WAF 2017 Main Stage
Take a look at the first glimpse of the main stage conference programme at WAF - more sessions and details to follow!
All sessions are correct at the time of being published.
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Wednesday 15 November 2017 |
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10.00 |
Welcome to WAFXCelebrating 10 years of the World Architecture Festival Paul Finch, Programme Director, World Architecture Festival
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10.20 - 11.00 |
Keynote - Rafael ViñolyPerformance as space, time and architecture Rafael Viñoly, Founder and Principal, Rafael Viñoly Architects
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11.10 - 11.50 |
Performance in ContextRichard Francis-Jones, Design Director, Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
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12.00 - 12.40 |
Performance SpacesAlison Brooks, Creative Director, Alison Brooks Architects
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LUNCH |
Lunch time lectureFrancis Kéré, Principal and Founder, Kéré Architecture
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14.20 - 15.00 |
Performance and nature, a collaborative storyChristoph Hesse, Architect and Urban Designer, Christoph Hesse Architects
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16.00 - 16.40 |
Digital Performance - London newly modelledJason Hawthorne, Managing Director at Wagstaffs Design / Director at VUCITY
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16.50 - 17.30 |
30:70 Icons vs. Background. Textures of building surfacesSergei Tchoban, Partner, Tchoban Voss Architekten
The lecture is dedicated to the German release of Sergei’s book “30:70. Architektur als Balanceakt”, written together with the renowned Russian architectural historian Vladimir Sedov |
18.15 - 19.15 |
Performative architecture: RoboticsMathias Kohler, Co-Founder, Gramazio Kohler Architects
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19.15 - 19.25 |
Category winner announcements |
Thursday 16 November 2017 |
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10.15 |
Welcome
Paul Finch, Programme Director, World Architecture Festival |
10.20 - 11.00 |
Intergrated performance - the World of WOHA Richard Hassell, Founder, WOHA
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11.10 - 11.50 |
Movement spaces Charlotte Skene Catling, Co-Founder, Skene Catling de la Peña Architects
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12.00 - 12.40 |
Starchitecture and the cityDavide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano, author of Starchitecture The authors of the book STARCHITECTURE discuss key questions:
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LUNCH |
Lunch time lectureSir Peter Cook, Architect |
14.20 - 15.00 |
The crisis of middle-ground architectureJason Flanagan, Design Director, Flanagan Lawrence Andrew Todd, Director, Studio Andrew Todd Chaired conversation |
15.10 - 15.40 |
Transforming environmental performanceManit and Sonali Rastogi, Co-Founders, MORPHOGENESIS
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16.00 - 16.40 | Louisa Hutton, Founding Partner, Sauerbruch Hutton |
16.50 - 17.30 |
Performing, performative, performance - an architectural comparisonProfessor Stephan Gage, Professor of Innovative Technology, University College London and Fiona Zisch, PhD student, University College London
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18.15 - 19.15 |
Keynote - The Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, discussedPierre de Meuron, Partner, Herzog & de Meuron
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19.15 - 19.25 |
Category winner announcements |
Friday 17 November 2017 |
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13.00 - 13.40 |
Lunch time lectureSir Terry Farrell, Principle, Farrells |
17.40 - 18.40 |
Keynote - Life, spectacle and performanceKim Cook, Burning Man Burning Man is a spectacular annual event in Nevada, an impossible-to-define combination of art, life and design. Kim Cook, the programme's director of art and civic engagement will introduce this ultimate performance event. |