A collective symposium on the negotation of sinister uses through building reuse
Thursday 25 September 2014 10am - 5pm Manchester School of Art
This day long symposium will focus on reusing existing buildings, memory and architecture and includes talks from Irish architect Sheila O'Donnell who worked on the Good Shepherd Laundry and Letterfrack Furniture College, German architect HG Merz who transformed the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Berlin, architecture academic Margherita Vanore from Venice School of Architecture who writes about Industrial Ruins, interior design academic Terry Meade who writes about violence and domestic space in Palestine, artist Abigail Reynolds who created a series of artworks for the Topophobia Exhibition in Liverpool and Principal Lecturer Sally Stone from Manchester School of Architecture author of Re:Readings who writes about building reuse.
Document? Monument?
HG Merz (HG Merz Architekten Museumsgestalter)
Folds in Time
Abigail Reynolds (Artist)
Strangers in the House
Terry Meade (Brighton School of Architecture)
Landmarks of Memory
Sally Stone (Manchester School of Architecture)
Tracing Ruins in Producing Landscapes
Margherita Vanore (IUAV Universita di Venezia)
Addition and Subtraction
Sheila O'Donnell (O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects)
Organised by Laura Sanderson the event is free of charge and includes refreshments throughout the day.
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