Place update

Talk by Tom Woolley presented by Belfast Civic Trust

'Tom Woolley: Sustainability in Buildings'
Wednesday October 21st @ PLACE, 5.30pm

The Belfast Civic Trust invite you to a talk entitled Sustainability in Buildings by Prof. Tom Woolley, Architect and member of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment.

Admission free - refreshments served. Book now! Email info@place.uk.net or call 028 9023 2524.


Facing the future...
Belfast Exposed - Thursday 15th Oct

'Belfast Salon: Facing the Future'
Thursday October 15th @ Belfast Exposed gallery, 7 - 9pm

As the economic crisis threatens to further downgrade Belfast’s metropolitan ambitions, has the time come for the city to ditch the fixation with its troubled past and face the future?

Speakers Claire Hackett, Derek Poole, Ciaran Mackel, Dr Dominic Bryan, Arthur Acheson, Dr Kevin Bean, Pauline Hadaway (Chair)

Booking For booking information please contact Belfast Exposed on 028 9023 0965 or email info@belfastexposed.org

Venue Belfast Exposed, The Exchange Place, 23 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FF



...and digging up the past
PLACE - Thursday 22nd Oct

'Dig'
12pm: Archaeological Walking Tour with Ruairí Ó Baoill
6pm Dig Seminar
Thursday October 22nd @ PLACE

Join PLACE for a day of archaeological exploration to find out what's under our feet and what made Belfast the city it is today:


At 12pm, Ruairí Ó Baoill of the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at QUB will lead an archaeological walking tour of Belfast, exploring the history of the city from its beginnings as a small settlement to the present day. (Please note: Tour leaves at 12pm sharp, lasting 1 - 1.5 hours; limited numbers - book in advance to avoid disappointment.)

Then, at 6pm Archaeologist Audrey Gahan (Gahan & Long) talks about the finds and features of the former Sirocco Works site in East Belfast, and leads a discussion on archaeological excavations that happen as a result of urban development and construction, including how individual artifacts and a site’s history can be integrated into a building’s design and function.


Booking
Both the walking tour and the seminar are free but booking in advance is recommended – call us at PLACE on (028) 9023 2524 or email info@place.uk.net


Installation launching in November at PLACE
'The Urban Environment - Mirror and Mediator of Radicalisation?'
Launch Thurs 5th Nov 6-9pm; Runs Nov 6th - 28th 2009

PLACE presents an installation based on research by Dr. Ralf Brand and his team at the University of Manchester, investigating the complicated but fascinating relationship between the urban environment and socio-political conditions in cities with different types of conflict: Belfast, Beirut, Berlin and Amsterdam.