About this event
Future Fest 2023: Reimagining Practice
With Melodie Leung | Zaha Hadid Architects
For over 4 decades, Zaha Hadid Architects has redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations across the globe. The challenges to building and sustaining steady growth for an architectural practice require an ability to maintain its purpose while evolving to be able to address ever changing needs in today's world.
Join Melodie Leung, Associate Director, as she shares about how the practice of ZHA is founded on a culture of recognizing, mentoring and cultivating design leadership and continues to develop its team towards sustainable, cultural and community centered effectiveness for future generations.
By attending this talk, you'll learn:
- How ZHA cultivates leadership and articulates the vision of a creative collective.
- How community and connectivity can be used as driving principles in design and practice.
- How intelligent and sustainably informed architectural form requires the integration of computational design and research driven by human centered design values.
About Melodie Leung
Melodie Leung is an Associate Director at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) where she has been a leading designer within the practice for over 15 years overseeing notable projects across architecture, interiors, product design, and exhibitions. She worked closely with Zaha Hadid and is responsible for driving the company’s corporate culture and communications.
Melodie studied architecture at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and proceeded to obtain a Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning at Columbia University, New York.
About Paul Keskeys
Paul Keskeys is Editor in Chief at Architizer. An architect-trained editor, writer and content creator, Paul graduated from UCL and the University of Edinburgh, gaining an MArch in Architectural Design with distinction. Paul has spoken about the art of architecture and storytelling at many national industry events, including AIANY, NeoCon, KBIS, the Future NOW Symposium, the Young Architect Conference and NYCxDesign. As well as hundreds of editorial publications on Architizer, Paul has also had features published in Architectural Digest, PIN—UP Magazine, Archinect, Aesthetica Magazine and PUBLIC Journal.
Architizer
Architizer’s mission is to celebrate the world’s best architecture and the people that bring it to life.
