This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design, on view from June 14 – August 21, 2013.
This retrospective exhibition illuminates Seidler’s legacy as Australia’s most important modernist architect. Harry Seidler studied with Josef Albers at Black Mountain College in the mid-1940s and became a major proponent of Bauhaus principles of design in his architectural practice. The exhibition is co-sponsored by AIA Asheville.
In addition to being a confluence point for seminal modernist artists and thinkers, Black Mountain College extended and refocused the Bauhaus union of functionality and craftsmanship, ultimately influencing modernist design and architecture. Its holistic pedagogy emphasized the intersection of material and design studies. The Studies Building, which still stands today at the edge of Lake Eden (current home of Camp Rockmont), was built by students and faculty and designed by architect A. Lawrence Kocher, after plans drawn up by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius proved too costly to build during World War II.
Jim Samsel, AIA, is founding principal of Samsel Architects, P.A., established in 1985. His longstanding interest in energy conservation has helped guide the firm’s sustainable design focus. Jim has served on the Boards of RiverLink, Asheville Downtown Commission and was a founding member of the Pack Square Conservancy. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona, and a Masters Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
John D. Rogers, Jr., AIA, has practiced in Philadelphia, Memphis, and Charleston, SC. From 1984-2010, he ran John Rogers Associates/Rogers Dameron Associates/Rogers Chenevert Associates. From 1971-1984, he was Director of Design and President of Six Associates, Inc. in Asheville. His Asheville projects include the Capital Center at 82 Patton Ave., the Reuter Center at UNCA, the Haywood Park Hotel, Wick and Greene Jewelers, and a number of residences (some of these can be found online at http://www.trianglemodernisthouses. com/rogers.htm). He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Clemson University, and a Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Thursday, June 27 – 7:30pm
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Suggested donation $10