Join Alex Ely, founding director of Mæ, and Smith Mordak, Director of Sustainability and Physics at Buro Happold to talk about Mæ's new book ’Towards a Resilient Architecture’
This polemical book considers how we can create sustainable designs which promote social equity, whilst working within our planet’s limits.
Using key examples of built and unbuilt projects by the practice, the discussion will explore the interconnected social, sustainable, and spatial principles that underpin the design of more inclusive and environmentally conscientious buildings and places.
The discussion will be chaired by Rosie Murphy from the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN)
The Architecture Foundation, in association with the Barbican, presents Architecture on Stage – a programme of talks by the world's leading architects.
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Biographies
Alex Ely is founding director of Mæ, an architect and town planner. He has led large scale masterplans, multi-award winning pioneering housing projects, innovative social infrastructure work and policy best practice guidance for national and regional government and their agencies. Mæ’s Sands End Arts & Community Centre is currently shortlisted for the RIBA’s Stirling Prize.
Smith Mordak is a multi-award-winning architect, engineer, writer, curator and the director of sustainability and physics at British engineering firm Buro Happold.
Rosie Murphy is the Diversity & Solidarity Coordinator, and Co-Coordinator of the Education Group within the Architect’s Climate Action Network. She is an Advocate for the Black Females in Architecture network, a mentor for Homegrown Plus, and a recent Part 2 graduate from the Sustainable MArch at The Centre For Alternative Technology. Rosie now works at the social enterprise Matt+Fiona, where young people are asked how their built environment might be improved, educating, and empowering them to bring that vision to life through installations and built projects. Through her work, volunteering and personal projects, she seeks to bring environmental and socially inclusive design methods together.
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Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
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