$5 per person
Join us for a sneak preview of Cool Spaces!, a new TV show hosted by Stephen Chung, AIA, which will explore how architects use innovative technologies and traditional design skills to shape the world around us. Host Stephen Chung will be on hand at this screening to answer questions about the series and the episode screened on site. This advance screening will be of episode #3, which features Philadelphia's new Barnes Foundation building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, designed by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.
The full Cool Spaces! series will premiere on WHYY TV 12 on May 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m.
About the Show:
The stakes are high when a client asks for a signature architectural design. All sorts of challenges stand in the way, from budget issues to site constraints to construction logistics. It’s the great buildings, interiors, and landscapes that not only meet these challenges but exceed expectations. Cool Spaces! The Best New Architecture is a TV series developed for public television that profiles these projects and takes the viewer on an up-close and informative tour — not just of the building, but of the design process itself, from idea to reality.
Cool Spaces! features some of the 21st century's most provocative and innovative public space architecture in North America. Each hour-long episode is organized around a central building typology theme — such as Performance Spaces or Art Spaces — and profiles three buildings. Season 1 will consist of eight episodes in 2013: four aired in the spring and four in the autumn.
In each project segment, viewers will learn why something was designed, see how it was designed, and discover just what makes it so cool. Guided by architect and teacher Stephen Chung, we'll set off to explore these exciting designs and decide for ourselves if something really is a “Cool Space”!
About Stephen Chung:
Stephen Chung is an architect and also the creator and host of the new public television series entitled “Cool Spaces!: The Best New Architecture”. Before founding his own Boston-based studio, he worked in the offices of Richard Meier and Partners and also with Philippe Starck. As an educator, Stephen has taught design at many schools including Syracuse, Cornell and Yale. He received his architecture degree from Harvard.
Stephen has been an on-air guest expert on shows for HGTV, DIY, Travel Channel and Showtime Network. He is also on the on-going host for the live TV broadcast at the AIA Convention sponsored by Hanley Wood called “Architect Live”. This year, Stephen will also be the host of the AIA Convention in Chicago.