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Rafael Vinoly To Visit Kendall College Of Art And Design
10.15.09 | Grand Rapids, MI | Raphael Viñoly, the creative visionary behind many of the world’s most innovative and environmentally responsible architectural designs, will visit Kendall College of Art and Design on Monday, November 9, 2009 for a roundtable discussion with a select group of Kendall and University of Michigan Taubman School of Architecture students, chosen for their submission of provocative questions, and open to the public. The event, titled “A Conversation with the Master: Raphael Viñoly,” will be the architect’s first visit to Grand Rapids since the opening of The Van Andel Institute.
“We are honored to host Mr. Viñoly for this unique event that will allow him to share his thoughts, ideas and vision,” said Dr. Oliver Evans, president of Kendall College of Art and Design. “He has helped transform the skyline of Grand Rapids to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and he has helped secure this city’s position at the forefront of energy-efficient architecture.”
The roundtable event will take place in Kendall’s Student Commons at 17 Fountain NW from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., and is free of charge. Seating is limited, so interested individuals are encouraged to arrive early. A reception and exhibition of drawings by Rafael Viñoly will follow from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. across from the college in the 2nd floor North Auditorium in the Federal Building on Pearl Street. Following the reception Mr. Viñoly will present a lecture: Form and Purpose, in the 2nd floor Cook Auditorium.
Viñoly’s work is marked by a sustained structural originality that transcends the passing fads of architectural movements. At home with both large- and small-scale projects, his recent work includes the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, to leading-edge biomedical and nanosystems research facilities such as the Van Andel Institute Phases I and II, the UCLA NanoSystems Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus in Virginia.
Note to journalists: Mr. Viñoly will have limited availability on November 9 between 3 p.m. and
4 p.m. for one-on-one meetings with journalist to discuss the future of design, LEED certification, the Van Andel Institute and other topics relevant to his work. Interested parties should contact Shirley Hubers (see above).
About Raphael Vinoly
Mr. Raphael Viñoly, a concert pianist and visionary, and one of the most significant contemporary architects, was born in Uruguay in 1944. By the age of 20, he was a founding partner of Estudio de Arquitectura, which became one of the largest design studios in Latin America. He is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires School of Architecture and Urbanism, where he received his Master of Architecture in 1969. After serving as a guest lecturer at Harvard University, he founded New York-based Raphael Viñoly Architects PC in 1983, which includes offices in London, Los Angeles and the United Arab Emirates. Viñoly’s critically acclaimed work is known throughout the world. It includes cutting edge LEED certified designs, including award-winning courthouses, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, laboratories, recreational venues, residential commissions, and commercial, industrial and educational facilities. Some of his most significant international projects include the Leicester City Performing Arts Center in the United Kingdom, the Tokyo International Forum, and the Mahler 4 Office Tower and the Atlas Building in the Netherlands. Additional examples of recent projects can be found at www.rvapc.com. Committed to civic enhancement on a human level as well, Raphael Viñoly Architects’ tuition-free Architectural Training and Research Fellowship Programs augment learning opportunities for young architects charting their own paths, proffering research opportunities not typically provided in the regular life of a project.
As a part of Ferris State University, Kendall College of Art and Design offers programs that prepare the college's graduates for professional lives as artists and designers. Kendall’s undergraduate programs include art education, art history, digital media, fine arts, furniture design, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior design, metals/jewelry, painting, photography, and sculpture and functional art. Kendall also offers the MFA in Fine Arts and the MBA with a Concentration in Design and Innovation Management. Kendall is an active community partner and annually provides over 2,000 children and adults the opportunity to pursue courses in art and design through a richly varied continuing studies program. www.kcad.edu.
“We are honored to host Mr. Viñoly for this unique event that will allow him to share his thoughts, ideas and vision,” said Dr. Oliver Evans, president of Kendall College of Art and Design. “He has helped transform the skyline of Grand Rapids to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and he has helped secure this city’s position at the forefront of energy-efficient architecture.”
The roundtable event will take place in Kendall’s Student Commons at 17 Fountain NW from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., and is free of charge. Seating is limited, so interested individuals are encouraged to arrive early. A reception and exhibition of drawings by Rafael Viñoly will follow from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. across from the college in the 2nd floor North Auditorium in the Federal Building on Pearl Street. Following the reception Mr. Viñoly will present a lecture: Form and Purpose, in the 2nd floor Cook Auditorium.
Viñoly’s work is marked by a sustained structural originality that transcends the passing fads of architectural movements. At home with both large- and small-scale projects, his recent work includes the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, to leading-edge biomedical and nanosystems research facilities such as the Van Andel Institute Phases I and II, the UCLA NanoSystems Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus in Virginia.
Note to journalists: Mr. Viñoly will have limited availability on November 9 between 3 p.m. and
4 p.m. for one-on-one meetings with journalist to discuss the future of design, LEED certification, the Van Andel Institute and other topics relevant to his work. Interested parties should contact Shirley Hubers (see above).
About Raphael Vinoly
Mr. Raphael Viñoly, a concert pianist and visionary, and one of the most significant contemporary architects, was born in Uruguay in 1944. By the age of 20, he was a founding partner of Estudio de Arquitectura, which became one of the largest design studios in Latin America. He is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires School of Architecture and Urbanism, where he received his Master of Architecture in 1969. After serving as a guest lecturer at Harvard University, he founded New York-based Raphael Viñoly Architects PC in 1983, which includes offices in London, Los Angeles and the United Arab Emirates. Viñoly’s critically acclaimed work is known throughout the world. It includes cutting edge LEED certified designs, including award-winning courthouses, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, laboratories, recreational venues, residential commissions, and commercial, industrial and educational facilities. Some of his most significant international projects include the Leicester City Performing Arts Center in the United Kingdom, the Tokyo International Forum, and the Mahler 4 Office Tower and the Atlas Building in the Netherlands. Additional examples of recent projects can be found at www.rvapc.com. Committed to civic enhancement on a human level as well, Raphael Viñoly Architects’ tuition-free Architectural Training and Research Fellowship Programs augment learning opportunities for young architects charting their own paths, proffering research opportunities not typically provided in the regular life of a project.
As a part of Ferris State University, Kendall College of Art and Design offers programs that prepare the college's graduates for professional lives as artists and designers. Kendall’s undergraduate programs include art education, art history, digital media, fine arts, furniture design, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior design, metals/jewelry, painting, photography, and sculpture and functional art. Kendall also offers the MFA in Fine Arts and the MBA with a Concentration in Design and Innovation Management. Kendall is an active community partner and annually provides over 2,000 children and adults the opportunity to pursue courses in art and design through a richly varied continuing studies program. www.kcad.edu.
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