21c and UK College of Design present discussion with Sam Jacob and Michael Speaks
Thursday, Sept 17th, 2009
in the Atrium Gallery
Discussion: 6-7pm
Q&A: 7-7:30pm
Free and open the public
Partnering
with the UK College of Design, 21c presents internationally-acclaimed architect
Sam Jacob. Jacob is one of the founding directors of Fashion Architecture Taste
(FAT). Established in 1995, FAT is a London-based practice driven by a desire to
expand current conventions and methodologies in favor of inclusive architecture,
responsive to contemporary culture.
The talk is part of the UK College of Design's Fall 2009 Lecture Series. More information
about upcoming lectures is available on their website at www.uky.edu/Design.
More About the Architect
Sam Jacob (b. London, 1970) was most recently the partner in charge of the Hoogvliet
Heerlijkheid project in Holland – a park, cultural centre and community facilities
completed in October '08 and developed in collaboration with WiMBY! The project
explores ideas of Pop, populism, and participation which form the basis of an architectural
approach intended to explore the role of architecture as communicative device, programmatic
agglomeration and social condenser. The project was shortlisted for a World Architecture
Award.
Jacob has taught and lectured at universities in Europe and the US most recently
as the Louis I Kahn Professor of Architecture at Yale in 2007. Other positions include
post-graduate unit master at the University of Westminster, the Architectural Association
and University of Greenwich.
Jacob is a frequent contributor to public architectural debate through regular lectures
and symposia. He writes Strangeharvest.com and is architecture editor of Contemporary,
a columnist for the Architects Journal, and contributes to magazines and journals
including Icon, Art Review, Frieze, Metropolis and Log. Jacob is currently completing
a PhD at the Center for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College London.