MDC – Marion Weiss, FAIA, and Michael Manfredi, FAIA: Expanded Territories

Filmed October 2017

In this 60-minute course filmed live at the 2017 Monterey Design Conference, Marion Weiss, FAIA, and Michael Manfredi, FAIA, illustrate how movement, light and materiality actively shape how participants perceive and experience environments.

Through their museums, visitor centers, colleges, embassies, technology centers and waterfront parks, Marion and Michael describe how they push the boundaries of design to shape contemporary culture and to create buildings and open spaces that serve as models for urban ecology.

Presenter:
Marion Weiss, FAIA and Michael Manfredi, FAIA

MDC – Sou Fujimoto: Between Nature and Architecture

Filmed October 2017

With a gentle presence and soft wit, Sou describes his ethereal installation at London's Serpentine Gallery, the infinite forest of books that comprises one of Japan's most distinguished libraries, his magical tree-inspired high-rise residential tower in southern France and, of course, his toilet in nature.

Presenter:
Sou Fujimoto

MDC - Julie Eizenberg, FAIA: Urban Hallucinations

Filmed October 2017

Showcasing recent affordable housing, apartments, libraries, public spaces and places of worship projects, Julie illustrates strategies for creating informal social interaction within, and between, buildings. And through her firm’s urban research and a personal account of life and work in the Los Angeles region, Julie deftly walks us through her "urban hallucinations."

Presenter:
Julie Eizenberg, FAIA

MDC – Shohei Shigematsu, OMA: Light, Movement and Shadow

In this 60-minute course film Filmed October 2017

Shohei captivates his audience with his wit, incisive analogies and over 500 stunning images of his remarkable projects and collaborations with artists.

Presenter:
Shohei Shigematsu

MDC – Dominique Jakob: Jakob + MacFarlane

Filmed October 2017

Dominique describes how the structure, shapes and cladding of her museums, libraries, office buildings and housing projects were digitally conceived and executed through collaborations with artists and fabricators. She concludes her keynote with a fascinating short video “Augmenting the Invisible” that animates and brings to life a simple sketch.

Presenter:
Dominique Jakob

MDC – Jeff Goldstein: Building Walls: Meaning + Mass

Filmed October 2017

With passion and a bit of social commentary, Jeff highlights six of his recent projects to illustrate how to create meaningful places that empower and inspire people to be more creative, productive, and fulfilled.

Presenter:
Jeff Goldstein, AIA

MDC – Dorte Mandrup: Buildings and Conditions

Filmed October 2017

Among the projects Dorte presents are the expressive cantilever of the steel Salling Tower, the wooden truss of the Icefjord Center that bridges the rugged landscape, and the thatched roof of the Wadden Sea Centre that interprets the local building tradition and rural farmhouse typology of the region.

Presenter:
Dorte Mandrup