A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S O C I A T I O N O F I R E L A N D ARCHIVE :: LECTURES + EVENTS 95.96 spring

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LECTURE	FUTURE SYSTEMS 11 April 1996 The rescheduled lecture, the name Future Systems is synonymous with architecturally pioneering and technologically creative design. Their approach to architecture allows for a celebration of technology, drawing on both old and new and "other" technologies (such as space research); their projects are firmly rooted in the future.
TRINITY COLLEGE Student Housing and College Facilities Architects: Murray O'Laoire Associates 20 April 1996 venue: Westland Row, Dublin 2	SITE VISIT
LECTURE	ZAHA HADID in association with The Irish Concrete Society Born in Baghdad in 1950, she studied Architecture at the Architectural Association. She then became a member of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA, began teching at the AA with Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and later led her own unit at the AA until 1987. Her academic concerns have continued to the present, with periods of visiting professorship at Columbia and Harvard Universities and a series of masterclasses and lectures at vaious venues around the world. During 1994, she held the Kenzo Tange chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Her work was awarded wide international recognition in 1983, with a winning entry for the Peak Club, which was followed by first place awards for competitions in Kurfurstendamm, Berlin 1986; for an Art and Media Centre in Dusseldorf 1989, and for the Cardiff Bay Opera House in 1994.
DUN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN TOWN HALL Architects: McCullogh and Mulvin Architects 18 May 1996 venue: Dun Laoghaire Town Hall	SITE VISIT
LECTURE	BARBARA PACA in association with John Paul Construction 23 May 1996 venue: 8 Merrion Square Miscelenea Structura Curiosa The cross currencies of Vitruvius Hibernicus Barbara Paca will discuss themes for an exhibition on designs of 18th century Irish follies, sculpture and gardens set within a greater intellectual and aesthetic context