Perspectives on Design in Cathedral Quarter
Belfast Exposed, 11am - 2.00pm, Tuesday 9th March 2010
Part of Belfast Exposed's Exchange Mechanism
The narrow streets and idiosyncratic buildings of Cathedral Quarter hark back to the birth of Belfast and the subsequent history of its emergence as a centre of commerce and industry. Just as it did in earlier stages of the city’s growth, Cathedral Quarter today hosts some of Belfast’s most exciting new developments. What current and emerging policies will protect the creativity, history and heritage of the area while at the same time allowing for new developments and contemporary architecture?
PLACE and the Cathedral Quarter Steering Group are coordinating this forum to debate design issues as they pertain to Cathedral Quarter, and to look at best practice in other cities familiar with culture led regeneration. The format will include presentations on relevant work elsewhere followed by a panel discussion.
Panelists:
Liza Fior – Architect, muf architecture + art, London
Barrie Todd – Architect, Belfast & Chair of Ministerial Advisory Group
Liz Davidson - Director Glasgow Townscape Heritage Initiative and Glasgow Merchant City
Peter Hunter – Architect, London, advisor to DSD
More info on this event on the PLACE Website.
On show until March 27th...
The Secret Laboratory @ PLACE
Don't forget our current exhibition, Notebooks and Narratives - The Secret Laboratory continues until Sat 27th March!
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PLACE News...
EXPO West/Andersonstown Barracks redevelopment...
Daniel Libeskind chosen to chair EXPO West design competition
The "most celebrated" architect working internationally, Daniel Libeskind, has been appointed as Chair of the design competition for the site of the former Andersonstown Barracks in West Belfast. This process is being coordinated by PLACE and the West Belfast Partnership.
“PLACE is delighted that DSD are showing commitment to creating high quality architecture and approaching this development in such an inclusive way with real public engagement in the local area around the site. Mr Libeskind’s interest and involvement shows the high level of international interest in the regeneration of Northern Ireland. He is perhaps the most celebrated architect currently working globally and he wants to ensure both a thorough process and a high quality end result for the development.” - Michael Hegarty, Director.
The project is currently going through community consultation phase - follow the process
1 comment:
Oh no! Not Libeskind, the self-styled "genius"! Did anybody look at his credentials beyond those in his own blurb claiming him to be the "most celebrated" architect? Here's a few chestnuts he omitted to include:
1. Libeskind FIRED from Ground Zero project.
2. Libeskind's Toronto Museum dubbed "Worst Building of the Decade" by the Washington Post.
3. Libeskind's Denver Museum leaked for 3 years.
4. Libeskind so incompetent he had to hire other architect to design his own home.
Libeskind's "Spiral" museum for London so ugly National Lottery denied funding to project.
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