Ar
ch
ite
ct
ur
e: S
ha
pin
g B
uil
din
gs,
Sh
ap
ing
Us
“W
e sh
ape
our
build
ings
, an
d af
terw
ards
ou
r bu
ildin
gs s
hap
e u
s.”
Win
ston
Ch
urc
hill
’s
wel
l-kn
own
qu
ote
is t
he
star
tin
g po
int
for
our
look
at
the
rela
tion
ship
bet
wee
n a
rch
itec
ture
an
d ou
r w
ay o
f liv
ing.
We
star
t w
ith
th
e ea
rly
20th
Cen
tury
, wh
en m
oder
n t
ech
nol
ogy
and
chan
gin
g so
cial
/pol
itic
al r
elat
ion
ship
s in
Wes
tern
Eu
rope
led
to n
ew t
hin
kin
g ab
out
the
form
s an
d sh
apes
of t
he
built
en
viro
nm
ent.
WW
II b
rou
ght
man
y of
th
e m
ost
inn
ovat
ive
Eu
rope
an
desi
gner
s to
th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
s. M
ich
igan
pla
yed
a la
rge,
an
d u
nde
rapp
reci
ated
, rol
e in
th
e
deve
lopm
ent
of “
Mid
-Cen
tury
Mod
ern
.” S
tim
ula
ted
by t
he
auto
indu
stry
, Sca
ndi
nav
ian
ar
chit
ects
, an
d A
mer
ican
s lik
e Fr
ank
Lloy
d W
righ
t, M
ich
igan
bec
ame
the
cen
ter
for
an o
rgan
ic
desi
gn p
hilo
soph
y th
at r
ejec
ted
the
clas
sica
l for
ms
from
an
cien
t G
reec
e an
d R
ome.
New
th
inki
ng
in t
he
desi
gn o
f fu
rnit
ure
, bu
ildin
gs, a
nd
citi
es b
oth
refl
ecte
d an
d en
cou
rage
d th
e ch
ange
s in
life
styl
e th
at p
ersi
st t
oday
. Th
e fu
ture
look
s eq
ual
ly e
xcit
ing.
Th
e di
gita
l rev
olu
tion
h
as c
han
ged
the
way
we
com
mu
nic
ate
and
it w
ill a
lso
chan
ge t
he
way
we
con
stru
ct a
nd
in
tera
ct w
ith
ou
r bu
ilt e
nvi
ron
men
t. T
her
e ar
e si
gns
that
it c
an h
elp
us
to r
enew
pla
ces
such
as
th
e ci
ty o
f Det
roit
.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan
presents
www.olli-umich.org 734-998-9351A Community Program of the Geriatrics Center
Architecture: Shaping Buildings,
Shaping UsJanuary 11 - February 22, 2018
The Third 2017-2018 Thursday Morning
Lecture Series
2401 Plymouth R
d., Suite C
Ann A
rbor, MI 48105
OLL
I O
ut o
f T
own:
Se
eing
Det
roit
fro
m t
he G
roun
d U
pTu
esda
y, A
pril
17, 2
018,
8:3
0 a.
m. -
6:0
0 p.
m.
Mee
t at M
eije
r on
Car
pent
er R
oad,
$12
9.00
Th
e tr
ip w
ill in
clud
e a
visi
t to
the
His
tori
c Je
ffer
son
Ave
nue
Pres
byte
rian
Chu
rch
and
the
Gua
rdia
n B
uild
ing,
a n
arra
ted
bus
tour
of h
isto
ric
Indi
an V
illag
e pa
ssin
g by
the
Man
oogi
an m
ansi
on, a
nd lu
nch
at th
e hi
stor
ic W
hitn
ey R
esta
uran
t man
sion
.(lun
ch, s
nack
s, a
nd ti
ps in
clud
ed)
Join
oth
er O
LLI m
embe
rs fo
r a b
oxed
lunc
h in
the
lobb
y im
med
iate
ly fo
llow
ing
the
Fe
brua
ry 2
2nd
lect
ure
for s
ome
soci
aliz
atio
n! T
he co
st is
$8.
You
can
reg
iste
r for
the
lunc
h on
line
or in
-per
son.
OLL
I will
be
host
ing
a lu
nch
once
a le
ctur
e se
ries
. Sta
y tu
ned
for
furt
her d
etai
ls!
Join
us f
or
lunc
h af
ter th
e
lectu
re! S
ee
belo
w.
Febr
uary
8
OTH
ER W
AYS
OF
DO
ING
THIN
GS: A
RCH
ITEC
TURE
AN
D U
RBAN
ACT
IVIS
MAn
ya S
irot
aAn
ya S
irota
is a
n As
sist
ant P
rofe
ssor
at t
he U
nive
rsity
of M
ichi
gan’
s Tau
bman
Col
lege
of
Arch
itect
ure
and
Urb
an P
lann
ing.
Her
inte
rdis
cipl
inar
y re
sear
ch fo
cuse
s on
cont
empo
rary
cu
ltura
l pro
duct
ion
and
its re
latio
nshi
p to
arc
hite
ctur
e an
d ur
bani
sm. S
irota
is p
rinc
ipal
of
the
awar
d-w
inni
ng d
esig
n st
udio
Ako
aki a
nd d
irect
or o
f the
Det
roit-
base
d M
ichi
gan
Ar
chite
ctur
e Pr
ep p
rogr
am. S
he h
olds
a M
aste
r in
Arch
itect
ure
from
Har
vard
’s G
radu
ate
Scho
ol o
f Des
ign
and
a B.
A. in
Mod
ern
Cul
ture
and
Med
ia fr
om B
row
n U
nive
rsity
.
Sp
eake
r’s S
ynop
sis:
In th
e af
term
ath
of M
oder
nism
’s p
erce
ived
urb
an fa
ilure
s, a
cadr
e of
ar
chite
cts i
s bec
omin
g in
crea
sing
ly a
war
e th
at a
bui
ldin
g m
ight
not
alw
ays b
e th
e be
st
solu
tion
to a
spat
ial p
robl
em. T
he le
ctur
e w
ill e
xplo
re h
ow c
erta
in p
ract
ices
are
rein
vent
ing
the
arch
itect
ural
pro
fess
ion,
repl
acin
g th
e m
odel
of t
he h
eroi
c vi
sion
ary
with
a m
ore
co
llabo
rativ
e, e
xper
imen
tal,
and
inte
rdis
cipl
inar
y ap
proa
ch to
wor
k in
the
built
env
ironm
ent.
Febr
uary
15
PLAU
SIBL
E FU
TURE
S: A
PPRO
ACH
ING
ARCH
ITEC
TURE
AN
D U
RBAN
D
ESIG
N F
ROM
A C
OM
PLEX
SYS
TEM
S PE
RSPE
CTIV
EPr
of. G
eoffr
ey T
hün
G
eoffr
ey T
hün
is A
ssoc
iate
Pro
fess
or o
f Arc
hite
ctur
e an
d As
soci
ate
Dea
n fo
r Res
earc
h an
d C
reat
ive
Prac
tice
at U
M’s
Taub
man
Col
lege
of A
rchi
tect
ure
and
Urb
an P
lann
ing.
He
is a
fo
undi
ng p
artn
er in
the
rese
arch
-bas
ed p
ract
ice
RVTR
. Thü
n ho
lds a
n M
.U.D
. fro
m th
e
Uni
vers
ity o
f Tor
onto
, and
a P
rofe
ssio
nal B
.Arc
h. a
nd B
.E.S
. fro
m th
e U
nive
rsity
of W
ater
loo.
H
e us
es a
com
plex
syst
ems a
ppro
ach
in h
is w
ork,
whi
ch ra
nges
in sc
ale
from
hig
h
perf
orm
ance
bui
ldin
gs, t
o ci
ties a
nd re
gion
al te
rrito
ries
.
Spea
ker’s
Syn
opsi
s: D
raw
ing
from
exa
mpl
es o
f Thü
n’s w
ork,
con
tem
pora
ry p
ract
ice,
and
w
hat h
e pe
rcei
ves a
s the
fron
tiers
of r
esea
rch
in a
rchi
tect
ure
and
urba
n de
sign
, thi
s tal
k w
ill
outli
ne a
man
ifest
o fo
r a fu
ture
of d
esig
n fo
r the
bui
lt en
viro
nmen
t bas
ed u
pon
prin
cipl
es o
f ec
olog
ical
and
com
plex
syst
ems.
Febr
uary
22
UPDA
TE O
N T
HE
CITY
OF
DET
ROIT
John
Gal
lagh
er
John
Gal
lagh
er is
a v
eter
an jo
urna
list w
ho h
olds
the
title
of S
enio
r Bus
ines
s Col
umni
st w
ith
the
Det
roit
Free
Pre
ss, w
here
for 3
0 ye
ars h
e ha
s cov
ered
eco
nom
ic d
evel
opm
ent i
n D
etro
it an
d el
sew
here
. He
has p
ublis
hed
seve
ral b
ooks
on
urba
n af
fair
s inc
ludi
ng R
eim
agin
ing
D
etro
it an
d Ya
mas
aki i
n D
etro
it: A
Sea
rch
for S
eren
ity, a
bio
grap
hy o
f arc
hite
ct M
inor
u
Yam
asak
i. H
e an
d hi
s wife
live
alo
ng th
e ea
st ri
verf
ront
in D
etro
it.
Sp
eake
r’s S
ynop
sis:
Thi
s lec
ture
will
pre
sent
upd
ates
on
the
maj
or n
ew d
evel
opm
ents
taki
ng
plac
e in
Det
roit
and
delv
e in
to th
e co
ntro
vers
y ov
er “
Two
Det
roits
” –
the
deba
te o
ver w
hat’s
ha
ppen
ing
in d
ownt
own
Det
roit
vers
us w
hat’s
hap
peni
ng in
the
neig
hbor
hood
s.
Architecture: Shaping Buildings, Shaping Us “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill’s
well-known quote is the starting point for our look at the relationship between architecture and our way of living. We start with the early 20th Century, when modern technology and changing social/political relationships in Western Europe led to new thinking about the forms and shapes of the built environment. WWII brought many of the most innovative European designers to the United States. Michigan played a large, and underappreciated, role in the development of “Mid-Century Modern.” Stimulated by the auto industry, Scandinavian architects, and Americans like Frank Lloyd Wright, Michigan became the center for an organic design philosophy that rejected the classical forms from ancient Greece and Rome. New thinking in the design of furniture, buildings, and cities both reflected and encouraged the changes in lifestyle that persist today. The future looks equally exciting. The digital revolution has changed the way we communicate and it will also change the way we construct and interact with our built environment. There are signs that it can help us to renew places such as the city of Detroit.
Osher L
ifelong Learning Institute
at the University of M
ichiganpresents
ww
w.olli-um
ich.org
734-998-9351A
Com
munity Program
of the Geriatrics C
enter
Ar
ch
ite
ct
ur
e:
Sha
pin
g B
uild
ing
s,
Sha
pin
g U
sJanuary 11 - February 22, 2018
The T
hird 2017-2018 T
hursday Morning
Lecture Series
2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C Ann Arbor, MI 48105
OLLI Out of Town: Seeing Detroit from the Ground Up
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Meet at Meijer on Carpenter Road, $129.00
The trip will include a visit to the Historic Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Guardian Building, a narrated bus tour of historic Indian Village passing by the Manoogian mansion, and lunch
at the historic Whitney Restaurant mansion.(lunch, snacks, and tips included)
Join other OLLI members for a boxed lunch in the lobby immediately following the February 22nd lecture for some socialization! The cost is $8. You can register for the lunch online or in-person. OLLI will be hosting a lunch once a lecture series. Stay tuned for further details!
Join us for
lunch after the
lecture! See
below.
February 8 OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ACTIVISMAnya SirotaAnya Sirota is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on contemporary cultural production and its relationship to architecture and urbanism. Sirota is principal of the award-winning design studio Akoaki and director of the Detroit-based Michigan Architecture Prep program. She holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.
Speaker’s Synopsis: In the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.
February 15 PLAUSIBLE FUTURES: APPROACHING ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN FROM A COMPLEX SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Prof. Geoffrey Thün Geoffrey Thün is Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and
Creative Practice at UM’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a founding partner in the research-based practice RVTR. Thün holds an M.U.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Professional B.Arch. and B.E.S. from the University of Waterloo. He uses a complex systems approach in his work, which ranges in scale from high performance buildings, to cities and regional territories.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Drawing from examples of Thün’s work, contemporary practice, and what he perceives as the frontiers of research in architecture and urban design, this talk will outline a manifesto for a future of design for the built environment based upon principles of ecological and complex systems.
February 22 UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DETROITJohn Gallagher John Gallagher is a veteran journalist who holds the title of Senior Business Columnist with the Detroit Free Press, where for 30 years he has covered economic development in Detroit and elsewhere. He has published several books on urban affairs including Reimagining Detroit and Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, a biography of architect Minoru Yamasaki. He and his wife live along the east riverfront in Detroit.
Speaker’s Synopsis: This lecture will present updates on the major new developments taking place in Detroit and delve into the controversy over “Two Detroits” – the debate over what’s happening in downtown Detroit versus what’s happening in the neighborhoods.
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2017-2018 Annual Membership Fee (effective from Sept. 1, 2017 - Aug. 31, 2018) $20/personThursday Morning Lecture Series #3 $30/personLuncheon on February 22 $8/personCircle your selection: Turkey & swiss, Ham & provolone, Roast beef & cheddar, Tuna salad, Chicken salad, Hummus & veggies
Write check payable to: OLLI at U of MMail to: OLLI at U of M(can also pay in person) 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan presents
Architecture: Shaping Buildings, Shaping UsJanuary 11 - February 22, 2018 (No lecture on January 25)
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.Location: Washtenaw Community College, Towsley Auditorium Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E. Huron River Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48105Look for yellow signs: “OLLI Event Here.”
Fee(s): $30 for the 6-lecture series (or $10 per lecture, payable at the door; checks preferable)
$20 for the Annual Membership Fee (effective from September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018)
On-line registration is available or send registration form and payment to:
OLLI at U of M 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
If you have questions: Phone: 734-998-9351 Website: www.olli-umich.org Email: [email protected]
This lecture series was planned by Diane Bogenrieder, Jerry Gardner, Charles Garvin, Bette Michael, Sharon Quiroz, David Seaman, Bob Shaw, Anne Smith, Ric Vix, and Al Paas (chair).
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan reserves the right to substitute speakers.
Capacity is limited to the first 500 registrants.
Lectures are cancelled whenever Ann Arbor Public Schools close due to severe weather. Call (734) 998-9351 or visit www.olli-umich.org to confirm cancellation of the day’s scheduled lecture.
For more information about Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan visit: http://www.olli-umich.org
NEW LECTURE VENUE
January 11 MICHIGAN MODERN: DESIGN THAT SHAPED AMERICA Eric J. Hill, Ph.D., FAIA
Eric Hill is a University of Michigan Professor of Practice, Emeritus in Architecture, Taubman College. His practice experience includes restoration of the Detroit Opera House and Hill Auditorium, as well as consulting work for the State Historic Preservation Office. Hill is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and completed post-graduate research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is the co-author of The AIA Guide to Detroit Architecture.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Michigan Modern is many things at once: a place and time; a design movement and cultural phenomenon; a small world of big achievements; an intersection of indigenous, imported and exported design. This presentation will provide an overview of Michigan Modern design, with a primary emphasis on the art of architecture, from early modern work of Albert Kahn to late modern work of Gunnar Birkerts.
January 18 THE ARCHITECTURE OF MINORU YAMASAKI Dale Allen Gyure, Ph.D.
Dale Allen Gyure is Professor of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University. His research focuses on American architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His books include Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College, The Chicago School-house,1856-2006: High School Architecture and Educational Reform, and the recently published Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World. Dr. Gyure serves on the Board of Directors of Docomomo Michigan and is a member of the Michigan Historic Preservation Review Board.
Speaker’s Synopsis: This presentation will provide an overview of architect Minoru Yamasaki’s most celebrated buildings and his significance to modern architecture. Yamasaki’s popularity arose from a unique form of humanist architecture which melded his interest in invoking feelings of “serenity” and “delight” with insights gained from studying historical architecture around the world. His work offered a gentler, more decorated style of modernism distanced from the obsession with function or structure that characterized much of contemporary architecture.
February 1 CRANBROOK’S ARCHITECTURE IN THREE CHAPTERS: THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT, SAARINEN’S MODERNISM, AND CRANBROOK CONTEMPORARY
Gregory M. Wittkopp, Director, Cranbrook Center for Collections and ResearchFor more than three decades, Gregory Wittkopp has been shaping and stewarding Cranbrook’s collections, first as a curator, then as the Director of Cranbrook Art Museum, and now as the Founding Director of the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Major projects include the restoration of Saarinen House and the creation of the state-of-the-art Collections Wing, a $22 million project completed in 2011. Wittkopp holds an MA in Art History from Wayne State University and a BS in Architecture from the University of Michigan.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Founded in 1904 on the edge of metropolitan Detroit, Cranbrook is many things to many people—a world-renowned graduate art academy and contemporary art museum, a prestigious college-preparatory school, a preeminent natural history and earth sciences museum, three historic house museums and gardens, and much more. What they all share is a National Historic Landmark campus that has been described as the most enchanting setting in America. Join Gregory Wittkopp as he shares the stories of Cranbrook’s architects and the legacy of its founders, newspaper publishers George and Ellen Booth.
No lecture on January 25
Architecture: Shaping Buildings, Shaping Us “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill’s
well-known quote is the starting point for our look at the relationship between architecture and our way of living. We start with the early 20th Century, when modern technology and changing social/political relationships in Western Europe led to new thinking about the forms and shapes of the built environment. WWII brought many of the most innovative European designers to the United States. Michigan played a large, and underappreciated, role in the development of “Mid-Century Modern.” Stimulated by the auto industry, Scandinavian architects, and Americans like Frank Lloyd Wright, Michigan became the center for an organic design philosophy that rejected the classical forms from ancient Greece and Rome. New thinking in the design of furniture, buildings, and cities both reflected and encouraged the changes in lifestyle that persist today. The future looks equally exciting. The digital revolution has changed the way we communicate and it will also change the way we construct and interact with our built environment. There are signs that it can help us to renew places such as the city of Detroit.
Osher L
ifelong Learning Institute
at the University of M
ichiganpresents
ww
w.olli-um
ich.org
734-998-9351A
Com
munity Program
of the Geriatrics C
enter
Ar
ch
ite
ct
ur
e:
Sha
pin
g B
uild
ing
s,
Sha
pin
g U
sJanuary 11 - February 22, 2018
The T
hird 2017-2018 T
hursday Morning
Lecture Series
2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C Ann Arbor, MI 48105
OLLI Out of Town: Seeing Detroit from the Ground Up
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Meet at Meijer on Carpenter Road, $129.00
The trip will include a visit to the Historic Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Guardian Building, a narrated bus tour of historic Indian Village passing by the Manoogian mansion, and lunch
at the historic Whitney Restaurant mansion.(lunch, snacks, and tips included)
Join other OLLI members for a boxed lunch in the lobby immediately following the February 22nd lecture for some socialization! The cost is $8. You can register for the lunch online or in-person. OLLI will be hosting a lunch once a lecture series. Stay tuned for further details!
Join us for
lunch after the
lecture! See
below.
February 8 OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ACTIVISMAnya SirotaAnya Sirota is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on contemporary cultural production and its relationship to architecture and urbanism. Sirota is principal of the award-winning design studio Akoaki and director of the Detroit-based Michigan Architecture Prep program. She holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.
Speaker’s Synopsis: In the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.
February 15 PLAUSIBLE FUTURES: APPROACHING ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN FROM A COMPLEX SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Prof. Geoffrey Thün Geoffrey Thün is Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and
Creative Practice at UM’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a founding partner in the research-based practice RVTR. Thün holds an M.U.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Professional B.Arch. and B.E.S. from the University of Waterloo. He uses a complex systems approach in his work, which ranges in scale from high performance buildings, to cities and regional territories.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Drawing from examples of Thün’s work, contemporary practice, and what he perceives as the frontiers of research in architecture and urban design, this talk will outline a manifesto for a future of design for the built environment based upon principles of ecological and complex systems.
February 22 UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DETROITJohn Gallagher John Gallagher is a veteran journalist who holds the title of Senior Business Columnist with the Detroit Free Press, where for 30 years he has covered economic development in Detroit and elsewhere. He has published several books on urban affairs including Reimagining Detroit and Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, a biography of architect Minoru Yamasaki. He and his wife live along the east riverfront in Detroit.
Speaker’s Synopsis: This lecture will present updates on the major new developments taking place in Detroit and delve into the controversy over “Two Detroits” – the debate over what’s happening in downtown Detroit versus what’s happening in the neighborhoods.
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2017-2018 Annual Membership Fee (effective from Sept. 1, 2017 - Aug. 31, 2018) $20/personThursday Morning Lecture Series #3 $30/personLuncheon on February 22 $8/personCircle your selection: Turkey & swiss, Ham & provolone, Roast beef & cheddar, Tuna salad, Chicken salad, Hummus & veggies
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan presents
Architecture: Shaping Buildings, Shaping UsJanuary 11 - February 22, 2018 (No lecture on January 25)
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.Location: Washtenaw Community College, Towsley Auditorium Morris Lawrence Building 4800 E. Huron River Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48105Look for yellow signs: “OLLI Event Here.”
Fee(s): $30 for the 6-lecture series (or $10 per lecture, payable at the door; checks preferable)
$20 for the Annual Membership Fee (effective from September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018)
On-line registration is available or send registration form and payment to:
OLLI at U of M 2401 Plymouth Rd., Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
If you have questions: Phone: 734-998-9351 Website: www.olli-umich.org Email: [email protected]
This lecture series was planned by Diane Bogenrieder, Jerry Gardner, Charles Garvin, Bette Michael, Sharon Quiroz, David Seaman, Bob Shaw, Anne Smith, Ric Vix, and Al Paas (chair).
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan reserves the right to substitute speakers.
Capacity is limited to the first 500 registrants.
Lectures are cancelled whenever Ann Arbor Public Schools close due to severe weather. Call (734) 998-9351 or visit www.olli-umich.org to confirm cancellation of the day’s scheduled lecture.
For more information about Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan visit: http://www.olli-umich.org
NEW LECTURE VENUE
January 11 MICHIGAN MODERN: DESIGN THAT SHAPED AMERICA Eric J. Hill, Ph.D., FAIA
Eric Hill is a University of Michigan Professor of Practice, Emeritus in Architecture, Taubman College. His practice experience includes restoration of the Detroit Opera House and Hill Auditorium, as well as consulting work for the State Historic Preservation Office. Hill is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and completed post-graduate research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is the co-author of The AIA Guide to Detroit Architecture.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Michigan Modern is many things at once: a place and time; a design movement and cultural phenomenon; a small world of big achievements; an intersection of indigenous, imported and exported design. This presentation will provide an overview of Michigan Modern design, with a primary emphasis on the art of architecture, from early modern work of Albert Kahn to late modern work of Gunnar Birkerts.
January 18 THE ARCHITECTURE OF MINORU YAMASAKI Dale Allen Gyure, Ph.D.
Dale Allen Gyure is Professor of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University. His research focuses on American architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His books include Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College, The Chicago School-house,1856-2006: High School Architecture and Educational Reform, and the recently published Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World. Dr. Gyure serves on the Board of Directors of Docomomo Michigan and is a member of the Michigan Historic Preservation Review Board.
Speaker’s Synopsis: This presentation will provide an overview of architect Minoru Yamasaki’s most celebrated buildings and his significance to modern architecture. Yamasaki’s popularity arose from a unique form of humanist architecture which melded his interest in invoking feelings of “serenity” and “delight” with insights gained from studying historical architecture around the world. His work offered a gentler, more decorated style of modernism distanced from the obsession with function or structure that characterized much of contemporary architecture.
February 1 CRANBROOK’S ARCHITECTURE IN THREE CHAPTERS: THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT, SAARINEN’S MODERNISM, AND CRANBROOK CONTEMPORARY
Gregory M. Wittkopp, Director, Cranbrook Center for Collections and ResearchFor more than three decades, Gregory Wittkopp has been shaping and stewarding Cranbrook’s collections, first as a curator, then as the Director of Cranbrook Art Museum, and now as the Founding Director of the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Major projects include the restoration of Saarinen House and the creation of the state-of-the-art Collections Wing, a $22 million project completed in 2011. Wittkopp holds an MA in Art History from Wayne State University and a BS in Architecture from the University of Michigan.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Founded in 1904 on the edge of metropolitan Detroit, Cranbrook is many things to many people—a world-renowned graduate art academy and contemporary art museum, a prestigious college-preparatory school, a preeminent natural history and earth sciences museum, three historic house museums and gardens, and much more. What they all share is a National Historic Landmark campus that has been described as the most enchanting setting in America. Join Gregory Wittkopp as he shares the stories of Cranbrook’s architects and the legacy of its founders, newspaper publishers George and Ellen Booth.
No lecture on January 25
Architecture: Shaping Buildings, Shaping Us “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill’s
well-known quote is the starting point for our look at the relationship between architecture and our way of living. We start with the early 20th Century, when modern technology and changing social/political relationships in Western Europe led to new thinking about the forms and shapes of the built environment. WWII brought many of the most innovative European designers to the United States. Michigan played a large, and underappreciated, role in the development of “Mid-Century Modern.” Stimulated by the auto industry, Scandinavian architects, and Americans like Frank Lloyd Wright, Michigan became the center for an organic design philosophy that rejected the classical forms from ancient Greece and Rome. New thinking in the design of furniture, buildings, and cities both reflected and encouraged the changes in lifestyle that persist today. The future looks equally exciting. The digital revolution has changed the way we communicate and it will also change the way we construct and interact with our built environment. There are signs that it can help us to renew places such as the city of Detroit.
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OLLI Out of Town: Seeing Detroit from the Ground Up
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Meet at Meijer on Carpenter Road, $129.00
The trip will include a visit to the Historic Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Guardian Building, a narrated bus tour of historic Indian Village passing by the Manoogian mansion, and lunch
at the historic Whitney Restaurant mansion.(lunch, snacks, and tips included)
Join other OLLI members for a boxed lunch in the lobby immediately following the February 22nd lecture for some socialization! The cost is $8. You can register for the lunch online or in-person. OLLI will be hosting a lunch once a lecture series. Stay tuned for further details!
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February 8 OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ACTIVISMAnya SirotaAnya Sirota is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on contemporary cultural production and its relationship to architecture and urbanism. Sirota is principal of the award-winning design studio Akoaki and director of the Detroit-based Michigan Architecture Prep program. She holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.
Speaker’s Synopsis: In the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.
February 15 PLAUSIBLE FUTURES: APPROACHING ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN FROM A COMPLEX SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Prof. Geoffrey Thün Geoffrey Thün is Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and
Creative Practice at UM’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a founding partner in the research-based practice RVTR. Thün holds an M.U.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Professional B.Arch. and B.E.S. from the University of Waterloo. He uses a complex systems approach in his work, which ranges in scale from high performance buildings, to cities and regional territories.
Speaker’s Synopsis: Drawing from examples of Thün’s work, contemporary practice, and what he perceives as the frontiers of research in architecture and urban design, this talk will outline a manifesto for a future of design for the built environment based upon principles of ecological and complex systems.
February 22 UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DETROITJohn Gallagher John Gallagher is a veteran journalist who holds the title of Senior Business Columnist with the Detroit Free Press, where for 30 years he has covered economic development in Detroit and elsewhere. He has published several books on urban affairs including Reimagining Detroit and Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, a biography of architect Minoru Yamasaki. He and his wife live along the east riverfront in Detroit.
Speaker’s Synopsis: This lecture will present updates on the major new developments taking place in Detroit and delve into the controversy over “Two Detroits” – the debate over what’s happening in downtown Detroit versus what’s happening in the neighborhoods.
