Save the Date, April 11-12, for the VSAIA Design Forum
“Dwelling—The Art of Living in Century XXI”
In his keynote presentation at the 2013 ArchEx, architect, educator, and architectural critic Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, expressed his opinion that there is no over-arching architectural style at the moment, save for what he calls Iconism (aka, in some camps, the Guggenheim Effect), but …
Four wildly successful architects will gather in Charlottesville April 11-12, 2014, to put forth their own work as evidence that there is indeed a new set of principles that inspire the most-noticed architects in the world today. These are principles that foster aesthetic originality and client-centric problem-solving approaches; principles that address the challenges and opportunities that face every urban planner, architect, landscape architect, and constructor currently in practice. How do you plan, design, and build today for the lifestyles, technologies, and natural and anthropogenic uncertainties of tomorrow? This current architectural “style of the present for the future” is contextual, sensitive to the needs of all people, and predicated on the co-existing goals of restoring both environmental and economic vitality.
The Friday evening Keynote Presentation by Ma Yansong, founder of mad architecture, will kick off with a topic and speaker introduction by national AIA EVP/CEO Robert Ivy, FAIA.
The program all day Saturday, April 12, includes presentations by Kai-Uwe Bergmann, AIA, principal, BIG, with offices in Copenhagen and New York City; Peter Gluck, principal of the New York City design-build firm Gluck+; Jeff Kovel, founder of Skylab, Portland, Ore.; and Ma Yansong. Each of these firms is known for outstanding residential architecture as well as a focus on community and environmental health and well-being.
Come to Charlottesville in the spring, immediately following the University of Virginia Founder’s Day observances and just before Thomas Jefferson’s 271st birthday and Architecture Week to enjoy remembrances of the past and explore the dawning of a new future in Dwelling. Register here>>
The Virginia Design Forum is sponsored by:
Corporate
Clark Nexsen
Benefactor
HITT Contracting
College of William and Mary
Patron
Clark Construction Group, LLC.
EvensonBest
Forest City
Reed Construction Data
SHW Group
University of Virginia School of Architecture
Sustaining
Va. Tech School of Architecture + Design
BCWH
Supporter
2rw Consultants, Inc.
AIA Northern Virginia
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
KBS, Inc.
Mark S. Orling, AIA
Edwin J. Pease, AIA
Reader & Swartz Architects
Riverside Brick & Supply