IoA Institute of Architecture

Sliver Lecture Petra Blaisse June 4, 7pm

Shifting Position The lecture will start with an introduction to Inside Outside and the team - how the studio developed from a one-woman unit into a small, professional studio. Continuing with the method of collaborations with architecture and the architect. After the introduction Petra Blaisse will explain the domain in which Inside Outside works – interiors and exteriors. Starting with the emancipation of the curtain, followed by the philosophy the garden and the interior and vica versa, tracing back to the 16th and 17th Century. Ending with the development of the urban garden and what it means for Inside Outside to work in the inheritance of this development. Lichthof 2

29/05/09

Wiener Stadtdialog mit Patrik Schumacher, 2. Juni 2009

Der diesjährige „Wiener Stadtdialog“ steht ganz im Zeichen des Neubaus des WU-Campus im Prater durch mehrere internationale StararchitektInnen. Nachdem Ende April bereits Sir Peter Cook in Wien zu Gast war, präsentiert nun Patrik Schumacher, Chefplaner von Zaha Hadid Architects, London, u.a. Entwürfe für das Library & Learning Center - das Herzstück des neuen Universitätskomplexes. 2. Juni 2009, 6.30pm Odeon, Taborstraße 10, 1020 Wien

27/05/09

Sliver Lecture Hitoshi Abe May 26, 7pm

Hitoshi Abe is Chair and Professor of UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Known for architecture that is spatially complex and structurally innovative, the work of Atelier Hitoshi Abe has been published internationally and received numerous awards, including most recently the 2009 Architectural Institute of Japan Award for SSM/Kanno Museum, the 2009 Contract World Award for Aoba-tei, the 2008 SIA-Getz Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia and the 2007 World Architecture Award for M/Kanno Museum. Principal of his own firm, he founded Atelier Hitoshi Abe in 1993 in Sendai, Japan and recently opened a second office in Los Angeles. Some of his key projects located in Japan include the Aoba-tei restaurant, the Sasaki Office Factory for Prosthetics, F-town, which is an eat-and-drink building filled with bars and restaurants in Sendai, the Miyagi Stadium in Rifu, SSM/Kanno Museum in Shiogama, the 9-tsubo House “Tall” in Kanagawa, and the Reihoku Community Hall in Kumamoto. Abe’s work is the subject of two monographs including Hitoshi Abe Flicker (TOTO) from his exhibition in 2005 at the Gallery Ma in Tokyo and Hitoshi Abe published by Phaidon in 2009. Lichthof 2

25/05/09

Sliver Lecture Richard Sweeney May 28, 7pm

The potential of the flat surface as a means to create form and structure is an intriguing prospect. Modelling with a sheet of paper through hands-on manipulation reveals shapes and volumes, which otherwise remain hidden within the flat plane. The action of folding is at once simple and complex- an intuitive action leading to the formation of a complex geometric form. A tactile approach to material investigation is essential in understanding the behaviour of the surface, the means by which it can be formed, and applied in a diverse range of artistic practices. Lichthof 2

16/05/09

Public Reviews Studio Hadid 3 June 2009

Guest Professor Ali Rahim and Guest Professor Patrik Schumacher / Project Space Karlsplatz at 11am

15/05/09