Conversation and Contingent: inaugural lecture by Andrew Clancy, Professor of Architecture

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Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm
Venue: Jacqueline Wilson Hall, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE
Price: free

Architects are increasingly involved in the making of ordinary fabric and in working closely with existing structures. These contexts are ones where the weight of the architectural intervention is slight in comparison to the economic and legislative forces bearing on it. In the place of certainty and orthodoxy the architect must be nimble in dealing with the pluralistic and fragmentary realities of today's world. In this talk Andrew Clancy reflects on his work as an academic and practitioner in dealing with this contingency, and how this thinking is manifest in the practice he shares with Colm Moore - Clancy Moore Architects.

6.00pm
Introduction: Sarah Bennett, Head of School, School of Art & Architecture
Welcome: Eleanor Suess, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Architecture & Landscape
Lecture: Andrew Clancy, Professor of Architecture
Respondent: Professor Tom Emerson, ETH Zurich

7.00pm
Reception, The Picton Room, Penrhyn Road

This event celebrates the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture's return to its original name as Kingston School of Art. With 150 years of art school history, and a spirit of fearless creativity, this return to our roots sees us leading the drive towards new ways of crafting our collective future.

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Contact: Anne Marie Fisker
Email: A.M.Fisker@kingston.ac.uk