Re_impulsive Architecture – transformation and reuse in contemporary design
Keynote lecture:
Nicolas Moreau & Hiroko Kusunoki
(Moreau Kusunoki, Paris/Tokyo)
Lead architects of the cultural renovation of Centre Pompidou 2030
After a keynote lecture by Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki, internationally acclaimed for their subtle and socially engaged architecture, the discussion will open up questions of reuse, transformation and responsibility. How do contemporary architects approach the renewal of iconic structures such as the «Centre Pompidou 2030»? What does it mean to build anew in an age of repair?
The panel will bring together voices from France, Japan, Switzerland and Germany to reflect on the future of architecture through transformation.
About Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki, Moreau Kusunoki (Paris/Tokyo). Lead architects and principal designers of Centre Pompidou 2030:
Moreau Kusunoki is a Franco-Japanese architectural practice founded by Hiroko Kusunoki and Nicolas Moreau in 2011. Their architecture is rooted in the cultural duality of our origins. This creative reconciliation is expressed in the constant interplay of different scales of space and time, in a gentle oscillation between reason and intuition.
At the heart of the practice’s work is a series of cultural and educational projects, including the award-winning proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki, the new Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies) campus in Paris, completed in late 2021, and the Powerhouse Parramatta Museum in Australia. Most recently, Moreau Kusunoki has been appointed to lead the cultural renovation for Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Language: English
Admission: Free (with Swissbau ticket) with Coupon Code «sb26-adb»
Introduction:
Christian W. Blaser, Architektur Dialoge
Keynote lecture and panel discussion with:
• Moreau Kusunoki (Paris/Tokyo)
• Stefan Wülser, Stefan Wülser + (Zürich)
• Tina Küng, DU Studio (Zürich)
• Muck Petzet (München/Berlin)
