Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 15 September
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM
David Gianotten is a managing director of the worldwide OMA architectural practice founded by Rem Koolhaas. He is based in Hong Kong and leads OMA in the Asia Pacific region. He’ll be drawing on research he did for the Venice Architecture Biennale, talking about why it’s important to immerse yourself in a city in order to appropriately design for its culture. The new edition of Assemble Papers, which talks about some of these issues, will be released at the end of this event.
Hosted by Virginia Trioli.
A good event starts great conversations. Here’s your chance to stay back a while and meet guest speakers.
Presented in association with Naomi Milgrom Foundation and the Australian Institute of Architects. Image: Webb Bridge, by Denton Corker Marshall in collaboration with artist Robert Owen.
Featuring
David Gianotten
David Gianotten joined OMA in 2008, launched OMA’s Hong Kong office in 2009, and became partner at OMA in 2010. David Gianotten leads OMA’s large portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and he is one of the three managing directors of the worldwide OMA Holding.
Projects under his design and supervision include the Taipei Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan, the Hanwha Galleria in Busan Korea, the Taiyuan Industrial Heritage masterplan in China, and the Prince Plaza Building in Shenzhen China. David Gianotten was responsible for the recently delivered Shenzhen Stock Exchange headquarters, the end stages of the CCTV headquarters in Beijing and OMA’s conceptual masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
David Gianotten studied architecture and construction technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. Before joining OMA, he was principal architect at SeARCH in The Netherlands.
Virginia Trioli
Virginia Trioli is a journalist, broadcaster and author. She is a two-time Walkley Award-winner and lives in Melbourne with her husband and son. Her latest book, A Bit On The Side, is a celebration of Aussie food culture ...