03/05/2012

CONSUMED: an architecture and design symposium

Location: Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester School of Architecture 
Time: 10am - 5pm

Manchester studio head Gavin Elliott will chair CONSUMED, an architecture and design symposium which will look to the future of our cities. The symposium, organised by post-graduate students at the Manchester School of Architecture is aimed at working professionals within the Urban Built Environment. A wide spectrum of ideas, theories and practices of varying scales regarding an urbanism fit for consumption will be debated.

Speakers

  • Mario Minale of Minale-Maeda, Product Designer
  • Mette Skovbjerg and Berndt Jespersen of Kalundborg Symbiosis, a cyclical industrial system in Denmark
  • Joeseph Grima, Editor in Chief of Domus
  • Irena Bauman Director of Bauman Lyons Architects
  • Michael Pawlyn Director of Exploration Architecture

Chair

  • Gavin Elliott, head of Manchester studio at BDP

Tickets can be bought directly on www.consumedmcr.co.uk/tickets