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Façade: Phenomenon, Identity, Memory (Symposium Part 2 of 2; Sauerbruch Hutton) - April 22, 2015

The second segment of a two-part symposium, ‘Façade: Phenomenon, Identity, Memory,’ was held April 22, 2015 at the Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning (B/a+p), organized by Jin Young Song with Nick Bruscia, Brian Carter, Annette LeCuyer, and Chris Romano. This two-part symposium and lecture examined the building façade as a cultural object with public and pervasive presence and as an embodiment of culture and collective identity in the digital age.

Louisa Hutton, founding partner of Berlin-based Sauerbruch Hutton ( discusses recent built works including GSW Headquarters, Berlin; Federal Environmental Agency in Dessau; Jessop West, Sheffield; Munich RE, Munich Berlin; Brandhorst Museum, Munich; Immanuel Church, Cologne (shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015) ; and product design of door handles for FSB. An international agency for architecture, urbanism and design, Sauerbruch Hutton has been awarded numerous national and international prizes, including the Gottfried Semper Architekturpreis (2013), the Energy Performance + Architecture Award (2011), and the International Honour Award for Sustainable Architecture (2010). Welcome and introduction by Brian Carter, Professor (B/a+p).

See Part 1 at where selected projects from Morphosis (Stan Su, Senior Architect), SHoP (Sameer Kumar, Director of Enclosure Design), and SOM (Aybars Asci Design Director) explore how ‘hard’ technologies are deployed to enhance the ‘soft’ cultural attributes of the building envelope.

Thank you to Symposium sponsors includingq the Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning (ap.buffalo.edu); University at Buffalo Humanities Institute (humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/); Boston Valley Terra Cotta Rigidized Metals Corp. and AIA Buffalo/WNY aiabuffalowny.org

Matthias Sauerbruch + Matthias Schuler in conversation

Matthias Sauerbruch

Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton founded Sauerbruch Hutton in 1989 in London. A second office was opened in Berlin in 1993. The practice currently employs over 100 staff and is engaged in projects all over Europe. Its work has become internationally recognized for its serious engagement with issues of sustainability in architecture and urbanism, at the same time as for the creation of sensual spaces and signature facades. Sauerbruch Hutton are best known for their GSW Headquarters building in Berlin (1999) and their Federal Environmental Agency in Dessau (2005). A forthcoming major project is the Museum for the Brandhorst Collection in Munich (2008). Sauerbruch Hutton projects have been awarded a number of national and international prizes - amongst them six RIBA and two AIA awards. The architecture of the office has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide. Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch received the Erich Schelling Prize for Architecture in 1998 and the Fritz Schumacher Prize for Architecture in 2003. Louisa taught at the Architectural Association in the late eighties. In 2003 she was appointed as a Commissioner for CABE, UK's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Matthias has been teaching Architecture since 1985 -- firstly as Unit Master at the Architectural Association in London; from 1995-2001 he has been holding a chair at the Technical University Berlin, from 2001-2007 at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart. Louisa and Matthias are guest lecturers at many internationl universities and institutions.

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Matthias Schuler

Matthias Schuler is Adjunct Professor of Environmental Technology. He has held the position of Lecturer in Architecture at the GSD since 2001, teaching courses in sustainability and climate engineering.

In 1992, Schuler founded Transsolar in Stuttgart, Germany, now a leading provider of consulting services on developing sustainable design strategies for buildings. The firm has a strong technical basis, and commonly performs highly sophisticated computational simulations (e.g., thermal, lighting) for concept validations. Schuler has worked with a large number of well-known architects in the field on high-profile projects. Among others, he has collaborated on projects by the following: Herzog/de Meuron (Parrish Art Museum, Topeak Towers); Stephen Holl (Linked Hybrid, Herning Art Museum); Behnisch, Behnisch and Partners (Nord LB, Skylofts, etc.); Jean Nouvel (Musee de la Mer, Philharmonie Paris, Louvre Abu Dhabi); Gehry Design Architects (Novartis, Museum of Tolerance, World Trade Center Performing Arts Center, etc.); Murphy/Jahn (New Bangkok International Airport, Posttower, etc.) and OMA (Center for Performing Arts, Museum Plaza). His design solutions are always innovative, and backed up by massive analytical simulation studies that confirm their effectiveness. Recently his activities have moved beyond the building scale and he is now working on energy and comfort solutions at the urban master plan level, like the carbon-neutral Masdar development in Abu Dhabi in conjunction with Foster + Partners.

Schuler plays a leadership role in the GSD's expansion into areas of sustainability in the coming years and will initially coordinate and lead a team whose overall target is the integration of sustainability and design practice in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture education, spanning from cross disciplinary introductory lectures to core and options studios involvement.

Schuler received the Diplom-Ingenieur degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart. In addition to teaching at the GSD, he has also taught at the University of Stuttgart and University of Limerick.

4/23/2009

Für Mensch und Umwelt

„Für Mensch und Umwelt″ ist der Leitspruch des UBA und bringt auf den Punkt, wofür wir da sind. Als Deutschlands zentrale Umweltbehörde kümmern wir uns darum, dass es in Deutschland eine gesunde Umwelt gibt, in der Menschen so weit wie möglich vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen, wie Schadstoffen in Luft oder Wasser, geschützt leben können. In einem neuen Video geben wir Einblick in unsere Arbeit.

Leipzig | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:

00:02:49 1 History
00:02:57 1.1 Name
00:04:22 1.2 Origins
00:06:10 1.3 19th century
00:08:05 1.4 20th century
00:15:25 1.5 21st century
00:16:15 2 Geography
00:16:24 2.1 Location
00:17:38 2.2 Subdivision
00:18:01 2.3 Neighbouring communities
00:18:10 2.4 Climate
00:19:09 3 Demographics
00:21:45 4 Culture, sights and cityscape
00:21:55 4.1 Architecture
00:23:39 4.2 Tallest buildings and structures
00:24:14 4.3 Museums and arts
00:26:32 4.4 Main sights
00:28:54 4.5 Churches
00:30:07 4.6 Parks and lakes
00:31:07 4.7 Music
00:35:18 4.8 Annual events
00:36:12 4.9 Sports
00:36:32 4.9.1 Football
00:38:13 4.9.2 Ice hockey
00:38:30 4.9.3 Handball
00:39:39 4.9.4 Other sports
00:40:55 4.10 Food and drink
00:41:35 5 Education
00:41:44 5.1 University
00:43:31 5.2 Visual arts and theatre
00:44:16 5.3 University of Applied Science
00:45:10 5.4 Leipzig Graduate School
00:45:35 5.5 Others
00:46:43 6 Economy
00:49:09 7 Media
00:50:54 8 Quality of life
00:51:58 9 Transport
00:52:27 9.1 Rail
00:55:28 9.2 Suburban train
00:57:12 9.3 Tramway and Buses
00:58:20 9.4 Bicycle
00:59:23 9.5 Road
01:00:51 9.6 Long-distance buses
01:01:41 9.7 Air
01:02:55 9.8 Water
01:04:13 10 Quotations
01:05:14 11 International relations
01:05:25 12 Notable residents
01:05:35 12.1 17th century
01:06:12 12.2 18th century
01:06:50 12.3 19th century
01:06:59 12.3.1 1801–1850
01:08:09 12.3.2 1851–1900
01:09:48 12.4 20th century
01:09:57 12.4.1 1901–1950
01:11:19 12.4.2 1951–present
01:12:11 13 See also

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Leipzig (, also US: , German: [ˈlaɪptsɪç]) is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. With a population of 581,980 inhabitants as of 2017 (1.1 million residents in the larger urban zone), it is Germany's tenth most populous city. Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster, Pleiße and Parthe rivers at the southern end of the North German Plain.
Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trade routes. Leipzig was once one of the major European centers of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing. Leipzig became a major urban center within the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after the Second World War, but its cultural and economic importance declined.Events in Leipzig in 1989 played a significant role in precipitating the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, mainly through demonstrations starting from St. Nicholas Church. Since the reunification of Germany, Leipzig has undergone significant change with the restoration of some historical buildings, the demolition of others, and the development of a modern transport infrastructure. Leipzig today is an economic centre, the most livable city in Germany, according to the GfK marketing research institution and has the second-best future prospects of all cities in Germany, according to HWWI and Berenberg Bank. Leipzig Zoo is one of the most modern zoos in Europe and ranks first in Germany and second in Europe according to Anthony Sheridan. Since the opening of the Leipzig City Tunnel in 2013, Leipzig forms the centrepiece of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland public transit system. Leipzig is currently listed as a Gamma World City, Germany's Boomtown and as the European City of the Year 2019.Leipzig has long been a major center for music, both classical as well as modern dark alternative music or darkwave genres. The Oper Leipzig is one of the most prominent opera houses in Germany. It was founded in 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, ...