Event Details
| Event: | Regnier Lecture by Alberto Campo Baeza, Educator and Architect, Madrid, Spain |
| Date: | 01.30.2006 |
| Time: | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Location: | Forum Hall, K-State Student Union |
 The Built Idea is scheduled for Monday, January 30, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in Forum Hall of the K-State Student Union. The event is open to the public without charge. Campo Baeza is the second annual Regnier Distinguished Chair of Architecture of the K-State Department of Architecture. Campo Baeza will spend several periods in residence at K-State during the 2005-2006 academic year, teaching in the fifth-year architecture studios of Professors Matthew Knox, Vladimir Krstic, Marina Pecar, Patrick Rhodes and Susanne Siepl-Coates. Studio projects will include the design of a house overlooking the Hudson River in Garrison, New York. In his lecture, Campo Baeza will describe how idea, gravity and light form the basic ingredients of architecture. He will utilize examples of his built work from his 30-year practice, including the Caja De Granada, the De Blas House and the Mercedes Benz Museum. Alberto Campo Baeza was born in Cadiz, Spain, and was educated at the ESTA in Madrid where he received a professional degree in 1971 and a doctorate in 1982. He has taught at his alma mater since 1976, serving as head of the school since 1986. He has also taught and lectured in many universities across Europe and the United States; for example, he was scholar in residence at Columbia University in 2003. Meanwhile his practice has expanded dramatically from one that focused on small residential projects to one involved with large commercial and institutional commissions. Campo Baeza’s work has won numerous prestigious awards. For example, the Caja de Granada in 2003 won both the Eduardo Terroja award and the COAAO award. His work has been exhibited in multiple venues in the United States and in Europe; it is currently featured in Palladio’s Basilica in Vicenza, Italy. The collected book of his writing, also titled The Built Idea, is in its fourth printing and will be published this year in English. His work has been widely published, appearing in many Spanish, Italian, English, Japanese, Dutch, Belgian and Korean journals. It has also been the subject of several monographs including the Contemporary World Architects series. The introduction to that book concludes that Alberto Campo Baeza is an architect who is “at once convincing, radical and profound,” whose work “reflects the freshness and tenacity of a stream,” and is characterized by “the brilliance of his always simple forms” as well as “the convincing power of his logic.” The Victor L. Regnier Chair in Architecture was established in 2003 through the extraordinary generosity of his children, Victor A. Regnier, Robert D. Regnier, and Catherine M. Regnier, through the Victor and Helen Regnier Family Foundation of Mission, Kansas. The purpose of the Victor L. Regnier Chair is to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty, as well as to enrich the educational experience of students by engaging architects with national and international reputations to teach annually in the Department of Architecture. Victor A. Regnier is a 1971 K-State graduate with degrees in architecture and architectural engineering and has served the Department of Architecture and the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design in many and varied ways. This event is funded by the Victor L. Regnier Chair in Architecture and the K-State Student Fine Arts Fee. Attendance at the K-State lecture can be submitted as continuing education credit by design professionals by contacting Diane Potts. | |