Architecture and Urbanism Symposium Manchester 2012.
We live in an increasingly urban world where consumption is accelerating exponentially. Is a new approach required? One that looks towards a finite level of consumption, that addresses issues sustainably and improves how we consume.
Hosted by the students of MA in Architecture and Urbanism at Manchester School of Architecture, this symposium will look towards the future of our cities. On 3 May 2012 a wide spectrum of ideas, theories and practices of varying scales regarding an urbanism fit for consumption will be debated.
- over-consumption
- speculative consumption
- symbiotic consumption
- natural consumption
- architectural consumption
- under-consumption
- equitable consumption
- creative consumption
- anti-consumption
- global consumption
This is an all day event to be held at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation
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CONSUMED: PRESENTS
_OPEN LECTURE BY PETER WILSON_
_26/04/12 5:15PM
CUBE GALLERY 113-115 PORTLAND STREET MCR M1 6DW_
_THIS IS AN EXTRA EVENT ORGANISED BY MEMBERS OF THE CONSUMED: SYMPOSIUM AND IS UN-TICKETED AS WELL AS BEING FREE TO ATTEND. ATTENDANCE WILL BE ON A FIRST COME BASIS._
_THE LECTURE WILL BE HELD THE CUBE GALLERY_
_THE LECTURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING OF THE 3RD ARCHAEOLOGY’S PLACES AND CONTEMPORARY USES EXHIBITION AT RIBAHUB_
Philosophy and Approach
BOLLES+WILSON are internationally known for a consistently high architectural quality in a wide range of projects, each an individual solution developed with careful consideration to the cultural and the urbanistic context, which it must enhance.
The program, whether cultural (New Luxor Theatre Rotterdam; 1,500 seats), Residential/Office (Falkenried Hamburg; German Urban Design Prize 2004) or Retail/Entertainment (Spuimarkt Block Den Haag; 52,000 sqm shopping and cinema; Shopping Centre of the Year NL 2009) is always the generator of the building form. Our philosophy is to ennoble the practical necessities and the purpose a building must serve through creative invention. Ultimately the technical, the programmatic as well as issues of sustainability must be simply and elegantly synthesised as architecture and as spaces with a distinctive and unique character.
BOLLES+WILSON are based in Germany but operate internationally with projects in Albania, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, the Netherlands and United Kingdom. In each location we collaborate intensively with local partners.
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