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SUMMARY:Curious Engineering Design Practice
DTSTART:20181009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T091116Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Hanif Kara\, engineer\, studio AKT II\, London\nThe identifiab
 le metrics and the traditions of structural engineering show a discipline 
 characterised by polarised practice that is decisive\, often mistakenly ba
 sed on intuition and increasingly reliant on finite technology. Over the l
 ast two decades\, the work of AKT II demonstrates a different characteris
 ation born out of a contemporary approach to the discipline\, a particular
  approach that bridges those qualities with design through dismantling tra
 ditional understanding of the discipline\, in order to stay relevant.\n\n
 In this work\, the most important characterisation of the practice remains
  weightless: creativity\, rigour\, passion\, curiosity\, incremental innov
 ation and aesthetic appreciation. This then weaves through the projects an
 d our encounters in the wider context of economic challenges\, ecological 
 denial and political transformation in the new world order. This lecture\,
  through the examples of projects\, will show the ideas that come out of c
 onstruction\, design practice and engagement between academia and the buil
 t environment.
LOCATION:The Project room https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=SG294.22
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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