm in the Vauxhall area of Nine Elms on the South…
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Elevating the Public Realm – New Landscape Competition
ENYA 2014, Queensway Connection: Elevating the Public Realm, is focused on re-imagining the linear landscape of the Queensway. Queensway Connection: Elevating the Public Realm will support Friends of the Queensway and Trust for Public Land in their efforts to transform an abandoned rail right-of-way into a greenway that serves diverse neighborhoods in central and southern Queens. This…
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Gilles Clement, Entropy by Design and Matthew Gandy
If you haven’t read it already, check out the paper by geographer Matthew Gandy about Gilles Clément’s project in Lille. The paper, Entropy by Design, explores the Parc Henri Matisse in Lille by Clément – the renowned French designer, landscape architect, ecologist and philosopher. Once you have read the paper, and if you happen to be…
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Debating London’s Skyline
The London skyline has evolved rapidly over the past 20 years, notably with The Shard, The Leadenhall Tower (‘the Cheese-grater’), St Marys Axe (the Gherkin) and 20 Fenchurch Street (the ‘Walkie Talkie Scorchie’) dominating the capital’s skyline. Sir Simon Jenkins has written about the capital becoming a ‘Gulf on Thames’. Current planning applications involve a…
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Wayward Plants at the University of Greenwich
On Wednesday 9th October at the University of Greenwich, 6:00pm at Avery Hill, Heather Ring will discus her unique approach to landscape architecture and urban growing through the creation of narrative environments and spaces of social exchange. Heather Ring CMLI is the founder and Creative Director of the London-based landscape architecture practice Wayward Plants. Their…
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Making Cities Fairer
The School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London is holding a Public Lecture on Making Cities Fairer. The lecture will be given by Professor Susan Parnell, Professor of Geography University of Cape Town, on Thursday 28 November 2013 6.30pm This event is free to attend, but you must book tickets online in advance…
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