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- Symposium
facilitator will be UK Architecture Critic of the Year, Rowan Moore - Contributions
from the lead architects for the Mackintosh restoration project and Luigi Croce,
President
and Founder of Venice Architectural Association, amongst others - Round table events will explore key issues
relating to the restoration - First
screening of A Beautiful Living Thing,
a new artwork by Ross Birrell made in the Mackintosh Building after the fire
Details of the second Building on: Mackintosh symposium were released today, Friday 20
March 2015. The event will take place in the Reid Building at The Glasgow
School of Art on Friday 17 April 2015.
Following the symposium in Venice last autumn during La Biennale Venezia, the Building on: Mackintosh Glasgow
symposium will include a number of keynote presentations in the morning and a
series of round table discussions in the afternoon. The symposium facilitator
will be Rowan Moore, Architecture Critic
of The Observer and UK Architecture Critic of the Year, 2014.
March 2015. The event will take place in the Reid Building at The Glasgow
School of Art on Friday 17 April 2015.
Following the symposium in Venice last autumn during La Biennale Venezia, the Building on: Mackintosh Glasgow
symposium will include a number of keynote presentations in the morning and a
series of round table discussions in the afternoon. The symposium facilitator
will be Rowan Moore, Architecture Critic
of The Observer and UK Architecture Critic of the Year, 2014.
“Having
raised both questions and discussion at the Venice symposium last October, the
purpose of this event is to help inform the actual restoration project by exploring
best 21st century practice,” says Professor Christopher
Platt, Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA. “It is also an opportunity to share our
plans and aspirations with the people of Glasgow whose support since the fire
has been incredibly important to the GSA.”
raised both questions and discussion at the Venice symposium last October, the
purpose of this event is to help inform the actual restoration project by exploring
best 21st century practice,” says Professor Christopher
Platt, Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA. “It is also an opportunity to share our
plans and aspirations with the people of Glasgow whose support since the fire
has been incredibly important to the GSA.”
The morning presentations include an
introduction to the brief for the lead architects (Liz Davidson, the GSA’s Mackintosh Building project lead); how the
library was constructed and how the building has changed throughout its history
(Ranald MacInnes, Historic Scotland); the language and intellectual framework of restoration (Keith Emerick, University of York); and
an introduction to the approach to restoring the Mackintosh Building (the lead architects).
introduction to the brief for the lead architects (Liz Davidson, the GSA’s Mackintosh Building project lead); how the
library was constructed and how the building has changed throughout its history
(Ranald MacInnes, Historic Scotland); the language and intellectual framework of restoration (Keith Emerick, University of York); and
an introduction to the approach to restoring the Mackintosh Building (the lead architects).
In the afternoon there will be three, simultaneous,
round table events. The first, chaired by Alison
Stevenson, Head of Learning and Resources at the GSA, and with
contributions from Jeremy Upton amongst others, will explore the 21st
century library. The second, chaired by Professor
Christopher Platt, Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA,
will look at discrete technology in historic buildings and will include
contributions from Luigi Croce, President and Founder of Venice Architectural
Association, Robyne Calvert, Mackintosh Research Fellow
at the GSA and Stuart Macpherson of
Irons Foulner. The third, which be chaired by Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban
Literature at the GSA, will explore the artistic, craft and design cultures
that could be drawn on in the restoration of the Mackintosh Library. Expert contributors
include Peter Trowles, Mackintosh
Archivist at the GSA; Natalie Mitchell
of AOC – one of the lead archaeologists in the forensic investigation of
the library; and award-winning artist, Toby
Paterson.
round table events. The first, chaired by Alison
Stevenson, Head of Learning and Resources at the GSA, and with
contributions from Jeremy Upton amongst others, will explore the 21st
century library. The second, chaired by Professor
Christopher Platt, Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the GSA,
will look at discrete technology in historic buildings and will include
contributions from Luigi Croce, President and Founder of Venice Architectural
Association, Robyne Calvert, Mackintosh Research Fellow
at the GSA and Stuart Macpherson of
Irons Foulner. The third, which be chaired by Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban
Literature at the GSA, will explore the artistic, craft and design cultures
that could be drawn on in the restoration of the Mackintosh Library. Expert contributors
include Peter Trowles, Mackintosh
Archivist at the GSA; Natalie Mitchell
of AOC – one of the lead archaeologists in the forensic investigation of
the library; and award-winning artist, Toby
Paterson.
As part of the event there will be the first public screening of A Beautiful Living Thing,
a new artwork by Ross Birrell made in the Mackintosh Building after the fire.
a new artwork by Ross Birrell made in the Mackintosh Building after the fire.
Passes for the symposium are free, but must be
booked in advance.
booked in advance.
Public booking: visit Eventbrite to reserve your ticket.
To reserve a press place please call Lesley Booth
on 0779 941 4474.
on 0779 941 4474.
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0779 941 4474
Notes for Editors
Symposium
facilitator:
facilitator:
Rowan Moore
Rowan Moore
is Architecture Critic of The Observer.
He was formerly Director of the Architecture Foundation, Architecture
Critic of the Evening Standard and Editor of Blueprint magazine.
is Architecture Critic of The Observer.
He was formerly Director of the Architecture Foundation, Architecture
Critic of the Evening Standard and Editor of Blueprint magazine.
Rowan
Moore’s writing has been published in several countries, and he has curated
exhibitions, given lectures, taken part in conferences and debates, and chaired
or participated in juries for design awards and competitions. He is also the
author of Why We Build (2012).
Moore’s writing has been published in several countries, and he has curated
exhibitions, given lectures, taken part in conferences and debates, and chaired
or participated in juries for design awards and competitions. He is also the
author of Why We Build (2012).
In 2014 he
was named Critic of the Year in the UK Press Awards, the first architectural
writer to receive this award. He received the international Bruno Zevi Book
Award for Why We Build.
was named Critic of the Year in the UK Press Awards, the first architectural
writer to receive this award. He received the international Bruno Zevi Book
Award for Why We Build.
Programme
Morning: speakers:
Morning: speakers:
Liz Davidson IHBC, FRIAS, OBE
Since graduating from Edinburgh
College of Art as a post graduate in Architectural Conservation, Liz has been
involved in most aspects of Scotland’s built heritage. Most recently she was
head of Heritage and Design at Glasgow City Council with an active statutory
role in maintaining the highest standards of historic building repair and
maintenance in conjunction with encouraging the best and most inspirational
designs in contemporary incursions and new development. Previous to this she
led the Heritage Lottery funded Townscape Heritage programme to regenerate the
Merchant City through an extensive arts led programme of building repair,
repaving and lighting of main streets, proactive cultural and creative business
strategy, public art commissions, street markets, and the now annual Merchant
City festival. Earlier posts included that of director of Glasgow Building
Preservation Trust, a charitable property developer rescuing and bringing back
to life numerous historic buildings. Whilst at the Trust, Liz also pioneered
Doors Open Day which introduced the UK’s first free mass architectural
participation event, providing access to significant modern and historic
buildings and to interiors which had rarely before been glimpsed, even by their
closest neighbours. A two year secondment to Historic Scotland also saw the
development and launch of the multi million pound Conservation Area
Regeneration Scheme (CARS) programme In 2010 Liz received an OBE for services
to conservation and the built heritage in Scotland.
College of Art as a post graduate in Architectural Conservation, Liz has been
involved in most aspects of Scotland’s built heritage. Most recently she was
head of Heritage and Design at Glasgow City Council with an active statutory
role in maintaining the highest standards of historic building repair and
maintenance in conjunction with encouraging the best and most inspirational
designs in contemporary incursions and new development. Previous to this she
led the Heritage Lottery funded Townscape Heritage programme to regenerate the
Merchant City through an extensive arts led programme of building repair,
repaving and lighting of main streets, proactive cultural and creative business
strategy, public art commissions, street markets, and the now annual Merchant
City festival. Earlier posts included that of director of Glasgow Building
Preservation Trust, a charitable property developer rescuing and bringing back
to life numerous historic buildings. Whilst at the Trust, Liz also pioneered
Doors Open Day which introduced the UK’s first free mass architectural
participation event, providing access to significant modern and historic
buildings and to interiors which had rarely before been glimpsed, even by their
closest neighbours. A two year secondment to Historic Scotland also saw the
development and launch of the multi million pound Conservation Area
Regeneration Scheme (CARS) programme In 2010 Liz received an OBE for services
to conservation and the built heritage in Scotland.
Dr Keith Emerick
Keith Emerick’s work is chiefly
concerned with the conservation and management of State and privately owned
archaeological sites and monuments in North Yorkshire, the City of York, Hull
and the East Riding of Yorkshire. He advises central government on applications
to undertake works, and local planning authorities on planning applications
affecting archaeological sites and registered battlefields. He has special
responsibility for Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, World Heritage Site and
was a member of the Steering Group that produced the World Heritage Site
Management Plan (2000), and its first review, published in 2009. He was also
chair of the Ancient Monument Inspectors Group (AMIG) for six years. Since 2000
he has been a tutor for the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) Craft
Skills apprenticeship scheme.
concerned with the conservation and management of State and privately owned
archaeological sites and monuments in North Yorkshire, the City of York, Hull
and the East Riding of Yorkshire. He advises central government on applications
to undertake works, and local planning authorities on planning applications
affecting archaeological sites and registered battlefields. He has special
responsibility for Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, World Heritage Site and
was a member of the Steering Group that produced the World Heritage Site
Management Plan (2000), and its first review, published in 2009. He was also
chair of the Ancient Monument Inspectors Group (AMIG) for six years. Since 2000
he has been a tutor for the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) Craft
Skills apprenticeship scheme.
Ranald
McInnes
McInnes
Ranald
MacInnes is Head of Heritage Management at Historic Scotland with
responsibilities which include advising the Scottish Government on planning and
historic environment issues. He began his career with English Heritage in the
1980s. He has a special interest in 20th-‐century
architecture and planning. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute
of Art History, University of Glasgow, Visiting Lecturer in Architectural
Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage at the University of Strathclyde
and has taught conservation at the Mackintosh School of Architecture. He has
published many books, essays, articles and reviews on architectural history and
conservation. He has played a leading research-‐based
advisory and regulatory role in many significant conservation and architectural
projects.
MacInnes is Head of Heritage Management at Historic Scotland with
responsibilities which include advising the Scottish Government on planning and
historic environment issues. He began his career with English Heritage in the
1980s. He has a special interest in 20th-‐century
architecture and planning. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute
of Art History, University of Glasgow, Visiting Lecturer in Architectural
Design for the Conservation of Built Heritage at the University of Strathclyde
and has taught conservation at the Mackintosh School of Architecture. He has
published many books, essays, articles and reviews on architectural history and
conservation. He has played a leading research-‐based
advisory and regulatory role in many significant conservation and architectural
projects.
Afternoon: round table leaders:
Alison
Stevenson
Stevenson
Alison
Stevenson is Head of Learning Resources at The Glasgow School of Art, a role
that encompasses the Library, Learning Technology, Archives and Collections.
She is also Vice-‐Chair of
SCURL (Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries). Born and
raised in Edinburgh, she spent the 9 years prior to starting at the Glasgow
School of Art, in January 2013, living in New Zealand. There she worked first
as the Director of Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa (the New Zealand Electronic Text
Centre) and latterly as Associate Director of the Library at Victoria
University of Wellington.
Stevenson is Head of Learning Resources at The Glasgow School of Art, a role
that encompasses the Library, Learning Technology, Archives and Collections.
She is also Vice-‐Chair of
SCURL (Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries). Born and
raised in Edinburgh, she spent the 9 years prior to starting at the Glasgow
School of Art, in January 2013, living in New Zealand. There she worked first
as the Director of Te Pūhikotuhi o Aotearoa (the New Zealand Electronic Text
Centre) and latterly as Associate Director of the Library at Victoria
University of Wellington.
Prof.
Christopher Platt
Christopher Platt
Christopher
Platt is Head and Professor of Architecture at the Mackintosh School of
Architecture, Glasgow, and one of the founding directors of studioKAP
architects (www.studioKAP.com) .He is a registered architect in Great Britain
and was previously a member of the Architektenkammer in Berlin. He is a Fellow
of the Higher Education Academy and was made a Fellow of the Royal
Incorporation of Architects of Scotland in 2009. He is involved in both
practice-‐based
research and research-‐driven
practice and writes on a wide range of issues overlapping practice and
academia. He was apprentice, student and design tutor at the Mackintosh School
of Architecture, Glasgow, under Professors Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein.
Platt is Head and Professor of Architecture at the Mackintosh School of
Architecture, Glasgow, and one of the founding directors of studioKAP
architects (www.studioKAP.com) .He is a registered architect in Great Britain
and was previously a member of the Architektenkammer in Berlin. He is a Fellow
of the Higher Education Academy and was made a Fellow of the Royal
Incorporation of Architects of Scotland in 2009. He is involved in both
practice-‐based
research and research-‐driven
practice and writes on a wide range of issues overlapping practice and
academia. He was apprentice, student and design tutor at the Mackintosh School
of Architecture, Glasgow, under Professors Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein.
Prof. Johnny Rodger
Johnny Rodger is a writer,
critic, and Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art. His
research consists of enquiry published internationally in two aspects: on the
one hand literary and critical writing, and on the other architecture and
urbanism. His research aims at the opening of a new area of cross disciplinary
enquiry which brings together literary analysis with the critical techniques of
the political and social sciences to examine the spaces inhabited by society,
and designed by artists, architects and urbanists. This field of enquiry
ranges from his book Contemporary Glasgow (1999) about architecture and urban
environments, to the monograph on influential Glaswegian architects Gillespie,
Kidd & Coia; through to the work on Robert Burns and how the culture
represents his significance in space by the construction of monuments.
Critical engagement with his work includes articles on his published books in
academic journals throughout Europe and the USA. He has worked together with
the composers and animators on a series of music theatre collaborations
involving, text, image and music. In 2011 Vanishing
Boundaries was performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in
Manchester and at the Glasgow Music and Film Festival. In 2008 Animals was performed in Edinburgh
Filmhouse by the Research Ensemble at the Edinburgh New Music Festival. In 2006
Love Eurydice, commissioned by
Scottish Opera was performed in concert recital by at Musica Nova in the West
End Festival, Glasgow. He makes regular contributions to architectural press,
and also appears regularly on BBC radio arts and national TV programmes. He is
a founding editor (2001) of The Drouth (www.thedrouth.org) Scotland’s literary
arts quarterly.
critic, and Professor of Urban Literature at The Glasgow School of Art. His
research consists of enquiry published internationally in two aspects: on the
one hand literary and critical writing, and on the other architecture and
urbanism. His research aims at the opening of a new area of cross disciplinary
enquiry which brings together literary analysis with the critical techniques of
the political and social sciences to examine the spaces inhabited by society,
and designed by artists, architects and urbanists. This field of enquiry
ranges from his book Contemporary Glasgow (1999) about architecture and urban
environments, to the monograph on influential Glaswegian architects Gillespie,
Kidd & Coia; through to the work on Robert Burns and how the culture
represents his significance in space by the construction of monuments.
Critical engagement with his work includes articles on his published books in
academic journals throughout Europe and the USA. He has worked together with
the composers and animators on a series of music theatre collaborations
involving, text, image and music. In 2011 Vanishing
Boundaries was performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in
Manchester and at the Glasgow Music and Film Festival. In 2008 Animals was performed in Edinburgh
Filmhouse by the Research Ensemble at the Edinburgh New Music Festival. In 2006
Love Eurydice, commissioned by
Scottish Opera was performed in concert recital by at Musica Nova in the West
End Festival, Glasgow. He makes regular contributions to architectural press,
and also appears regularly on BBC radio arts and national TV programmes. He is
a founding editor (2001) of The Drouth (www.thedrouth.org) Scotland’s literary
arts quarterly.