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Lectures on environmental design and biomimicry

June 30, 2008
From June 23 to 27, the School of Architecture and the British Embassy in Uruguay organized a series of lectures on sustainable design, delivered by Prof. Greg Keeffe, Full Professor of Design at the School of Architecture, University of Manchester (United Kingdom) and the lead instructor for the Master’s in Bioclimatic Design, where innovative solutions to minimize energy consumption are developed and tested. All lectures took place in the Faculty auditorium, located at 2633 España Boulevard.

June 23, 7:00 p.m. - The End of the Era of Ancient Sunlight

June 24, 7:00 p.m. - The Passive House

June 25, 7:00 p.m. - Selective and Exclusive: Environmental Design of Large Buildings

June 26, 7:00 p.m. - Skin and Surface: Toward a Biomimetic Architecture

June 27, 2:00 p.m. - How to Green Our City

Prof. Keeffe holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Building Services Engineering fromthe University of Manchester. He has extensive experience in sustainability, energy use, and their impact on architectural and urban design. He works alongside architects to develop new approaches to urban revitalization through innovative and sustainable interventions, conceiving the city as a synergistic organism.  Over the past ten years, he and his students have won more than 30 awards in international architecture competitions.