As previously revealed exclusively on edinburgharchitecture.co.uk early in 2007 Design workshops are to be led by Archigram and AiA, as well as such influential creative minds including Will Alsop, Christophe Egret and Odile Decq.

AiA Press Release 230407:

Edinburgh Waterfront Unplugged!
The Edinburgh Waterfront Symposium 2007 (EWS 2007) has secured a prestigious array of ‘A’ List internationally renowned guest speakers to address a participatory programme of Lectures and Workshops as part of Architecture Week from 16th – 24th June 2007.

The aim of the event, instigated and organised by Art in Architecture (AiA) in collaboration with Archigram, is to heighten the profile of the current Waterfront development in Edinburgh, claimed by the City Council to be the largest of its kind in Europe.

Can Edinburgh raise the game to match design standards of European and international counterparts? Can Edinburgh’s internationally acknowledged historic design context influence or equate in contemporary merit to meet both the current and future requirements of a 21st Century evolving City Development plan?

A rare opportunity exists to inspire greater aspirations for Edinburgh’s New New Town and Future City, generating Big Ideas for this local Scottish project and offering the potential to raise international awareness in the development.

Agents Provocateurs and commentators on 1960s to present day design Archigram have taken Edinburgh to heart following a plea made by AiA partners, Artist Shaeron Averbuch and Urban Designer, Ross McEwan to help stimulate and raise the level of debate in order to place the focus on the design of quality environments for people to live enjoyably, and which meet their present and future needs.

All interested parties are invited to participate, intellectualise, jibe, heckle and creatively add to the Symposium’s debate, directly feeding into an array of design solution workshops for the Edinburgh Waterfront. EWS 2007 invites critical participation from the people of Edinburgh as well as the professional community and other stakeholders.

The success of this event will be measured by its ability to stretch creative solutions, as evident from the design workshops led by Archigram and AiA, as well as such influential creative minds including Will Alsop, Pete Barbour, Studio Egret West and others.

For further information on the rapidly evolving Edinburgh Waterfront Symposium 2007 Programme visit www.ews2007.co.uk

Event: Architecture Week 2007
Edinburgh Waterfront Symposium 2007
‘Old Town, New Town, New NEW Town’

Dates: 16 – 24 Jun

Venue: Ocean Point 1, Ocean Drive, Leith

Contact: Shaeron Averbuch - AiA (Art in Architecture)
Tel: 0131 555 2280
e-mail: info@artinarchitecture.co.uk





Edinburgh Waterfront Symposium - EWS 2007 Invited Speakers

Archigram Dennis Crompton, David Green, Mike Webb & Peter Cook, (Peter Cook is short listed to design the Olympic Stadium 2012 also designed the Kunsthalle in Gratz). All of the above mentioned members of Archigram are independently respected design professionals. Archigram are Royal Gold Medallists for their contribution to design. (All Confirmed)

Will Alsop – Architect, SMC-Alsop, (Confirmed)

Christophe Egret – Architect, Studio Egret West (also on the board of CABE) (Confirmed)

Nigel Coates, Professor of Architecture at Royal College of Art, London (Confirmed)

Kathryn Findlay, Professor of Architecture at Dundee University (Confirmed)

Sir Terry Farrell - Design Champion for Edinburgh (Confirmed)

Frank Gehry - Architect, famous for many buildings including the Guggenheim in Bilbao

Tom Wright - Signature Architect, Atkins Global and responsible for the 6 star hotel in Bahrain

Pete Barber – Architect, Pete Barber Architects, London (Confirmed)

Lebbeus Woods – Architect, New York

Odile Decq – Architect, Paris (Confirmed)

Christian Welzbacher – Architectural Journalist for A10 will talk about Berlin & Hamburg and run a Workshop (www.a10.eu) (Confirmed)

Kas Oosterhuis – Architect, Netherlands (Confirmed)

Raoul Bunschoten – Architect, Netherlands (Confirmed)

Steven Holl – Architect, New York

Michael Spens – (Confirmed)

Per Kartvedt – Architect, Oslo

Colin Ardley – Architect, UK

Claudia Taborda – Landscape Architect, Grenoble, France

Adriaan Geuze – Landscape Architect, West 8, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Thames Barrier Park)

Riccardo Marini – Architect, City of Edinburgh Design Leader (Confirmed)

Peter Wilson – Architect, UK

Elco Hoofman – Landscape Architect, Gros Max, UK

Mark Dorrian – Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Edinburgh University

Karen Forbes – Head of School in Painting at Edinburgh College of Art

Kevin McCloud – Architectural Presenter, UK

Alain de Botton – Writer

Woolfgang Sonne – Architect, University of Strathclyde

Gordon Benson – Architect, Benson and Forsyth

Doug Celland – Architect, Aire Design, UK

Roger Zogolavitch – Architect, CZWJ, (Barcelona)

Peter Calthorpe – Architect

David McKay – MBM Architects, Barcelona

Bernadetta Tagliabue – Architect, Barcelona


Development:

Sir Stuart Lipton – UK

Ken Shuttleworth – Architect, Make, UK

Charles Hammond – Forth Ports

Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh Lothian

City of Edinburgh Council

Robert Adam (Confirmed)

Andrew Burrell – Architect, BUREDI, UK

Ian Wall – BUREDI, UK


Masterplanning:

Ken Shuttleworth – Architect, Make, UK

Tony Kettle - RMJM

Robert Adam (Confirmed)

Page and Park

Lewellyn Davis


Art Commissioning and Artists:

Wiard Sterk - Executive Director, Public Art Wales (formerly Director CBAT the Cardiff Bay Arts & Regeneration Agency) (18 Jun 11am Talk) (Confirmed)

Emma Geliot - Arts Council of Wales and previously of Artworks Wales.Cwaith Cymru (19 Jun 11am Talk) (Confirmed)

Matthew Lennon the Public Arts Officer for Newcastle

Anna Pepperall Arts Commissioner for Gateshead and involved with the commissioning of Anthoney Gormley's Angel of the North.

Herve Bechy - Director of Art Public

Gordon Young – Artist, UK

Bruce McLean – Artist, UK

Ilona LÈn·rd – Artist, Netherlands (Confirmed)

Richard Harris – Artist, Wales

George Wylie – Artist, UK

Karen Forbes – Head of School in Painting at Edinburgh College of Art

Richard Demarco – Artist, The Demarco European Art Foundation, UK (Confirmed)

Charles Quick – Artist and Reader in Art in Public Places, University of Central Lancashire

Alfredo Jaar – Artist, New York

Housing Specialists
Adam Sampson – Chief Executive – Shelter

Archie Stoddart – Director of Shelter Scotland


Significant Others

Donald Anderson, Head of Leisure and Recreation City of Edinburgh Council

Keith Anderson, Waterfront Development Manager, City of Edinburgh Council

Gerry Gramms, Glasgow City Council

Ian Gilzean, Scottish Executive, Architecture Policy Unit

Raymond Young, Chair of A+DS (Architecture and Design Scotland)

Nick Barley, Director of The Lighthouse, Centre for Architecture, Design and the city, Glasgow.

Lord Provost, City of Edinburgh Council

George Newhouse, Mayor of Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia

Environment
Scottish Natural Heritage

Politians
MSP Mark Lazarowicz (pending elections 3rd May)
MSP Rhona Brankin (pending elections 3rd May)
MSP Sarah Boyack (pending elections 3rd May)

Press & Media
George Kerevan – Journalist, Scotsman (Confirmed)
Brian Ferguson – Evening News
Leith Gazette

Paul Finch – Architectural Journalist
Hans Ibeling – Publisher, A10 magazine
Dejan Sudjic – Architectural Critic

Historic
Cockburn Society
Historic Scotland
National Trust for Scotland

Economist
Evan Davis – BBC's Economics Editor

For more information on the evolving Edinburgh Waterfront Symposium programme refer to www.ews2007.co.uk

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