Houthi nannies
Most environmental activists can’t really be equated with vicious terrorists, but even so, we should be prepared for the next phase of naïve eco-protest.
Speakers
Nicholas Boys Smith, founder, Create Streets; chair, Office for Place Nicholas is a writer, director of Create Streets, Commissioner of Historic England and a research fellow at the University of Buckingham on Urban Design. The driving force behind Create Streets is the belief that terraced housing is better for the wellbeing of the occupant than the tower block. He was made chair of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission,...
Hausat? Germany’s housing shortage
More skilled workers emigrate from Germany than immigrate. Of all OECD countries, Germany has the third highest emigration rate.”
China’s Middle Eastern Meddling
China’s isolation from the real world for much of the 20th century’s post-war period has meant that, in reality, it is rather unworldly.
Twenty’s Plenty… For You
20mph. Just because it merited a sentence in an election manifesto, doesn’t mean that it’s not draconian.
Programme
IN BRIEF Registration: 7th February, 6:30pm – Registration and Drinks at Amin Taha and Groupworks More or Less: Utopia Today Day 1: 8th February – Debates at AHMM: Toxic Opinion or Critical Judgement Demolish or Preserve What’s Ethical about the Environment? AI: Pros & Cons Housing? What Housing? BDP debate: 8th February – Global Futures! Day 2: 9th February – Design day at Heatherwick Studios:...
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Judging panel
The judges for the crits on Friday at Heatherwick Studios include: Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects; Karl Wallasch, Trigon Fire Abi Rose, Project 8 Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects Xi Junjie, University of Liverpool Penny Lewis, Dundee University Stephen Smith, Wright & Wright Bernhard Blauel, Bernhard Blauel Architect Alastair Donald, Academy of Ideas Alan Dunlop, Alan Dunlop Architects Kim Quazi, Arup Richard...
How to submit your entry?
URGENT: To win a place at the Spring Architecture & Design School you need to submit a 2-minute (maximum) video of architectural critique that addresses one of the following provocations: Should we build on the Greenbelt? or Whatever happened to the Space Age? or We need fewer architects; more builders. What we are looking for: Videos must present a cogent, critical, persuasive argument on one of those topics; whatever side...
Who should attend & why?
Critical Subjects is a unique opportunity for 35 or so of the keenest critical & creative students to engage in a series of intellectual architectural design challenges facilitated by leading names in the field. To have qualified to attend the Critical Subjects: Spring Architecture & Design School participants should be an undergrad, post-graduate or recently qualified in architecture, in design, or in similar related...
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