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361 Degree Conference 2017 Special Issue.

Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK.

Cecil Balmond, Balmond Studio, UK and more...

The Buddha Principle In Green Building Design

Gautama Buddha is said to have received instruction in spiritual practices by overhearing a music teacher tell his pupils: “Do not tighten the strings too tight or they will break; do not make the too loose or there will be no music.”

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361 Degrees Design Conference 2017: Architectural Revolution

Enveloping the theme of ‘Architectural Revolution’, the 361° Conference 2017 was a thought-provoking and esoteric platform. 361° Conference in its tenth edition continues to celebrate the power of thoughts and ideas, and initiates an invigorating dialogue on architecture and design.

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Patrik Schumacher Towards A Parametric Future

Patrik Schumacher has been a designer at Zaha Hadid Architects since 1988. He is a company director and senior designer of the practice as well as a co-author and project partner on seminal projects such as the MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, the BMW Central Building in Leipzig and the Guangzhou Opera House in China. He is registered with the Architect’s Registration Board, and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

4 mins

Dr Cecile Balmond Of Research, Processes And Data

Dr Cecil Balmond OBE, is an internationally renowned artist, architect and engineer, known to transcend the conventional boundaries of the discipline, working in the crossover between art and science. Before setting up Balmond Studio in 2011, Balmond was Deputy Chairman of Arup. He was also Chairman of Arup’s European Building Division, and ran the critically acclaimed design group, AGU (Advanced Geometry Unit). Balmond currently holds the Paul Philippe Cret Chair at University of Pennsylvania. He has also been Visiting Saarinen Professor at Yale University School of Architecture, Professor at LSE Urban Cities Programme, and Visiting Kenzo Tange critic, Harvard Graduate School of Architecture.

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Manit Rastogi Algorithms In Nature

Graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and the Architectural Association, London with Honours and Distinction in Energy and Environmental Studies. He is the Founder Partner of Morphogenesis with Sonali Rastogi.Manit is a founder member of The GRIHA Council, India’s own Green rating system. As a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of GRIHA Resource Persons Group on Environment and Ecology - Lt. Governor’s Secretariat, New Delhi, Manit works with urban policy makers to spearhead initiatives with an emphasis on environmental sensibility and social welfare.

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Gokhan Avcioglu Digitised Expressions

Born in Ankara, Turkey, Gokhan Avcioglu completed his education in KSU/BA with a degree in Architecture in 1983. He is the principal and founder of GAD (Global Architectural Development).Avcioglu is a member of AIA New York Chapter, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and The Chamber of Architects Turkey (TMMOB), French National Architects Order Board and the Dutch Bureau Architectenregister.

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Nicola Saladino Integrating Systems

Nicola Saladino is founding partner of Beijing-based reMIX studio. He graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona and in 2009 he obtained his Master degree from the Landscape Urbanism program at the Architectural Association in London. He has carried out several workshops at the AA and was also a tutor at Beijing LCD (Laboratory for Computational Design) and taught in the International Foundation Course at Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts.

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Julian Treasure Designing With Ears

Julian Treasure is founder and chairman of The Sound Agency, a UK-based audio branding consultancy. Julian’s book Sound Business is the seminal work on creating intentional, effective business sound; he is regularly featured as a sound and communication expert in the world’s radio, print and web media.Julian is also a sought-after and top-rated international speaker. He collaborated with Armstrong World Industries for the introduction of Total Acoustics Ceilings.

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J. Scott Kilbourn Optimising The Digital World

Scott is a Registered Architect licensed in Massachusetts and has Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge and Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, Hanover. Scott is a Principal at Perkins Eastman with more than 30 years of experience in the design and management of architectural projects around the world. He is an expert in retail, entertainment and commercial mixeduse project types; he has also designed and master-planned projects for civic, academic and workplace uses as well. Prior to joining Perkins Eastman, he led design projects and developed offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai. 

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Vikas Dil Awari Taking The Past Into The Future

Vikas Dilawari is a practicing conservation architect with more than two and a half decades of experience exclusively in the field of conservation, with scales ranging from urbanism to architecture. He has a double masters in conservation from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and from the University of York. He was the Head of Department of Conservation at Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture, Mumbai, from its inception in 2007 to 2014. Dilawari has lectured and written extensively on the subject of conservation, nationally and internationally.

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