Apr 6, 2017
Éric Lapierre will discuss the way in which the representation of the project in his work is more than simply representation. He tries to get closer the built project and its representation. It means that the plans interest him as graphic artefacts in themselves - they are good if they are beautiful as drawings as well - and that the physical models are for us a way of bringing attraction to buildings built in the contemporary ordinary condition. Éric Lapierre Experience is based in Paris. Éric teaches at EPFL and at the School of Architecture of Paris Est, and he is being invited to many schools in Europe and the US. His work focuses on theoretical issues which he considers the only way to keep alive architecture as a high culture medium in the contemporary ordinary conditions. He’s been regularly publishing and writing articles on architecture since 2000. For instance, he has published a guide to architecture of Paris (1900 – 2008), or “Architecture of the Real” (Le Moniteur, Paris, 2003). He was a curator of several architectonic exhibitions. His important realizations include Art Center in Cherbourg. www.ericlapierre.com
A civic association KRUH (Circle) was founded in 2001 by a group of architecture students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Focus of our activities lies in an ongoing cycle of lectures on architecture held by leading Czech and foreign architects and architecture critics. In addition to that, we have organized excursions to contemporary architectural realisations and film festivals. During ten years of our activity, we have provided almost 200 lectures (e.g. series of lectures 'Across Swiss Architecture' – in cooperation with a Swiss foundation Pro Helvetia and Swiss Embassy in Prague), three excursions abroad, two film festivals on architecture, an exhibition, and published four collective anthologies with texts on architecture. All our activities gained both a favourable public response (200 – 500 visitors per lecture, 2000 visitors at film festival) and a response of professional press (awarded Architekt magazine prize in 2003). So far we have lined up lectures by significant figures of contemporary architecture eg. Aaron Betsky, Eva Jiřičná, Jan Kaplický, Luigi Snozzi, Mario Botta, Dietmar Eberle, Francisco Mangado and as well many starting Czech architects. In all we do our goal is to create a continuous dialogue about contemporary issues among architects, architecture theorists and public. Our target group consists of architecture students, architects, construction engineers, humanities students and last but not least the general public. This year our programme is focused on lectures and presentation of recent projects, which came out from important architecture competitions in Czech Republic. The aim of the project is to show what is happening right now in architecture, what is new and progressive for architects, and how they deal with the idea of competition.
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