PUBLIC LECTURE BY PROF. NATHALIE DE VRIES ORGANIZED BY

FORUM CSA, the alumni association of the City School of Architecture will host a public lecture on Friday the 22nd of June, 2018 by visiting Architect and Urbanist, Prof. Nathalie de Vries.

The lecture entitled “A Female Perspective on Urban Planning & Architecture” will take place at Trace Expert City Auditorium, Maradana from 5.30pm onwards.

Nathalie de Vries is one of the founding partners of the architectural and urban planning practice MVRDV of Netherlands. With Winy Maas and Jacob van Rijs, the award-winning Dutch practice was set up over two decades ago and has established an international identity with a wide-variety of building typologies and scales that are self-generated, experimental and theoretical. MVRDV have projects across the globe and recently unveiled plans for a 51 storey mixed used tower in Rotterdam while opening an elevated Sky Garden in Seoul which re-purposes an inner city highway.

Nathalie is a Professor at the Baukunstklasse of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf which has been one of Europe’s foremost art schools for more than two centuries. She has also taught at several institutions, including Harvard Graduate School of Design, MIT Chicago, Berlage Institute, Delft University of Technology, Architecture Academy Arnhem and Berlin University of Technology. She is currently the chair of The Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) and is a member of boards including HS2 London to Birmingham High-Speed train line, Witte de with Center for Contemporary Art and Groninger Museum.

She is renowned for a diverse body of work that is grounded in connecting individuals, communities and environments. Nathalie’s approach has resulted in projects that activate their contexts, public spaces and communities.

MVRDV is currently engaged in an architectural project in Sri Lanka; M2M Veranda Offices. The firm sees the design as a model for future development of Colombo, as the country’s capital undergoes urbanization. It reflects Colombo’s contrasting nature as a city of old and new, offering attractive, light-filled offices with a lively commercial plinth.

MVRDV developed the scheme with local architects comprising of alumni of City School of Architecture, ACS Integrated and PWA Architects for the client Moot Manor. Its completion is slated for February 2019.

Also speaking at the event will be the project’s MEP Consultant, Sooraj Nair, an expert in the field of MEP design and construction management who is also involved in the project.

The lecture will precede a Q&A session followed by refreshments and fellowship. Admission to this event is free.

Contact Tharushana on 0774596632 to confirm participation.