| D O O R S O F P E R C E P T I O N 5 |
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| PLAY IT SMART IN ARCHITECTURE |
| Doors of Perception 5: Play - side event Saturday morning 28 November Auditorium of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Singel 411 (hoek Spui), Amsterdam 09:45 - 13.00hrs |
| Theme: Ecology can be an inspiration for playful architecture. Architect Ken Yeang, engineer Christopher McCarthy and biologist Julian Vincent speak about bioclimatic skyscrapers, new energy concepts and how penguins stay warm. |
| Registration: Send an e-mail to smart@design-inst.nl to pre-register. If tickets are still available registration is also possible at the Doors conference at the registration/ information desk. Admission is free. If you do not want to attend the symposium but are interested in being kept informed about sustainable design and architecture, you can also send an e-mail to smart@design-inst.nl (or phone + 31 20 551 6500 fax + 31 20 620 1031) |
| The UvA Auditorium can be reached by trams 1, 2 or 5 from Central Station, stop 'Spui'. |
| Organised by the Netherlands Design Institute (www.design-inst.nl) and the Foundation for Smart Architecture (www.smartarch.nl). Sponsored by IKEA Foundation. |
| Ken Yeang is director of Hamzah & Yeang, an international architectural firm with its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). His expertise is the design of ecologically sustainable tall buildings, i.e. bioclimatic skyscrapers. His most famous bioclimatic skyscraper is the IBM Tower in Kuala Lumpur. |
| Christopher McCarthy of Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers (London) leads holistic engineering design teams covering all building and infrastructure design including ecology and landscape with priority of integrating the design process. |
| Julian Vincent is co-director of the Centre for Biomimetics at the University of Reading. He has studied the mechanical design of plants and animals for the last 20 years. The information so gained has been applied to the design and development of novel materials, some of them "smart". |
| updated 11 november 1998 url: DOORS OF PERCEPTION editor@doorsofperception.com |