Festsalen
Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 51 København K
Denne forelæsning 'Buildings, Books and Other Things' af Hilary Sample og Michael Meredith, grundlæggerne af MOS Architects i New York, er en del af forelæsningsrækken 'International Lecture Series', hvor Det Kongelige Akademi - Arkitektur inviterer store internationale navne indenfor til en eftermiddag med fokus på væsentlige internationale temaer i arkitekturen. Temaet for denne forelæsning er 'The Art in Architecture'.
The lecture will present and insight to the practice´s approach through a presentation of their multifaceted work - from houses, educational spaces and cultural institutions to exhibitions, installations, furniture, and objects; and also their engagement with making books, speculative software and films.
About
Michael Meredith is Professor and Associate Dean at Princeton University School of Architecture. Hilary Sample holds the inaugural IDC Professorship in Housing Design at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Recent built projects include the Petite École in France, a public pavilion for teaching design to children (2019); Laboratorio de Vivienda in Mexico, a housing-focused education center (2018); Krabbesholm School in Denmark, a complex of four art studios (2012); and a photographer’s studio (2020). A collective affordable housing residence in Washington, D.C. is scheduled for completion in 2022.
The work of MOS is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University’s Frances Loeb Library, and Columbia University’s Butler Library.
