Speech content: Architectural anthropology analyzes architecture as a concrete manifestation of national spirit, with the goal of revealing the moral character of society. This speech first introduces the basic methods of architectural anthropology, then conducts cultural analysis on three different scales of buildings, including a room, a building, and a city, to explain their inherent values. Finally, the speech discusses why a building can contain multiple or even contradictory values?

Time: March 22, 2015 (Sunday) 14:30

Location: Report Hall on the Second Floor of Guanshan Yue Art Museum

Organizer:

Shenzhen Guanzhu Architecture Development Exchange Center

Shenzhen Guanshan Yue Art Museum

Speaker: Mary Ann O'Donnell

Academic background:

2000 Postdoctoral Scholar at Brown University in the United States

1999 PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Rice University in the United States

1992 Master's degree in Anthropology from Purdue University in the United States

1987 Comparative Arts degree from the Department of Sinology at Middlebury College in the United States

Education work:

2010-2014, School of Architecture, Shenzhen University, English editor of World Architecture Report

2008-2010 Shenzhen International Education Exchange College tutored graduates in applying to American universities

2006-2008 Vice Principal of Shenzhen Oasis School

2004-2006 Director of English Education at Shenzhen Oasis School

Research honors and rewards:

Member of the Academic Committee of the 2015 Shenzhen Hong Kong City/Architecture Biennale (Shenzhen)

Nomination Award for 2014 Shenzhen Futian International Friendship Award

The 2014 Missouri Humanities Foundation hosted an international exchange event called "Fat Island Theatre Company in Missouri" project

2013 China Urban Cultural Development Strategy Research Committee Award for "Contributing Figures to Urbanization in China"

In 2013, the "Handshake 302" public art project was designated as the peripheral exhibition of the Shenzhen Hong Kong City/Architecture Twin Cities Biennale

ATU Observation/Walking Architecture

A city x an architect x an attitude

Following the footsteps of architects, walking between different cities, and through the eyes of architects, appreciating the poetry contained in spatial design, listening to the music that has been swirling in the hearts of architects for thousands of years: darkness and light, light and weight, purity and complexity, interweaving, flowing, and changing in space.

This is a public architecture public welfare school, which is a spiritual space for face-to-face communication with architects.

We sincerely invite you to walk together in architecture!