PUBLIC DEBATE

Date: Friday, 7 July 2017
Symposium: 4.30 pm at ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin
Exhibition Opening: 7.30 pm at Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Christinenstr. 18a, 10119 Berlin
Reception at ANCB: starting at 8.00 pm

The dialogue will be about architectural drawing as a medium to transfer architectural thoughts, as an essential part of architecture education, but also as an original and independent conceptual art form. It is related to the exhibition Drawing Ambience. Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association, which presents some 50 masterworks of contemporary architectural drawings made by celebrated architects and assembled by the long-term chairman of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, Alvin Boyarsky. The invited experts will discuss their position on the role of architectural drawing as an instrument in the search for an architectural language in the digital age.

PROGRAMME

Welcome and Introduction

  • Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
  • Sergei Tchoban, Founder of the Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin

Kick-off Statements and Podium Discussion 

  • Dr. Neil Bingham, Curator of Contemporary Architectural Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Dr. Nicholas Boyarsky, Director, Boyarsky Murphy Architects, London
  • Dr. Irina Korobina, Member of International Academy of Architecture, Honorary Member of Russian Fine Art Academy, Moscow
  • Daniel Libeskind, Founder and Principal Architect, Studio Libeskind, New York / Zurich
  • Sergei Tchoban, Founder of the Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin

Moderator

  • Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
  • Peter Wilson, Founding Partner, BOLLES-WILSON Architects, Münster will join the discussion as Front-Row Respondent.

After the discussion we cordially invite you to the Opening of the exhibition Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association at Tchoban Foundation, Museum for Architectural Drawing, across the courtyard from ANCB (see above for schedule and address details).

A catalogue of the exhibition will be published. For more information on the show, please visit: 
www.tchoban-foundation.de.

In Collaboration with:
Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing