Lectures





On Bank
Ellen van Loon

OMA partner Ellen van Loon talks about the designing and building of the new building for Rothschild Bank in the City of London.


Barbican Centre, London , 26 January 2012
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Hyper-Density
Reinier de Graaf

OMA partner de Graaf speaks at the Urban Age Hong Kong Conference on the rapid growth of cities in the developing world and the shift of power in urbanization from the public to the private sector. De Graaf asks if we are now in need of a new form of planning: megalopolitics.


Urban Age, Hong Kong , 16 November 2011
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On London
Reinier de Graaf
Director of AMO and partner in charge of several projects in London (as well as Russia and Europe), Reinier de Graaf talks with architectural writer and Deputy Chair of the Design Council, Paul Finch, about the extreme difficulties of building in the capital.

Barbican Centre, London , 8 December 2011
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Speed in Architecture
David Gianotten
Together with David Tseng of Taiwan National Chiao Tung University, Gianotten discusses the nature of building in Asia.
Barbican Centre, London , 27 October 2011
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Works in Asia
David Gianotten
Invited by the the Indonesian Institute of Architects and jongArsitek!, Gianotten, partner in charge of OMA Asia, describes OMA's current projects in the region for an audience of 500 Indonesian architects and students (starts at 2.24).


Jakarta , 20 June 2011
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Paradigm Shift
Reinier de Graaf
On the growth of cities and our attempts to rank them, at PICNIC '10 
Amsterdam , 23 September 2010
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Navigating Modernization
Rem Koolhaas
On the tools and inventions of modernity.
American University of Beirut , 17 May 2010
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Creative London
Reinier de Graaf
Presentation at BBC White City on the Vision for Creative London from a Masterplanner's perspective

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TEDx presentation Roadmap 2050
Reinier de Graaf
Roadmap 2050 presentation at TEDx Rotterdam

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Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe
Reinier de Graaf
AMO's conceptualization and visualization of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe.
Brussels , 13 April 2010
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Simplicity™
Reinier de Graaf
Manifesto for Simplicity™
Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon , 19 October 2008
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Lagos: infrastructure and improvisation
Rem Koolhaas and Bregtje van der Haak
A discussion on Koolhaas's research with the Harvard Project on the City on Lagos, Nigeria.
Rotterdam , 5 July 2002
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The Hermitage: Masterplan 2014
Rem Koolhaas
Presentation on OMA*AMO's ongoing collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum: a modernization project based not on architectural addition or renovation, but on the elucidation of its existing contemporary potential.
State Hermitage Museum
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Dubai: from judgment to analysis
Rem Koolhaas
Lecture on OMA's engagement in the Gulf and the effect of the economic crisis on the region.
Sharjah Biennial , 17 March 2011
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Sustainability: advancement vs. apocalypse
Rem Koolhaas
Keynote lecture on two strands of thinking in sustainability: advancement vs. apocalypse.
Ecological Urbanism Conference
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On Al Manakh 2

Rem Koolhaas and Todd Reisz

On Al Manakh 2, at Columbia University GSAPP
New York
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On Hold
Reinier de Graaf
On Hold, at the British School at Rome
Rome , 4 May 2011
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Progress
Rem Koolhaas
Progress, at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Ithaca , 20 October 2011
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Shohei Shigematsu lectures in Quebec
Shohei Shigematsu
OMA' partner and director of the New York office, lectures in Quebec City on architectural thinking in the financial crisis, and OMA's design for a new building for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
University Laval School of Architecture's 2010-2011 conference series
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Super Specific
Shohei Shigematsu

, 11 November 2010
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