{"id":7125,"date":"2022-03-03T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:54:53","slug":"open-lecture-adam-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/2022\/03\/03\/open-lecture-adam-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Lecture: Adam Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"shin-egashira\">Adam Bell<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 10th March 2022, 6.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [0003]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310-1467x2048.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/03\/Flyer_Bell_220310.jpg 1769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Today, our details tend to exist solely for the service of the whole structure, and become inherent particles of the whole structure &#8230; So much so that the details often fuse completely with the greater architectural form to point where it\u2019s difficult to separate them.\u2019 This proposes the question, does the architectural detail enforce the aspirations of the polemical stance of the specific site, client, brief and the aspirations of the club?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam is a former student and current Design Realisation tutor at the University of Greenwich, as well as an Architect at Foster + Partners. He will show a series of projects including his Masters thesis \u2018The Restored Commonwealth Club\u2019 and schemes undertaken at Foster + Partners. The study of The Restored Commonwealth Club is formed of the Entrance and Library, focusing on a number of mnemonic details. The club has gone through a number of transitions in line with the state of the empire and the development of the Commonwealth, the ideological charge is released through the club\u2019s details. Since being part of the Foster + Partners London studio he has collaborated on numerous projects including Mexico City Airport, a Secretariat in India, a gaming Headquarters in the United States, through to&nbsp;London\u2019s Battersea Powerstation that is under construction. To oversee and monitor the construction the studio has employed the help of Spot, a robotic dog designed by Boston Dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Bell Thursday 10th March 2022, 6.30pm Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [0003] \u2018Today, our details tend to exist solely for the service of the whole structure, and become inherent particles of the whole structure &#8230; So much so that the details often fuse completely with the greater architectural form to point where it\u2019s difficult to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}