All events to take place in the John A. Russell Building.
4:30 Registration opens
5:00 OPENING RECEPTION | Entr’Acte, Clay Odom, Patterning Temporary Atmospheres
Welcome by Dean Ralph Stern | Remarks by Symposium Chair Lisa Landrum
KEYNOTE 6:00 ALEX GILLIAM Tiny WPA
9:30 Paper Sessions: Dwelling Acts 1 Environmental Acts
11:00 Paper Sessions: Dwelling Acts 2 Socio-Political Acts
KEYNOTE 1:30 LINDSEY DUGDILL Designing Buildings for Behavioural ‘Nudging’:
The Public Health Imperative for an Active Workforce
The potential for incorporating building design characteristics capable of changing user
behaviour has long been recognized. A current global health challenge is the
substantial burden of chronic disease that arises from people being sedentary: obesity,
cancer, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. A significant proportion of time is spent at
work; therefore, the ability to modify users’ physical activity in the workplace is
paramount. The term “nudging” has revitalized the debate regarding how the
environment can influence behaviour in relation to health. This paper, developed in
collaboration with Paul Wilson and Edward Finch, explores the principle of “nudging”
as a building design strategy for stimulating active user behaviour.
3:00 Paper Session: Building Acts
5:00 Break | RECEPTION | Entr’Acte, Paola Zellner, Reclaiming Space
KEYNOTE 6:00 ANDREW TODD Action, Energy, Performance, Ecology: Notes on a New Functionalism
7:30 Ice Bar, Courtyard
8:00 DINNER, Centre Space
KEYNOTE 9:30 KANTEN RUSSELL Launching Into Action: Creating the Modern
11:00 Paper Session: Representational Acts
12:30 LUNCH | Entr’Acte, Lawrence Bird, Winnipeg on the Edge of Coherence
1:30 Paper Session: Research in Action 1
3:00 Paper Session: Research in Action 2
4:30 Break | Entr’Acte, JNZNBRK, Screen
KEYNOTE 6:00 MICHAEL VAN GESSEL Action: Transforming the Present
Remarks by Symposium Chair Lisa Landrum | Closing comments by Dean Ralph Stern
7:30 CLOSING RECEPTION
The 2014 Atmosphere Committee consists of: Lisa Landrum, Chair (Architecture), Rae Bridgman (City Planning), Alyssa Schwann (Environmental Design), Lynn Chalmers (Interior Design), Marcella Eaton (Landscape Architecture); with web design and graphics support from Thalia Andreoglou (Masters of Architecture student), and administrative support from Brandy O’Reilly (Faculty of Architecture, Partners Program).
Questions? Please contact Lisa.Landrum@umanitoba.ca
Atmosphere is generously supported by the Faculty of Architecture Endowment Fund and the following professional associations: the Manitoba Association of Architects (MAA); the Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects (MALA); and the Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba (PIDIM).
Aspects of Atmosphere 2014 ACTION are being presented in collaboration with StoreFront Manitoba and aceartinc.