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1 CONVENTION2012 re-engaging with the past aberdeen may 2012 The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh eh1 2be t / 7205 f e info@rias.org.uk w SUPPORTED BY

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3 gerry grams james grimley david mackay kerr robertson kevin owens mike taylor RIAS CONVENTION 2012 Hosted by RIAS President, Sholto Humphries, the RIAS Convention, the single most significant event in the Incorporation s annual calendar, is also one of the largest architectural conferences in Europe. This year we assemble in Aberdeen, an ancient university city characterised by the silvery stone from which much of the historic city centre was built. It s prosperity in history was as a great trading port and a key focus of the fishing industry. In more recent decades, oil has done much to transform the character and invigorate the economy of this city of learning, industry and shimmering granite. Our two days of discussion and debate feature an inspiring range of speakers, local and international. The RIAS is grateful for the generous sponsorship from Denfind Stone, Gartcarron Fire Engineering and SureCav for this year s Convention. Thursday 10th May sporting excellence The Belmont Picturehouse, 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Noon 5.00pm, price includes buffet lunch and refreshments. RIAS Member VAT ( 72.00) Non-member VAT ( ) RIAS Concessionary * VAT ( 36.00) * Concessionary rate applies to RIAS student/retired and hardship membership classes The first half day of the Convention considers the architecture of sport, bringing together an historic Olympics (Barcelona 1992) with this year s London event and a look forward to Glasgow s Commonwealth Games in A more local exemplar, the Aberdeen Regional Sports Village, is also included in this rich mix of sporting excellence. City Design Adviser. Gerry, a graduate of the Mackintosh School, has been tasked with achieving design excellence in all future physical development for the city. Gerry is currently assisting Glasgow s delivery of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He has recently become an Honorary Professor at Glasgow School of Art, and has been instrumental in setting up the Glasgow Urban Laboratory a collaboration between the City Council and The Mack to examine real issues affecting Glasgow and put the city at the forefront of regeneration research. A member of the Academy of Urbanism since its inception in 2005 he recently led Glasgow s successful bid to become European City of the Year. Aberdeen Sports Village James Grimley RIAS reiach and hall Jim joined Reiach and Hall as a technician in May In 1991 he left to train as an architect at the Mackintosh School. He re-joined Reiach and Hall in May 2000, where he is currently an Associate Director. Jim has been a visiting tutor and critic in a number of schools of architecture. He is currently designing three new health centres in Lanarkshire and a group of new sports studios. His Aberdeen Sports Village project was awarded an RIBA Award in Barcelona Olympics Louis and Wisconsin University, Milwaukee. In 2004, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Plymouth. He is also an Honorary Member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and a loyal and supportive friend and Honorary Fellow of the RIAS. The Challenges of London 2012 Kevin Owens London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd Kevin is Design Principal for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). After an early career which included a period working with renowned lighting architects, Speirs + Major, he has been responsible for putting together the teams of architects, designers, engineers, other professionals and of course, lighting designers, who have created the temporary and permanent venues for this year s London Olympics. His focus throughout has been on the experience of those who are lucky enough to get tickets for the Games, as well as an estimated television audience of four billion. His work has been focussed upon holding true to the ideals of the Olympic movement but pragmatically ensuring that the Olympic Park and many of its buildings will be a permanent legacy for UK sport. Glasgow 2014 Building the Games Glasgow 2014 Delivering the Games Gerry Grams FRIAS City Design Adviser + Group Manager, Glasgow City Council In 2005 Glasgow City Council appointed its first David Mackay Hon FRIAS MBM Arquitectes Born and trained in England, David has been practising in Barcelona for over 50 years and has undertaken major urban design projects in very many European cities. His high-profile projects have included the urban design of the Barcelona Olympic Village in 1992 and the Design Museum in Barcelona, due to open later this year. David writes and lectures widely and has been guest professor at Washington University, Saint Kerr Robertson FRIAS glasgow city council Kerr has worked for Glasgow City Council since He has been responsible for 35 major capital projects, addressing the City s key aims of regeneration, community benefit and metropolitan standing. Kerr promotes partnership working and cites the regeneration of Glasgow City Halls and Old Fruitmarket for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as a particularly good example. Among

4 neil gillespie robin hardy gareth hoskins kengo kuma philip long john mcaslan other projects for which Kerr has been responsible are the Scotstoun Sports Campus, Bellahouston and Gorbals Leisure Centres and the Tollcross Aquatic Centre. The wide range of new sports facilities across the city, including the sports campuses at Scotstoun, Bellahouston, Gorbals and Tollcross was a key factor in Glasgow s successful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games as 70% of the facilities for the Games were already built or committed. What Goes Around... Michael Taylor RIBA hopkins architects Senior Partner of Hopkins Architects, Mike studied at Bristol University, worked on Skye, then attended the Mack where he won the RSA John Kinross and the RIAS Lorimer Scholarships. He collaborated with Giancarlo De Carlo in Milan as lead architect on high profile projects in Sienna, Venice and Catania before joining Hopkins Architects in Mike has taken a creative lead in many challenging projects and he recently led the design team on the London 2012 Velodrome. Mike s projects include major buildings for the University of Nottingham, Princeton, Yale, Bryanston School, Norwich Cathedral as well as the Forum Norwich and a proposal for the Halley VI Research Station for the British Antarctic Survey, a new UK headquarters for WWF, a library at the University of East London and a hospital in Liguria, Italy. Mike has taught at UK schools of architecture and taught a postgraduate design course at Yale. friday 11th May re-engaging with the past The Belmont Picturehouse, 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen. 9.45am 5.30pm, price includes buffet lunch and refreshments. RIAS Member VAT ( ) Non-member VAT ( ) RIAS Concessionary * VAT ( 48.00) * Concessionary rate applies to RIAS student/retired and hardship membership classes Scotland is very privileged to welcome speakers both native and from well beyond our shores to what is one of the most enduring and celebratory events of its type in Europe. Convention Friday features some of the very best of Scotland s contemporary architecture, alongside visions for Scotland s future and the work of internationalists from Aarhus, Berlin, London, Moscow, New York, St Petersburg, Tokyo and Aberdeen. The theme, Re-engaging with the Past, will give our extraordinary and lively group of speakers plenty of scope to present their adaptive re-workings of major buildings and a breadth of approaches to creating contemporary buildings within the fabric of cities across three continents. Gentle Touches Neil Gillespie OBE FRIAS reiach and hall Neil was educated at Edinburgh College of Art. He joined Reiach and Hall in 1978 and became Chairman in Many of his buildings have won awards, including the Beatson Cancer Research Facility and the Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, awarded Best Building in Scotland in Other projects where Neil has taken the design lead include Forth Valley College, New Bute School of Medical Sciences for The University of St Andrews, Dundee Council Offices, Bannockburn Battlefield Project and Maggie s Cancer Care Centre, Wishaw. Neil is a Geddes Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture. In 2009 Neil was elected to the RSA. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours List Inside the Wicker Man robin hardy Robin Hardy (born 10 October 1929) is an English author and film director. His most famous directorial work was The Wicker Man for which he also co-wrote the screenplay and his latest project is a film adaptation of his book Cowboys for Christ, which has been retitled as The Wicker Tree. Christopher Lee who played a leading role in The Wicker Man has a smaller role in the new movie. Hardy now lives in Somerset. Robin s filmography also includes The Fantasist (1986) (writer and director) and Forbidden Sun (1989) (writer). Re-Inventing the Past Gareth Hoskins FRIAS gareth hoskins architects Educated at The Mackintosh School and Florence University, Gareth was an Associate with Penoyre and Prasad Architects, London Principal of Gareth Hoskins Architects since 1998 Gareth has also taught at the Universities of Portsmouth and Dundee. Gareth Hoskins Architects extensive list of projects includes: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; the Pacific Quay Glasgow Masterplan for the BBC; Royal Museum Redevelopment, Edinburgh; Architecture and Contemporary Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre; Robin House Hospice, Balloch; The Bridge Arts Centre, Easterhouse; and A Gathering Space at the Venice Biennale Gareth s numerous awards include the Spirit of Scotland Award 2008 and numerous RIBA National and Regional Awards. East to East Kengo Kuma Kengo Kuma & Associates After studies in Tokyo and Columbia, Kengo Kuma established his practice in He has taught at Keio University, the University of Illinois and is Professor at the Graduate School at Tokyo. Kuma s major and award winning works include Kirosan Observatory, Water/Glass, Stage in Forest, Toyoma Center for Performance Arts, Stone Museum, Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum, Great Bamboo Wall, Beijing, Nezu Museum, Tokyo and Yusuhara Marche and Wooden Bridge Museum. European projects include arts centres in Besancon and Granada and the new Victoria & Albert Museum for Dundee. He has won the International Spirit of Nature Wood Award, Best New Global Design for Chokkura Plaza and Shelter and the French Energy Performance + Architecture Award (2008).

5 eric parry david page charles renfro david ross murray restrup morten schmidt He is an RIBA Fellow and an Honorary Fellow of AIA. His books have been translated into English and Chinese. Re-focusing on Design Philip Long V&A Dundee Philip is Director of the V&A at Dundee. From 1998, Philip was Senior Curator of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. From 2008 he also led the National Galleries of Scotland s Artist Rooms project. An expert in Scottish art and design, Philip has organised exhibitions and published works on William Gillies, Anne Redpath, the Scottish Colourists, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Basil Spence. From he served on the Scottish Arts Lottery Committee and in 2007 he curated Scotland s national representation at the Venice Biennale. Most recently, he has worked with the artist Antony Gormley to develop a major public artwork installed across Edinburgh. Bold Moves John McAslan CBE RIAS John McAslan + Partners John McAslan founded John McAslan + Partners in 1996, having trained with Cambridge Seven Associates in Boston and Richard Rogers in London, before becoming co-principal of Troughton McAslan in John McAslan + Partners has won over 50 international design awards and the practice has been Architect of the Year on four occasions. McAslan has taught extensively, been an awards assessor and personally oversees the RIBA/ ICE McAslan Fund, supporting collaborative projects by students and recent graduates. Among McAslan s best-known architectural projects are the transformation of the Roundhouse, London, the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill, headquarters complexes for Max Mara in Italy and Yapi Kredi bank in Turkey and major transport and infrastructure schemes in the UK. The practice has recently completed the dramatic transformation of London s Kings Cross Station. Engaging with the City Eric Parry RA RIBA Eric Parry Architects Eric studied at the University of Newcastle, the Royal College of Art and the Architectural Association. In 1983, Eric established his practice. Significant early projects include an office building at Stockley Park, Foundress Court at Pembroke College, luxury apartments in Kuala Lumpur and urban interventions at London Bridge. 30 Finsbury Square was shortlisted for the 2003 Stirling Prize. Aldermanbury Square was also shortlisted for the Stirling and the Renewal Project at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square also won many awards. Eric was elected Royal Academician in He was President of the Architectural Association in He has chaired the RIBA Awards Group. He is as an External Examiner and has held lectureships at Cambridge, Harvard and Tokyo. Re-shaping Places David Page FRIAS page\park architects David has been with Page\Park Architects for nearly 30 years. His key projects include: the University of Strathclyde Campus Plan; Glasgow Cathedral Precinct; Royal Mile, Edinburgh; Concert Square Glasgow and Queen Elizabeth s Square, Gorbals, Glasgow; Homes for the Future Masterplan, Glasgow 1999; Oatlands Masterplan 2002; Bellgrove Masterplan 2006; Masterplanning work in Dalkeith, Craigmillar, Clydebank, Dumbarton, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow and Edinburgh Waterfront. David was Design Architect for the Museum of Scottish Country Life, Kittochside and The Lighthouse, Glasgow; new build offices at Edinburgh Park and for EDI Limited at South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh. He had overall design responsibility for the Lomond Shores Visitor Attraction, Campbeltown Swimming Pool and Library; Dundee University s School of Computing Department; Various projects at Fettes College, Edinburgh; the Masterplan and Titan Business Centre, Clydebank; Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park HQ; Flats and retail development, Dartford, Kent; Caledonian University Masterplan and Bluebell Views Residences, University of Warwick. David Page has published numerous articles, is an Honorary Professor at Edinburgh College of Art and has served as a Design Tutor at the University of Strathclyde. Memories and Gardens Charles Renfro AIA Diller Scofidio + Renfro Charles Renfro, AIA, is a Partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro. He is a graduate of Rice University and holds a Master s degree from Columbia. Charles is partner in charge of the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Stanford University s McMurtry Art & Art History Building, the Dongguan Factory and Housing Complex in Shenzhen, China, Aberdeen City Garden project and the recently completed Creative Arts Center at Brown University. Previously, Charles was Design Partner for the High Line, New York, the Museum of Image & Sound in Rio and the redesign and expansion of the Juilliard School/Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Charles has taught at Columbia since 2000, was Cullinan Visiting Professor at Rice University in 2006 and has taught at Parsons and the Cooper- Hewitt. He is President of the Storefront for Art and Architecture board.

6 evgeny gerasimov + sergei tchoban dr james macaulay Collaborations and Grand Visions David Ross FRIAS Keppie design David is Keppie s Design Director. Recently, he has led international projects in China, Turkey, India and the Middle East. He is also responsible for the Keppie collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Aberdeen City Gardens. A Director of Keppie since 2001, David has designed a number of innovate major healthcare and education buildings. These include Ayrshire Maternity Hospital, four schools for North Ayrshire Council and a programme of eight university campuses in Libya. David is currently Design Advisor to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport for their modernisation of the Glasgow Subway for He is a designated Business Leader, promoting enterprise within East Ayrshire. A Shining Vision of the City Murray Restrup FRIAS ingenium Archial Born in Dundee in 1959, Murray studied at the Scott Sutherland School. He learnt his trade at George Watt & Stewart on projects including the refurbishment of 200 St Vincent Street, JJ Burnet s last Glasgow project. Murray subsequently moved to Hendry & Legge in 1990 where worked on industrial and retail architecture. He joined Aberdeen Building Design in 1995 and worked on business park developments. He joined Archial in 2007 and has worked on the extension to the Bon Accord Shopping Centre among other retail, hotel and masterplanning projects. Murray has been on the Chapter Council of the Aberdeen Society of Architects since 2008, becoming Chapter President in spring Convention Fringe We are delighted that two exhibitions are being organised to coincide with the Convention. Covell Matthews Architects and the Scott Sutherland School are both planning shows for city centre venues. Special receptions for delegates will be organised in each venue. Further information will be published on the RIAS website and sent to all delegates. The Shock of the New Morten Schmidt RIBA AIA Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Founding Partner of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Morten is a Member of the Danish Society of Artists and a Member of the Danish Academy Council s external examination board. Amongst other work, Morten Schmidt has specialised in the design of educational and library buildings such as the recently finished City of Westminster College in London, the University of Aberdeen New Library and is participating in the competition for the new City of Glasgow College campus. Eastern Blocks Sergei Tchoban, Architekt BDA nps tchoban voss GmbH & Co. KG Sergei Tchoban graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy. He joined NPS in Since 1995 he has been Managing Partner and head of the Berlin office of nps tchoban voss. In 2006 Tchoban founded the architectural studio SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov in Moscow. His projects include the Federation Tower, Moscow, the DomAquarée complex and the nhow hotel, Berlin, the House by the Sea and the Langenzipen business center, the new administration center for Bank Saint Petersburg and European Embankment, Saint Petersburg. + Evgeny Gerasimov Evgeny Gerasimov & Partners Trained in Leningrad, Evgeny has been Director General of Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners in St Petersburg since From Evgeny worked in the Leningrad Design Institute. He is a member of the Russian Union of Architects, corresponding member of the International Academy of Architecture, member of the Planning Council of St. Petersburg, winner of the annual All-Russia festival, the annual festival of St. Petersburg Union of Architects and the World Architecture Biennale in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has also received the Medal of the Russian Union of Architects, the diploma and gold medal of the Government of St. Petersburg and a cultural diploma of the Russian Federation. RIAS SPEAKERS DINNER Park Inn, Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen, 8pm-1am. Dress code: smart casual Cost VAT per person ( 60.00) Join our speakers in a lively and entertaining evening of architectural fellowship. saturday 12th May architectural tour Glories of the granite city Leaves from the Park Inn, Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen at 10.30am Guided walking tour of some of central Aberdeen s historic architectural highlights led by Dr James Macaulay Hon FRIAS. RIAS Member VAT ( 6.00) Non-member VAT ( 12.00) Dr James Macaulay Hon FRIAS university of glasgow James Macaulay is an Honorary research fellow at the University of Glasgow, formerly senior lecturer at the Mackintosh School of Architecture. Before then he taught at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture. A former President of the Glasgow Art Club and now a trustee, James is Chairman of the Society of Friends of Glasgow Cathedral. His most recent book, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was published simultaneously in New York and in London. He is at present completing a biography of Robert Adam. Images copyright: Cover DS+R Inside RMJM; Ioana Marinescu; Neil Baxter; Neil Baxter; Glasgow City Council Glasgow City Council Civic Design; Neil Baxter; Dave Morris Photography; Andrew Lee; V&A at Dundee, Kengo Kuma & Associates; V&A at Dundee, Kengo Kuma & Associates; Hufton and Crow; Helene Binet; Andrew Lee; DS+R; DS+R; schmidt hammer lassen architects; nps tchoban voss, Berlin

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