Drawing on Sketchbooks
A discussion accompanying the exhibition Opening Lines: Sketchbooks of Ten Modern Architects at the Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing
Álvaro Siza, View of Bouça, 1977 – Tony Fretton, The Lisson Gallery, February 1986 – Riet Eeckhout, The space between his head and two hands #3, detail, 2014. Images Courtesy Drawing Matter Somerset © The Architects
Date:Sunday, 16 September 2018
Introduction
This is the second Museum Dialogue celebrating the exhibition Opening Lines: Sketchbooks of Ten Modern Architects at the Tchoban Foundation Museum for Architectural Drawing. The first event took place on the occasion of the opening and featured architects Nigel Coates and Níall McLaughlin in conversation about their sketchbook practices.
This time, architect Tony Fretton spoke about the sketchbook practice of Alvaro Siza, and architect and architectural researcher Riet Eeckhout discussed her exploration of Tony Fretton’s sketchbooks, followed by a chaired debate.
Programme
Welcome and Introduction
Dunya Bouchi, Managing Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Sergei Tchoban, Founder of the Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin
Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner, Co-Curator of Opening Lines: Sketchbooks of Ten Modern Architects
Presentations and Conversation
Tony Fretton, Founding Director, Tony Fretton Architects, London: Why I have always wanted to be Alvaro Siza
Riet Eeckhout, Architect and Lecturer/Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven: Drawing on Tony
Discussion Moderator
Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner, Co-Curator of Opening Lines: Sketchbooks of Ten Modern Architects
Exhibition
Duration: 30 June – 7 October 2018
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 2-7pm, Sat-Sun 1-5pm
Place: Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Christinenstr. 18a, 10119 Berlin
For more information on the exhibition, please visit www.tchoban-foundation.de.
In collaboration with
Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing
Drawing Matte
