'After_Image: The Architecture of the Plan' by Donald Bates

The Department of Architecture and Design cordially invites you to a public lecture by Donald Bates entitled "After_Image: The Architecture of the Plan." All are welcome.

On the presenter

Donald Bates is the design director of LAB Architecture Studio in Melbourne, Australia, an international architectural practice that pursues the formulation of original and challenging contemporary building projects that reveal the social dimensions of space.
Bates received his bachelor degree from the University of Houston in 1978, and his Masters degree from the Cranbrook Academy of art in 1980, studying with Daniel Libeskind. He acted as associate architect to Libeskind on both the Berlin: City Edge competition entry, and the extension to the Berlin Museum competition entry (now referred to as the Jewish Museum). He taught at the Architectural Association in London (1983-89, 93-95) and he founded an independent architectural school, the Laboratory of Primary Studies in Architecture (LoPSiA) in 1990, operating in Paris and at Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation at Briey.

On Lab Architecture Studio

Lab Architecture Studio is itself a laboratory of architectural speculation with an international reputation in contemporary architectural design. It has been the recipient of numerous awards for work that has been widely published. This includes Melbourne's new civic, cultural and commercial center, containing the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the Australian Center for the Moving Image (ACMI), and a national TV broadcasting center. In July, 2009 the National Gallery presented an exhibition, Draw the Line, which illuminated the process of architectural design through the extraordinary practice of LAB Architecture Studio.
Many architectural projects in the Middle East and Asia are generated based solely on the visual representation of a discreet object. Using a series of recent projects by LAB to formulate this proposition, Donald Bates' lecture will look at re-emphasizing the power and consequence of the plan in the formation of a progressive architectural project.