Building Centre
Talks and Debates, Screening and Performances
2 July
19:00 - 23:00 Hosted by: Czech Centre

 A film screening followed by a debate chaired by Deyan Sudjic, with Eva Jiricná and other guests

Friday 2 July, 7 pm

The international premiere of a documentary dedicated to the late Czech architect Jan Kaplický, co-founder of London based internationally acclaimed practice Future Systems. The film featuring Brian Clarke, Eva Jiricná, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Václav Havel and the team Future Systems tells the story of Kaplický’s last grand design. The project for the National Library in Prague called the Eye over Prague is radical, exciting and far enough ahead of its time to provoke a fair degree of controversy. For Kaplický, a Czech-born émigré, it also represents a triumphant return to his homeland, a vindication of his uncompromisingly forward-looking philosophy and, eventually, a tragically poetic ending to his remarkable career. After winning the international competition chaired by Zaha Hadid, the popular and much supported design met opposition from the Czech government and the local administration and the fierce battle began (Olga Spátová, Czech Republic, 2010, 90′).

A following debate, chaired by Deyan Sudjic with Eva Jiricná and other guests will focus not only on Jan Kaplicky’s work, but also on the process and struggles of architects to have their visionary and bold designs approved and built.

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Jean Nouvel will discuss his groundbreaking design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010. In 1994 Nouvel established Ateliers Jean Nouvel, which is now one of the largest architectural practices in France with offices worldwide. Ateliers Jean Nouvel specialises in the fields of architecture, urban design, landscape design, industrial design and interior design.
This is a free event, and will be held in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010, designed by Jean Nouvel. For further information, please contact:
Gallery Lobby Desk
020 7402 6075

‘One hundred emerging Chinese artists and designers in London make their first collective voice heard.’

Dates: 19th - 23rd November 2009
Venue: Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London

CHEERS:) 2009

“Cheers :)”, organized by CSSA University of the Arts London and co-organised with WE(WestEast) Design, is the first Chinese Art and Design exhibition in London of this size, with the largest number of exhibitors and the most comprehensive different forms of work. These include Fine Art, Fashion Design, Spatial Design, Multimedia Art, Communication Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, Jewellery Design and Photography. This mixture of disciplines, ranging from 2D to 4D, allows different types of media to overlap and interact with each other.

During the exhibition, 40 pieces selected by experts and visitors will be displayed as the tour of Greater China which will be visiting the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei in 2010. The China Tour is called “Reverse Current”. This is the concept of Chinese students flowing between China and the UK, just like the sea, using newly acquired cultural knowledge to stimulate new ideas and as the students return home, their new skills and ideas flow back with them. “Reverse Current” is also a metaphor of the Art and Design industry going up against the odds in the global financial crisis and recession.

For more information, please visit http://exhibitioncheers.com/home/

100% Design Exhibition, London, 23-26 September 2009.

Jordy specialises creating environments that engage emotions. Her aim is to create better environments for people, through sustainable products and creative architectural design. Cloud Chandeliers are all handmade with recycled paper, they transform a space with magic and intimacy.  WE(WestEast) Design sponsored Jordy’s show in 100% Design Exhibition held in London on 23-26 September 2009.

Closing date for initial applications - Thursday 1 October 2009

Recently the Commission funded a scoping study commissioned by the Royal Albert Hall about its urban setting and the potential of the northern part of the Royal Commission’s Estate. At the same time, led by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, a major development of Exhibition Road is taking place.

[To download a copy of the scoping study in pdf format (18MB), you will need to log in. Follow this link, click the key icon and enter these details: Client username: UP_RAH, Client password: rah09].

This year the subject of the Commission’s Fellowship in the Built Environment is Urbanism, specifically to build on the valuable work from this scoping study and Exhibition Road Development, and to offer to many interested parties broad design ideas on how the urban quality of the area can be improved.

There is as yet no clear path on how the work may be taken forward after this study. The Commission hopes that by freely publicising the ideas created by this Fellowship others may be encouraged to progress the next stages and to recognise the value to society of the care and improvement of public spaces. Applicants may wish to offer their ideas on this.

To apply download the application form (in Word) which candidates should complete, together with a submission outlining the proposed project of no more than two pages of A4, plus a CV. Lavishly produced or illustrated submissions are not required. The full application should then be sent preferably by e-mail as a PDF to applications@royalcommission1851.org. Alternatively they can be sent by post to the Royal Commission at the address below.

Up to six of the applicants will be asked to enlarge on their first submission by adding no more than a further six A4 sides. Some of the six will be asked to present their ideas and approach to the judging panel who will then choose one applicant to take their ideas to a further stage over a period of six months with presentations to various bodies. An honorarium for this last stage of £30,000 will be payable.

 http://www.royalcommission1851.org.uk/built.html

V&A
22 September 2009
1pm - 2pm

The new global urban experiments are likely to take place in China this century where more than 75 million people will move into cities over the next ten years.

This is a unique opportunity to talk with three major figures about the complexities of trying to design city life ethically, aesthetically, ecologically and economically - and what influence this might have on Britain.

Avant-garde architect: Hou Liang has won the competition to build the memorial to the Thailand Tsunami. His plans in China include a ’shopping forest’ in Guiyang, China;
Chairman of major Shanghai design company, Shen Lidong. Projects include Landscape Design for the China Pavilion at the World Expo, 2010 and major restoration projects;
Founder of Shenzhen interior design company, Jiang Feng. Major projects in China’s first new city, with luxury hotels, department stores and office blocks.
Each of the participants will speak briefly leaving time for questions and conversation with the audience.

Chair Philip Dodd, chairman of Made in China

Location: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, V&A

Tickets: Free, available from Sackler Centre reception, but numbers are restricted, booking is essential

RSVP to alicia@madeinchinauk.com

Design Museum, 01 July - 01 November 2009

Jan Kaplický, who died earlier this year, was the Czech architect responsible for some of the most remarkable buildings that Britain has ever seen. Lord’s cricket ground holds the press box he built with his former partner, Amanda Levete - it was their first major project and won the Stirling Prize.
Kaplický also designed the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, 2003 and yet even more remarkable are the buildings that Kaplický designed, which the world will never see - to say nothing of his stream of ideas for solar powered vehicles, electric cars, jewellery, bikinis and double-decker buses. This exhibition will celebrate the work of a gifted architect and designer.
Further information can be found in the website  http://www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/kaplicky

音乐节在全世界已有40余年历史。如今，很多音乐节都已成为具有国际影响力的大型活动。青年人来到音乐节，以音乐方式释放自我、凝聚力量，然后以更积极的心态投入社会生活中。共青团中央网络影视中心主任曹东新接受记者采访时说，”5·12″大地震之后，中国青年人的表现已让全国人民看到”少年强则中国强”的希望。此次热波音乐节，将继续展现当代中国青年富有热情、极具朝气、勇于表达梦想的精神风貌。

　　记者了解到，主办方将”我在乎”作为本届热波音乐节口号，将系列公益活动引入音乐节，旨在倡导社会责任感、互助关爱、宽容理性、关注环保等意识。音乐节的三天主题为：”我在乎梦想–每个人都可以有梦想，每个人都在乎自己的梦想；我在乎爱–在乎爱我的人和我爱的人；我在乎地球–在乎他人，在乎脚下的土地和身边的动物植物……”对此主题设计，热波传媒总裁李岱说：”我在乎梦想、我在乎爱、我在乎地球代表了一种热爱生命、热爱世界的正向价值观，包含着音乐节主办方、参演艺人的种种情怀。我们希望通过音乐节，把这种情怀传递给每个参与者。”

　　热波音乐节以倡导公益为主旨，携手国内外十多个公益组织。这也是迄今为止国内与公益组织合作最多、最紧密的音乐节。据悉，音乐节现场公益展区内将通过捐赠、展览、游戏等方式，宣传扶贫、帮农、助学等公益事业，其中，关怀灾区人民、号召环保健康的生活方式是此次的重点。曹东新说，透过音乐节的宣传，推动”我在乎”所倡导的蓬勃向上的时代风貌，将让更多人了解、关注、支持我国公益事业，让全国民众继续关心、支持四川灾区重建。

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　　与热波音乐节合作的公益项目

        ■WE DESIGN 这个来自英国的设计师联盟，在震后发起了”赈灾四川学校概念设计国际竞赛”，支援四川学校重建，部分参赛作品及模型将在现场与大众见面。

　　■世界自然基金会(WWF) 在音乐节上将组织模拟生物多样性现场游戏、长江生态展览、现场羌绣学习、环保歌曲比赛以及环保棋比赛一系列活动。

　　■自然景象环境保护协会(C.Nature) 将在现场设立10个大型垃圾分类区以及宣传帐篷，志愿者将对现场垃圾进行分类和处理，让大家意识到”环保很时尚，公益很简单”。

　　■北京农家女文化发展中心 在现场将进行灾区妇女特色食物、手工艺品展卖、灾区项目点展览以及灾区妇女才艺展示。

　　■”5·12″心灵守望计划 为”5·12″大地震受灾地区老师和学生的心理重建，提供长期专项服务。

　　■”多背一公斤” 在现场将设立宣传互动帐篷，介绍、讲解、讨论”多背一公斤”；义卖环保袋、”微笑圈”；编排节目，做互动游戏。

　　■萤火助学网 现场将进行”搜寻四川最需要帮助学校”宣传及拉票活动，还将接收观众捐赠的学习用具、书籍、衣物及办公用品。

　　■爱白文化教育中心 今年，爱白成都中心与联合国艾滋病规划署、开发计划署合作，将在现场展开艾滋病防治知识普及、安全套免费发放活动。

　　■中国大学生公益论坛(CUPF) CUPF四川区志愿者们将在现场组织公益宣传活动，号召参加音乐节的年轻人关注公益事业。

For more information, please visit http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/zmf/index.shtml

The international competition to design schools for the areas damaged by the earthquake in 2008, is co-organised by WE(WestEast) Design, UCL (Bartlett) and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design.

200 guests from the creative industry and media attended the awards announcement evening including Robin Cross, representative of Jack Pringle, chairman of Development Disaster Relief; Hanwen Liao, representative from China-UK Environment and Resources Association attended the event. Philip Dogg, Chinese expert, BBC senior editor, EX-director of ICA, and Zelin Li, Chairman of Chinese Student and Scholars Association in UK gave speech on the event.

The open jury for the Sichuan School International Conceptual Design Competition was successfully held in The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL on 18th April 2009. UCL Pro-Provost for China, Professor Z. Xiao Guo helped to co-ordinate the event.

The winning schemes are from across the world and the first prize for the Architecture category is from China. The standard of entry was high and both the winners and commendations were very deserving. The winning entries not just provide pratical solutions, but also take into account the need of students and demonstrate the potential of creative and contemporary design intervention in schools.

The entire process of the jury, chaired by Professor CJ Lim, was open to the public. The other jury members were Arjun Kaicker (Partner, Foster + Partners), Ching Lao (Senior Engineer, ARUP), Yan Ma (School Expert, Representative from Chinese Embassy London), Gerrard O’Carroll (The Royal College of Art), Nicholas Rhodes (Central Saint
Martins), and Dr. Hongxing Zhang (Senior Curator, V&A). It ensured a very fair process and provided a unique opportunity for the public and the students at audience to participate.

The competition has definitely raised public’s awareness of sichuan’s situation and has provided for design professionals the key issues in school design to debate in the future. The result of the competition will be passed to the local authorities in Sichuan. Hopefully the competition will encourage the local authorities to create forward thinking solutions to rebuilding after the earthquake which perhaps will inspire the world in return.

For further information please visit the competition website http://www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

WE(WestEast) Design, The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design, organised the Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition for an important school damaged in Sichuan earthquake. We hope this competition will provoke intervention of creative and sensible design in the reconstruction of hundreds of schools damaged in the Sichuan earthquake, and attract public attention to the design of education environment including the school projects in UK.

Till writing of this letter, there have been more than 400 participants registered, including young and experienced architect, product designers, fashion designers, artists and students, from over 35 countries.

The Open Jury Day of the competition will be held on Saturday 18th April 2009 in The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL. The Open Jury will be a whole day event open to the public. It will provide a unique experience for the public, design professionals, students by showing the submitted works and sharing jury members’ debate.

The jury are of internationally experienced experts in design disciplinary, education and media. We are honoured to have the following members in our Jury.

• Professor CJ Lim (Bartlett School of Architecture-UCL) - Chair of the Jury
• Arjun Kaicker (Partner, Foster + Partners)
• Ching lau (Senior Engineer, ARUP)
• Yan Ma (School Expert)
• Gerrard O’Carroll (Senior tutor, the School of Architecture and design at The Royal College of Art)
• Nicholas Rhodes (Course Director, Product Design at Central Saint Martin)
• Dr. Hongxing Zhang (Senior Curator, V&A)