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London: LSE Cities Programme James Stirling Memorial Lecture
LSE Cities Programme James Stirling Memorial Lecture on the City
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/events/2007/20070905t2032z001.htm
Destruction by Design: military strategy as urban planning
Date: Tuesday 23 October 2007
Time: 6.45-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Speaker: Professor Eyal Weizman
Chair: Professor Edward Soja
Eyal Weizman¹s lecture presents his original research on the relationship
between architectural and military planning, and considers the role of
architects and urban planners in shaping military campaigns. Contemporary
warfare is increasingly conducted within real as well as imaginary urban
settings, through the destruction, construction, reorganization, and
subversion of space. As such, the urban environment is understood by
military strategists today not simply as the backdrop for conflict, but as a
central element to be studied, manipulated, and created.
Eyal Weizman is an architect, writer, and curator whose work is motivated by
a commitment to human rights at a time of increasingly fortified and
militarized cities. His studies of violations of international humanitarian
law through the use of architecture and planning were published in the
report Land Grab, developed in collaboration with the human rights
organization B'Tselem. Based on this research, he co-curated A Civilian
Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture, which was shown at the
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, in 2003, and co-edited the
accompanying publication. Weizman is founding director of the Centre for
Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Conceived in homage to architect James Stirling, who believed that urban
design is integral to the practice of architecture and a vital topic for
public debate, the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City competition
was inaugurated in November 2003 as a unique forum for the advancement of
new critical perspectives on the role of urban design and urban architecture
in the development of cities worldwide. The CCA acquired the comprehensive
James Stirling archive in November 2000, which comprises a vast collection
of drawings, prints, photographs, and models covering Stirling¹s production
from 1948 to his death in 1992.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk
or call 020 7955 6043.
Media queries: please contact the Press Office if you would like to reserve
a press seat or have a media query about this event, email
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7060.
If you are planning to attend this event and would like details on how to
get here and what time to arrive, please refer to Coming to an event at LSE
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/events/2007/20070905t2032z001.htm
Destruction by Design: military strategy as urban planning
Date: Tuesday 23 October 2007
Time: 6.45-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building, LSE
Speaker: Professor Eyal Weizman
Chair: Professor Edward Soja
Eyal Weizman¹s lecture presents his original research on the relationship
between architectural and military planning, and considers the role of
architects and urban planners in shaping military campaigns. Contemporary
warfare is increasingly conducted within real as well as imaginary urban
settings, through the destruction, construction, reorganization, and
subversion of space. As such, the urban environment is understood by
military strategists today not simply as the backdrop for conflict, but as a
central element to be studied, manipulated, and created.
Eyal Weizman is an architect, writer, and curator whose work is motivated by
a commitment to human rights at a time of increasingly fortified and
militarized cities. His studies of violations of international humanitarian
law through the use of architecture and planning were published in the
report Land Grab, developed in collaboration with the human rights
organization B'Tselem. Based on this research, he co-curated A Civilian
Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture, which was shown at the
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, in 2003, and co-edited the
accompanying publication. Weizman is founding director of the Centre for
Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Conceived in homage to architect James Stirling, who believed that urban
design is integral to the practice of architecture and a vital topic for
public debate, the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City competition
was inaugurated in November 2003 as a unique forum for the advancement of
new critical perspectives on the role of urban design and urban architecture
in the development of cities worldwide. The CCA acquired the comprehensive
James Stirling archive in November 2000, which comprises a vast collection
of drawings, prints, photographs, and models covering Stirling¹s production
from 1948 to his death in 1992.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk
or call 020 7955 6043.
Media queries: please contact the Press Office if you would like to reserve
a press seat or have a media query about this event, email
pressoffice@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7060.
If you are planning to attend this event and would like details on how to
get here and what time to arrive, please refer to Coming to an event at LSE
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