Rural Design is a practice of award winning architects based on the Isle of Skye, working throughout the Highlands of Scotland.
Projects are based upon a rigorous analysis of the clients requirements, the site and the landscape context. Their work is characterised by a crisp and contemporary approach; however it is always grounded by an understanding of history and a respect for the environment.
Admission for EUSAS members is free; students on the door £3; members of the public £5 (public EUSAS membership available). One free drink with every entry. EUSAS membership available on the door; £10 annual mebership; £6 Semester Membership.
Cr8 Architecture in conjunction with Kengo Kuma and Associates will be here to talk about their winning competition entry for the V&A, Dundee.
V&A at Dundee will be an international centre of design for Scotland. It will celebrate Scotland’s historic importance in design and host major exhibitions of outstanding design, helping people understand their own and others’ cultural heritage. It will play a vital role in Dundee’s ambitious plans for regeneration, symbolising the city’s high aspirations.
Cr8 Architecture are a small Edinburgh based firm with successful projects all around Scotland. We are delighted that Peter Bowman (Cr8 Architecture) and Maurizio Mucciola (Kengo Kuma and Associates) will be here for the lecture for what promises to be a great evening.
EUSAS are happy to welcome Project Context to Edinburgh, an exhibition and event series that has recently visited both London and Sheffield:
#06 Drawing / Architecture: Project Context in Edinburgh
“Drawing / Architecture” brings together a talented panel – Alan Dunlop, Chris Speed, Lisa Moffitt, Patricia Cain, Klas Hyllen – to speak about their experiences of drawing in relation to:
education / profession intent / process inquiry / representation
The Project Context Exhibition runs from Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November, 10am-5pm in the Matthew Gallery, Minto House.
Events
Project Context Exhibition Opening
Monday 31st October, 6pm
Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh School of Architecture
#06 Drawing / Architecture
how drawings are used by contemporary practitioners in architecture, art, education and research
Thursday 3rd November, 6pm (for 6:30 start)
Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh School of Architecture
About
Project Context is an alternative [re]view of architecture education in 2011. Directed by Seán McAlister and Max Gane, [part 2 architecture graduates, twice removed], Project Context challenges assumptions in architectural education, asking questions about the link between institutional training and the architectural profession. The exhibition displays work from the ‘Forum’; 21 students/graduates/ practitioners selected by Project Context’s Selection Jury.
7-9pm, Wednesday 19th October, Minto House Lecture Theatre
Discover how much more there is to sustainable design than carbon. Howard Liddell (Gaia Architects), author of Ecominimalism (2008), gives A Carbon Free Lecture and facilitates discussion at this event chaired by John Brennan, Director of MSc Advanced Sustainable Design, with contribution from Dimitris Theodossopoulos on conservation.
Contact Alice O’Rourke for more information
Register for free at: www.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/challenges
Friday 14th October, 6.30pm for 7.00 start – Lecture Theatre 183 @ Old College
EUSAS are delighted to announce this lecture, to be given by CJ Lim, of Studio8 Architects and Professor of Architecture and Cultural Design at the Bartlett and winner of the 2006 Royal Academy of Arts London Grand Architecture Prize (past winners of which include Norman Foster and Richard Rogers).
‘SHORT STORIES: London in two-and-a-half-dimensions’
“Combining place and fiction, CJ Lim and Ed Liu take well-known institutions, epochs and lifestyles from tens sties across the city of London and renders them fantastic in a string of architectural short stories. The medium is an intersection of paper assemblages and text, occupying a liminal territory where familiar characters find themselves in unexpected environments and places transform into active protagonists. The stories have been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum but are collected for the first time in a single volume, laid out as one phantasmagoric city vision. Painstakingly constructed, the stories encompass a retelling of the ‘Three Little Pigs’ at Smithfield, a dating agency at Battersea, and a ringed transport system manifesting as a celestial river over the great metropolis. Enthralling and inspirational, this cabinet of curiosity and wonder depicts a vision of the city that is immoral, anarchic, unscientific and at the same time glorious, ravishing and a pleasure to behold.”
Following the lecture, copies of his new book (which shares the same title as the lecture) will be available at the specially discounted price of £15 (normal retail price £19.99). Cash only.
Prior to the lecture, an exhibition of the sixth year Island Territories investigations will be open in Studio 5 – we warmly invite you to come and see our work.
This Friday, 18th November, 6.30pm prompt start (Doors open at 6pm) – Old College Lecture Theatre 175.
In the next of our lecture series, EUSAS are delighted to welcome local Edinburgh architect, Andy Stoane. www.andrewstoanearchitect.
Admission for EUSAS members is free; students on the door £3; members of the public £5 (public EUSAS membership available). One free drink with every entry. EUSAS membership available on the door; £10 annual mebership; £6 Semester Membership
Friday 28th October, 6.00pm for 6.30 start – ECA Main Lecture Theatre, Lauriston Place
Allan Murray of Allan Murray Architects will be joining us to talk about ‘Making Room for Public Space’. This innovative, Edinburgh based, practice is well known not only for architecture (Missoni Hotel) but also for urban design. They have many large scale ongoing projects throughout Edinburgh including Caltongate, St James Quater and Fountainbridge South.
Admission for EUSAS members is free; students on the door £3; members of the public £5 (public EUSAS membership available). One free drink with every entry. EUSAS membership available on the door – see here for prices
Friday 30th September, 6.30pm prompt – ECA Main Lecture Theatre, Lauriston Place
EUSAS are delighted to welcome Malcolm Fraser Architects for the first in our Autumn 2011 Lecture Series. Malcolm Fraser Architects have worked extensively throughout Edinburgh and have recently been awarded an RIBA award for their Speirs Locks Studios; highly influential in contemporary Scottish architecture, this lecture is not to be missed.
The lecture will look mainly at 3 projects currently in the office; Edinburgh Climate Change Center, Lews Castle and Athron Hill Housing
Admission for EUSAS members is free; students on the door £3; members of the public £5 (public EUSAS membership available). One free drink with every entry. Venue to be confirmed. EUSAS membership available on the door – see here for prices
Athron Hill - Malcolm Fraser Architects
Edinburgh Centre on Climate Change - Malcolm Fraser Architects
Stromness Pierhead - Malcolm Fraser Architects
We’ll be kicking off the year with an action packed social – this is a great introduction to the social side of being an Architecture Student at Edinburgh!
Meet us in the Minto House lobby at 6.30pm where there will be a free glass of wine or beer for EUSAS members – you’ll meet other EUSAS members from throughout the school and there’ll be a welcome speech from our president. After, we’ll head to Malones where there’ll be more drinks and free food! We’ll finish the night at the Liquid Rooms with some awesome music and dancing. Not to be missed!
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