AAI Lecture

Only getting around to writing about this now. Randomly turned up at an Architectural Association of Ireland lecture in Trinity college on Thursday 11th. Eero Koivisto, a swedish architect gave a talk. He was amusing, had a good sense of humour.
He talked about many of his projects: converting a water tower to a house in Notting Hill, a design shop etc building in Japan, designs for the Italian company Cappellini: sofa with moving middle, and saucepan; an art exhibition space in Marfa, Texas (which is this town in middle America with thriving art community if I remember correctly), amongst others.
The auditorium was packed. It's fab how interested architects are in listening to each other and keeping up-to-date and it's not your civil-service do-a-course-during-work-hours - actually it probably is, cos it's not unusual for architects to still be at work well after the lecture finished at about 9!
Eero's parting words were what he views as vital for any practising architect or indeed designer:

• Curiosity
• Self-criticism
• Passion

http://www.claesson-koivisto-rune.se/