City Talks: Chris Moller & Tommy Honey
City Talks: Chris Moller with Tommy Honey takes place on Monday 11 April at 6pm.
Chris Moller of Grand Designs New Zealand.
Can an imported reality TV model serve serious discussion about New Zealand architecture?
Taking place at 6pm on Monday 11 April at City Gallery Wellington, this free talk will feature Wellington architect Chris Moller sharing insights from the first New Zealand series of Grand Designs, along with provocations from Tommy Honey in the quest to find out if our domestic architecture satisfies reality television’s hunger for chasing disasters.
Grand Designs New Zealand is a variant of the popular UK series fronted by Kevin McCloud. Like McCloud, Chris Moller holds strong beliefs about the value of good architecture. He says, “Architecture has a deep influence on us; it shapes the way we live, how we feel, our health and wellbeing. It also has a deep influence on the planet. Grand Designs New Zealand is the perfect opportunity to bring the importance of good architecture and the huge benefits it can generate to a broad audience.”
Chris Moller is a New Zealand trained and United Kingdom registered architect and urbanist with experience in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands. He is the founding director of CMA+U and a deputy chair and board member of PrefabNZ.
Tommy Honey is a director, designer, educator, critic, cultural commentator and occasional architect. He has worked as an architect, theatre designer and director, and taught architecture, theatre and design at several Wellington institutions. He was the director of the New Zealand Film and Television School for eight years and is now dean at Whitecliffe College of Arts.
The talk will be followed by refreshments.
City Talks are free to attend and held in the Adam Auditorium, City Gallery Wellington, Civic Square at 6pm.