MAPPING PRODUC TION.
Summer Program Mapping Production Workshop 10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18. \\ JUNE 2017
T O O L.
An item or implement used for a specific purpose. A tool can be a physical object such as mechanical tools or a technical object such as a software programs. A concept or device can also be considered a tool.
Drawing inspiration from the context of Al Quoz the MAPPING PRODUCTION Workshop will focus on architectural, mapping and production tools that influence, compose, construct the design process.
OBJECT IVE. ARCHITECTEM is invested in delivering academically driven workshops to the architecture and design community with the aim of enriching the Architectural fabric of Dubai. The workshop will be a ground for research, learning, networking and mentoring between academics and students from different architecture programs, and professionally practicing architects in the UAE. Through MAPPING PRODUCTION we will explore and dissect different tools of architectural production including Digital, Analogue and Mechanical tools as applied in the creative processes and Spatial tools as host for cultural production. This references the selection of Al Quoz and specifically Alserkal as the workshop venue. The workshop itself will become an instrument for researching the context of Al Quoz. This research will be archived in the form of a digital workshop catalogue. We are especially interested in the observations and dialogue that will arise within and from the workshop. Â
Along with disseminating academic content, delivering learning outcomes and activating dialogue around the context and existing architectural conditions in Al Quoz, the workshop will be a platform for networking and mentoring for the architectural community. Architecture engages a culture’s social values, and expresses them in material, spatial, tectonic and aesthetic form. Architecture carries collective meaning and memory. Through a series of designed experiences it closely impacts every individual. An exhibition composed of the outcomes of the workshop will further connect the artist community of Alserkal and the local community of the UAE to the tools, processes and concerns of architectural and urban design. The aim is to steer away from the common misconception that architecture only lies within towers composed of steel and glass and shed light on the broader discourse of the discipline.
SAT. June 10th. 2017. 8pm // Venue :: A4 Space Mapping :: Introduction 8.30-10.30 pm // Venue :: Cinema Room Dialogue :: Speakers : Farid Esmaeil [Principal X Architects] Title: *tbd Farid Noufaily [Principal LSD] Title: *tbd Moderator: Sara M. Anwar
SUN. June 11th. 2017. 8pm // Venue :: A4 Space Mapping :: Scale 8.15-8.45pm // Venue :: Leila Heller Gallery Design tour by Omar Ghafour [Principal LSD] 9.00-10.30pm // Venue :: Cinema Room Dialogue :: Speakers : George Katodrytis [Assoc. Prof. of Arch. American University of Sharjah] Title: Performative urbanism: beyond the mapping of urban systems
Abstract: From the informal traditional Islamic settlements to the formal modernist grid-cities the lecture will focus on ways of mapping the city as a form of abstraction and transformation to new architectural geometries and language.
Tiziano Aglieri Rinella [Asst. Prof. Al Ghurair University]Â Title: Le Corbusier: Observations and Designs Moderator: Greg Polvi
PROGRAM.
WED. June 14th. 2017. 8pm // Venue :: A4 Space Mapping :: Observations 8.30-10.30pm // Venue :: Techarc Mapping Workshop :: Instructors : Sara M. Anwar [Alumni Cornell Architecture] Katayoun Lazar [Alumni Cornell Architecture] Ruben Garcia Rubio [Asst Prof Al Ghurair University]
SAT. June 17th. 2017. 8pm // Venue :: A4 Space Mapping :: Prelim Reviews 8.30-10pm // Venue :: Cinema Room Dialogue :: Speakers : Greg Polvi [Architect, Designer]
Title : An Adjusted Definition of "Context" as a Strategic Plan of Action
Abstract: Architecture has become a profession dominated by considerations of "context," concerned with local histories, placemaking, community building, and having a social conscience. Unfortunately, these thoughtful pursuits have often come at the expense of architecture. As the profession's cultural impact continues to be reduced, it is necessary to propose a new definition for "context," and to re-think what it means to make contextual considerations. This new definition of "context" is linked to a high-level plan of action for architecture, with the profession returning its focus to what it does best: the design of form, and the creation of great buildings.
Jose Carrillo [Asst. Professor of Architecture AUD]
Title: REACTIVE SKINS : Smart Environmental Adaptability in the Desert Jonathan Ashmore [Founder and Director Anarchitect]
Title: 'Practice of Architecture across platforms of scale, context and program'.
Abstract: Jonathan will discuss the translation and manifestation of architectural discourse across the platforms of scale, context and program in the professional Practice of architecture. He will touch on some of the Practice's diverse portfolio of work highlighting the importance of design quality, craftsmanship and a detailed approach to Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design to create highly resolved buildings, spaces and objects beautifully balanced in form, function and detail. Moderator: Sara M. Anwar
SUN. June 18th. 2017. 8pm-9pm // Venue :: Techarc Mapping :: Display of Constructs 9.15-10pm // Venue :: A4 Space Dialogue :: Research Presentation Katayoun Lazar and Sara M. Anwar The sessions will end with a presentation of the research gathered during the exercise and a brief synopsis of the continuing scope of research post workshop to be collected and archived in the Workshop catalogue.
S P E A K E R S.
Jonathan Ashmore Founder and Director of ANARCHITECT With over a decade of professional experience working for a succession of internationally acclaimed Architectural practices in Europe and the Middle-East, British chartered architect Jonathan Ashmore founded multiple Award Winning Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design practice ANARCHITECT. A post-graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, Jonathan is also an elected member of the RIBA Gulf Chapter, a British Council Cultural Excellence Fellowship Mentor and an active design critic and regular architectural speaker across a variety of professional platforms and academic institutions in Europe and the Middle East. Jonathan’s passion for craftsmanship and materiality is present in all of his work to consistently realise highly refined buildings and spaces; beautifully balanced in form, function and detail. His diverse portfolio of built work spans residential, leisure, hospitality, workplace and cultural projects and is regularly published around the world in the international design press. Jonathan’s Practice ANARCHITECT has been awarded ‘Residential project of the year 2014’ and the ‘AHEC Award 2015’ at the International CID Awards for the MENA region and Shortlisted in the Hospitality category in the renowned World Interior Awards for 2016.
George Katodrytis RIBA, Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Design, American University of Sharjah. George Katodrytis is an architect involved in practice, teaching and research. He is Associate Professor and has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Architecture at the American University of Sharjah. He studied and taught at the Architectural Association and the Bartlett in London. He worked in Paris, London, Nicosia and Dubai. He has published widely on contemporary architecture, urbanism, cultural theory and digital media. The work addresses the ‘Gulf City’ especially as it is evolving in the 21st century. He employs digital technology and scripting as tools for establishing new formal and performative language. He is the co-editor of the Architectural Design issue ‘UAE and the Gulf: Architecture and Urbanism Now’ published in 2015.
Farid Esmaeil X-Architects Farid Esmaeil studied architecture at the American University of Sharjah School of Design and cofounded X–Architects in 2003 in Dubai. Over the past 13 years, the office has developed an international reputation with significant diverse portfolio of projects ranging work, from masterplans, civic and cultural buildings, offices and residential buildings to private houses. Xarchitects believes in design as a process and researches creating a built environment that is adaptive and contextual. The Studio’s design approach recognises the inherent complexity in modern day building and harnesses this complexity to produce projects that are culturally robust, place sensitive and environmentally friendly. Farid was awarded the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction 2008, the Arc Middle-East award for Architecture 2009 and 2010, the Cityscape Award for Sustainable master plan. Farid has lectured at various universities and institutions worldwide and is a regular guest critic. He was a speaker at TEDx in Abu Dhabi, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Doha Architecture Forum. He exhibited and contributed to Venice Biennale 2008, 2014 and 2016, Louisiana museum of modern Art and Archiprix.
S P E A K E R S.
Tiziano Aglieri Rinella Architect, Ph.D., Assistant professor of Architecture, Al Ghurair University, Dubai Tiziano Aglieri Rinella is currently assistant professor of architecture at Al Ghurair University in Dubai (UAE). From 2009 to September 2015, he has been assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts of IULM University in Milan. Former MARC 2002 participant (Alvar Aalto Academy) and awarded the Le Corbusier Foundation scholarship (2002-2003), his scholarly interests concern different research topics in the field of architecture and design, with a special focus on the heritage of the Modern Movement. He has collaborated as consultant architect with UNESCO, for projects in the Middle East. Author of books and articles, he is a frequent speaker at international conferences. From January 2017, he is qualified as associate professor of architecture from the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
Greg Polvi Architect at Ibda, Dubai M.Arch SCI-Arc and B.Sc in Interaction Design School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Greg Polvi is a Master graduate of the M.Arch I program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. He received his B.Sc in Interaction Design from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Greg considers the greatest asset of the architect to be the ability to design form; thus, he advocates for the design of form to be the primary focus of the profession, as a strategy for returning architecture to prominence. Greg has worked as both a designer and architect in Canada, United States, Qatar, and Dubai.
Jose A. Carrillo Assistant Professor of Architecture, American University in Dubai JosĂŠ A. Carrillo joined American University in Dubai in September 2015. He is an Architect, Building Engineer and Researcher with combined international experience. As a professor, he has taught as Honorary Collaborator at the School of Architecture of the University of Alicante. In September 2013 he moved to Baku-Azerbaijan within the framework of a collaboration grant between the University of Alicante and the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction and he has been developing a research thesis on the construction of Baku's tourist identity. Â As a researcher, his interest relates to the strategic development of tourism identities of cities with rapid architectural and urban developments based on the oil industry, and on the development of new technologies in architectural and digital design processes. He is the organiser of Dubai Design Culture, an event that aims to play an important role in the dissemination of the design and architecture culture in Dubai. He is International Associate at AIA (The American Institute of Architects) and Authorised Rhinoceros Trainer.
RESEARCHERS AND TUTORS. Sara M. Anwar Founder and Director, ARCHITECTEM With a global network and multiple online portals ARCHITECTEM promotes and facilitates architectural dialogue and provides a platform for the dissemination of critical and analytical architectural observations and urban experiences. Sara M. Anwar graduated with a Bachelors in Architecture and Concentration in the History of Architecture from Cornell University and began her professional career working on the Zaha Hadid designed Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art. Her passion for entrepreneurship, design background and predilection for architecture, inspired ARCHITECTEM. Recently ARCHITECTEM has held a series of dialogues at Alserkal Avenue, American University in Dubai and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. ARCHITECTEM worked with The National Pavilion UAE la Biennale di Venezia for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Katayoun Lazar Adjunct Professor American University in Dubai Katayoun holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and Discourse from Cornell University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the American University of Sharjah. Katayoun joined OMA, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in Dubai following the completion of her Research Assistantship position at Cornell University in February 2016, where she contributed to the design and documentation of diverse cultural and program-specific projects in the region. Her research focuses on topics in alternative building and rebuilding paradigms for urban renewal and transformation, in post-developmental and post-war cities. Her current project focuses on small scale urban regeneration proposals in Dubai and Tehran, under the title “In-Between Spaces”. She began her career at Henning Larsen Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark, working on a range of projects in several countries including Denmark, Norway, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Africa. She has also worked in the Washington DC area, in collaboration with Studio Twenty Seven Architects.
Dr. Rubén García Rubio Assistant professor at Al Ghurair University, Dubai Rubén García Rubio received his degree in Architecture from the University of Valladolid; Master’s in Architectural Restoration from the University of Valladolid and Roma Tre; Postgraduate in Architettura-Storia- Progetto from the University Roma Tre and Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Valladolid. He has been “Visiting Artist” in the American Academy in Rome in 2012. Visiting Professor in several Schools of Architecture in Europe including Valladolid, Roma Tre, Malaga, Milan and Zaragoza. He has served as Guest Professor of several International Workshops. Rubén directed the Summer Course “Subtractive Architecture” at the Menendez Pelayo University and the First Congress “Architecture and Alzheimer”. He has been Curator of the exhibition “Zamora Architecture at the 21st century”; and has published many books including “Subtractive Architecture”, “ZAXXI”, “Searching for the Essence” and “The Beginnings”. At present, he is Assistant Professor at the Al Ghurair University (Dubai, UAE) and combines teaching with research activity and work in his architectural office RRa. He is also the Editor-in-Chief for the www.CajondeArquitecto.com a weblog on Architecture.
LEILA HELLER
GALLERY GUIDED WALK. Omar Abdelghafour and Farid Noufaily Founding Principals at Light Space Design Architect Omar Abdelghafour has lived in Paris, Munich and Los Angeles and relocated to Dubai in 2001 from the UK. He founded Light Space Design in 2002 in the UAE, and partnered with architect Farid Noufaily in 2016. The firm’s portfolio of work have spanned across an array of residential and commercial projects including the Leila Heller Gallery Dubai. The architects will take participants through a guided walk of the Leila Heller Gallery, speaking about their design , inspiration and process.
ARCHITECTEM is a Dubai based Platform promoting Academic Architectural Dialogue in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Summer Program Mapping Production Workshop 10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18. \\ JUNE 2017