Amale Andraos+Dan Wood
Principals, Work Architecture Company, New York

Lecture Title
Sur Les Paves La Ferme

Link
http://www.work.ac/

WORKac shapes ideas - inspired by difference and applying research, programmatic expansion and a surrealist's eye to translate concepts into new forms and experiences. WORKac is an urban practice, for now is the time to re-address the city at all scales, building transdisciplinary networks of philosophers, scientists, artists, farmers to better confront structures of power, create alternative universes and produce work that resonates with the contemporary condition. Since 2003, Amale Andraos and Dan Wood have taught together at Princeton University's School of Architecture, where both studio and seminar are focused on the interaction between ecology and urbanism. Prior to forming WORKac, Dan Wood, formerly of Rhode Island, established an international reputation as Rem Koolhaas' partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Amale Andraos was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and has lived in Saudi Arabia, France, and Canada. She studied with Rem Koolhaas and also worked for OMA after receiving her master's degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where she later taught for several years.

This lecture is part of the Department of Architecture's Fall 2008 Lecture Series. Please see the lecture series webpage for other talks in the series.