Rem Koolhaas, Victor van der Chijs, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka and David Gianotten will discuss their roles within OMA, and how new ideas are transforming the 36-year-old practice. The discussion will be chaired by Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern. — OMA
OMA Partners meet tonight at the Barbican for their first ever public discussion
As the headline event accompanying OMA/Progress, all seven OMA Partners will come together tonight for their first ever public conversation. The talk, called ‘Show & Tell’, takes place in the Barbican’s 1,200-seat theatre; tickets are now sold out.
Rem Koolhaas, Victor van der Chijs, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka and David Gianotten will discuss their roles within OMA, and how new ideas are transforming the 36-year-old practice. The discussion will be chaired by Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern.
The event will stream live from 7pm GMT tonight; to watch the live-stream please visit this link (warning; it is a facebook link.) The video will also be posted on OMA’s facebook page in the coming days.
Show & Tell is the first in a series of lectures by OMA’s Partners, which continues with David Gianotten, Partner in Charge of OMA Asia, discussing speed in architecture. This lecture will take place at the Barbican Cinema 2 this Thursday, 27 October, at 7:30pm.
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About OMA
OMA is a leading international partnership practicing architecture, urbanism and cultural analysis. OMA-designed buildings currently under construction include the new headquarters for China Central Television – a tower reinvented as a loop – in Beijing; Shenzhen Stock Exchange – China’s equivalent of the NASDAQ exchange for hi-tech industries; a new headquarters for Rothschild Bank in London; and De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands. OMA employs a staff of over 280, with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Beijing and Hong Kong.
URLs:
- OMA’s Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OMA.AMO
- Live stream https://www.facebook.com/BarbicanArtGallery?sk=app_196506863720166
3 Comments
It was bit of a malfunctional event that never materialized. I hope they put it on tape.
disappointingly malfunctional, but the video is up now!
http://www.facebook.com/BarbicanArtGallery?sk=app_196506863720166
wow. i thought for some reason they were dying...i'm glad they are very much live.
thanks for the video!
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