Lecture series Students to Students: TODAY Yeoryia Manolopoulou - Architectural Research at Bartlett
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Publisher Tisková zpráva
30.03.2015 10:20
The second lecture of the Students for Students cycle, which will feature a total of five foreign lecturers with thematically diverse topics at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague during the summer semester of 2014/15, will be given by Yeoryia Manolopoulou, director of architectural research at The Bartlett School of Architecture.
The lecture on the topic of Architectural Research at Bartlett will take place on Monday, March 30, 2015, at 6:30 PM in the Gočár Hall (155), Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University, Thákurova 9, Prague 6.
The Bartlett School of Architecture is part of University College London and was rated the second-best school of architecture in the UK in 2015 by the British newspaper The Guardian. Notable visiting professors have included Lord Norman Foster, Lord Richard Rogers, and Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.
Yeoryia Manolopoulou is a practicing architect alongside her academic career and a co-founder of the London-based studio AY Architects. The focus of her work is the critical dialogue between research and real practice. An example of the outcome of such communication is the project Montpelier Community Nursery, a London community nursery, which won the Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2013, a prestigious award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and was also recognized in the Camden Design Awards 2013.
The Bartlett School of Architecture is at the forefront of international research in architecture. Yeoryia Manolopoulou is involved in initiating new projects and collaborating with external partners and institutions. In 2012, she was instrumental in the cooperation between the school and the Greater London Authority, resulting in the design and installation of five experimental pavilions for the London Olympics. Her lecture on Monday at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University, will thus address London as an ideal city for experimentation and research that pushes the boundaries of architecture.