CONSUMED: Tickets On Sale Now

Tickets have been launched for this year's traditional MA Symposium. Taking place on the 3rd of May at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester, a full day of speakers will discuss and debate the theme of consumption in our built environment. Tickets are priced at £8 and are available through the website: www.consumedmcr.co.uk and the full list of speakers is nearly ready. A limited number of tickets are available so please purchase sooner so as to not miss out on what looks to be a fantastic event.

Consumed: Poster

CONSUMED: Architecture + Urbanism Symposium MCR

MSA's MA Architecture + Urbanism students have begun to roll out information on their forthcoming symposium, CONSUMED, to be held at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on the 3rd of May 2012. This years event looks towards consumption in the urban context. Various Speakers are already confirmed; Mario Minale of Minale Maeda designers in Rotterdam, and Mette Skovbjerg of Kalundborg Symbiosis. The day long event will surely be an outstanding platform for a diverse and fascinating discussion on the future of our urban context. Tickets and further information will follow over the next few weeks.


Mission Statement:

Architecture and Urbanism Symposium Manchester 2012

We live in an increasingly urban world where consumption is accelerating exponentially. Is a new approach required? One that looks towards a finite level of consumption, that addresses issues sustainably and improves how we consume.

Hosted by the students of MA in Architecture and Urbanism at Manchester School of Architecture, this symposium will look towards the future of our cities. On 3 May 2012 a wide spectrum of ideas, theories and practices of varying scales regarding an urbanism fit for consumption will be debated.

A range of invited speakers will explore the subject of consumption, both what is being done and what can be achieved to progress positively, dealing with issues such as:

- over-consumption

- speculative consumption

- symbiotic consumption

- natural consumption

- architectural consumption

- under-consumption

- equitable consumption

- creative consumption

- anti-consumption

- global consumption