Architectural Conference, AASA 2009, will be held in Wellington on 4th and 5th September. Guest speakers include Xing Ruan, Brenda and Robert Vale, and Studio Pacific. Refer here for further details.

The Woodland Cemetery and the Narration of Memory.
School of Architecture 5.30pm drinks, 6.00pm lecture on September 7th
Stemming from a competition in 1915, Skogskyrkogården—usually translated as the
Woodland Cemetery—was designed by the architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz
and completed in 1940. As a suburban landscape on the periphery of Stockholm, the
cemetery is as much a park as a burial ground, mixing an existing forest with reconfigured
earth and planting. While the Woodland Cemetery represents one of the finest examples
of modernist landscape design the elements of its vocabulary—the meadow, earth form,
the bosk—have existed for centuries. As an amalgam, however, they are used in a way that
could only have existed in the twentieth century. It is a landscape in which architecture
and landscape architecture retain their individual identities, yet each complements and
enriches the presence of the other. This lecture traces the history of the design of the
cemetery and its architecture and presents the landscape in four seasons—suggesting the
experience of the place and its role in supporting remembrance.

Lecture Theatre One, School of Architecture, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington
RSVP by 5pm Tuesday 8 September to Anna Wood

Wellington City Council pleased to invite AC members to hear shared spaces expert Phil Jones deliver a public lecture on his experiences with shared spaces. ‘Shared spaces’ aim to create a better balance of priorities between drivers and pedestrians.  This lecture will be of interest to many due to the Council’s current work to convert Lower Cuba Street into a shared space.

As part of Home NZ’s winter series of lectures by NZ architects, the Arch Centre are pleased to be involved in bringing you local architect Sharon Jansen. At the Cafe L’Affare, 6pm, Thursday 10 September.

On the 16th of September, we have a Super Triple header event of Architecture for you. All events will be at Rutherford House, Victoria University Pipitea campus. Starting the afternoon / evening off is Adrian Leaman, one of the world’s foremost experts on post-occupancy evaluations.

The talk by Leaman (a must for students as well as practitioners) will be followed by drinks for half an hour, before the next speakers. RSVP to Tane Moleta

Yes its a big day!

16.00hrs - Adrian Leaman

17.30hrs - MRC

18.30hr - Shigeru Ban

Please click on individual posters for more details.

Appearing on the same evening as Shigeru Ban, are Australian architects McBride and Ryan.

McBride and Ryan’s work is some of the most daring and intersting work to come out of Australia in recent years. Sponsors for this event, Dulux, are putting on drinks for the event before hand, so come along at 5.00pm, for the talk at 5.30pm. Please RSVP to Tane Moleta (refer poster for address) to attend. Seats are limited - book now.