Join us for two fascinating Architecture guest lectures in presence and on Zoom!

On Tuesday, September 24th at 6:00PM (in presence and on Zoom), we will host Nina Maritz Architects: Sensory perception and an intuitive creative process towards sustainability.
The lecture will explore how the architect has developed an intuitive process for sustainable design based on an in-depth knowledge of context with an emphasis on the sensory experience of architecture. It will aim to understand whether the academic need to classify architectural design in movements or styles is a digression from the intent towards sustainability, and compare the intuitive versus the empirical approach to sustainability.

Zoom Link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/94972298548

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On Tuesday, October 8th at 6:30PM (in presence and on Zoom) we will host SUPERVOID ARCHITECTS: Contexts.
Supervoid (Anna Livia Friel, Benjamin Gallegos Gabilondo, and Marco Provinciali) is an architecture office based in Rome. Supervoid’s work focuses on space as a material and cultural construction. The studio designs from a careful study of the contexts in which it operates. Working mainly in Italy, it has often worked on historical buildings. The lecture will trace the trajectory of the office through different places, conditions, and occasions.

Zoom link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/94435896964

Where:
Temple University Rome Campus
Via di San Sebastianello, 16,
00187, Rome

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More about Nina Maritz:
Nina Maritz’s three decades of experience as an architect has been guided by her interest in sustainability and the extraordinary landscapes of Namibia, Nina’s wide-ranging curiosity about topics such as natural and traditional materials and crafts; sensory perception and creativity; nature, ecology, and evolution, informs and inspires her work and thinking.  Nina Maritz Architects focus on creating environmentally sustainable environments  that respond to their context in a powerful and sensitive manner. Well-known projects include the Habitat Resource and Development Centre,  the Twyfelfontein Visitor Centre, Fish River Canyon Viewpoint, Three Regional Libraries and the Shipwreck Lodge on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, all in Namibia.

Nina is a 2018 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture laureate, joining a fraternity that includes notable architects like Kengo Kuma, Alejandro Aravena, Anna Heringer and others (https://globalawardforsustainablearchitecture.com/). Nina has frequently been invited to speak as sustainability advocate at conferences from the USA to Italy (//reynoldssymposium.pubpub.org/keynotes), to lecture at universities such as the University of Oregon and to judge international competitions, such as the first cycle of the international Holcim Awards for Sustainability (Africa Middle-East region). She has delivered various online lectures, for example at the AZA Design Indaba and the University of Oregon 2021 Fall Lecture Series “c/o material”  https://youtu.be/ffr2smQNzm0. Nina was recently  interviewed on the noteworthy  Ecogradia podcast www.ecogradia.com/podcast/nina-maritz-nina-maritz-architects-the-frugality-champion.
 

More about Supervoid:
Supervoid is an architecture office based in Rome, led by architects Anna Livia Friel, Benjamin Gallegos Gabilondo and Marco Provinciali. Supervoid’s work focuses on space as a material and cultural construction. The office has realized projects in Italy, Chile, France and the US at various scales. Their work has been exhibited at the Biennale, the RIBA and the Triennale in Milan. Supervoid principals have published projects and essays on international magazines and books such as: SANROCCO, Domus, The Real Review, Vesper, Area among others. They have taught at IUAV, TU Wien, TU Dortmund and at IED in Rome. Supervoid curated the EUPavilion research project.