Campus Architecture Lecture:
The Sieur du Luth Fall Lecture and Symposium, featuring world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, will take place from 2 - 6:30 pm on Thursday, September 18 in the Pelli-designed Weber Music Hall. Five architects, each with a stake in the growth of the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, will give an afternoon symposium on Campus Architecture. Cesar Pelli will deliver the opening address.
Pelli from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, Conn. (UMD Weber Music Hall), will be joined in a panel presentation by Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, Il. (UMD Swenson College of Science and Engineering), Tom Oslund, Oslund and Associates, Minneapolis, Minn.(UMD landscape design), Ralph Johnson, Perkins + Will, Chicago, Il. (UMD Labovitz School of Business and Economics), and Ken Johnson, SJA Architects, Duluth, Minn. (UMD Library and local architecture support). Dean Thomas Fisher, College of Design, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities will serve as moderator for the event.
September 18 — Schedule of Events:
2:00 p.m. Reception — Weber Music Hall Lower Lobby
2:30 p.m. Address by Architect Cesar Pelli
3:15 p.m. Questions and Answers
3:30 p.m. Architects Panel featuring:
* Cesar Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, CT
* Ken Johnson, SJA Architects, Duluth, MN
* Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL
* Ralph Johnson, Perkins + Will, Chicago, IL
* Tom Oslund, Oslund and Associates, Minneapolis, MN
4:45 p.m. Faculty Response
5:45 p.m. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Certification and Sustainability
Comments
I really enjoyed this symposium. It was interesting to know that a reason for creating new buildings was to enhance the "entrances" to the university. I loved how comic Cesar Pelli was. He complained to us that Duluth air was too clean. The copper roof of the Weber Music Hall hasn't really changed to the green that he had hoped since he was last here. I felt the passion he had behind creating Weber. It is evident through every small detail. What struck me was the comment he said about discontinuity between the idea and the final product. There is such a difference.
Seeing all the examples of his work was amazing.
Posted by: Carrie Bethel | September 30, 2008 06:24 PM