The Scottish Parliament: democracy by design

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In partnership with Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Please note all tickets must be booked in advance and entry is strictly between 4.45pm to 5.30pm. The talk will take place between 5.30pm and 6.30pm.

As a major exhibition – Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament – moves into its final week, come and join us for an exclusive look round the exhibition followed by a panel discussion chaired by Sarah Boyack MSP with experts and makers from the creative arts. They will reflect on how, and what, we can learn from the presence of this significant public building which was designed and delivered by a partnership of Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT and RMJM architectural studios. Has the architectural design changed our expectations of democratic space? How does the exhibition of original drawings and models, some not previously seen in public, deepen understanding of civic design process?

Speaker biographies

Richard Collins trained as an architect and works in a cross-disciplinary workshop at the Edinburgh College of Art. He has specialised in the intersection of emerging technologies and traditional methods of making. His interests include learning through making, the explorative use of materials and creative means of architectural representation.

Professor Tessa Giblin is the Director of Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh and holds a Personal Chair in Contemporary Curating. Tessa has worked internationally as a curator for 20 years. Now in Scotland she curates a programme of exhibitions that engage with issues being debated as part of the national conversation.

Janice Parker is an award-winning multidisciplinary dance artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her focus is on socially engaged practice. She works locally and internationally, collaborating across disciplines and art-forms. Part of her work currently is the reciprocity between built environments and bodies, asking how do we share space together?

Suzanne Ewing is Professor of Architectural Criticism at the University of Edinburgh, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). She is an architect, academic and educator. Her teaching and research are motivated by architecture’s relation with city, culture and society and how this equips students to engage with real-world complex questions.

Fiona McLachlan is Professor of Architectural Practice at the University of Edinburgh and is a past Head of the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). She teaches architectural design, colour design for architecture and is the author of three books on colour in architecture.