November 18, 2014, 1–6 pm
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
National Design Centre
111 Middle Rd, Singapore
Theme: Designing to save…
Format:
Format: Player 1 introduces Player 2, who makes an 8-minute presentation completing the phrase “Designing to save…” (for example, “Designing to save the environment” or “Designing to save my neighborhood” or “Designing to save the skyscraper”). Player 1 then interviews Player 2 for 8 minutes. Next, Player 2 introduces Player 3, who presents for 8 minutes and then is interviewed for 8 minutes. The process continues until the last Player introduces Player 1 who finally gets to present and be interviewed.
Players:
Kelley Cheng, designer and editor of Singapore Architect magazine
Topic: Designing to save our sanity
Chan Heng Chee, social scientist, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore, former Singaporean ambassador to the United States
Topic: Designing to save social capital
Will Bruder, architect, Phoenix, Arizona
Topic: Designing to save our sense of place and time
Shalini Ganendra, art gallery owner, Kuala Lumpur
Topic: Designing to save the art experience
Cheong Yew Kuan, architect, Singapore and Bali
Topic: Designing to save a craft
Tang Ling-Nah, artist, Singapore, with Wu Huei Siang and Quek Li-En, architectural designers, atelier | small, Singapore
Topic: Designing to save transitory spaces in the city
Respondent:
Soo Chan, architect, SCDA, Singapore
Convenors:
Ken Yeang, architect, Hamzah & Yeang, Kuala Lumpur and London
Clifford Pearson, deputy editor-in-chief, Architectural Record, New York
Schedule:
1–2 pm: Registration and networking
2–4:15 pm: Presentations and Interviews
4:15–4:45pm: Debate on the question, "Can designers save the world or must save their profession first?"
4:45–5:15pm: Questions and Answers
5:15–6pm: Reception
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Supporting Organizations: DesignSingapore Council, Architectural Record, Italiani a Singapore, Jupiter 57
For more information on the sponsors & oragnizers, click here.
Past Event: April 25, 2014
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Architectural Association
36 Bedford Square, London
Theme: Design and Geography
Digital technologies and air travel have altered our perception of distance and the relationships between regions, countries, and cities. While the globe may be a smaller place today and many designers in the UK may be busy in Asia, geography still matters. How do architects in the West approach their projects on the other side of the world? How do ideas and strategies from one place affect work in another? How do notions of identity and culture influence architecture, planning, and design? Are new forms of practice (such as firms based in multiple locations and multi-nodal collaborations) changing the character of work or merely blurring differences?
Format:
Format: Player 1 introduces Player 2, who makes a short, 5-minute presentation. Player 1 then interviews Player 2 for 5 minutes. Player 2 introduces Player 3, who makes a 5-minute presentation and gets interviewed for 5 minutes. Repeat until Player 7 introduces Player 1, who finally gets to make a presentation and be interviewed. The result is a lively sequential dialogue on the topic of Design and Geography.
Players:
Paul Finch, programme director, World Architecture Festival [video]
Christopher Lee, principal, Serie Architects [video]
Sam Jacoby, professor, Architectural Association [video]
Emily So, Engineer, University of Cambridge [video]
Mustafa Chehabeddine, architect, Kohn Pedersen Fox [video]
Melissa Woolford, founder, Museum of Architecture [video]
Shahira Fahmy, architect, Cairo; and assistant professor, Columbia University, GSAPP [video]
Respondent:
Lillian Tay, Veritas Design Group, Kuala Lumpur
Convenors:
Ken Yeang, Ken Yeang Design International (UK), Hamzah & Yeang (Malaysia)
Clifford Pearson, Architectural Record
Click here to view all videos from the 2014 London event »
Past Event: July 5, 2013
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Studio-X Beijing
A103, 46 Fangjia Hutong, Andingmen Inner Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China 100007
Topic: Design and Time
Everything happens faster in China. Buildings go up, neighborhoods come down, and entire new cities emerge in the blink of an eye. Like all major metropolises in China, Beijing has been dramatically transformed during the past 30 years. But places of historic or political importance—such as the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square—have been preserved, creating stark contrasts between old and new. As a result, Beijing serves as an excellent backdrop for a fast-paced examination of design and time. Does the speed of current projects in the region or elsewhere affect the quality of the buildings produced? Can faster ever be better? How can modern architecture fit into historic settings? What do the buildings we design say about the time in which we live? These are some of the questions participants will address at this event.
Players:
Aric Chen, curator of design & architecture, M+, Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong [video]
Mark Dytham, principal, Klein-Dytham Architects, Tokyo, Japan [video]
Ma Yansong, founding principal, MAD Architects, Beijing, China [video]
Yeohlee Teng, fashion designer, YEOHLEE Inc, New York, US [video]
Liu Thai-Ker, director, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, Singapore[video]
Bernice Chauly, writer, teacher, festival curator, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [video]
Bryan Tarrant, director of design, Cheng Chung Design, Hong Kong [video]
Respondent:
Yung Ho Chang, principal, Atelier FCJZ, Beijing, China [video]
Tiantian Xu, founding principal, DnA_Design and Architecture, Beijing, China [video]
Conveners:
Clifford Pearson, Architectural Record
Ken Yeang, TR Hamzah & Yeang/Llewelyn Davies Yeang
Click here to view all videos from the 2013 Beijing event »
Past Event: January 17, 2013
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Pacific Regency Suites
KH Tower, Jalan Punchak, Off Jalan P.Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Topic: Design and Scale: Does Size Matter?
At a time when hundreds of millions of people are moving to new and existing cities and skyscrapers are reaching ever higher, how can we maintain a sense of proportion and human scale in what we design and build? Is there still a place for the small, alongside the big?
Players: Igor Peraza (architect, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Spain and Shanghai); Ang Wen Hsia (architect, WHBC Architects, Kuala Lumpur); Isadora Chai (chef and food stylist, Bistro à Table, Kuala Lumpur); Lai Siew Hong (interior designer, Blu Water Studio Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur); Colin Seah (designer, Ministry of Design/MOD, Singapore); Jo Kukathas (actor, writer, and theatre director, Kuala Lumpur); Minsuk Cho (architect, MASS Studies, Seoul); Leon van Schaik (architect and educator, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia)
Respondent: Lillian Tay (architect - Veritas Design Group, Kuala Lumpur); Laurence Liauw (architect, SPADA Ltd. & Associate Professor (part time) at The University of Hong Kong)
Conveners: Clifford Pearson (Architectural Record); Ken Yeang (TR Hamzah & Yeang/Llewelyn Davies Yeang)
Event Coordinator: Monie Mohariff
For more information on the program, players, respondents, and sponsors, go to: www.colours360.com
View a clip of the 2013 Kuala Lumpur Design Roulette »
View a clip of an interview with Ken Yeang and Clifford Pearson on NTV 7, Kuala Lumpur.
This event was organized in partnership with the Malaysian Interior Industry Partners Association, whose members and associates are the sponsors. Sponsors: Luxx Newhouse, C.I.S Network Sdn Bhd, CAN-I, dds contracts & interior solutions sdn bhd, Seamaster Paints, Artmatrix Technology, Bina Warehouse, and Nippon Paint. For more information on the sponsors & partners, click here.
Past Event: April 26, 2012
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine
9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Players: Architecture: Between Beauty and Ethics
At a time when the gap between the rich and everyone else is growing wider in many parts of the world, can architects help bridge the divide? What responsibilities do architects, planners, developers, and design professionals have to larger societal goals? Are aesthetics separate from ethics? Can buildings look good and do good too?
Players: Hitoshi Abe (Atelier Hitoshi Abe and UCLA/Japan and U.S.); Rocco Yim (Rocco Design Architects/Hong Kong); David Gianotten (OMA/Hong Kong); Eric Schuldenfrei (HKU/Hong Kong); Michael Lai Kam-Cheung (St. James Settlement/Hong Kong); Shideh Shaygan (Shaygan Architects/Hong Kong); Donald Choi (Nan Fung Development/Hong Kong); Joo Ryung Kim (JRK Associates/South Korea)
Co-Moderator: Douglas Young (Goods of Desire/Hong Kong); Curator/Moderator: Marisa Yiu (ESKYIU/Hong Kong)
Respondent: Laurence Liauw (SPADA/Hong Kong); Organizers: Marisa Yiu & Eric Schuldenfrei
Conveners: Clifford Pearson (Architectural Record) & Ken Yeang (TR Hamzah & Yeang/Llewelyn Davies Yeang)
Co-Presenters: Asia Society—Hong Kong Center; AIA Hong Kong. Sponsored by: Luxx Newhouse Group; Tai Ping; Dornbacht. Supporting Organizations: The Hong Kong Institute of Architects; eskyiu; ANI-IMC; VADI. Media Partners: Architectural Record; Perspective Magazine.
For more information on the sponsors & partners, click here.
Past Event: September 23, 2011
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Shanghai Study Centre, The University of Hong Kong
No. 298 North Suzhou Road
Hongkou District, Shanghai 200085
Players: Rossana Hu [video] (Neri & Hu Design Research Office); Li Hu [video] (Open Architecture, Beijing. Former partner of Steven Holl);
Marco Goldschmied [video] (Marco Goldschmied Foundation, London. Former partner of Richard Rogers); Laurence Liauw [video] (University of Hong Kong); David Nieh [video] (Shui On); Paul Tang [video] (University of Southern California and Verse); Sally Wu [video] (Act 1, fashion designer, New York);
Moderators: Clifford Pearson (Architectural Record); Ken Yeang (TR Hamzah & Yeang/Llewelyn Davies Yeang)
Respondent: Zhang Ke (AECOM Architecture)
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Sponsored by: Haworth, Luxx Newhouse, Marco Goldschmied Foundation, The Waterhouse at South Bund, University of Hong Kong's Shanghai Study Centre, AECOM, Architectural Record. For more information on the sponsors & partners, click here.
Past Event: December 14, 2010
Design Roulette: A Sequential Dialogue
Singapore Institute of Architects, Auditorium
79 Neil Road Singapore 088904
Topic: Critical issues facing the design and development communities in Asia, including green architecture, innovation, smart planning, hyper-development, cross-border ventures, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Participants: Soo K. Chan [video] (SCDA, Singapore); Kay Ngee Tan [video] (Kay Ngee Tan Architects, Singapore); Richard Hassell [video] (WOHA, Singapore); Lyndon Neri (Neri + Hu, Shanghai); Alex Cho (Jumeirah Development, Singapore) Robert Whitlock (KPF, New York); Tim Johnson (NBBJ, New York) Danwen Xing (artist, Beijing)
Moderators: Dr. Ken Yeang (Hamzah & Yeang/Llewelyn Davies Yeang, KL/London), Clifford Pearson (Architectural Record, New York)
Click here to view all videos from the 2010 event »
Sponsored by: Meinhardt, Luxx Newhouse, and Artwright / Supported by: Singapore Institute of Architects, AA Asia, Design Singapore Council, Architectural Record, Ani-IMC & Singapore Airline, Dragages Singapore. For more information on the sponsors & partners, click here.