Join us in September for a chance to see all our exhibitions across the manor & gallery after-hours, this months event takes inspiration From Waste to Wonder: The Art of Sustainable Transformation our current Soane Gallery exhibition.
Alongside our current exhibition programme enjoy a panel discussion on sustainability in architecture and design with Blast Studio, Arup and FCBStudio
Blast Studio, who are exhibiting in the exhibition, will discuss their work that turns discarded coffee cups into design objects for the home.
Kathryn Firth of the renowned engineering firm Arup, who will discuss The Phoenix in Lewes, the redevelopment of a 7.9 hectare brownfield site. Planned to prioritise people over cars, constructed primarily in sustainable timber, powered by renewable energy and designed to encourage a culture of sharing, it represents a new and regenerative way to make a place, build a community and create a productive and circular local economy.
Andy Theobald, Partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is leading the design work for Eden Project Dundee. and will discuss this landmark development which is transforming the former gasworks on East Dock Street into a beacon for regeneration and green tourism.
Thursday 5 September 2024
5–8pm
Talk starts at 6.30pm
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
Free with General Admission.
Paola, Martin & Pierre started Blast Studio in 2018 with the aim to explore how nature and technology can be put in dialogue in order to transform cities’ discarded material into artefact and architecture.
In 2020, Blast Studio won the Prix d’Encouragement in Architecture from the French Académie des Beaux Arts. In 2022, the studio was awarded the New Talent Award at Surface Design Show and was the finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize 2022. In 2023, Blast Studio was selected as one of House & Garden’s Rising Stars of Design.
Kathryn Firth is a Director in Cities Planning and Design at Arup. She is an architect and urban designer whose passion for creating thriving places spans some 30 years. She leads master planning and urban design projects across the UK, US, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from public realm improvements to large-scale regeneration projects.
Prior to joining Arup, Kathryn was Urban Design Director at several practices in the UK and the US. She was the Chief of Design at the London Legacy Development Corporation, where she directed teams of architects, landscape architects, planners, and engineers to realize the Olympic Legacy. Kathryn served on the BusinessLDN Place Commission, sits on and chairs several Design Review Panels, and is a Mayor’s Design Advocate alum.
Kathryn is the co-chair for the UK Infrastructure & Urban Development Council for the Urban Land Institute. She holds a Master’s in Architecture and Urban Design from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where she has been teaching over the past five years. She currently teaches at the Bartlett, UCL. Kathryn is committed to the exchange between practice and academia and, as Global Skills Network Leader at Arup, she leads research focusing on the spatial implications of socio-economic and environmental resiliency.
Andy Theobald is an architect, a partner and group leader at FCBStudios. He has been with the practice since 1988 and oversees the output of one of six groups within the practice. Andy has been responsible for a number of award-winning projects including The University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts Building, Manchester School of Art and St Peter’s Catholic Primary School.
Thursday Lates, our monthly evening event series every first Thursday, offers a diverse roster of programs from artist talks to workshops. Open to everyone seeking enriching after-work experiences, these events vary from ticketed to free. Coinciding with our free visiting hours for Ealing residents, Thursday Lates is your chance to explore the manor and its exhibitions without the usual general admission fee.
Please contact pitzhanger@pitzhanger.org.uk for more information.
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Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ
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Please note that the Eating Room and the Upper Drawing Room in Pitzhanger Manor will be closed at 3–5pm on 17 October for a private function. Artworks in the affected space will be temporarily off view, but General Admission continues as usual. All rooms will be open before and after this time during our regular opening hours.
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