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​​UNKNOWN: Strategies And Solutions In Shaping The Built Environment

"Unknown was one of those rare things – a conference that leaves plenty of space for the unexpected. We didn’t just hear from architects, designers and engineers; we heard from a diplomat, an artist, and people with very different perspectives. We didn’t just discuss the built environment; we discussed world conflict, planting trees, and books written for future generations. It got us thinking about curiosity and trust, about the nature of time, and about why and how we draw. And if ‘cathedral thinking’ emerged as my theme of the day, I was having my mind stretched right here, right now."
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- Juliette Mitchell, Architypal
7 JUNE 2019   
Aga Khan Centre / King's Cross

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For its third edition and as part of the London Festival of Architecture, "Unknown: Strategies and Solutions in Shaping the Built Environment" is the annual conference led by women in architecture co-curated by Melodie Leung, Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Museum of Architecture, and sponsored by Finsa.

​This year’s theme unpacks the notion of crossing into the unknown in design, architecture, art and science, discussing the boundaries and cultural borders created and traversed through drawing and communication, memory and imagination and collaboration.
In forging a new and previously unknown horizon of possibilities, how can we create relevant means of communication and ways of envisioning boundaries which are productive rather than limiting? How does memory affect the ability to respond to an unknown future? How can new strategies be fostered within the built environment when designing across scales, cultures and differences?
​The three sessions will focus on the following themes: Collaboration, Memory and Imagination and Drawing and Communication.
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Panel of speakers include: 
Kate Davies, Anne Katerine Dolven, Efrén Garcia Grinda, Anne Beate Hovind, Hayfa Matar, Rona Meyuchas-Koblenz, Cristina Díaz Moreno, Vicky Richardson, Yara Sharif, Ellie Stathaki, Marina Otero Verzier, Jane Wernicke and Yuge Zhou.
Co-curated by Melodie Leung,  Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects
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Sponsored by Finsa
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In partnership with The London Festival of Architecture 2019
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Watch highlights of the conference, including thoughts from the curators, Melodie Leung of Zaha Hadid Architects and Melissa Woolford of MoA, the speakers of the panels, and the architects of the Wooden Parliament,  AMID.cero9.

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MoA Workshops @ #theWoodenParliament by Finsa

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MoA hosted free workshops for all ages and all abilities at the temporary pavilion, Wooden Parliament, located at Coal Drops Yard during LFA 2019. 

This public programme included:
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Architectural drawing workshop with Philip Buckingham
Shadow Pavilion workshop with the MoA Team
Live portraiture drawn by artist Sophie Glover
​Live music performance by saxophonist from the Royal College of Music
Live portraiture drawn by the London Drawing Group
Drawing 'People on The Move' workshop with Giles & Cecilie Studio


3 - 30 June 2019
in partnership with LFA 2019
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THEMATIC PROGRAMMING

Previous Talks in this Series


oN THE LINE: ARCHITECTURE AT RISK


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Risk is everywhere: politicians talk about it on the news, we assess it during business meetings, our homes have long been deemed a source of risk, we consider it when planning our holidays, and even our personalities are defined based on our proclivity to risk. Constantly faced with the inherent instability of our social, economic and natural orders, the anxiety about potential risks we all face is permeating our everyday life. In the words of sociologist Ulrich Beck, we are living in a risk society, one marked by the need to ‘prevent, minimise, dramatise or channel risks and hazards systematically produced as part of modernisation’. What does this constant risk talk really mean? How do we measure risk? Why is it important to take risks and bad to be risk averse, or the other way around? In particular, what does this mean for architectural profession? How do architects generate, control or minimise risk? What types of risk do they face? Is architecture itself at risk?

In this 3-part series of talks, the Museum of Architecture explores the intersection of architecture and risk through economic, social, cultural and environmental viewpoints. On the one hand, this talk series aims to explore the multiple ways in which architecture participates in the way risk is generated in contemporary society; what sort of speculations and calculations about economic, social or environmental risk are architects shaping or responding to. In other words, it seeks to explore to what extent are architects designing risk as part of their everyday practice. On the other, examines the way architecture responds to global risks and crises - whether those related to climate change and environmental disasters, economic instability, social intolerance, isolation, or violence. These two discussions are underpinned by questions about the architectural profession, analysing what risks architects face in their work, when do architects take risks and whether the ongoing marginalisation of a architects within the built environment industry is placing the profession at risk. ​

These events are kindly hosted by Future Cities Catapult at the Urban Innovation Centre.
Risk Assessment 
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Date: To Be Announced
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, 
London EC1R 0BE
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Quantifying, calculating and managing risk is an essential part of an architect’s work, both in terms of design as well as day-to-day running of their practices. How does this constant need to evaluate risk impact architecture practice? Does it hinder creativity and potential for innovation, limiting the work of architects? What are the benefits of taking risks and what does risk-taking in the design profession actually mean? The last talk in the series, this session will explore the impact of risk society on the way architects approach their work. The question that this talk seeks to answer is whether the anxiety and desire to minimise risk is limiting the role of the architect, ultimately putting the architectural profession at risk.


Risky Business
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Date: 17 September 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, 
London EC1R 0BE
Speakers: 
James Soane, Director, Project Orange
Chloë Phelps, Head of Design, Brick by Brick
Dr Emma Street, Associate Professor, University of Reading
Dr Janice Morphet, Visiting Professor, the Bartlett
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How do architects generate risk? Is environmental, social or economic risk an essential byproduct of architectural processes and production? The talk will explore to what extent does architecture participate in, explicitly or implicitly, process and practices that generate risk. Some of these may include: financial speculation, environmental crises, global insecurity and cyber threats, or erosion of the public sphere. Starting from the wider framework of contemporary risk society, the first talk in this series will explore how risk is generated through the process of design and how architects can respond to the inequalities and challenges that their work inevitably produces. 

​Crisis Control

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Date: 15 October 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, 
London EC1R 0BE
​Free to book
Speakers: Nigel Ostime (chair), Delivery Director, Hawkins/Brown
Dr Rebecca Elliott, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics
​Edward Barsley, The Environmental Design Studio
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Teresa Stoppani, Diploma Course Tutor, Architectural Association
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As our societies are facing ever greater threats, how are architects tackling risk? From extensive migration, environmental challenges and political and economic instability, there is a pressing need for architects and designers to respond to risk. This talk will discuss how architects are tackling the crises our societies are facing, asking whether crisis control can also generate new perspectives, stimulate innovation and critical thinking in architecture and design. Implicitly, this talk aims to question how we evaluate risk, what types of risk might be deemed welcome and how moments of great crises can sometimes result in positive outcomes for society.

SPECULATIVE ARCHITECTURE


Speculate: Architecture and Plausible Futures
Like other disciplines, contemporary architecture is influenced by fast-paced evolution in technology, ways of working and understanding the industry. Speculative architecture exploits technological development to investigate possible scenarios for the future of the built environment. As the discipline opens up to new ways of working, insights and approaches from other industries, there is more room for architects to speculate and innovate in their practice. Working at the intersection of technology, science and design, architects are able to pose new questions about the built environment, as much as provide novel answers to well-known issues. In this series of events, MoA will explore how the use of technologies allows architects to develop speculative approaches to their work. These new ways of working will be explored through four panel discussions, each dedicated to a specific issue, from cutting-edge use of VR to utopian cities. 

Speculative Science: Future and change in architecture
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Date: 2 July 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London
​Speakers: Melodie Leung (Chair), Senior Associate, Zaha Hadid Architects
Tom Lewith, Director, TDO Architecture
Roddy Langmuir, Practice Leader, Cullinan Studio
Richard Watson, Foresight Practice, Imperial College 
Hikaru Nissanke and Jon Lopez, OMMX
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Architecture is often accused of being reluctant to embrace change. As other industries around it continue to evolve, what new approaches can prove to be disruptive for architecture? What does the future of the built environment look like? This talk will look outside the discipline and examine trends in science and technology that can help us think differently about the current state of architecture. From futures studies to microbiology, it will outline how speculative approaches across different disciplines can reshape the way we live today. ​
Speculative Technology: Augmented Reality and Everyday Experience
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Date: 19 February 2018
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London
Speakers: Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg , Space Popular
Maria Rakusanova, Microsoft 
Oliviu Lugojan-Ghenciu, Architect and digital storyteller
 

For the past few years, virtual and augmented reality have been hailed as revolutionary technologies in architecture, promising to expand its boundaries and re-shift its potential for innovation. VR and AR have the power to radically change the design process, making it more inclusive, responsive and interactive.

How might this potential be translated into reality? How can augmented reality change the everyday experience of spaces and places for the users?
​By examining the boundaries between real and unreal, this talk will explore how speculation afforded by new technologies can make an impact on the way our world is physically built and experienced. ​

Speculative Practice: Architecture as a Process
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Date: 14 May 2018
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult, 1 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0BE London
Speakers: Jennifer Ross, Director, Tibbalds 
Petra Marko, Director, Marko and Placemakers
Will Hunter, Director, The London School of
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Grace Quah, researcher, Forensic Architecture
Tom Fox, Associate, Public Practice
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As dominant forces shaping the built environment are increasingly changing under the influence of technologies, new networks, strategies and systems, architects also need to revisit their model of practice. Can speculative approaches, that consider architecture as a process, narrative or experiment, point the way? How can these approaches make traction in the ‘real world’? This talk will examine the power of innovative, fictional approaches to design in generating new ideas about architecture. In particular, it will aim to show how such attitudes towards design can addressing the contradictions and challenges that architects are facing in their everyday work. 

THE ECONOMICS OF ARCHITECTURE


Disrupting Economies: What's Next for Architecture
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Date: 11 December 2017 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult
Speakers:
Patricia Brown (Chair), Director, Central 
Roger Zogolovitch, Chairman and Creative Director, Solidspace
Russ Edwards, Design and Technical Director, Lendlease
Simon Chouffot, Co-Founder, Naked House
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​Sometimes the most innovative and interesting projects emerge from times of crisis. It could be argued that the current political, economic and social climate is precisely shaping to be such time, leading architects to reconsider the way they work. How can the current political and economic uncertainty be translated into an opportunity for positive change? Can architects propose new ways of working that positively disrupt current economic frameworks and offer insights into possibilities for future development? This talk will propose new ways of changing the industry by looking at the global framework of innovation, beyond the profession itself.

Radical Projects: Transforming Economies with Architecture
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Date: 30 October 2017 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult

Speakers: Kelly Doran, Senior Director, Mass Design Group

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​Architecture can be a catalyst of economic, social and cultural change, with the micro-economy of a single architecture project often transforming areas of greatest need. Mass Design Group, founded in 2008, have embraced architecture’s powerful agency as their design ethos. This talk will showcase the work of Mass Design Group in the field of healthcare and education to showcase how architecture can contribute to economic development from the ground up. The talk will juxtapose Mass Design Group’s projects in Africa to perspectives on the relationship between design and conditions of scarcity. It will also question the broader purpose of architecture in the current globalised world, outlining its role in shaping communities that are sustainable in the long term. ​
Sustainable Models: From Sharing to Circular Economy 
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Date: 9 October 2017 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult

Speakers: Hilary Satchwell (chair), Director, Tibbalds
Brhmie Balaram, Senior Researcher, RSA
Jonny Anstead, Founding Director, Town
Dan Epstein, Consultant Director of Sustainability, Useful Projects
Richard Boyd, Senior Engineer, Arup

​Architecture and design, as much as any other discipline within the creative industries and beyond, is affected by new economic models – from the sharing or gig economy to the circular economy. Different economic models can often bring about a new approach to delivering projects, as well as opportunities for innovation and growth. This talk will examine how architecture can explore new economic models as well as shape alternative economic frameworks that will help deliver better, more efficient and innovative design projects.

Moral Economy: The Social Value of Architecture
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Date: 13 November 2017 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult
Speakers:

​Erik Bichard, Founder, RealWorth
Naji Makarem, Lecturer, The Bartlett
Sarah Featherstone, Director, Featherstone Young
Colm Lacey, Managing Director and CEO, Brick by Brick

Increasingly, the built environment is recognised to be at the core of social inequalities, with the housing crisis forming one of the most significant contemporary concerns. How can architects address social inequalities by developing new ways of working and new economic frameworks? How can they collaborate with developers, investors and local councils to show that good design can be accessible to all? This talk will bring together examples of current projects to understand how architects can demonstrate the social value of architecture as well as develop new models for socially responsible practice.

Essential Economics: Architecture Within Global Economic Trends 
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Date: 18 September 2017 
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult

Speakers: Mark Wingham, Economist, GLA
Marc Vlessing, CEO, Pocket Living
​Russell Curtis, Director, RCKa

Tamsie Thomson, Director, LFA

Architecture does not operate outside of national, regional or global economies – it is firmly embedded within economic processes, actively contributing to their growth and reacting in times of crisis. What is the economic impact of architecture and the built environment today? What is the value that good architecture can deliver, and how can it be measured? Equally, how do broader economic trends impact how architecture is delivered? This talk will break down the economic impact of architecture to help architects understand the value of their work within the broader context of globalised exchanges of labour, time, knowledge or capital.

aRCHITECTURE AND CITIZENSHIP


Designing a Code of Ethics for Architecture
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Date: 10 July 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult
Panellists: Harriet Harriss, Senior Tutor, Royal College of Art
​Alastair Parvin, Director, WikiHouse Foundation
Kyle Buchanan, Director, Archio
Gemma Ginty, Urban Futures Lead, Future Cities Catapult


​MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change.

In the context of today’s political, cultural and social challenges, should architecture have a code of ethics? As a conclusion of our year-long programming on Architecture and Citizenship, MoA is inviting architects, designers and built environment professionals to join a participatory session on designing a code of ethics for architecture.
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While RIBA’s Code of Professional Conduct defines the roles and responsibilities of architects in professional practice, this session will seek to broaden the discussion to examine architects' role in the wider world. What responsibility do architects have in relation to broader social challenges? Should architects be more closely involved in politics? What is architects' social responsibility? How can we define morality in relation to architecture? What constitutes ethical practice? Join us to set out the values that you think should underpin and guide the industry today.

In the light of recent events that make this discussion even more pressing, MoA will donate proceeds from the talk to the London Fire Relief Fund.


What is the role of architecture in the political economy
​of infrastructure? 
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Date: 3 July 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Build Studios, Waterloo
Speakers:
Hilary Satchwell (chair), Director, Tibbalds
Eime Tobari, Associate Director, Space Syntax
Mark Middleton, Managing Partner, Grimshaw

Clare Donnelly, Director, Fereday Pollard
Martin Knight, Director, Knight Architects

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MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change.

In recent months, architecture and the built environment have been put at the centre of political debates on both sides of the Atlantic in discussions that extended from better investment in infrastructure to the physicality of national borders. In the UK, infrastructure development relies heavily on the private sector for investment and delivery. According to the Institute for Government, decisions about infrastructure involve long-term commitments and require the government’s involvement to develop policy and regulatory frameworks. In this context, what is the role of architects and designers?  With vast infrastructure systems set to affect the way we live for years to come, it is crucial for architects and designers to mediate the relationship between aspirations of the country’s citizens and long term policies of the state. 

This event is kindly hosted by Build Studios.

Spaces of Democracy: How do we design for debate and participation?
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Date: 12 June 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult 

Speakers: Susanna Lumsden (Chair), Accommodation Manager,
House of Commons
Prof. Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield
Dr. Henrik Schoenefeldt, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent
David Mulder van der Vegt, Partner, XML 
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MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change.

​The Palace of Westminster is currently undergoing a significant Restoration and Renewal programme that aims to preserve the building for the future, while also making the Parliament more accessible for all. Can architects and designers contribute to make the Parliament more open? What are the spaces of democracy? How do we design for participation, political and civic engagement? Starting from the current debates around Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal programme, this talk will aim to understand what is the role of preserving traditional spaces of democratic representation, while also structuring a more open and direct engagement with political processes in society.

This event is kindly hosted by Future Cities Catapult. 
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How do architects design for diversity?
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Date: 24 April 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Location: Future Cities Catapult
Tickets: £15, concessions £12
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Speakers:
​Irene Craik, Director, Levitt Bernstein
Manisha Patel, Partner, PRP

Pooja Agrawal, Senior Project Officer, GLA Regeneration

MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change.

How do we create local culture from scratch for new developments and how do we preserve local culture in regeneration projects? How do architects respond to the needs of different social groups? How well does contemporary architecture respond to local contexts and cultural diversity? As different building typologies emerge out of the needs of specific social groups, this talk will consider how communities are shaped through architecture and how architects are in turn shaping their work around the requirements of different communities. From co-housing and community-led development, to multi-generational homes and housing for the third age, this talk will examine the interplay between social cohesion, collaboration, community engagement and architecture.

This event is kindly hosted by Future Cities Catapult. 
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Who are we designing for?
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Date: 13 February 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Urban Innovation Centre, 1 Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0BE 
Speakers: Alastair Parvin, co-founder, WikiHouse Foundation
Finn Williams, public planner, GLA
Euan Mills, ‎Urban Design and Planning Lead, Future Cities Catapult
Nathan Ardaiz, Research Associate, Azuko
Lucia Caistor, Associate, Architecture Sans Frontières, UK
Martin Barry, Director, reSITE


Other speakers to be confirmed. 

MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change. 

In their daily practice, architects and designers work with different types of publics, ranging from private individuals, groups and communities, to corporations or public institutions. Defined and guided by these relationships, the architects’ work both reflects those very publics and actively constructs them by giving shape to their their needs, desires, social status, and aspirations.

What does it mean to design for each of these different types of publics? How do different scales and types of citizenship in turn shape the architect’s work? What is the politics behind designing for individuals and families, rather than entire countries or regions? This talk will bring together seven speakers whose work is closely related to different types of publics, be it as clients or final users. The categories - individual, family, community, city, region, country and international - will point to the wide-ranging impact that designing for each group has within the broader context of a civic society. 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN ARCHITECTURE

Conference: Mind this Space
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Date: 29 June 2016
Venue: Exhibition & Conference Centre, Liverpool

​What makes a great space? How can we design better cities?Increasingly we recognise that there is no simple answer to these questions. The quality of spatial design and cities – for example – are influenced by a broad range of factors. They include culture, behaviour, infrastructure, accessibility and the overall environment, all of which can vary in terms of time, relevance and impact.

Despite the complexity, there are also new and innovative ways to understand cities, and to create better architecture and design. The growing interaction between science, architecture and engineering appears particularly promising. Advances in bio-technology, neuroscience and computer science can offer a unique view on how to design better cities and help us understand the fundamental factors impacting good design. 
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This event builds on a previous ‘Conscious Cities’ conference held in London on the 1st of March 2016 created by Museum of Architecture and THE CUBE. Participants will be invited to learn about advances in science and how they may reshape our understanding and approach to architecture, engineering and design. A collaborative workshop will focus on developing new approaches to design, including how to achieve more ‘conscious cities’ that fully incorporate the needs, desires and expectations of people.

Building Healthy Communities: Mental Healthcare
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Date: 12 September 2016
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT
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Speakers: 
Joe Forster (chair), President, Design in Mental Health Network
Dr Evangelia Chrysikou, Marie Curie Fellow, Space Syntax Lab, the Bartlett, UCL 
Ruairi Reeves, Associate Director, Medical Architecture
Wendy de Silva, Mental Health Lead, IBI Group 
Price: £15 + VAT, concessions £12 + VAT

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This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre.
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Over the past few decades, an increasing amount of research has highlighted the links between the built environment and mental health. On one hand, the built environment is often seen as a significant source of mental distress, while on the other, thoughtfully designed spaces and places destined for mental health care are central for positive patient outcomes. With the annual cost to society In England of £100 billion, it is important that architects approach the design of spaces for mental health care with necessary theoretical and empirical research on hand. Beyond privacy, natural light, noise reduction, space and better communication, what other key characteristics should architects incorporate in their designs? Taking the needs of both staff and patients as a starting point, this panel discussion will look at how architects can design therapeutic environments that minimise restraint, uphold patient dignity and aid recovery. ​

Building Healthy Communities: Hospitals and Healthcare
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Debate: does user involvement create better designs?
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Date: 27 February 2017
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Location: Future Cities Catapult
Speakers: Robert Sakula, partner, Ash Sakula
Kyle Buchanan, director, Archio

Dieter Kleiner, director, RCKa
Carolina Caicedo, The Decorators

Other speakers to be confirmed. 


Does participatory design lead to better buildings? How and why do architects benefit from a close collaboration with users during the design process? The third event in our Architecture and Citizenship season takes the format of a debate to understand whether getting the users involved results in better designs.  

On one hand, co-design allows a wide range of people affected by a particular design challenge to make a creative contribution in shaping the solution of a problem. On the other hand, a large number of participants involved might make the design process much more complicated and difficult to manage, often with limited benefits. This talk aims to understand what tools are available to architects to facilitate co-design processes, and what might be the potential obstacles as well as rewards. We will hear from four speakers who will each present their case for a more critical engagement with the users in the design process to understand how participation impacts the current practice in the built environment industry.  

Design, Dialogue and Democracy
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Date: 30 January 2017
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Venue: The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
Tickets: £15 + VAT
Speakers: Adam Kaasa, Director, Theatrum Mundi, LSE Cities
Maria S. Giudici, Lecturer, Royal College of Art and thr Architectural Assocation


​Other speakers to be confirmed.

This talk is organised in partnership with The Built Environment Trust.

Does citizenship have physicality and to what extent do physical spaces enable active citizenship? How does urban design relate to democracy? How do designed spaces inform negotiations between the public and centres of political power? What role does the design profession play in fostering civic participation?

The first talk in MoA’s The Architecture of Citizenship events season aims to understand what role the built environment plays in mediating the relationship between citizens and the state, setting the stage for further discussions on the physicality of citizenship, that will take place over the coming year.

“Design, Dialogue and Democracy” starts from the premise that urban design is necessarily political, as are the planning decisions that shape the built environment on different scales, from the home to the city. As such, different types of spaces are particularly apt at empowering citizens to make their sentiments public and actively participate in society. From movements like Occupy Wall Street, protests in Tahrir Square or the migrant crisis in Calais, the design of space still remains - implicitly or explicitly - a central protagonist in political processes and creation of a new social order.
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Moving from theory to practice, the aim of this talk is to offer the necessary theoretical framework and terminology for discussing the relationship between citizenship and the built environment. Starting from the evolving connections between public space and public sphere, this talk will tackle the politics of architecture, the symbolic and strategic value of public space, as well as the idea of citizenship as process rather than status, to question whether specific design decisions can help shape a more active citizenship and a more inclusive society.

What can cities teach us about our societies?
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Date: 15 May 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Future Cities Catapult
Price: £15 + VAT, concessions £12 + VAT
Speakers:
Gemma Ginty (Chair), Future Cities Catapult
Ben Adams, Ben Adams Architects 
Andrew Campbell, Massive Small
Krister Lindstedt, White Arkitekter
Hannah Griffiths, Future Cities Catapult 
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MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change.

Cities and urban centres have always been crucial for political action and active citizenship. As the world’s urban population is predicted to grow to 70% by 2050, this talk seeks to examine different perspectives and strategies in urban development that put citizens at their centre. From Latin America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, this talk will look at a global cities from around the world to understand what challenges they are currently facing and what might be future opportunities for development. From bottom-up, citizen-led regeneration schemes to government-led projects, this talk will bring examples of different forms of social, political, and economic engagement of citizens through the urban fabric.

Big Data and Smart Cities: Is technology challenging
​or empowering citizenship
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Date: 27 March 2017
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Location: The Building Centre
Speakers: Ling Tan, Designer, Umbrellium

Bruce Durling, CTO and co-founder, MastodonC
Joe Shaw, Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute

Aleksandra Laska, Head of Corporate Solutions, Improbable
Matt Jukes, 
Product Manager, Better Cities


MoA’s thematic programming on Architecture and Citizenship explores the relationship between politics and the built environment with the aim of helping architects become active agents of social change. 
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How is the use of technology both changing and challenging how we relate to our environment? How can smart cities empower citizens without undermining their rights to privacy and private ownership? Who is the smart city for? This talk in our Architecture and Citizenship programming will discuss the role of big data in the built environment industry with the aim of understanding how architects and designers can participate in the way data is aggregated, interpreted and used to inform decision-making in urban centres today.
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This talk is organised in partnership with The Built Environment Trust.

Building Healthy Communities: Schools and Education
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Building Healthy Communities:
Schools and Education

Date: 20 June 2016
Time: 6:30PM
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

Speakers:
Nick Mirchandani (chair), Director, Architecture PLB
Edmund Fowles, Partner, Feilden Fowles
David Hills, Founding Director, DSDHA
Dr Sharon Wright, Senior Associate, The Learning Crowd
Jonathan Lazar, Aut--Aut architecture
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This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre.

Building Healthy Communities is a series of talks that focus on how creative thinking innovative design in particular building typologies are contributing to collective health and wellbeing in communities.
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With pupil numbers set to exceed eight million by 2023, we will need the equivalent of almost 2,000 new schools. This provides us with an opportunity to uphold the view that schools can and should be more than just practical, functional buildings – they need to elevate the aspirations of children, teachers and the wider community. To this end we can redefine what we expect from educational institutions and look at strategies to bring nature into the classroom, or rather take the classroom into nature. Further dissolving the gap between education and the environment, promoting an awareness of health and wellbeing at an early age. Attitudes towards the environment start developing at an early age and — once formed — do not change easily. Children are potential effective agents for promoting environmentally responsible behaviour in others and carrying forward a positive view of sustainability.

Designing for the Refugee Crisis
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Building Healthy Communities: Hospitals and Healthcare
Date: 6 June 2016
Time: 6:30PM
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

Speakers:
Christopher Shaw, Senior Director, Medical Architecture
Oliver Marlow, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Studio Tilt
John Cooper, Founding Director, JCA 
Ann-Luoise Ward, Chief Operating Officer, Maggie’s 
Lily Jencks, Founding Director, Lily Jencks Studio
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This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre.
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Increasingly, we are realising that poorly designed healthcare services and tools can directly affect patients’ health. In fact, recent research has revealed that better design of spaces for health can lead not only to improved patient and staff experience, but also to better clinical outcomes. As we face major global health challenges, we need to start considering design as an integral element and driver of change in healthcare. This panel discussion will explore the ways in which architects and designers are addressing the need for the built environment to provide safe, effective and high-quality places that can adapt to changing care patterns.

Designing for Public Health
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Date: 4 April 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT


​Speakers:
Paul Lincoln (Chair), Deputy Chief Executive, Landscape Institute
Lucy Saunders FFPH, Public Health Specialist – Transport & Public Realm, Transport for London and Greater London Authority
Tom Armour, Global Landscape Architecture Leader, Arup
Rachel Toms, Programme Lead, Design Council Cabe
Henk Bouwman, Director, Academy of Urbanism

This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre.

​Air quality is deteriorating in many of the world’s cities. Nearly two-thirds of people with diabetes live in urban areas. Wealthier lifestyles, prioritising convenience and fast food, has led to obesity issues and urban dwellers have far-higher stress levels than their rural counterparts. With over half of the world’s population living in urban areas, cities have a duty to do a better job of protecting public health. Architects and designers play a critical role in shaping the quality of our environment; they work in collaboration with end users and their needs and ambitions, and they have the power to restore and promote mental and physical health. This panel discussion will reveal ways in which the built environment industry is tackling these issues and where we can improve.

Conference: Conscious Cities 
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Date: 1 March 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Arup, 8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ


​Speakers: Sarah Robinson, architect; Emma Greer, Carlo Ratti Associati; Philip Tidd, Principal, Gensler;  Dr. Jon Goodbun, University of Westminster; Panos Mavros, UCL; Fiona Elizabeth Zisch, Spatial Cognition Group, UCL; Itai Palti, architect and author; Dr. Hugo Spiers, UCL Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience; Ruairi Glynn, Director, Interactive Architecture Lab, Bartlett, UCL; Neil Davidson, Director, J & L Gibbons Landscape Architecture & Urban Design; Léan Doody, Associate Director, Arup Digital; Juliette Morgan, Partner, Cushman & Wakefield; Josef Hargrave, Associate, Arup Foresight Group; Mike Saunders, CEO, Commonplace
Conscious Cities was a one-day conference exploring the relationship between neuroscience and architecture. Aimed at bringing together architects, designers, developers and engineers with scientists and researchers, the conference will explore how the latest findings in neuroscience can inform the creation of places and spaces that are more responsive, stimulate creativity and positively influence our behaviour. The conference includes four thematic discussions that address the following questions: How does the built environment affect behaviour and cognition? How can the latest findings in neuroscience inform the design of spaces and cities? What is the role of technology in creating conscious spaces? What is the role of conscious cities in fostering innovation?
The aim of the conference is to show how built environment professionals can benefit from discoveries neuroscience is offering to develop places and cities which are conscious of human biological needs and desires.

Rethinking the way we live: Custom-build Housing
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Date: 22 February 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

​Speakers:

Chair: Michael Holmes, Chair of the National Custom & Self Build Association.
Alex Ely, Director, Mae
Chris Brown, Chief Executive, Igloo
Alice Grahame, The Guardian and resident of Walter Segal house
Gus Zogolovitch, CEO and founder, Inhabit Homes
Geoff Shearcroft, Director, AOC Architecture 

This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre. 

Custom-build has been a mainstay of housing markets for decades in countries such as Japan, Australia, Belgium and Germany, where around 60 per cent of new homes constructed annually are now built by the people who will live in them. The UK appetite for custom-build is huge with a ready market of over six million people looking to get involved in a custom-build project, and over two-thirds of people reluctant to buy an off-the-peg volume-built house. However, just 10,000 self and custom built homes were expected to go up in 2015, this panel discussion will debate the reasons why and what the built environment industry can do to encourage growth in custom-build. 
Designing for the Refugee Crisis 
Date: 9
May 2016
Time: 6:30PM
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, WC1E 7BT London
Tickets: £15, concessions £12


​Speakers:
Karen McVeigh (chair), senior news reporter, the Guardian
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Uli Schmid, Senior Expert, Humanitarian Action Program, Innovation & Planning Agency Association
Dr. Harriet Harriss, Senior Tutor in Interior Design & Architecture, Royal College of Art
Tom Scott-Smith, Associate Professor at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Johan Karlsson, Interim Managing Director, Better Shelter

This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre.

Over the past year the refugee situation across Europe has escalated into a full-blown crisis. Very recently the "Jungle" refugee and migrant camp in Calais - a symbol of Europe's immigration crisis - has started being demolished leaving many displaced. Architects are equipped with the knowledge that can provide a solution to one of the most basic human rights refugees need: shelter. The question is not should the architectural community respond, but how? This panel discussion will shed light on some of the work architects and designers are doing in response to the crisis. 

Rethinking the way we live: Sustainable volume housing
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Date: 21 March 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT


​Speakers:
David Orr (chair), Chief Executive, National Housing Federation
Sue Riddlestone OBE, CEO & co-founder, Bioregional
Pete Halsall, Chief Executive, Good Homes Alliance
Richard Lavington, Founding Director, Maccreanor Lavington
James Taylor-Foster, European Editor-at-Large, ArchDaily and Hikaru Nissanke, Founding Director, OMMX

This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre. 

The country is in the grip of a housing shortage - we currently build half the number of homes we need each year. This panel will discuss the necessity to build in volume but also to build sustainably for future generations. How can we speed up housebuilding whilst ensuring good design, minimise resource use and reduce the environmental impact of development? The panel will discuss sustainable housing from an economic, social and ecological perspective.

Designing for Flood Risk
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Designing for Flood Risk 
Date: 8 February 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

Speakers:
Paul Lincoln (Chair), Deputy Chief Executive, Landscape Institute
Mary Dhonau OBE, Community Flood Consultant, Know Your Flood Risk Campaign
Robert Barker, Director, Baca Architects
Peter Wilder, Director of Wilder Associates and a BRE Associate
Oli Cunningham, Associate, dRMM
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The recent devastating flooding in the UK was a stark reminder of the need for architects to urgently design for flood risk, especially as wetter winters are predicted in our changing climate and the certainty of more extreme weather events. This panel discussion will explore design responses to flood risk and innovative designs architects are proposing to also consider living with water rather than just defend against it. 

Rethinking the way we live: Housing an ageing population
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Date: 25 January 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

Speakers:
Ben Page (Chair), 
Chief Executive of Ipsos Mori
Deane Simpson, Royal Danish Academy of Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen and author of Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Ageing Society
Susanne Clase, White Arkitekter
Tim Riley, RCKa
Fran Balaam, The CASS and Regeneration Team, GLA  

For decades, there have not been enough homes to meet the needs of our growing and ageing population. The number of households in England is projected to increase 10 per cent from 2011 to 2021, but the highest increase is projected to be for households headed by someone between 55 and 64 years old. As life expectancy increases, an urgent national effort is needed to build homes that will meet our changing needs and aspirations as we all grow older. This panel will showcase examples of innovative designs for communities of older people and how housing design can alleviate some of the issues affecting older people.   

MoA Health and Wellbeing Programme
Wellness In the Workplace

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Rethinking the way we live: Co-housing
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​Date: 14 December 2015
​Time: 6.30PM - 8.30PM
Location: The Building Centre, 26 Store St, London WC1E 7BT

Speakers:
Prof. Irena Bauman (chair),  Professor of Sustainable Urbanism, University of Sheffield
​Meredith Bowles, Mole Architects
Maria Brenton, Older Women's CoHousing
Stephen Hill, C20 Future Planners
David Saxby, Architecture 00

As London grapples with the housing crisis and rental and property prices continue to soar, there is an increasing demand for different housing options and greater control over the way we live. This event presents some pioneering co-housing examples both built and in development. Hear architect, resident and campaigner's perspectives which provide alternatives to the status quo.

​This event is organised in partnership with The Building Centre 

Health and Wellbeing Programme
Beyond Sustainability!

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Date: 5 October 2015
Time: 12.30PM - 5.00PM
Location: 
Royal College Of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place , NW1 4LE London

What can we do as individuals and professionals in the built environment to move beyond sustainability as we define it today? Less bad is just not good enough. Organised by Arup Associates in partnership with the International Living Future Institute and Living Building Challenge - UK Collaborative, this event brings together professionals that believe in a better way of designing, producing and operating the world we inhabit. Beyond Sustainability! explores the future of the built environment through a series of presentations and a keynote lecture by Jason McLennan, one of the most influential individuals in the green building movement today and the recipient of the prestigious Buckminster Fuller Prize, as well as the founder and creator of the Living Building Challenge, widely considered the world’s most progressive and stringent green building program.

Health And Wellbeing Programme
Smart Space - Infrastructure for Innovation

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Date: 16 September 2015 
Time: 7.00PM - 8.30PM
Location: The Cube, London

We have entered a new era of high innovation, where we will need to provide people with something more than just space or a place to work. In the United States and UK we are seeing more labs being created, which will host the development of robotics, medtech, artificial intelligence, and neurotechnology. These spaces are making us rethink the design of cities and buildings. Professionals working in built environments such as architects, designers, developers, urban planners and placemakers will play a paramount role in shaping future innovation. After all, it is this industry that shapes and creates buildings, which house the people behind the innovation. In partnership with The Cube, we will discuss Smart Spaces and what is the infrastructure they need to support innovation. 


Talk series

Design of the workplace


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The Psychology of Collaboration
Collaboration is much talked about today, especially when it comes to workplace design. As companies employ more knowledge workers, it is no longer just what you know, but what you do with what you know. Successfully designed collaboration spaces as well as an enabling culture are key to helping this along. With this in mind, Herman Miller commissioned Dr. Nigel Oseland, a psychologist specialising in workplace, to carry out a literature review of the psychology of collaboration and how that might impact workplace design.


Guest Speaker: Dr. Nigel Oseland

Title: Psychology of the workplace
Environmental Psychologist Dr Oseland will present core psychological theories, including evolutionary psychology, that have implications for the design and management of successful workplaces. The presentation supports architects and real estate professionals in advising occupiers on how to enhance the quality of their workplaces to improve the performance of its occupants. In general, current trends in building design do not necessarily consider psychological factors. Whilst new buildings may be space efficient they are unlikely to be as effective as those buildings that do account for basic individual and organisational needs.

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Guest Speaker 2: David Halpern
The Behavioural Insights Team is a unique company. We started life inside No.10 Downing Street as the world’s first government institution dedicated to the application of behavioural sciences. We are now a world-leading social purpose company whose mission is to help organisations in the UK and overseas to apply behavioural insights in support of social purpose goals. The company itself has three owners: the employees, the UK government, and Nesta (the UK's leading innovation charity). Nesta were the winners of a highly competitive process to become the team's join venture partners, and we're delighted to have them on board.

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Personality Preferences for Interaction
Following on from the hugely successful Psychology of Collaboration research carried out by Dr. Nigel Oseland, HM will also be sharing some findings from his most recent piece of research looking at preferences for interaction and linking it back to the Living Office story.


Guest Speaker:
Ziona Strelitz,
Founder Director of ZZA Responsive User Environments
Title: Workplace interaction:  empirical realities; busting industry mantra

Extrovert / introvert?  Hive / club / den / cell? We place great store on workplace interaction, invoking it as a central plank in presenting the case for office transformation to promote business value. But across the paradigms of personality and activity settings, what are the conditions that shape workplace interaction? Drawing on her rich and ongoing corpus of workplace studies and research on third places, Ziona Strelitz, Founder Director of ZZA Responsive User Environments, and author of ‘Buildings that Feel Good’, ‘Energy People Place’ and ‘Why Place Still Matters in the Digital Age', steps back from supply-chain orthodoxies to share key empirical perspectives on contemporary interaction at work.

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Scenarios 2018 
Scenario planning is one way to understand and learn about the changes in the workplace in the future. Through formal research methods, protocols, and tools such as scenario planning, companies are better able to anticipate change, respond creatively towards those emerging user needs and problems, and be better prepared for the future.

Guest Speaker: Bruce Davison, Insityou
Title: Paradigm Paralysis
Companies are spending unnecessary money on real estate, especially in the world’s key cities where prime real estate is expensive and in peak demand.  Despite new workspace trends the truth is that space usage is on the rise and costing upwards of £30,000 per employee for a new build. Workplace is evolving from fixed, assigned seating, which supported traditional departmental structures, to flexible seating environments aimed at project and function driven workforces.   However, transferring the entire onus onto employees to self-organise, drive productivity and innovation, has in fact; created untold anxiety, territorialisation and paralysis. Bruce Davison will present the historical development of the workforce, the workplace, current trends and the potential for technology to change the rules of the game.

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The Living Office
In businesses around the world the workforce is changing. The expectations of workers are changing. How work gets done is changing. The tools of work are changing. The work itself is changing. There is a new landscape of work. This seminar will share ideas on how to manage work, the tools and technologies that enable us, and the places where we come together to do it.

Guest Speaker:
Nick Fletcher,
Managing Director, Harmsen Tilney Shane
Smart Working: trends, issues, opportunities and best practice solutions
Workplace consultant Nick Fletcher will look at the notions of 'tribes' and 'bands' and discuss how organisations are moving from the former - larger, more structured, less flexible groups - to the latter which are commonly smaller, mobile and more fluid and more liable to change. He will explore how this move towards 'bands' impacts on the workplace and the formation of both the physical and virtual working environment. Nick will also describe his firm's approach to gathering evidence as the starting point for using design as a powerful tool for organisational change.

Workshop
​How Digital Design And Architecture Can Create New Business Opportunities ​   

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Hosted by Method
Workshop Testimonial

"Just a quick email to say how nice it was to meet you at the workshop last week and to thank you for organising such a stimulating event. It was one of the most rewarding days I’ve had in quite some time – the speakers were experienced and thought-provoking, and the quality of the administration, hospitality, venue and the other attendees were all very high. Having been involved with organising conferences myself, I know how much thought and hard work it takes to put on something as good as this." - Aaron Lawton, Aaron Lawton Associates

Programme
The Museum of Architecture has created a one-day conference to consider how collaborations between architects and digital designers can be of mutual benefit and create new business opportunities for both.

Structured as a series of workshops, and talks, attendees will be invited to participate by proposing new solutions which employ the best of both disciplines.

Speakers:
Indy Johar, Architecture 00
Anne Frobeen, Samsung Innovation Research Lab
Roger Wade, Boxpark
Alexander Grünsteidl, Method

Symposium
Shubbak Festival: A Window On The Arab World   

Forward Thinking Symposium

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Forward Thinking Symposium:
Discussions on the Future of Architecture in the Arab World Location: RIBA, London
Date: 19 July 2011

Throughout the next 20 years, many of the housing projects, souks, hotels, office buildings, planned cities, and cultural centres in the Arab world will be completed. As the region continues to shift both economically and politically, what will the discussions around architecture in the region be? This talk brings together a broad group of experts to discuss the questions we may be asking in the coming months and years. Topics will include the development of new technologies and materials, how the Internet could shape physical and virtual spaces, and the pursuit of Arab identity in architecture.

Moderator: Tim Makower, Partner, Allies and Morrison Architects and Co-Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Qatar University with speakers: Ahmed Al-Ali and Farid Esmaeil, Principals, X-Architects; Aidan Chopra, Google; Salmaan Craig, Foster + Partners; Ahmad Humeid, CEO, Syntax; Peter Oborn, Deputy Chairman, Aedas Architects; Dr Aylin Orbasli, Programme Leader, MA International Architectural Regeneration and Development, Oxford Brookes University.

Nous & RIBA Architecture Events at Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, Presented by the Mayor of London, Sponsored by HSBC

​Date: 3 December 2015
​Time: 6.30PM - 8.30PM
Location: Sto Werkstatt

Speakers:
Jeremy Myerson (chair), Helen Hamlyn Professor of Design, Royal College of Art
Victoria Lockhart, wellbeing and sustainability specialist, Arup Associates
Despina Katsikakis, independent workplace consultant
Trevor Keeling, senior engineer, BuroHappold Engineering
Elina Grigoriou, expert on sustainability, wellbeing and design, Grigoriou Interiors

Sitting is the new smoking! A sedentary lifestyle can lead to such ill-effects as diabetes and heart disease, therefore architects and designers need to rethink how we design the workplace for a healthier workforce. Workplace design today is striving to encourage flexibility, incubation, cross-pollination and co-working to engage employees, promote collaboration, flatten hierarchies, improve productivity and encourage innovation.The panel will discuss the need to ensure wellness in our office environments and offer innovative solutions to better workplace design.

Talk series
Get Involved   

Get involved! -  In conjunction with The Guardian and part of the London Festival of Architecture 2015, Museum of Architecture will showcase community engagement in architecture and placemaking through a series of talks and panel discussions.

In an increasingly competitive global context, London is working hard to remain the city of choice for business – from start ups to established firms. Central to this is creating environments in which people want to live and
work – how can these same people influence the evolution of the city?

We will invite a diverse range organisations to participate. These organisations will discuss what they do, how they work, why they do it and what more can be done to get people involved in their communities - paving ​the way for new business ideas, collaborations and work opportunities.
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Discussion 1: Placemaking and Technology
Argent, 4 Stable Street, King's Cross, London N1C 4AB


Ian Freshwater - Argent
Jonathan Robinson - The Guardian
Niraj Dattani - Spacehive
Carolina Caicedo - The Decorators

Ava Fatah gen Schieck - Digital Interaction, The Bartlett UCL
Moderator: James Pallister

​A number of design agencies are working hard to better understand the needs of residents, workers, tourists and entrepreneurs in order to create more exciting and innovative destinations. Technology companies and other crowd-funding platforms are transforming the way cities are being built and funded and are empowering the people who use the city to make positive changes to their environments.

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Discussion 2: Businesses in Communities and Vacant Buildings
Sto Werkstatt, 7-9 Woodbridge Street, London EC1R 0EX


Ross Bailey -  Appear Here

Emily Berwyn - Meanwhile Space
Simon Pitkeathley - Camden Town Unlimited
Carl Turner - Carl Turner Architects / Pop Brixton
Moderator: Mariana Pestana

The panel will discuss ways in which businesses are getting more involved with the communities and neighbourhoods in which they are based. Organisations are helping to bridge the communication between businesses in communities and community projects, they set exciting precedents for the future of private and public collaboration. Companies are also engaging with the built environment in new ways by creating short term pop-ups in new developments to test audiences and client bases, leading to experimental design projects. These projects are also supported by new businesses who are facilitating the connections between the brands and unused spaces.

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Discussion 3: Public Space and Neighbourhood Streets 
Bennetts Associates Architects, 1 Rawstorne Place, London EC1V 7NL

Giles Charlton - Spacehub
John Edwards - Living Streets
Torange Khonsari - Public Works Group
Jonathan Schifferes - RSA/Create Streets
Moderator: David Walker - Bennetts Associates

Public space is everywhere but there is less recognition and more prescription about what and who it is for. This debate will explore how organisations working in the public realm mediate between policy and good design and how we can work towards creating safe, attractive, enjoyable streets which are pedestrian friendly and lively. These organisations are working to engage large and varied audiences who can influence our built environment's future as the public are more involved in planning and policy decisions, advocating for good, smart design.

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Discussion 4: Well-being and Health in Cities
Arup 8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ, lower ground floor, Emmerson/Shears Room


Ann Marie Aguilar - Arup 
Associates
Dan Hill - Future Cities
Anne Frobeen - Samsung Electronics Europe
Chris Romer-Lee - Studio Octopi / Thames Baths Project
Moderator: Lisa Woo - Design Council

Creating a healthier working population will help solve various city-wide problems from stress on the NHS to combating depression. Well designed buildings and environments have a role to play in this. Arup is undertaking new research in the area and will discuss the new healthy buildings certification - helping to eradicate spaces that people loathe working and living in. Another topic for discussion is more accessible city-wide exercise projects that would create the opportunity for new businesses to start, collaborations to take place, jobs to be created and technology and software to be designed. There is no doubt that health and cities is a new and growing business opportunity and the expert panelists will give the audience insights into what the future may hold in this sector.

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Vertical Urban Factory Curator's Gallery Talk

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A discussion with Nina Rappaport, curator of Vertical Urban Factory and publications director at Yale School of Architecture, and James Pallister, journalist and editor who has worked for Dezeen and The Architects’ Journal and is currently writing a book about contemporary religious architecture for Phaidon, about the architecture and urban issues around urban manufacturing and how the new shift to clean, green and smaller manufacturing methods can provoke new production spaces.


Panel Discussion on New Urban Manufacturing in London at Faraday House
Nina Rappaport - architectural critic and curator, Vertical Urban Factory, New York Dr Ben Todd - Managing Director - Arcola Energy
Dr Manish Tiwari - lecturer at University College London - Mechanical Engineering
Dr Axel Bindel - Research Manager - Energy, Recovery & Low Carbon Powerpacks at High Speed Sustainable Manufacturing Institute


www.verticalurbanfactory.org
www.ninarappaport.com

Public Domain Symposium

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Public Domain Symposium: Public & Civic Spaces in the Arab World Location: RIBA, London
Date: 12 July 2011

Using material drawn from photojournalists, professional photographers, and architectural practices, the exhibition will provide a journey through the public and civic spaces of the Arab world and showcase daily life in the region. The images and films will feature the places where people meet, socialise, shop, exchange ideas, demonstrate, and celebrate; they will include images from the on-going protests and from everyday life in streets, cafes and markets. The exhibition will also explore factors shaping public and civic spaces in the region, such as rapid economic change, a focus on public infrastructure in Arab cities, recent political events, and the use of the Internet.

Contributors include Iwan Baan and Charlie Koolhaas; photojournalists commissioned by news wire Demotix; photographers and filmmakers from the Arab region; and, architecture and urbanism practices. Sponsored by Austin-Smith:Lord and Demotix

Nous & RIBA Architecture Events at Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, Presented by the Mayor of London, Sponsored by HSBC

Symposium
Alternative Initiatives: Cuba Symposium   

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Alternative Initiatives: Cuba Conference Location: RIBA, London
Date: 8 October 2010

Alternative Initiatives Cuba Conference explored the impact of Cuba's political and economic conditions on its architecture and speculated on the future of Cuban architecture and development. The event was curated in collaboration with Francisco Gonzales de Canales and Nuria Lombardero.

Participants included: Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, the Havana City Historian, director of the restoration program of Old Havana and its historical center; Ricardo Porro, Architect; Nuria Alvarez Lombardero and Francisco Gonzalez de Canales, Architects and tutors; Dr. Francisco Gomez Diaz, Architect and tutor; Felipe Hernandez, Architect and tutor; Emily Morris, expert on the Cuban economy; Brett Steele, Director of the Architectural Association.


Workshop
Algorithmic Structures Workshop And Exhibition   

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Algorithmic Structures Workshop and Exhibition Location: Shunt, London
Date: 30 September 30 - 4 October 2009

This exhibition was part of a larger event organized by Din-collective and emphasized the creative prowess of the students involved in re-designing London Bridge, London their installations from the Algorithmic Structures Workshop for the space at Shunt. The challenge was transforming 2000m2 of cardboard installations from the Mare street exhibition space into a 15m vault in one of the arches of SHUNT under London bridge. The installations were component based, human scale structures, composed entirely from self-similar, mass produced, cardboard pieces that connected into one whole using an intelligent, rule-based system. Local external factors operated as informing parameters to generate component variation, resulting in an overall structure responsive to its environment. Variations in size, orientation or perforation resulted in varying degrees of light infiltration, view or function.  
Architectural students from schools in London and abroad started the upcoming academic year by joining this four-day Design + Build + Exhibit Competition Workshop during which they were given the unique opportunity to experiment with the unlimited potentialities of this design method. Assisted by tutors that practice and teach at the forefront of the contemporary architectural scene, two selected structures were designed and built for the exhibition. This exhibition was part of the London Design Festival and was led by Kristof Krolla and Jeroen van Ameijde.

Museum of Architecture
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