Architecture hosts open lectures for the 50th Festival weekend

On Saturday 5th September, Professor Gerald Adler and Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt will be giving lectures as part of the 50 Festival celebrations. Both lectures are open to all and there is no need to pre-book your place.

11am to 12pm – Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1

Professor Gerald Adler [1] – Fifty years of campus design. The University of Kent’s Canterbury campus index of British architecture.

The 1960s, ’70s, ’80s. ’90s and noughties was a period of unprecedented growth in UK higher education. How was its burgeoning population of students, academics and support staff accommodated? This lecture examines key buildings on the Canterbury campus, and demonstrates how they exemplify the architecture of the British New Universities that stand, more generally, for the changing character of buildings in the UK in the five decades since the establishment of the University of Kent.

2pm to 3pm – Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1

Dr. Henrik Schoenefeldt [2] – Between Science and Politics How Victorian scientists developed and assessed the House of Commons’ ventilation system

Dr. Schoenefeldt’s new research reveals how Victorian scientists developed the House of Commons’ historic ventilation system, following a process that was not concerned with technical questions alone but was also highly political. Scientists were confronted with the nearly impossible challenge of maintaining a climate and atmosphere that would satisfy all parties occupying the debating chamber.

Please visit the official 50 Festival website [3] for further event details.