AIA International Conference
London 2022: Transformations
Sept 29 – Oct 3, 2022

Program

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Please see below for links to key locations and meeting points. A list and map of conference locations can be found here.

Opening Reception -

Thursday, September 29th, 2022

15:00-17:15 Design Museum Tours (last tour starts at 16:15)

Tour (Estimated 1 LU credit)

18:00-22:00 Opening Reception at Japan House

19:00-20:00 Talk – Ascanio Vitale – Climate Change

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

Day 1 – Kings Cross and Camden

Friday, September 30th, 2022

8:00-8:45 Registration – Coffee/ Tea/ Pastries @ SamsungKX

8:45-8:50 Conference Introduction

8:50-9:15 Morwenna Hall, COO and Partner of Argent

Kings Cross - Ten Years On (2004-2022 and next steps)

Talk (Estimated .5 LU credit)

9:15-10:15 Context In Architecture - Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects

https://alisonbrooksarchitects.com/project/cadence/

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

10:15-10:30 Iris Ceramica

10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break

10:45-11:30 Captured Light - 22 Handyside Street - Phil Coffey of Coffey Architects

https://coffeyarchitects.com/project/kx-q1/

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

11:30-12:30 Walking Tour of North Portion of Kings Cross:

Walking Tour of northern portion of the estate inclusive of public

squares and gardens, commencing from Coal Drops Yard

Tour (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

12:30-13:45 Lunch at St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel

13:45-14:15 Travel via Tube to Camden Town

Walk (Estimated .5 LU/HSW credit)

14:15-15:00 Hawley Primary School – AHMM

Will Lee, Director, AHMM

15:00-16:30 Walking Tour - Hawley Primary School, Public Spaces/ Arches,

Hawley Wharf Market, Camden Lock Market

Talk + Tour (Estimated 2.5 LU/HSW credit)

18:00-21:30 AIA International Design Awards @ Storey at 100 Liverpool Street.

Day 2 – Aldwych Quarter / LSE Campus / Lincolns Inn Fields

Saturday, Oct 1, 2022

8:00-8:45 Registration – Coffee/ Tea/ Pastries @ The Centre Building, LSE by RSHP

8:45-9:00 Introduction

9:00-10:00 Bush House / Kings College London Campus

John Robertson, Founding Director of JRA

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

10:00-10:45 Development of the LSE campus

Julian Robinson, Director of Estates, LSE

(Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

10:45-11:00 Refreshment Break

11:00-11:15 Sponsor Talk

11:30-12:30 The Marshall Building, LSE by Grafton Architects – AKT II

(Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

https://www.graftonarchitects.ie/London-School-of-Economics

12:30-14:00 Lunch at Herman Miller Showroom

14:00-15:00 The Living Office and New Ways of Working

Tour/ Talks (Estimated 1 LU credit)

15:00-16:30 Walking Tours: Kingsway & Surrounding Areas

Tour (Estimated 1.5 LU/HSW credits)

18:15-18:45 Board the Dixie Queen @ Tower Pier

The boat departs at 18:45

18:45-20:00 Drinks and Canapes

Architecture along the River Thames

Benedict O’Looney

Talk/Boat Tour (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

20:30-22:00 Conference Gala Dinner and Fellow & Honorary Fellows Dinner

22:30 Boat Returns to Tower Pier

Day 3 – The City and Beyond

Sunday, Oct 2, 2022

8:30-9:30 Breakfast @ Convene at 22 Bishopsgate

9:30-9:45 Introduction

9:45-10:45 Beyond the Surface - Transformative Colour

Fiona McLachlan, Professor of Architectural Practice,

University of Edinburgh

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

10:45-11:45 (TBC)

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

11:45-12:00 Refreshment Break

12:00-13:00 22 Bishopsgate – A Vertical Village

Karen Cook, Co-Founder, SPICE

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Façade Design In the Age of Sustainability

Panel Discussion (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit).

15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break

15:30-16:30 Quay Quarter Tower: Lessons in Transformation from Sydney to London.

Audun Opdal – Senior Partner – 3XN

Talk (Estimated 1 LU/HSW credit)

16:30-16:45 Closing Remarks

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Day 4 – Extension Day Tour – Vauxhall to Battersea – ‘Transformer Transformation’

Monday, Oct 3, 2022

NB: An additional Extension Day Tour ticket is required to join this tour

10:30 Meet at Vauxhall Bus Station

10:30-12:30 Walking Tour - Thames Path, Nine Elms Corridor, US Embassy,

Battersea Park, Battersea Power Station

Tour (Estimated 1.5 LU/HSW credit)

12:30 Lunch.