The Majlis in the Making • Social regeneration and community development through craftsmanship, ethical entrepreneurship, education and music • Tradition and modernity in the recently urbanised landscape of Qatar; the dichotomy of a nomadic culture rooted in static urban environments • Interview with Abdel Wahed El Wakil discussing the role of tradition, beauty, and architecture in the modernised world
A new structure within the context of the Venice Biennale's theme 'How will we live together?', The Majlis brings together an international array of individuals, cultural influences and artisanal skills
Thierry Morel is an art historian and curator who graduated from
the universities of Paris and Oxford in law and history of art. He
was a post-doctoral research associate at the University of
Cambridge and for Venice in Peril co-authored The Venice Report:
Demography, Tourism, Financing and Change of Use of Buildings.
Thierry wrote and produced Private View, a documentary series on
leading international art collectors for Time Warner. He curated
the award-winning Houghton Revisited exhibition at Houghton Hall as
well as Francis Bacon and the Art of the Past at the State
Hermitage Museum on the occasion of the Museum's 250th Anniversary
and subsequently at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. His book on
pre-Revolution architecture and art collecting in St Petersburg was
just published by Rizzoli (New York). Morel is currently Director
and Curator-at-Large to the Hermitage Museum Foundation (USA), as
well as Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum (London).
Simón Vélez has more than 50 years' experience working with natural
materials and is widely regarded for his innovative use of bamboo.
To date, he has designed and built over 200 buildings in Germany,
France, USA, Brazil, Mexico, China, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama,
Ecuador, and India. He has been awarded The Principal Prince Claus
Award (2009) and the Award of Honour in Analysis and Planning by
the American Society of Landscape Architects for 'Crosswaters
Ecolodge' (2006).
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan read Environmental Studies at the University
of Manitoba, Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and
completed his PhD in Historical Geography at University College,
London. Todd has advised on many public and private historic
landscapes, including the National Trust and English Heritage, The
Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, and Kensington Palace
Gardens. He recently designed a garden for the Morgan Library, New
York City, is working with David Kohn Architects on a new campus
for New College, Oxford, and in January 2020 he won an
international competition with Eric Parry Architects to redesign
the British Ambassador's residence and grounds in Beijing.
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