Events

Visitors at an information lecture June 2019 Open Day, University Park (1)

ACT- Guest-Seminar-March 2022

Date: 16/03/2022 (11:00-13:00)
Location:: Marmont Centre
Description: The ACT Research Group from the University of Nottingham kindly invite you to their seminar with guest speaker, David Ames, Executive Director, Stewardship and Development, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation. In this seminar, the story of Letchworth from its inception to today will be explored. This will include a discussion on how we ensure Letchworth continues a great place to live, to improve live chances for people and to provide people with a healthy environment are our objectives and the modern challenges of meeting Letchworth's growth requirements, applying a modern interpretation of these values and design principles.

ACT Guest Seminar - 1st December 2021

Date: 01/12/2021 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: B38 Lenton Firs
Description: The ACT Research Group from the University of Nottingham kindly invite you to their seminar with guest speaker, Dr Richard Hayes. In this talk, architectural historian Richard W. Hayes focuses on three of Moore's eight houses to delineate a portrayal of the designer. As experimental works, the houses evince Moore's interest in the role of memory, the importance of the sensing body, and contrasts between high art and pop culture.

ACT Guest Seminar- November 2021

Date: 03/11/2021 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: B38 Lenton Firs
Description: The ACT Research Group from the University of Nottingham are hosting a seminar from guest speaker, Dr Nader El-Bizri. Nader El-Bizri is a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Intellectual History at Durham University and a Professor of Civilization Studies and Philosophy at the American University of Beirut. This talk focuses on the confluences of the architectural-pictorial arts with the optical-mathematical sciences within the Perspectiva traditions that unfolded in the European milieu from the High Middle ages and up to the early-modern epoch, and passing by the Italian Renaissance.

ACT Seminar - October 2021

Date: 06/10/2021 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: B38 Lenton Firs
Description: The ACT Research Group warmly invite you to attend their Wednesday seminar with guest speaker, Dr Arthur Piper. Arthur Piper is an award-winning writer and editor. His journalism has appeared in a wide range of publications in the UK, Europe and the US, including The Times, The Telegraph, and The Daily Mail.

ACT Guest Seminar - June 2021

Date: 16/06/2021 (12:00-13:00)
Location:: mircosoft teams
Description: The ACT Research Group at the University of Nottingham are hosting a seminar with guest speaker, Efthymios Kapsalis. This seminar intends to explore the societal and developmental importance of designing for inclusion whether in the macro-, meso-, or micro-scale. It will feature an up-to-date outlook of accessibility conditions in the built environment, supported by findings from socio-spatial studies.

ACT-Guest-Seminar - May 2021

Date: 05/05/2021 (12:00-13:00)
Location:: Microsoft Teams
Description: This seminar is being hosted by the ACT Research Group at the University of Nottingham. Guest speaker includes Executive Director David Ames. David is a Chartered Town Planner and qualified surveyor and is responsible for strategic town planning, heritage and environment matters. He has 26 years experience in private and public sectors and returned to the Heritage Foundation in 2011, following working for us between 1997 to 2002.

Working at Home: Architects during the Pandemic in China - February 2021

Date: 03/02/2021 (10:00-11:00)
Location:: Zoom
Description: The exhibition Working at Home: Architects during the Pandemic in China shows the spatial condition of homeworking by Chinese architects during the Pandemic. It also showcases recent work of Chinese architectural practices to demonstrate the current thinking of how to be at home in the city during and after the pandemic.

ACT-Guest-Seminar-September 2020

Date: 02/09/2020 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: ACT Teams - Office 365
Description: A seminar about the practice of observational drawing to provide insights into the lived experience of Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.

ACT Guest Seminar - June 2020

Date: 03/06/2020 (13:00-14:00)
Location:: Microsoft Teams
Description: A seminar about the lived, active and moving body to be fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world.

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Upcoming Events

Our next public events are two exhibitions in London and Nottingham, with guided tours available, to celebrate the publication of Dr Bernadette Devilat's book: Digital Records, Heritage Conservation and Post-earthquake Re-onstruction in Chile https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003172147/digital-records-heritage-conservation-post-earthquake-re-construction-chile-bernadette-devilat

They showcase the visual work underpinning the research published in the book. Come and explore 3D laser scanning architectural representations, images, videos and 3D printed models of the heritage villages of Tarapacá, Zúñiga, and Lolol in Chile, as captured after, before and during the reconstruction processes carried out in response to the 2005 and 2010 earthquakes.

London: 28 May- 16 June

Opening Times: 28 May - 16 June

Opening times: Weekdays 10:00am to 17:00pm

Embassy of Chile

Ground floor

37-41 Old Queen Street

London

SW1H 9JA

The opening reception of the exhibition is on the 28th of May 2025, from 17.30 to 19.00. The event is free and open to all, but the space has a limited capacity, so registration is required on this link: Exhibition opening: Digital Records & Heritage Conservation in Chile Tickets, Wed 28 May 2025 at 17:30 | Eventbritehttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-opening-digital-records-heritage-conservation-in-chile-tickets-1358975595589?aff=oddtdtcreator

Guided tours with the author are available on the 28th of May from 10.30 to 17.00. Drop-in, no need to book.

Nottingham: 20 June - 1 August

Opening times: 09.00am to 16.00pm (TBC)

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

University of Nottingham

Marmont Cafe, Ground Floor Marmont Building

University Park

Nottingham

NG7 2RD

10 min guided tours with the author are available to book here: Guided tour EXHIBITION: Digital Records, Heritage Conservation and Post-earthquake Re-construction in Chile https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/5d3848d54e274e3c99f903f424d5c61d%40nottingham.ac.uk/meetingtype/D_qMzs-pi0aqoXsd6Z2CPA2?anonymous&isanonymous=true