We cordially invite you to the fourth lecture of the autumn series CONTESTING SPACE / ARCHITECTURE AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE: “THE BANALITY OF GOOD,” presented by WOUTER VANSTIPHOUT, among others the first professor of 'Design and Politics' at TU Delft and a founding member of Crimson Architectural Historians, who participated in this year's Venice Architecture Biennale with the exhibition 'Banality of Good' subtitled 'Six Decades of New Towns, Architects, Money & Politics' (Banalita dobra - šest desetiletí nových měst, architektů, peněz a politiky). WOUTER VANSTIPHOUT lectures on the relationship between urban planning, architecture, culture, and urban violence at established schools and institutions, such as the AA (the Architectural Association, London) and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, 31.10.2012 at 18:00 in room A118 at FA VUT in Poříčí 5, Brno. The lecture will be delivered in English. Afterwards, an AFTERPARTY will take place at DETOX!
We are cordially inviting you to our third lecture of the autumn series CONTESTING SPACE / ARCHITECTURE AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE: Wouter Vanstiphout (Netherlands): „THE BANALITY OF GOOD“, taking place on Wednesday, 31. 10. 2012 at 18:00 in A118, FA VUT Brno.
The lecture will be held in English. There will be an AFTERPARTY in DETOX!
Looking forward to your attendance Wouter Vanstiphout, Jan Kristek, and Markéta Březovská
WOUTER VANSTIPHOUT (Netherlands) is an Architectural Historian, founding partner of Crimson Architectural Historians in Rotterdam and Professor of Design & Politics at the Faculty of Architecture of Delft Technical University in the Netherlands.
As a practitioner with Crimson, he has directed the renewal of the Dutch Industrial Satellite Town of Rotterdam: Hoogvliet and advises municipalities, the national government, housing corporations, and Project Developers on matters relating to urban renewal, cultural heritage, and spatial and urban politics. Recently he has been appointed to the national advisory council on Infrastructure and the Environment.
He has written extensively about Post War Urbanism, urban renewal policies, and projects, and recently has lectured and written extensively on the relationship between urban riots and urban planning.
With his chair in Delft, Wouter Vanstiphout has curated an Exhibition as part of the 5th International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam, called Design As Politics.
He is a regular columnist at the British Architecture weekly Building Design and this fall will publish a book in the Design & Politics series at 010 Publishers, Design and Politics #6, Are We The World? 010 Publishers.
With Crimson Architectural Historians, he has curated an installation as part of the 2012 Architecture Biennale of Venice, named: The Banality of Good, Six Decades of New Towns, Architects, Money & Politics.