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SUMMARY:Tourist siren or technological beacon? The Sydney Opera House and 
 the possible industrial role of public buildings
DTSTART:20120510T183000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Paolo Tombesi\, Chair in Construction at the University of Mel
 bourne\nIn spite of its revolutionary approach to design and construction\
 , the industrial legacy of the Sydney Opera House has never been the subje
 ct of systematic analysis. Whilst celebrating the genius of his conceiver 
 Jørn Utzon and sulking over the alleged cost overruns that made it the mo
 st célèbre of all construction causes\, the literature remains aloof abo
 ut the building’s contribution to the management of construction innovat
 ion\, the consequent definition of sector policies\, and the role that pub
 lic buildings have in their implementation. This lecture documents the met
 hodological underpinnings of a series of research projects that have attem
 pted to gauge the project’s relationship with its broader context as wel
 l as its place in the history of technology and architectural practice. Th
 e theory behind this work is that the value of design is seldom appreciate
 d fully because it is difficult to measure it within the conventional proj
 ect-based appraisal framework. The research makes an attempt to reach a be
 tter balance between project costs and project benefits by extending the s
 cope of the analysis to the industry at large.
LOCATION:Espace Archizoom http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=SG%201212
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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