THOMAS HERZOG, TO SPEAK ON
"SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY"
AT PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN,
OPEN TO PUBLIC AND FREE OF CHARGE

Second Annual Michael Kalil Lecture and Fellowship Awards
Thomas Herzog: "Sustainable Architecture and Technology – Research, Development, Design"
Lecture: Thursday, April 10th, 6:15pm
Tishman Hall, New School University, 66 West 12th Street (and 6th Ave)
Open to the public and free of charge

Parsons Department of Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting is pleased to announce the Second Annual Michael Kalil Lecture, featuring celebrated German architect, Thomas Herzog.

An international pioneer in ecologically-minded, energy-conscious building, Herzog will speak on "Sustainable Architecture and Technology – Research, Development, Design." He will address the challenges of integrating conflicting, complex systems into coherent buildings using his own buildings, projects, and products as context.

"Architects are concerned with complex systems, which they have to treat in a holistic way, from the theoretical concept to the practical use," Herzog explained.

Herzog's built works include the 1982 Richter estate in Munich, viewed as an icon of modern solar architecture, and the 1993 Design Centre at Linz. The unique facade construction of the Linz Design Center, which allows the building to remain light without overheating, is now mass-produced. Herzog's other designs, including the energy-efficient oscillating roof unveiled at the 1999 Hanover Trade fair, and the elegant, famed "EXPO Roof," make him a leader in environmentally conscious design.

In addition to Herzog's lecture, the 2003 Michael Kalil Memorial Travel / Study Fellowship Awards will also be announced. A total of six fellowships are awarded to two groups of students and practitioners: the first group of four awards is made to students and faculty in the Department of Architecture, Parsons School of Design. The second group of two fellowships is for non-members of Parsons' Department of Architecture. The fellowships support projects or courses of study that will increase the recipients' understanding of the intersections between nature and technology.

The lecture is sponsored by the Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design, the Department of Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting at Parsons School of Design, and The New School University. The Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design was established by Parsons Department of Architecture in 2001, in memory of designer Michael Kalil. The mission of the Endowment is twofold: to foster the understanding of the design intersections between nature and technology and to support a heightened sense of responsibility for increasing the sustainability of built environments.

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The Department of Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting represents a bold initiative at Parsons School of Design to take a lead role in establishing new curricular relationships between these disciplines. With a faculty drawn from all three professional communities in New York City, the Department's unprecedented inter-disciplinary design education distinguishes Parsons among schools of architecture and design. Students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels examine the designed environment in all of its complex forms, multiple scales, and diverse social practices, from landscapes to furniture, cities to performance spaces. Adept in digital design and drafting, lighting and material technologies, history and cultural theory, students acquire a keen grasp of how subtle variations of space, form, texture, color and light affect the end user. Students' interdisciplinary training and digital expertise provide them with a range of career opportunities in the design world.

Parsons School of Design, a division of New School University, is one of the largest degree-granting colleges of art and design in the nation. Currently enrolled are about 2,400 undergraduate students, 500 graduate students, and 2,500 non-degree students from all 50 of the United States and from 60 countries. Parsons' main campuses are located in New York City's Greenwich Village and Midtown Manhattan. In addition, Parsons has affiliate schools in Paris, France; Kanazawa, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and at Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic. Undergraduate degrees are offered in Architectural Design, Communication Design, Design and Management, Design and Technology, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Product Design. Graduate degrees are granted in Architecture, Design and Technology, Lighting Design, Painting and Sculpture, Photography, and the History of Decorative Arts. For further information on Parsons, call 212-229-8910 or visit the Web site at www.parsons.edu.