Lecture: “Piquant Motivations”
With an extraordinary Open Architecture Lecture, legendary architect and lecturer Sir Peter Cook will take the stage with a presentation “Piquant Motivations”, which will be supplemented by a quick overview of Archigram 10. The lecture will examine the topics “The piquancy of the isolated object”, “The insidious charm of vegetation” and “Odd skins and clothing” through the prism of architecture, but will also seek an answer to the question, is color analogous to chatter?
Professor Sir Peter Cook, founder of Archigram, former Director the Institute for Contemporary Art, London (the ICA) and Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London has been a dominant figure in the architectural world for over half a century. His ongoing contribution to architectural innovation was recognised in 2007 when he was knighted by the Queen for his services to architecture. Cook’s achievements with radical experimentalist group Archigram have been the subject of numerous publications and public exhibitions and were recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2002, when members of the group were awarded the RIBA’s highest award, the Royal Gold Medal.
Cook’s continuing work as a lecturer of considerable renown makes him a familiar voice within cultural institutions around the world. With his team of architects and innovators, he continues to make waves with visionary architecture built around the world.
