Date:
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location:
GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium
In Conversation with Grace La, Niels Olsen, and Fredi Fischli
Designer Petra Blaisse discusses her forthcoming publication Art Applied, Inside Out (2024), a kaleidoscopic view of her work across interior, exhibition, and landscape design over three decades. This comprehensive survey encompasses renowned projects, including the recently completed Taipei Performing Arts Center; the Kunsthal Rotterdam; Biblioteca degli Alberi in Milan, a park spanning almost ten hectares; and LocHal Library in Tilburg, a vast factory repurposed using an architecture of semitranslucent curtains. Joining the conversation are the GSD’s Grace La, Chair of the Department of Architecture; Niels Olsen, John Portman Design Critic in Architecture; and Fredi Fischli, John Portman Design Critic in Architecture.