Reinier de Graaf in conversation with Patrik Schumacher
07/11/2017.
[VIDEO] The Building Centre [LON] UK
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The video gathers a casual and unpredictable encounter between Patrik Schumacher who acts as an interviewer of Reinier de Graaf in the presentation of his new book.
Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, in The Building Centre
Reinier de Graaf and Patrik Schumacher, en la sede de The Building Centre en Londres
Reinier de Graaf in The Building Centre
The event was held in The Building Centre de Londres and in this video, Reinier de Graaf of OMA (partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture) is interviewed by Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher about his big new book, of 500 pages, title; Four Walls and a Roof, The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession.
Written as a series of essays, Four Walls and a Roof focuses on the architectural profession, giving an honest portrayal of the divides between ideology and practice, the particular challenges of age versus experience, the realities of working internationally and the effects of economy.
Patrik interrogates Reinier on the why of his book, the deeper meaning and its relevance for the profession in general.
The initial interviewer was Paul Finch, who could not attend to being trapped in China (it seems that for a visa issue) and was replaced by Patrik Schumacher. The conversation crossed themes that range from the consideration of public space, the putting into crisis of certain myths about architecture -authority, individual inspiration, good things in architecture, the idea of control on a large scale, the myth of progress .. .-, or the questioning that the generation of ideas are proof of an ideology.
A complex and interesting grid of ideas, some very questionable and all quite suggestive, arising between two close strangers.
Written as a series of essays, Four Walls and a Roof focuses on the architectural profession, giving an honest portrayal of the divides between ideology and practice, the particular challenges of age versus experience, the realities of working internationally and the effects of economy.
Patrik interrogates Reinier on the why of his book, the deeper meaning and its relevance for the profession in general.
The initial interviewer was Paul Finch, who could not attend to being trapped in China (it seems that for a visa issue) and was replaced by Patrik Schumacher. The conversation crossed themes that range from the consideration of public space, the putting into crisis of certain myths about architecture -authority, individual inspiration, good things in architecture, the idea of control on a large scale, the myth of progress .. .-, or the questioning that the generation of ideas are proof of an ideology.
A complex and interesting grid of ideas, some very questionable and all quite suggestive, arising between two close strangers.
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Dates
September 29, 2017
Venue
The Building Centre, 26 Store St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BT, UK
Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf (1964, Schiedam) is a Dutch architect and writer. Reinier de Graaf joined OMA in 1996. He is responsible for building and masterplanning projects in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, including Holland Green in London (completed 2016), the new Timmerhuis in Rotterdam (completed 2015), G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (completed 2014), De Rotterdam (completed 2013), and the Norra Tornen residential towers in Stockholm. In 2002, he became director of AMO, the think tank of OMA, and produced The Image of Europe, an exhibition illustrating the history of the European Union.
He has overseen AMO’s increasing involvement in sustainability and energy planning, including Zeekracht: a strategic masterplan for the North Sea; the publication in 2010 of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe with the European Climate Foundation; and The Energy Report, a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, with the WWF.
De Graaf has worked extensively in Moscow, overseeing OMA’s proposal to design the masterplan for the Skolkovo Centre for Innovation, the ‘Russian Silicon Valley,’ and leading a consortium which proposed a development concept for the Moscow Agglomeration: an urban plan for Greater Moscow. He recently curated two exhibitions, On Hold at the British School in Rome in 2011 and Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants (Venice Biennale, 2012; Berlin, 2013). He is the author of Four Walls and a Roof, The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession.
He has overseen AMO’s increasing involvement in sustainability and energy planning, including Zeekracht: a strategic masterplan for the North Sea; the publication in 2010 of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe with the European Climate Foundation; and The Energy Report, a global plan for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, with the WWF.
De Graaf has worked extensively in Moscow, overseeing OMA’s proposal to design the masterplan for the Skolkovo Centre for Innovation, the ‘Russian Silicon Valley,’ and leading a consortium which proposed a development concept for the Moscow Agglomeration: an urban plan for Greater Moscow. He recently curated two exhibitions, On Hold at the British School in Rome in 2011 and Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants (Venice Biennale, 2012; Berlin, 2013). He is the author of Four Walls and a Roof, The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession.
Patrik Schumacher
Patrik Schumacher, is partner at Zaha Hadid Architects and founding director at the AA Design Research Lab. He joined Zaha Hadid in 1988.
Patrik Schumacher studied philosophy and architecture in Bonn, London and Stuttgart, where he received his Diploma in architecture in 1990. In 1999 he completed his PHD at the Institute for Cultural Science, Klagenfurt University. Patrik Schumacher has been teaching at various architectural schools in Britain, Continental Europe and the USA since 1992. In 1996 he founded the "Design Research Laboratory" with Brett Steele, at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and continues to serve as one of its co-directors.
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