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Professor Mark Jarzombek delivers Widdess Lecture
Professor Mark Jarzombek from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
delivered the Widdess Lecture on Thursday 11th March in the College as part of
the anniversary to celebrate 200 years of the College on St. Stephen’s Green.
He delivered his lecture on ‘Corridic Modernities – Space and Interiority in
19th and 20th Century Architecture’ and Architectural Historian, Dr. Patricia
McCarthy gave an introductory lecture on the ‘Original
Building of the Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland’.
Pictured is Professor Mark Jarzombek, Institute
of Technology
in Massachusetts.
Professor Jarzombek is a Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture
and the Associate Dean of the School
of Architecture and
Planning in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to Professor
Jarzombek, “the word corridor comes from the Latin courier which means to run,
so a corridor is literally a running place.” His lecture will chart the
unusual history of town halls, parliament buildings and court houses to help
us understand some of the important changes in architecture over the last
three centuries.
Pictured from (l-r) are Professor Frank Keane, President
RCSI, Professor Clive Lee, Professor of Anatomy RCSI, Dr. Patricia McCarthy, Royal
Irish
Academy and
Professor Mark Jarzombek, Institute
of Technology
in Massachusetts.
Dr Patricia McCarthy is an Architectural Historian and works with the Office
of Public Works as well as writing entries for the
RoyalIrishAcademy’s
Art and Architecture of Ireland. Her lecture on the ‘
Original
Building of the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland’
will look at the architectural history of the 1810 building.
Pictured are Professor Frank Keane, President
RCSI and Professor Mark Jarzombek, Institute
of Technology
in Massachusetts.
Pictured from (l-r) are Ms. Mary
O'Doherty,
Assistant Librarian RCSI and Dr. Susan Mullaney, Royal
Academy of
Medicine in Ireland.
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