Malcolm Smith is responsible for the general design strategy and principles of Amsterdams 'South Axis' development project

Location: de Brakke Grond, Nes 45, Amsterdam

Malcolm Smith, head of the Zuidas Design Team, is responsible for the general design strategy and principles of Amsterdams 'South Axis' development project. Sustainability plays a signficant role in his design work, including urban regeneration projects. Smiths Urban Design Team, part of the ARUP consulting engineering group, is preparing a green masterplan for Stratford City in a derelict part of Stratford, London, the epicentre of the Olymic Summer Games in 2012.Smith aims to enrich the Zuidas district with greater diversity and layering. The area around Amsterdam Zuid Station is presently dominated by office developments, but in future at least as much emphasis must go to housing, art and culture. In effect, Zuidas must function as a prelude to the historic inner city of Amsterdam

Lectures at Arcam

For the series of architecture lectures 'ARCAM in de Brakke Grond', once a month a distinguished architect is invited to talk, in a theatrical ambience, about his or her work and about design philosophy and sources of inspiration. See the archive for the lectures given so far. Tickets can be bougth in advance on the evening of the preceding lecture at the booking office of the Brakke Grond, and from the day after the lecture, at ARCAM during office hours (ring the doorbell if necessary) or from 1 to 5 p.m. on a Saturday. If not sold out, tickets may also be purchased on the evening itself at the booking office of the Brakke Grond, from 7.30 p.m. onwards. We regret that reservations or ticket sales cannot be accepted by telephone. Start: 8.15 p.m. (ticket office open at 7.30 p.m.) Admission: €10,-, students €7,50