AA Landscape Urbanism History and Theory tutor Douglas Spencer will present a keynote lecture at the Nordic Association of Architectural Research Annual Conference, 2010, in Tampere, Finland on 23 April. In 'Complexity without Contradiction: Cybernetics, Architecture and Enchantment' he will present a critique of the reduction of thought to information in cybernetics and its use within architecture to serve contemporary mechanisms of organisational control. http://www.tut.fi/units/ark/pdfs/NAAR2010Conference.pdf-From 2015-16- The Landscape Urbanism will be a MArch (16 months) /MSc (12 months) studio-based programme designed for students with prior academic and professional qualifications. It comprises a design studio, interrelated workshops and a series of lectures and seminars that form the core of project development.
DOUGLAS SPENCER IN TEMPERE
AA Landscape Urbanism History and Theory tutor Douglas Spencer will present a keynote lecture at the Nordic Association of Architectural Research Annual Conference, 2010, in Tampere, Finland on 23 April. In 'Complexity without Contradiction: Cybernetics, Architecture and Enchantment' he will present a critique of the reduction of thought to information in cybernetics and its use within architecture to serve contemporary mechanisms of organisational control. http://www.tut.fi/units/ark/pdfs/NAAR2010Conference.pdf