What's On Summer 2013 by Royal Institute of British Architects

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Summer 2013

Welcome… From exhibitions, talks and debates to awards, late evenings and festivals, the Royal Institute of British Architects celebrates and promotes the benefits of good architecture – past, present and future. Summer highlights • Out of India Season • Charles Correa lecture • Last Tuesday: Mumbai • Summer workshops

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Out of India Season

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Out of India Season

14 May–4 September To accompany a new landmark exhibition, Charles Correa – India’s Greatest Architect, the RIBA presents the Out of India Season – a series of talks and events, celebrating the work of Correa and exploring stories and influences from modern India. Admission to all exhibitions is free. For opening hours see page 15. Advance booking of talks and events is essential at architecture.com/outofindia Alternatively, leave a message on our recorded booking line 020 7307 3699.

Charles Correa – India’s Greatest Architect Exhibition 14 May–4 September, Galleries 1 and 2 Charles Correa (1930–) is an internationally recognised architect and urban designer (Royal Gold Medal 1984, Aga Khan Award 1998) who has played a pivotal role in the creation of an architecture for post-Independence India. Drawing on a unique philosophy rooted in the rich traditions of people and climate, Correa’s work is informed by both a world view and an intimate understanding of place. This exhibition showcases his signature projects from across the world and features drawings, photographs, models and films that chart a career spanning five decades. Curated by Dr Irena Murray, Sir Banister Fletcher Director of the British Architectural Library, and designed by internationally renowned architect David Adjaye, this is a chance to see highlights from the Correa archive that celebrate one of our most distinguished global architects in practice today. 3

Out of India Season

A Visual Journey Through the Indian Subcontinent Display 14 May–4 September, British Architectural Library The great traditions and characteristics of Indian architecture across the centuries are the focus of this display drawn from the unique RIBA collections. Through 19th and 20th century photographs and drawings, it features some of the great buildings of India, as well as lesser known structures and places. It reveals vernacular traditions, intimate spaces and Asian influences – references to which can be found in the work of architect Charles Correa.

Jawahar Kala Kendra Arts Centre, Jaipur. 1986–92 © Mahendra Sinh Left Taj Mahal and the Jamuna River, Agra © RIBA Library Photographs Collection 4

Lecture Wednesday 15 May, 18.30–20.00 Charles Correa has played a pivotal role in the creation of an architecture for postIndependence India. Rooted in India but educated as an architect in the United States and steeped in the modernist teachings of Le Corbusier, tradition and modernity are not opposites for him. From the carefully detailed Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Museum at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the Kanchanjunga Apartment tower in Mumbai and the Jawahar Kala Kendra Arts Centre in Jaipur, he has subtly layered the history of the land and of ideas in his contemporary designs since setting up practice in 1958. In this lecture, his first in the UK since 2008, Correa charts a distinguished career in architecture looking at the projects, passions and influences that have shaped it.

Out of India Season

Charles Correa – The Gestures of Human Occupation

Kanchanjunga Apartments, Mumbai 1970–83 © Charles Correa Left Charles Correa © Christbal Manuel, El Pais

£9.00/£6.50 members and students.

Out of India Season

Great City, Terrible Place? The Indian Metropolis in the 21st Century Discussion Tuesday 28 May, 18.30–20.00 India is poised for great things in the 21st century. With China and South America, the Indian subcontinent is predicted to emerge as the world’s great economic powerhouse – a giant marketplace of people, materials, products and ideas. At the heart of this change lies the country’s rapidly growing cities where people and cultures have come together for centuries but where overcrowding, poverty and lack of planning have also created some of the most dangerous and disease prone areas in the world. Are India’s great urban engine rooms in danger of crippling its rise? Panel discussion with Saskia Sassen (Columbia University, NYC), Yuresh Sinha (Yuresh Sinha Architects, Delhi) and Vivek Nanda (Principal, Strategic Urban Design & Masterplanning AECOM, London) Chaired by Sunand Prasad. £9.00/£6.50 members and students

View of Mumbai, 1985 © Charles Correa 6

Out of India Season

Enduring Images of India – Art, Architecture and Metaphor Discussion Tuesday 11 June, 18.30–20.00 For centuries, architecture has been loaded with stories of science, philosophy and religion. Our buildings are full of symbols and metaphors, with some owing their entire form to bigger stories and greater purpose. Indian architecture draws on a rich set of experiences unique to its beliefs and fascinations and encompassing cosmology, medicine and the universe. In this discussion, Dr Irena Murray, RIBA Charles Correa exhibition curator, artist Stephen Cox, architect David Adjaye and Malcolm Reading, former Director of Design and Architecture at the British Council look at enduring images of India through Correa’s work and reveal the hidden meanings of its buildings – old and new. Chaired by Sunand Prasad. £9.00/£6.50 members and students.

Volume Zero – The Work of Charles Correa Film screening at the Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London W1K 1HF Friday 21 June, 18.30–20.00 Produced and directed by Arun Khopkar, this film charts Correa’s work through a lifetime of influences and experiences. It deals with childhood and time in education through to his very first projects in India, an international career in building and his role in addressing issues of urbanization in the developing world. Through interviews, diagrams, animation and unique archival footage it reveals the man behind the architecture. Film courtesy of Arun Khopkar Productions. Free. No booking required. Above Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya Memorial Museum, 1958–62 © Pranlal Patel Left British Council, Delhi. 1987–92. © Ram Rahman 7

Summer Last Tuesday

City on the Water Film From 18.00 on loop

Mumbai! Tuesday 25 June 18.00–22.00 Home to a massive population of 20.5 million people, Mumbai is the fourth largest urban area in the world and the gateway to India. With a history stretching back centuries, it is one of the world’s great crossroads – a heady mix of peoples and cultures. In a special evening of talks, films, workshop, tours and music, the RIBA explores this epic metropolis – a place of inspiration and frustration for India’s greatest architect Charles Correa. All events are free and do not require booking. Spaces are allocated on the night on a first come, first served basis. 8

Directed by Charles Correa in 1975, this film charts the daily life of the teeming city and outlines plans for a bold ‘New Bombay’, a reimagined city on the water. Archival footage and animation bring to life the problems of the old colonial city and highlights opportunities of a new, multi-centred city for the future. Film shown courtesy of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India. (Running time 17mins.)

Liquid City Film From 18.00 on loop This film explores the complexity of water politics and paints a unique

picture of this vibrant and fast changing city. Director/Producer Matthew Gandy. Film shown courtesy of UCL Urban Laboratory. (Running time 30mins.)

Bombay Railway Film From 18.00 on loop In Mumbai, 6.5 million commuters use the city's suburban rail network every day. Every route is lined by its own slum community, with hawkers and runaway children living alongside the tracks. This documentary looks at those whose survival is dependent on the railway network, and those who suffer because of it. Director Gerry Troyna, 2007. Film shown courtesy of 3Di-tv. (Running time 60mins)

Mumbai to London Mishmash

Vertical Mumbai

Drop-in workshop 18.00–21.30

Mumbai is a city of noise, traffic, street life and people. While this mix has been the source of celebration, it has for many in the contemporary city become intolerable, with the only way out being upwards. Andrew Harris (UCL) charts the rise of a new vertical urban form of elevated roads and walkways that now criss-cross modern Mumbai raising not just people but the spectre of a stratified city – one for those on top and another for those below.

Drop-in to share your vision for a brave new London. Taking inspiration from Charles Correa’s Mumbai masterplanning and visions of cities drawn from the RIBA’s rich collections, you are invited to create your own masterplan for London. Get creative to collage London maps, images from the collection and your own colourcoded mapping system.

Talk 18.45–19.15

Whether it's the glamour of India's kaleidoscopic Bollywood film industry, the rags to riches romance as told through director Danny Boyle or news depictions of religious riots, the onscreen city has many faces, but which is the real Bombay? Shakuntala Banaji (LSE) charts the ever shifting image of the city, from highs and lows, through its depiction in cinema and global mass media.

Bombay Deco Talk 20.20–20.30

India's cultural capital is also home to one of the world's finest ensembles of Art Deco architecture. Development in the 1930s by the city’s wealthy reflected the international style of the ocean liners that took them between London, Paris and New York. Looking at cinemas, clubs, commercial buildings and richly appointed blocks of mansion flats, The Twentieth Century Society charts the story of a style that suited sub-tropical Bombay just as it did Miami Beach.

Summer Last Tuesday

Talk 19.20–19.50

Seeing Bombay/ Mumbai

Building Tours 18.30 and 1900

Bar and Live Music All night from 18.00, serving food until 21.00

Library Open to all until 20.00

Bookshop Open until 21.00

Other events at 66 Portland Place Be inspired and get involved through our exhibitions and events including debates and creative workshops for children, young people and adults throughout the summer.

The Banality of Good: Six Decades of New Towns, Architects, Money and Politics Exhibition Until 10 May, Florence Hall Based on six international cities built between World War II and the present day, this exhibition by Dutch collective, the Crimson Architectural Historians, looks at the architecture and socio-economic drivers that inspired their development and the complexities of city making. Supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Welcome to the ‘Social' © Crimson Architectural Historians

Admission to all exhibitions is free. For opening hours see page 15. Booking information see architecture.com/whatson or call 020 7307 3699

Exhibition 30 May–28 June, Florence Hall Reflecting on 25 years in practice, Hawkins\Brown believes that the future of architecture lies in recognising and cherishing the value of the ‘social’ – a driver behind our basic human needs to live, work and play and a foundation stone for architecture. The ‘social’ forms neighbourhoods and communities; creates space for learning and research; shapes ambitious transport projects and builds environments for working collectively and collaboratively. This exhibition celebrates the Hawkins\Brown ethos and highlights the key ideas critical to its thinking. Above Corby Cube © Hawkins Brown

This house believes we don’t need big planning to transform the city Debate Tuesday 7 May 18.30 Join us for a debate looking at whether big plans are still relevant to cities of increasing size and complexity; can we really expect to deliver them? Should we be looking to develop alternative, more organic solutions based around smaller scale interventions? Confirmed speakers: Kelvin Campbell (Urban Initiatives/ Smart Urbanism) Joe Montgomery (CEO Urban Land Institute) David West (Studio Egret West). Free.

This house believes that UNESCO is holding back our cities Debate Tuesday 18 June 18.30 Join us for a debate about the conflict between preservation of heritage and the development of our cities. Are we striking the right balance? Are we compromising our image on the world stage? Is the preservation of heritage becoming a real obstacle to creating great cities fit for the future? How much influence should an organisation like UNESCO exert

over the way we shape our cities? Confirmed speakers: John Penrose MP (former Minister for Tourism and Heritage). Free.

London Festival of Architecture Sir Terry Farrell, LFA Ambassador Launch event Tuesday 4 June 18.00 The Festival’s headline lecture investigates the importance of architecture and design in London’s success and place-making presented by LFA Ambassador, Sir Terry Farrell, with a panel of leading figures. £5. Booking at londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

Other events at 66 Portland Place

Building Futures debates

Explore and Draw Practical drawing workshops for adults. All sessions led by a professional artist; all materials provided. £20/£15 concessions.

Glittering Glass Towers Saturday 11 May, 13.00–16.30 Develop your drawing skills and experiment with new techniques inspired by architecture and the RIBA’s world-class collections. Beginning with a workshop looking at items from the collections, the session concludes with practical drawing on site, looking at the architecture around Liverpool Street.

Transitions and Landings Saturday 8 June, 13.00–16.30 Discover gems in the RIBA’s collections and draw directly from dynamic architecture to practise your drawing skills. Beginning with a workshop looking at items from RIBA’s extensive collections, the session concludes with practical drawing on site, looking at the contemporary and historic architecture around King’s Cross.

Sky Walks and Slab Blocks Saturday 13 July, 13.00–16.30 Practise your perspective and other drawing approaches in this practical session where you will investigate the drama of London’s architecture both on-site and through the RIBA’s incredible collections. Beginning with a workshop looking at items from the collections, the session concludes with practical drawing on site, looking at the utopian architecture of Elephant and Castle’s Heygate Estate.

Left Sir Terry Farrell © Paul Rogers 11

Other events at 66 Portland Place

Run, Jump, Shoot Practical urban photography workshop Saturday June 29, 13.00–17.00 Top up your photography techniques by exploring new ways of capturing architecture through photography with Curator Justine Sambrook and photographer Andy Day (kiell.com). Beginning at the RIBA with a chance to have a closer look at the work of some of Britain’s best 20th century architectural photographers, the workshop concludes with a hands-on session investigating the iconic architecture of Rowley Road. Participants have the opportunity to shoot on location, capturing new and dynamic architectural shots inspired by the collection and surroundings. Suitable for intermediate level photographers and above, participants must bring their own equipment. Digital SLR camera recommended. £20.

Children’s Summer Sessions

Skill Up Workshops for 16–19 year olds. Materials provided. £20

Practical creative workshops for 7–12 year olds. All sessions led by a professional artist educator; all materials provided. £20

Sketch & Study Tuesday 20 August, 11.00–16.00

Design Tricks and Trapdoors

Top up your sketching skills. Using the RIBA’s incredible collections and the city itself as inspiration you will practise different drawing techniques, try out a variety of materials and draw directly from iconic architecture.

Wednesday 7 August, 10.00–16.00

Create & Make

Uncover the ingenious secret design features hidden at 66 Portland Place and create daring designs and contraptions for your own fantastical buildings.

Wednesday 21 August, 11.00–16.00

Model-making Monday 5 August, 10.00–16.00 Discover the skills needed to make magnificent models and get creative with different materials. Investigating models and drawings from the RIBA’s remarkable collection, children will learn model-making techniques and create their own 3-D models.

Rubbings and Reliefs Tuesday 6 August, 10.00–16.00 Investigate storytelling through decorative design, looking at intriguing items from the collections and the Art Deco plaster reliefs at 66 Portland Place for inspiration. Students will design their own decorative storytelling panels.

Pop-up Pocket Books Thursday 8 August, 10.00–16.00 Explore the RIBA’s curious collection of London pocket guidebooks from the 1800s, design your own map of the city and create a pop-up pocket book of city highlights.

Green Means Go Friday 9 August, 10.00–16.00

Left Rowley Road, Camden. © RIBA Library Photographs Collection 12

Find out about eco-design and how recycled materials are used in buildings. Looking at examples from architects in the RIBA’s collections, students will design their own green buildings using recycled materials.

Find out more about architectural design and learn tricks of the trade to present your ideas in new and exciting ways. Practise your drawing and making skills, see how architects have presented their designs and explained their ideas.

Understanding Architecture: from brief to build Thursday 22 August, 11.00–16.00 Experience a whirlwind tour of the architectural design process. Using the RIBA's HQ building, you will delve into the collections to investigate the existing building and conduct your own practical site studies to create alternative designs.

The Architecture Gallery features highlights from the world-class collections of drawings, models, photographs and architectural fragments of the RIBA and V&A. It explores buildings from across the globe and investigates what lies behind their design.

Admission Free Opening times 10.00–17.45 daily, 10.00–22.00 on Fridays

John Buonarotti Papworth: ‘Any Job, Any Style, Any Client’

Skill Up: Create! Architectural Drawing at the V&A

Exhibition Until 19 May

Closer Look Talk Tuesday 23 July 13.00–14.00

Workshop for 16–19 year olds Wednesday 28 August, 11.00–16.00

Hailed as a second Michelangelo by his friends, J B Papworth was an architect of incredible versatility. From grand country house interiors to Chinese-style shop fronts, no commission was beyond the scope of his practice. Using original drawings from the RIBA collections this talk will give an overview of Papworth’s career and showcase some of the diverse projects undertaken by this multi-talented 19th century architect. With Vicky Wilson, RIBA.

If you want to be an architect you need to be able to draw. Using examples from the RIBA’s world-class drawings collection at the V&A as inspiration, try different techniques to capture mood, present ideas and show detail in your designs. Digital drawing in CAD is important, but drawing by hand helps communicate so much more of the architect's concept and is sought-after in university applications. Take part to develop your drawing skills.

Free, but limited spaces so ticketed on a first come, first served basis on the day. Tickets available from the main information desk on the day of the talk. Please meet at the Grand Entrance at 12.55.

£15. For more information and to book please go www.vam.ac.uk/create

The innovative use of colour is a major trend in contemporary architecture. This display features key projects by major UK and international architects who use colour to create identity, define space and heighten our experience of a building. V&A Lunchtime Lecture Wednesday 19 June, 13.15–14.00, Hochhauser Auditorium Why has there been such an explosion of colour in recent architecture? Looking at key projects from David Chipperfield, Renzo Piano, Diener & Diener, Will Alsop and Caruso St John amongst others, and exploring the origins of architecture's often problematic relationship to colour – from the 19th century polychromy debate about classical architecture to the more recent obsession with ‘any colour as long as it's white' (or tasteful grey)! Presented by Robert Wilson, editor, curator and architect.

Events at the V&A

Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture

Below left Park Hill, Streatham Common, design for an aviary (detail), by John Buonarotti Papworth, 1835, RIBA British Architectural Library Below Pastel sketch from a workshop participant

Free, no booking required

Other events London Regent Street Windows Until 6 May The Regent Street Windows Project links fashion with architecture, and retail with culture. Cutting-edge architects work with flagship brands to create a series of unique and eye-catching displays. See architecture.com/ regentstreet2013 Free guided walking tours: Thursday 18 April, 12.00; Sunday 21 April, 12.00; Wednesday 24 April 17.30; tours 45–60 minutes. Free. Tickets allocated on a first come, first served basis. Booking essential from antonia.faust@riba.org

London Festival of Architecture

Shoreditch Open Studios

1–30 June

Saturday 8 June

The LFA returns as an annual city-wide exploration of the capital’s built environment investigating the importance of architecture and design in London’s success, and celebrating the city’s role as a global hub of architectural experimentation, thinking, learning and practice. LFA is a ‘time for architecture’, with RIBA London and partners The Architecture Foundation, the British Council and NLA curating a range of events throughout the month. For full programme information please visit: londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

Starting at Hackney House, the trail takes you to architects’ studios and events in the Shoreditch area. Free.

Fitzrovia Open Studios Saturday 22 June Throughout the day there will be open studios and events with RIBA members in the Fitzrovia neighbourhood. Free.

Southbank A pop-up shop and performance space at the Southbank Centre, created by a team of architecture students. Free. For full programme information please visit: londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

Liverpool

Sir Terry Farrell

RIBA Liverpool City Tours

See page 11 for details. Booking at londonfestivalofarchitecture.org

Wales Festival of ^ Architecture/Gwyl Bensaerniaeth Until 4 May Venues in Aberystwyth This new festival aims to stimulate discussion about architecture, providing an opportunity to demonstrate and discuss the wide range of benefits that well-designed buildings can bring. An RSAW and Aberystwyth Arts Centre Festival. See aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

Throughout June

Highlights include:

Tuesday 4 June 18.00 Jarvis Theatre

Wales

Learn more about the buildings and spaces that make up the city and which help to tell the story of Liverpool, past, present and future. £7.50/£4.50. Booking: 0151 707 0792 architecture.com/liverpoolcitytours

Across England and Wales Love Architecture Festival 2013

21 June–30 June Love Architecture celebrates architecture old and new, nationwide. Many events free. lovearchitecture.org

Visiting the RIBA

By supporting the RIBA as a Patron, corporate sponsor or through the education fund you can help us build a brighter future for architectural excellence.

From engaging exhibitions and highprofile lectures to delicious food and fascinating books, we have something for everyone to enjoy. As the UK’s national architecture centre, we have an internationally recognised collection for research and information, and deliver a varied programme of exhibitions, talks and other public events. In addition, we collaborate with the Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership.

As a registered charity (number 210566) we rely on the generosity of individuals, companies, trusts and foundations to support us in championing better buildings, communities and the environment through architecture and our members to ensure we continue to provide a diverse and exciting programme of work. To find out more about supporting us, please call 020 7307 3689, email developmentoffice@riba.org or visit architecture.com/supporttheriba

RIBA 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD Open Monday–Saturday Closed Sundays Admission is free Finding us Nearest tube stations: Great Portland Street, Oxford Circus and Regent’s Park. Buses C2, 88 and 453 stop nearby. Access Step-free access, non-motorised wheel chairs and lifts to all floors are available. Guide dogs are welcome. Facilities at 66 Portland Place: During weekdays, construction work will be taking place for the new groundfloor gallery opening in spring 2014, which will show-case original material from the RIBA collections. There may be some background noise during your visit. If visiting on a Saturday, please

call 020 7307 3699, as exhibitions are occasionally closed. Bank Holidays The RIBA will be closed 6 May, 27 May and 26 August. Summer closures The Reading Room, Books and Periodicals Collection and Photographs Collection will be closed from 29 July– 2 September. Bookshop Mon–Fri 9.30–17.30, Sat 10.00–17.00 t: 0191 244 5557 w: ribabookshops.com Bar, Café and Restaurant Bar: Mon–Fri 8.00–19.00, (Tue until 21.30), Sat 9.00–16.00 Café: Mon–Fri 8.00–18.00 Restaurant: Mon–Fri 12.00–15.00, Tue 17.30–21.30 (reservations 020 7631 0467) Exhibition Galleries Mon–Sat 10.00–16.00, Tue until 22.00 (exhibitions may occasionally be closed for events, call 020 7307 3699 to check) British Architectural Library Temporary opening hours are in place and there is reduced access to parts of the collections due to collection moves and building work at 66 Portland Place. Please check architecture.com/ LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs or phone 020 7307 3882 for the latest information on opening hours and closures. Photographs Collection By appointment t: 020 7307 3710/3684 e: photo@riba.org w: ribapix.com

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