AIA IR South Korea - The Only Question is When: Sustainability in the Post-Anthropocene
When: Wednesday 14 July 2021 @ 02:30 (Eastern US Time)/ 14:30 (Singapore time)/ 15:30 (Korea time)
CES Credits - 2.0 LU/ HSW (TBC)
Speaker: John Hong AIA, LEED AP, Professor, Seoul National University
Moderator: Dr. Peter Ortner, Asst. Professor, SUTD
Description
The lecture will trace the conceptual evolution of architectural sustainability through the projects and research agendas of John Hong’s Seoul National University based lab, Project : Architecture. The talk will examine the trajectory of sustainability from material and energy-based solutions to typological transformations of buildings and urban form. Ultimately, the examples will question whether the concept of the human-centered ‘Anthropocene’ must be radically rethought into a more integrated coordination between architecture and the environment.
Speaker Bio
John Hong AIA, LEED AP is an architect and professor at Seoul National University and the director of Project : Architecture. His work bridges the scales of architecture and urbanism and converges the mediums of drawings, material, theory, and computation. His work has been exhibited at international venues including the 2014 and 2016 Venice Biennales and published in major media such as Architectural Record, Metropolis Magazine, The New Yorker, and Space Magazine. His built projects were awarded 17 American Institute of Architecture (AIA) awards, Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, and a Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction Award. His most notable academic achievements include the book, Fragments of a New Housing Language: Contemporary Urban Housing in Korea (2016) and curator roles for the City as Verb (2020) and Seoul Biennale (2017) exhibitions. He was Associate Professor in Practice at the Harvard GSD (2007-14) and has held visiting professorships at major universities including the University of Pennsylvania and the City College of New York. He received his Master’s in Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor’s in Science in Architecture with Honors from the University of Virginia.
1) Register to join the event at Singapore University of Technology and Design -
https://sutd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uucLL_KUTWmvp856N5qKqg
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