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I hope that everyone here, or at least some of you, will be able
to attend the exciting lectures we have planned this year.

Established in 1968, the Carleton University Azrieli School of
Architecture and Urbanism's Forum Lecture Series continues to
bring some of the most acclaimed and influential international
architectural practitioners and theorists to the nation’s capital.
Speakers are selected based upon their established or emerging
reputations as leaders in their field. This opportunity to educate
students, faculty, alumni and the general public about the profession
and the impact that architecture has on design is unique in Ottawa.
Speakers in the past have included Arthur Erickson, Moshe Safdie,
Steven Holl, Massimiliano Fuksas, Peter Eisenman, Odile Decq, Daniel
Libeskind among others.

This year’s speakers come to us from all over the globe and will share
their unique perspective on the profession. Please take note that the
first lecture this year will be given by Manuelle Gautrand, on
Wednesday October 1st. Ms. Gautrand is a practising architect from
Paris best known for C42, the new Citroën automobile showroom on the
Champs-Élysées and the conversion of the Théâtre de la Gaîté Lyrique,
into a cultural centre dedicated to new media. All Forum lectures begin
at 6:00 p.m., are free for the general public, and are held at the National
Gallery of Canada Auditorium.

This year's schedule is as follows:

Wednesday October 1, 2008: Manuelle Gautrand, Paris
Wednesday October 22, 2008: Nili Portugali, Haifa
Monday November 10, 2008: Mario Botta, Lugano
Wednesday November 19, 2008: Mario Petreschi, Rome
Monday January 19, 2009: Dan Hanganu, Montréal
Wednesday March 18, 2009: Peter Buchanan, Vancouver

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See you there!
- Rob
Forum Officer (4th yr)
http://arch.carleton.ca/
http://aasa.carleton.ca/

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Manuelle Gautrand
My vision of architecture

Manuelle Gautrand was born in 1961 and qualified as an architect in 1985.
She set up her office in 1991 in Paris, where she lives and works.

In less than two decades she has developed various projects, whether built
or in study phases, ranging from housing and offices to cultural buildings,
business premises and leisure facilities. Her clients are public contracting
authorities as well as private firms in France and abroad. In 2007 she made
headlines with the opening of C42, the new Citroën automobile showroom
on the Champs-Élysées. This year has seen the start-up of the Gaîté Lyrique
work-site, converting a theatre for contemporary music and digital arts, as
well as ongoing studies for the AVA Tower at La Défense.

Gautrand has also designed several office blocks, a luxury hotel in midtown
Copenhagen and a shopping mall in Bangkok. While contending in international
consultations for towers in western Paris and in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her teaching
activity began at the Éole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris (1999-2000), and
the École d'Architecture Paris-Val-de-Seine (2000-2003). She has also
lectured and presented workshops in various European schools of
architecture.

Exhibitions presenting the work of her office include the Rencontres
Internationales d'Architecture at Orléans (Archilab 2001, 2002), the
8th and 9th International Biennale of Architecture in Venice (2002, 2004),
an exhibition at the Galerie d'Architecture in Paris (2003), and shows in
Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Monographs
on her output have been published in France and abroad, and reports on
her projects appear regularly in the press. Two films of her work - l'Art et
la Manière and Chic - were shown on ARTE Television in the spring.

http://www.manuelle-gautrand.fr/

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