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Wed 01.20.2010
The Happold Trust Presents: Thom Mayne on Performalism
CES HSW: 1.5When: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
Where: At The Center
Please join the Happold Trust for a fundraising event for Engineers Without Borders.
Keynote speaker architect Thom Mayne, FAIA, will lecture on Performalism.
What is the nature of the relationship between environmental performance and formal architecture? How can the boundaries between performance drive design and formalism be broken down? Through discussion of select projects including the San Francisco Federal Building, 41 Cooper Square (the new academic building at the Cooper Union) and the forthcoming Phare Tower in Paris, Thom Mayne will discuss his firm’s evolving integrated approach to design and environmental performance.
Price: $15 for students and members of AIANY, ASHRAE NY, and Engineers without Borders, and Buro Happold employees; $20 for non-members
Cash will be accepted at the door. Please bring membership cards or student ID to the event. All proceeds from this event will go to the New York professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-NY).
Introductions: Tony Schirripa, AIA, IIDA, AIANY President
Michael Dickson, Chairman, Happold Trust
Speaker: Thom Mayne, FAIA, Morphosis
About the Happold Trust
Established in 1995 the Happold Trust is a registered charity that promotes education, research and training in the fields applicable to the construction industry, engineering, design, technology and architecture. Funded by donations from the Buro Happold partnership, the Trust is administered by a group of Trustees from Buro Happold. In addition to the student scholarships, the Happold Trust donates too many important Design and Engineering non-for-profits.
About Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit humanitarian organization, established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life, by providing sustainable engineering designs to those who need it and supporting community-driven development programs, while fostering responsible leadership. www.ewbny.org
At the event, EWB-NY will be highlighting their work designing the Belen Clinic Project as well as previous work constructing a Library in Usalama, Kenya.
Supported by: AIANY, ASHRAE NY Chapter, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers
Organized by: The Happold Trust
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