Urban design lectures
Monday, 26 July 2010
 | COMPACT: Architect Momoyo Kaijima has expertise in compact Japanese urban design. Photos supplied.
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CUTTING-edge international architects Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow and Hitoshi Abe are among the speakers lined up for the Fast Forward public lecture series.
The School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland is hosting Momoyo Kaijima from the Tokyo-based architectural firm, Atelier Bow-Wow, which has achieved near cult status among architects and students around the world. She confronts the challenges posed by the dense urban environments of Japan.
TALK TIMES
Free entry, other than for Momoyo Kaijima. The series launches on Wednesday, July 28.
For more information, visit www.creative.auckland.ac.nz or phone (09) 373-7067. |
A radically different approach is the work of US-based pan-Pacific star architect, Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA’s department of architecture and urban design. He established a high-profile design practice based in Sendai, Japan. His interest in the innovative use of low-cost materials led to his most recent projects – rebuilding intergenerational housing in post-Katrina New Orleans. New Zealand speakers in the series include NZIA gold-medal winner Marsh Cook; Christina van Bohemen and Aaron Sills presenting the work of their innovative young architecture and urban design practice; Peter Salmon QC, Ken Tremaine and Graham Bush, experts on local governance and planning, with their views on the super-city; and mayoral candidates’ visions for Auckland’s built environment and urban future in a debate called Towards A New Auckland.