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Tszwai So takes part in Architecture on Stage : New Architects | Thursday, December 9, 19:00-21:00 (GMT) at the Barbican

Posted on by Mirna Pedalo

In the second of two special evenings, Architecture on Stage presents four of Britain’s best emerging practices.

One of these is Spheron, founded by Tszwai So (Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Cities ) and Samuel Bentil-Mensah. Spheron has a particularly rich portfolio of community projects including the Belarusian Memorial Chapel (featured image), which it completed in 2017.  This new build wooden chapel was commissioned by the Holy See of Rome for the Belarusian Diaspora Community in London to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

For more information and to book tickets please go here.

Architecture on Stage series is organised by Architecture Foundation.

Featured image: Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron, via Architecture Foundation

DS24 tutor Alessandra Cianchetta at Architecture Foundation’s “Architecture on Stage” – Thursday, March 14, 19:00-21:00

Posted on by Mirna Pedalo

When: Thursday, 14th of March 2019, 19:00-21:00

Where: Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Architecture on Stage is a series of talks by the world’s best architects programmed by the Architecture Foundation in partnership with the Barbican Centre.

Alessandra Cianchetta is an architect and founding partner of AWP, an architecture practice based in Paris and London.

Born in Italy, Cianchetta studied architecture at La Sapienza in Rome, ETSA Madrid and ETSA Barcelona, before setting up AWP in 2008.

Her recent projects include Poissy Galore, a museum and observatory (pictured) which is part of a 113 hectare park on the Seine near Paris; the masterplan for Paris-La Défense, a grand-scale public realm project; and an arts district in Liverpool.

Cianchetta has taught architecture and urban design at Cornell University, University of Virginia, Columbia University and The Berlage.

Alessandra Cianchetta currently runs MArch Design Studio 24 alongside Juan Piñol at the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster.

To book tickets please go to: https://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/events/architecture-on-stage-alessandra-cianchetta