The Happold Trust Presents: Thom Mayne on Performalism

CES HSW: 1.5 When: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 Where: At The Center Please join the Happold Trust for a fundraising event for Engineers Without Borders. Keynote speaker architect Thom Mayne, FAIA, will lecture on Performalism. What is the nature of the relationship between environmental performance and formal architecture? How can the boundaries between performance drive design and formalism be broken down? Through discussion of select projects including the San Francisco Federal Building, 41 Cooper Square (the new academic building at the Cooper Union) and the forthcoming Phare Tower in Paris, Thom Mayne will discuss his firm’s evolving integrated approach to design and environmental performance. Price: $15 for students and members of AIANY, ASHRAE NY, and Engineers without Borders, and Buro Happold employees; $20 for non-members Cash will be accepted at the door. Please bring membership cards or student ID to the event. All proceeds from this event will go to the New York professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-NY). Introductions: Tony Schirripa, AIA, IIDA, AIANY President Michael Dickson, Chairman, Happold Trust Speaker: Thom Mayne, FAIA, Morphosis