Does Architecture Need Mavericks?
Thursday 4 February 2016 6.30 - 8pm
The Geological Society, Piccadilly, London, W1
£12. Reductions £6.
Mavericks
Owen Hopkins introduces 'Mavericks' and chairs a debate exploring the role of unorthodox approaches and original thinking in architecture.
Beginning with an introduction by Owen Hopkins, curator of Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture, a panel debates the role of mavericks in architecture past and present. What makes an architect a maverick? What uses do mavericks and maverick positions have? How has the meaning of maverick evolved over history? What, above all, does it mean to be a maverick architect in today’s world of parametric design and building information modelling?
Speakers:
Charles Holland – Director, Ordinary Architecture; co-founder, FAT
Owen Hopkins – Architecture Programme Curator, Royal Academy
Maria Smith – Director and Co-Founder, Interrobang; former director, Studio Weave
Catherine Slessor – writer and critic; former editor, The Architectural Review
Sean Griffiths – Professor of Architecture, University of Westminster; co-founder, FAT